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{
"term": "bench",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"image": "data/images/ga/garden_chairs.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a long seat for two or more people, usually made of wood",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a park bench"
}
],
"topics": ["Gardens"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["empty", "long", "narrow"],
"verb + bench": ["sit (down) on"],
"bench + noun": ["seat"],
"preposition": ["on a/the bench"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a judge in court or the seat where he/she sits; the position of being a judge or magistrate",
"labels": "(law)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His lawyer turned to address the bench."
},
{
"text": "She has recently been appointed to the bench."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "(in the British parliament) a seat where a particular group of politicians sit",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There was cheering from the Opposition benches."
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["government", "Opposition", "Conservative"],
"verb + bench": ["be on", "sit on"],
"preposition": ["from the… benchs", "on the… benchs"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the seats where players sit when they are not playing in the game",
"labels": "(sport)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the substitutes’ bench"
},
{
"text": "He started the game on the bench but finished as the team’s top scorer."
},
{
"text": "He's sick of spending every game on the bench."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["empty", "long", "narrow"],
"verb + bench": ["sit (down) on"],
"bench + noun": ["seat"],
"preposition": ["on a/the bench"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a long heavy table used for doing practical jobs, working with tools, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a carpenter’s bench"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["work", "carpenter’s", "lab"],
"preposition": ["at a/the bench"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bentʃ/",
"audio": "be/bench/bench__gb_5.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bentʃ/",
"audio": "be/bench/bench__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English benc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bank and German Bank."
}