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{
"term": "pupil",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"image": "data/images/bo/body_eye.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person who is being taught, especially a child in a school",
"labels": "(especially British English, becoming old-fashioned)(British English)British English",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**school pupils**"
},
{
"text": "a **former/past pupil**"
},
{
"text": "How many pupils does the school have?"
},
{
"text": "She now teaches only private pupils."
},
{
"text": "Spending per pupil will rise."
},
{
"text": "Daniel is the star pupil at school."
},
{
"text": "secondary school pupils"
},
{
"text": "Ex-pupils try to have a reunion every five years."
},
{
"text": "Pupils at Meadow School have raised £1 500 for charity."
},
{
"text": "The school has over 850 pupils."
},
{
"text": "What measures can we take to deal with disruptive pupils?"
},
{
"text": "We expect pupil numbers to increase next year."
}
],
"topics": ["Education"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["able", "bright", "good"],
"verb + pupil": ["teach", "exclude", "expel"],
"pupil + noun": ["attendance", "numbers", "assessment"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person who is taught artistic, musical, etc. skills by an expert",
"sensetop": "pupil of somebody",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Charpentier took pupils and taught them composition and accompanying."
},
{
"text": "The painting is by a pupil of Rembrandt.",
"contextForm": "pupil of somebody"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the small round black area at the centre of the eye",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her pupils were dilated."
}
],
"topics": ["Body"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["dilated"],
"verb + pupil": ["dilate", "enlarge"],
"pupil + verb": ["dilate", "enlarge"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpjuːpl/",
"audio": "pu/pupil/pupil__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpjuːpl/",
"audio": "pu/pupil/pupil__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "senses 1 to 2 late Middle English (in the sense ‘orphan, ward’): from Old French pupille, from Latin pupillus (diminutive of pupus ‘boy’) and pupilla (diminutive of pupa ‘girl’).sense 3 late Middle English: from Old French pupille or Latin pupilla, diminutive of pupa ‘doll’ (so named from the tiny reflected images visible in the eye)."
}