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{
"term": "geography",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the scientific study of the earth’s surface, physical features, divisions, products, population, etc.",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "recent work in **economic geography**"
},
{
"text": "cultural/historical/political geography"
},
{
"text": "a geography lesson/class/teacher"
},
{
"text": "a degree in geography"
}
],
"topics": ["Education", "Geography"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["economic", "historical", "human"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the way in which the physical features of a place are arranged",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "These streets had a very particular geography."
},
{
"text": "the geography of New York City"
},
{
"text": "Kim knew the geography of the building and strode along the corridor."
},
{
"text": "The geography of the area makes travel very difficult."
},
{
"text": "The island's geography is very simple."
},
{
"text": "I wasn't familiar with the geography of the town."
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the way in which a particular aspect of life or society is influenced by geography or varies according to geography",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The geography of poverty and the geography of voting are connected."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a country, area or region",
"labels": "(business)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We are now operational across multiple geographies."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dʒiˈɒɡrəfi/",
"audio": "ge/geography/geography__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dʒiˈɑːɡrəfi/",
"audio": "ge/geography/geography__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from French géographie or Latin geographia, from Greek geōgraphia, from gē ‘earth’ + -graphia ‘writing’."
}