word-vault/dist/data/cards/se/seminar.json

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{
    "term": "seminar",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a class at a university or college when a small group of students and a teacher discuss or study a particular topic",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(both British English, informal)(both especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English, informal)(both British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English, informal)(especially North American English, informal)(British English)(British English)(British English)(both North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Teaching is by lectures and seminars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a graduate seminar"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a seminar room"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In spring 2024 I taught a seminar on Sappho."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Professor Mackay will give a seminar on Pound's poetry."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["weekly", "etc.", "freshman"],
                "… of seminars": ["series"],
                "verb + seminar": ["conduct", "give", "teach"],
                "seminar + noun": ["discussion", "paper", "room"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the seminar", "in a/​the seminar", "seminar on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a meeting for discussion or training",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a one-day management seminar"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a seminar focusing on Africa"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I recently spoke at an educational seminar for judges."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["all-day", "half-day", "weekend"],
                "verb + seminar": ["hold", "host", "offer"],
                "seminar + verb": ["take place", "focus on something"],
                "seminar + noun": ["participant", "leader"],
                "preposition": ["seminar for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsemɪnɑː(r)/",
                "audio": "se/seminar/seminar__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsemɪnɑːr/",
                "audio": "se/seminar/seminar__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 19th cent.: from German Seminar, from Latin seminarium ‘seed plot’, neuter of seminarius ‘of seed’, from semen ‘seed’."
}