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{
"term": "band",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/mu/music_groups_playing.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a small group of musicians who play popular music together, often with a singer or singers",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **rock/punk/jazz band **"
},
{
"text": "He plays drums in a band that he formed with some friends."
},
{
"text": "The band is/are playing a gig in Liverpool tonight."
},
{
"text": "She's a singer with a band."
},
{
"text": "There's nothing like the excitement of seeing a **live band**."
},
{
"text": "her fellow **band members**"
},
{
"text": "He formed a garage band with his friends."
},
{
"text": "He was accompanied onstage by his backing band."
},
{
"text": "They hired a Beatles tribute band to play at the reception."
}
],
"topics": ["Music"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "brass", "string"],
"verb + band": ["form", "start", "join"],
"band + verb": ["perform (something)", "play (something)", "strike up"],
"band + noun": ["leader", "member", "practice"],
"preposition": ["in a/the band", "with a/the band"],
"phrases": ["a member of the band"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a group of musicians who play brass and percussion instruments",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a military band"
},
{
"text": "We heard a band strike up in the park."
},
{
"text": "The band was/were playing and marching in time."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "brass", "string"],
"verb + band": ["form", "start", "join"],
"band + verb": ["perform (something)", "play (something)", "strike up"],
"band + noun": ["leader", "member", "practice"],
"preposition": ["in a/the band", "with a/the band"],
"phrases": ["a member of the band"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a group of people who do something together or who have the same ideas, interests or achievements",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a band of outlaws/rebels"
},
{
"text": "He persuaded a small band of volunteers to help."
},
{
"text": "A band of helpers was/were getting everything ready."
},
{
"text": "They are members of a growing band of enthusiasts."
},
{
"text": "The two men are part of a dwindling band of veterans."
},
{
"text": "He is one of a select band of top class players."
},
{
"text": "The young Irishman joined the elite band of Formula One drivers this week."
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["select", "small", "dwindling"],
"verb + band": ["join"],
"preposition": ["band of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a thin flat piece or circle of any material that is put around things, for example to hold them together or to make them stronger",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She always ties her hair back in a band."
},
{
"text": "All babies in the hospital have name bands on their wrists."
},
{
"text": "She wore a simple band of gold *(= a ring)* on her finger."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a line of colour or material on something that is different from what is around it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a white plate with a blue band around the edge"
},
{
"text": "The light had expanded in a broad band across the sky."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a range of radio waves",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Short-wave radio uses the 20–50-metre band."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "a range of numbers, ages, prices, etc. within which people or things are counted or measured",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the 25–35 age band"
},
{
"text": "Which tax band do you fall into?"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["age", "price", "tax"],
"verb + band": ["be in", "fall into"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bænd/",
"audio": "ba/band/band__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bænd/",
"audio": "ba/band/band__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "noun senses 4 to 7 late Old English (in the sense of something that restrains), from Old Norse, reinforced in late Middle English by Old French bande, of Germanic origin; related to bind. noun senses 1 to 3 late Middle English: from Old French bande, of Germanic origin; related to banner."
}