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{
"term": "magnitude",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the great size or importance of something; the degree to which something is large or important",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We did not realize the magnitude of the problem."
},
{
"text": "a discovery **of the first magnitude**"
},
{
"text": "The effects were substantial in magnitude."
},
{
"text": "They appear to underestimate the magnitude of such influences."
},
{
"text": "We will face challenges of a similar magnitude."
},
{
"text": "We are talking about something of a different order of magnitude."
},
{
"text": "a fall in costs of sufficient magnitude to enable us to reduce prices"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "great", "unprecedented"],
"verb + magnitude": ["appreciate", "comprehend", "grasp"],
"preposition": ["in magnitude"],
"phrases": [
"of the first magnitude",
"of comparable magnitude",
"of similar magnitude"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the degree to which a star is bright",
"labels": "(astronomy)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The star varies in brightness by about three magnitudes."
},
{
"text": "Stars of the first magnitude are visible to the naked eye."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the size of an earthquake",
"labels": "(geology)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The quake reached a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale."
}
],
"topics": ["The environment"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/",
"audio": "ma/magnitude/magnitude__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪtuːd/",
"audio": "ma/magnitude/magnitude__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (also in the sense ‘greatness of character’): from Latin magnitudo, from magnus ‘great’."
}