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{
"term": "professor",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a university teacher of the highest rank",
"sensetop": "professor of something",
"labels": "(especially British English)North American English",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Professor (Ann) Williams"
},
{
"text": "to be appointed professor of economics at Cambridge",
"contextForm": "professor of something"
},
{
"text": "He was made (a) professor at the age of 40."
}
],
"topics": ["Education", "Jobs"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["distinguished", "eminent", "respected"],
"preposition": ["professor of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a teacher at a university or college",
"sensetop": "professor of something",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **university/college professor**"
},
{
"text": "a chemistry/law professor"
},
{
"text": "a professor of psychology/political science",
"contextForm": "professor of something"
},
{
"text": "She was my professor when I was a grad student."
},
{
"text": "a research professor at the University of Southern California"
},
{
"text": "a respected law professor at a prestigious university"
},
{
"text": "She is a former history professor."
},
{
"text": "The report was written by two Harvard professors."
},
{
"text": "He is a distinguished professor of law at the University of Illinois."
}
],
"topics": ["Education"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["distinguished", "eminent", "respected"],
"preposition": ["professor of"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈfesə(r)/",
"audio": "pr/professor/professor__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈfesər/",
"audio": "pr/professor/professor__us_4.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin professor, from profess- ‘declared publicly’, from the verb profiteri, from pro- ‘before’ + fateri ‘confess’."
}