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{
"term": "manuscript",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a copy of a book, piece of music, etc. before it has been printed",
"sensetop": "in manuscript",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an **unpublished/original manuscript**"
},
{
"text": "I read her poems in manuscript.",
"contextForm": "in manuscript"
},
{
"text": "He submitted the manuscript to an editor at Longman."
},
{
"text": "She was delighted when the manuscript was accepted for publication."
},
{
"text": "I only have one copy of the manuscript."
},
{
"text": "The text ran to dozens of pages in manuscript form."
},
{
"text": "the original autograph manuscript of the poem"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["original", "autograph", "handwritten"],
"… of manuscript": ["copy"],
"verb + manuscript": ["write", "prepare", "type"],
"manuscript + noun": ["page", "form", "submission"],
"preposition": ["in manuscript"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a very old book or document that was written by hand before printing was invented",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "medieval illuminated manuscripts"
},
{
"text": "the surviving manuscript of ‘Beowulf’"
},
{
"text": "One contemporary manuscript shows Henry II crowned by the hand of Christ."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["ancient", "early", "medieval"],
"manuscript + verb": ["survive"],
"manuscript + noun": ["illumination", "collection"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmænjuskrɪpt/",
"audio": "ma/manuscript/manuscript__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmænjuskrɪpt/",
"audio": "ma/manuscript/manuscript__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin manuscriptus, from manu ‘by hand’ + scriptus ‘written’ (past participle of scribere)."
}