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{
"term": "ambassador",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an official who lives in a foreign country as the senior representative there of their own country",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the British Ambassador to Italy/in Rome"
},
{
"text": "a former ambassador to the UN"
},
{
"text": "She served as a roving ambassador, with 51 trips to foreign countries by 2024."
},
{
"text": "The US ambassador was recalled to Washington in protest."
},
{
"text": "the Brazilian ambassador in London"
},
{
"text": "He's a former ambassador to the UN."
},
{
"text": "The King sent an ambassador to Paris."
}
],
"topics": ["Jobs", "Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["former", "British", "French"],
"verb + ambassador": ["act as", "serve as", "appoint"],
"preposition": ["ambassador in", "ambassador for", "ambassador to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person who represents or promotes a particular activity",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The best ambassadors for the sport are the players."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/æmˈbæsədə(r)/",
"audio": "am/ambassador/ambassador__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/æmˈbæsədər/",
"audio": "am/ambassador/ambassador__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French ambassadeur, from Italian ambasciator, based on Latin ambactus ‘servant’."
}