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{
"term": "experiment",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a scientific test that is done in order to study what happens and to gain new knowledge",
"sensetop": "in an experimentduring an experimentexperiment on somebody/somethingexperiment with somebody/somethingby experiment",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **do/perform/conduct an experiment**"
},
{
"text": "**laboratory experiments**"
},
{
"text": "The results of the experiment were inconclusive."
},
{
"text": "The 30 subjects in each experiment were divided into two groups.",
"contextForm": "in an experiment"
},
{
"text": "The temperature was kept constant during the experiment.",
"contextForm": "during an experiment"
},
{
"text": "Many people do not like the idea of experiments on animals.",
"contextForm": "experiment on somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The experiment with cells from other species was unsuccessful.",
"contextForm": "experiment with somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Facts can be established by observation and experiment.",
"contextForm": "by experiment"
},
{
"text": "Further experiments will be carried out to verify this result."
},
{
"text": "The results were obtained from four independent experiments."
},
{
"text": "proved by experiment"
},
{
"text": "If the conditions are not right, the experiment will not work."
},
{
"text": "In these experiments, chilling is necessary."
},
{
"text": "Pavlov's famous experiment with the dog and the dinner bell"
},
{
"text": "The appropriate concentration of the drug is best determined by experiment."
},
{
"text": "NASA carried out experiments to ascertain the effects of weightlessness."
},
{
"text": "This pattern emerged clearly in the experiment."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["animal", "field", "laboratory"],
"verb + experiment": ["carry out", "conduct", "do"],
"experiment + verb": [
"confirm something",
"demonstrate something",
"find something"
],
"preposition": [
"by experiment",
"during an/the experiment",
"in an/the experiment"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a new activity, idea or method that you try out to see what happens or what effect it has",
"sensetop": "experiment in somethingexperiment with somethingas an experiment",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've never cooked this before so it's an experiment."
},
{
"text": "the country’s brief experiment in democracy",
"contextForm": "experiment in something"
},
{
"text": "His experiments with narrative form were very influential.",
"contextForm": "experiment with something"
},
{
"text": "The system was installed four years ago as an experiment.",
"contextForm": "as an experiment"
},
{
"text": "Brazil's unique experiment with alcohol-powered cars"
},
{
"text": "The school decided to try an experiment in single-sex teaching."
},
{
"text": "an experiment aimed at cutting road deaths resulting from excessive speeding"
},
{
"text": "the country's bold experiment with economic reform"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["animal", "field", "laboratory"],
"verb + experiment": ["carry out", "conduct", "do"],
"experiment + verb": [
"confirm something",
"demonstrate something",
"find something"
],
"preposition": [
"by experiment",
"during an/the experiment",
"in an/the experiment"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈsperɪmənt/",
"audio": "ex/experiment/experiment__gb_6.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈsperɪmənt/",
"audio": "ex/experiment/experiment__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin experimentum, from experiri ‘try’. Compare with experience and expert."
}