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{
"term": "army",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a large organized group of soldiers who are trained to fight on land",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The two opposing armies faced each other across the battlefield."
},
{
"text": "He commanded the army of occupation after the war."
},
{
"text": "Harold's exhausted army was/were defeated after nine hours of fighting."
},
{
"text": "A huge army marched on the city."
},
{
"text": "He led the army into battle."
},
{
"text": "He marched a foreign army into the capital."
},
{
"text": "The army was finally defeated in the autumn."
},
{
"text": "The emperor was deposed and his army disbanded."
},
{
"text": "The king was unable to raise an army."
},
{
"text": "The taxes were used to maintain a standing army of around 55 000 troops."
},
{
"text": "Their city fell victim to an invading army."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "huge", "large"],
"verb + army": ["have", "enter", "go into"],
"army + verb": ["gather", "advance", "march"],
"army + noun": ["captain", "chief of staff", "colonel"],
"preposition": ["in the army"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the part of a country’s armed forces that fights on land",
"sensetop": "in the army",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her sister is in the army.",
"contextForm": "in the army"
},
{
"text": "After leaving school, Mike **went into the army**."
},
{
"text": "He joined the army at the age of 16."
},
{
"text": "an army officer/chief"
},
{
"text": "army barracks/bases"
},
{
"text": "He served in the French army during the First World War."
},
{
"text": "The army is/are now being deployed."
},
{
"text": "He was in command of the British Army in Egypt."
},
{
"text": "The German army entered Austria in March 1938."
},
{
"text": "The French army was deployed in the Western Desert."
},
{
"text": "those who fought the Soviet army in Afghanistan"
},
{
"text": "He grew up on an army base in the 1960s."
},
{
"text": "The companies recruit mostly retired army personnel."
}
],
"topics": ["War and conflict"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "huge", "large"],
"verb + army": ["have", "enter", "go into"],
"army + verb": ["gather", "advance", "march"],
"army + noun": ["captain", "chief of staff", "colonel"],
"preposition": ["in the army"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a large number of people or things, especially when they are organized in some way or involved in a particular activity",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an army of advisers/volunteers"
},
{
"text": "An army of ants marched across the path."
},
{
"text": "An army of technicians was/were on hand to assist."
},
{
"text": "a vast army of personnel"
},
{
"text": "There was an army of technicians ready to help."
},
{
"text": "The singer was surrounded by a veritable army of reporters."
},
{
"text": "NASA maintains a small army of engineers."
},
{
"text": "He created an army of loyal customers."
},
{
"text": "He travels with an army of personal assistants and stylists."
},
{
"text": "He argued that unemployment created a useful reserve army of labour."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["vast", "veritable", "small"],
"verb + army": ["create", "employ", "hire"],
"preposition": ["army of"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɑːmi/",
"audio": "ar/army/army__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɑːrmi/",
"audio": "ar/army/army__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French armee, from armata, feminine past participle of Latin armare ‘to arm’."
}