word-vault/dist/data/cards/in/inherent.json

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{
    "term": "inherent",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "that is a basic or permanent part of somebody/something and that cannot be removed",
            "sensetop": "inherent (in somebody/something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the difficulties inherent in a study of this type"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Violence is inherent in our society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an inherent weakness in the design of the machine"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈherənt//ɪnˈhɪərənt/",
                "audio": "in/inherent/inherent__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈherənt//ɪnˈhɪrənt/",
                "audio": "in/inherent/inherent__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from Latin inhaerent- ‘sticking to’, from the verb inhaerere, from in- ‘in, towards’ + haerere ‘to stick’."
}