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{
"term": "attitude",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the way that you think and feel about somebody/something; the way that you behave towards somebody/something that shows how you think and feel",
"sensetop": "attitude towards somebody/somethingattitude to somebody/somethingattitude about somethingattitude on something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "These societies have to change their attitudes towards women.",
"contextForm": "attitude towards somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "the government’s attitude towards single parents"
},
{
"text": "to have a **positive/negative attitude** towards somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "changes in public attitudes to marriage",
"contextForm": "attitude to somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "social attitudes about education",
"contextForm": "attitude about something"
},
{
"text": "changing attitudes on issues such as mental health",
"contextForm": "attitude on something"
},
{
"text": "Youth is simply an **attitude of mind**."
},
{
"text": "If you want to pass your exams you'd better change your attitude!"
},
{
"text": "If they can **adopt** that kind of **attitude** then the future looks very promising."
},
{
"text": "You're taking a pretty selfish attitude over this, aren't you?"
},
{
"text": "He displayed a condescending attitude towards/toward his co-workers."
},
{
"text": "The policy reflects a caring attitude towards/toward employees."
},
{
"text": "I try to have a healthy, positive attitude to life."
},
{
"text": "The experience changed his attitude to religion."
},
{
"text": "The teachers seem to have a very relaxed attitude to discipline."
},
{
"text": "Her attitude to her parents has always been somewhat negative."
},
{
"text": "There has been a marked change in attitude towards marriage."
},
{
"text": "They are accused of taking a cavalier attitude towards their employees' safety."
},
{
"text": "Newspapers reflect social attitudes."
},
{
"text": "She seems to have the right attitude for the job."
},
{
"text": "We all need to show commitment and a can-do attitude."
},
{
"text": "Sometimes it's essential for doctors to cultivate a detached attitude."
},
{
"text": "The general attitude of the public is sympathetic."
},
{
"text": "His general attitude of hostility did not impress the jury."
},
{
"text": "I tend to take the attitude that it's best to leave well alone."
},
{
"text": "The political attitudes of young people are rarely taken seriously."
},
{
"text": "There are some major differences between British and American attitudes when it comes to the role of government."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["carefree", "good", "healthy"],
"verb + attitude": ["adopt", "cultivate", "have"],
"attitude + verb": ["exist", "persist", "prevail"],
"attitude + noun": ["problem", "adjustment", "shift"],
"preposition": ["attitude about", "attitude of", "attitude to"],
"phrases": [
"a change in attitude",
"a change of attitude",
"with attitude"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "confident, sometimes aggressive behaviour that shows you do not care about other people’s opinions and that you want to do things in an individual way",
"sensetop": "with attitude",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don't give me any attitude!"
},
{
"text": "a band with attitude",
"contextForm": "with attitude"
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a position of the body",
"sensetop": "in an attitude of something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her hands were folded in an attitude of prayer.",
"contextForm": "in an attitude of something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to hold your body in a particular way to create a particular impression",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to strike a dramatic pose"
},
{
"text": "He strikes an attitude of bravery and lonely defiance."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈætɪtjuːd/",
"audio": "at/attitude/attitude__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈætɪtuːd/",
"audio": "at/attitude/attitude__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 17th cent. (denoting the placing or posture of a figure in art): from French, from Italian attitudine ‘fitness, posture’, from late Latin aptitudo, from aptus ‘fit’."
}