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{
"term": "phenomenon",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a fact or an event in nature or society, especially one that is not fully understood",
"sensetop": "phenomenon of something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**cultural/natural phenomena**"
},
{
"text": "the **global phenomenon** of climate change",
"contextForm": "phenomenon of something"
},
{
"text": "Globalization is a phenomenon of the 21st century."
},
{
"text": "Early retirement is a relatively new phenomenon in Britain."
},
{
"text": "We were hoping science could somehow explain this strange phenomenon."
},
{
"text": "His job is to investigate supernatural phenomena."
},
{
"text": "How does one explain this incredible phenomenon?"
},
{
"text": "I observed a similar phenomenon in Bolivia."
},
{
"text": "She proved scientifically that such phenomena exist."
},
{
"text": "The phenomenon occurs in the early stages of pregnancy."
},
{
"text": "The unfolding energy crisis is very much a global phenomenon."
},
{
"text": "amazing natural phenomena"
},
{
"text": "the growing phenomenon of air rage"
},
{
"text": "The research sets out to explain certain social phenomena in modern urban areas."
},
{
"text": "They claimed the depletion of the ozone layer was primarily a natural phenomenon."
},
{
"text": "This kind of crime is a phenomenon of the modern age."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["common", "universal", "widespread"],
"verb + phenomenon": ["investigate", "examine", "observe"],
"phenomenon + verb": ["arise", "emerge", "happen"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person or thing that is very successful or impressive",
"labels": "North American English",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This young pianist is a phenomenon."
},
{
"text": "The movie has become a bona fide cult phenomenon."
},
{
"text": "The Grand National, with bets worth more than £8m, is a racing phenomenon."
},
{
"text": "Harry Potter was the greatest book publishing phenomenon ever."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["common", "universal", "widespread"],
"verb + phenomenon": ["investigate", "examine", "observe"],
"phenomenon + verb": ["arise", "emerge", "happen"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fəˈnɒmɪnən/",
"audio": "ph/phenomenon/phenomenon__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/fəˈnɒmɪnə/",
"audio": "ph/phenomenon/phenomena__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fəˈnɑːmɪnən/",
"audio": "ph/phenomenon/phenomenon__us_1_rr.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/fəˈnɑːmɪnə/",
"audio": "ph/phenomenon/phenomena__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek phainomenon ‘thing appearing to view’, based on phainein ‘to show’."
}