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{ "term": "board", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a long thin piece of strong hard material, especially wood, used, for example, for making floors, building walls and roofs and making boats", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He had ripped up the carpet, leaving only the bare boards." }, { "text": "She noticed a loose board in the fence." } ], "topics": ["Buildings"] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a piece of wood, or other strong material, that is used for a special purpose", "labels": "(British English)(North American English)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a whiteboard" }, { "text": "I'll write it up on the board." }, { "text": "a noticeboard" }, { "text": "a bulletin board" }, { "text": "The exam results went up on the board." }, { "text": "a diving board" }, { "text": "She jumped off the top board." }, { "text": "a chessboard" }, { "text": "He removed the figure from the board." } ], "topics": ["Education", "Games and toys"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["bulletin", "drawing", "poster"], "board + noun": ["game"], "preposition": ["on a/the board"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the piece of equipment on which somebody stands in various water sports and in snowboarding and skateboarding", "examples": [ { "text": "You kick-turn with both feet on the board." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a group of people who have power to make decisions and control a company or other organization", "sensetop": "on the boardboard of somebody/something", "labels": "(North American English)", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The board is/are unhappy about falling sales." }, { "text": "members of the board" }, { "text": "She has a seat on the **board of directors**.", "contextForm": "on the board" }, { "text": "He has **served on the** editorial **boards** of several scientific journals." }, { "text": "She **sits on** various advisory **boards**." }, { "text": "a **board member/meeting**" }, { "text": "discussions at board level" }, { "text": "The decision was approved by the museum's **board of trustees**.", "contextForm": "board of somebody/something" }, { "text": "the **Board of Education** *(= a group of elected officials who are in charge of all the public schools in a particular area)*" }, { "text": "She put her ideas to the board." }, { "text": "The project will go to the board for consideration." }, { "text": "He became one of the first foreigners to be appointed to the board of a major Japanese company." }, { "text": "He's chairman of the BBC's board of governors." } ], "topics": ["Business"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["advisory", "editorial", "executive"], "verb + board": ["be on", "serve on", "sit on"], "board + noun": ["member", "meeting"], "preposition": ["board of"], "phrases": [ "at board level", "chairman of the board", "a member of the board" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "used in the name of some organizations", "examples": [ { "text": "the Welsh Tourist Board *(= responsible for giving tourist information)*" }, { "text": "The exams are set by the Cambridge Examining Board." }, { "text": "All boxers are examined by medical officers from the British Boxing Board of Control." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "the meals that are provided when you stay in a hotel, guest house, etc.; what you pay for the meals", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "He pays £90 a week board and lodging." } ], "topics": ["Holidays"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["full", "half"], "phrases": ["board and lodging", "room and board"] } }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "exams that you take when you apply to go to college in the US", "labels": "(old-fashioned, US English)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "the stage in a theatre", "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "His play is on the boards on Broadway." }, { "text": "She's treading the boards *(= working as an actress)*." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "the low wooden wall surrounding the area where a game of ice hockey is played", "labels": "(North American English)", "examples": [ { "text": "The puck went wide, hitting the boards." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "involving everyone or everything in a company, an industry, etc.", "examples": [ { "text": "The industry needs more investment across the board." }, { "text": "an across-the-board wage increase" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be rejected or ignored; to be no longer possible", "examples": [ { "text": "All her efforts to be polite went by the board and she started to shout." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "on or in a ship, an aircraft or a train", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Have the passengers gone on board yet?" } ], "synonyms": "aboard", "topics": ["Transport by water"] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "giving your support to an idea or a project", "examples": [ { "text": "We must get more sponsors on board." }, { "text": "You need to bring the whole staff on board." }, { "text": "It’s good to have you on board *(= working with us)* for this project." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to win all the prizes, etc. in a competition", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to accept and understand an idea or a suggestion", "examples": [ { "text": "I told her what I thought, but she didn't take my advice on board." } ], "topics": ["Suggestions and advice"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/bɔːd/", "audio": "bo/board/board__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/bɔːrd/", "audio": "bo/board/board__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English bord, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boord and German Bort; reinforced in Middle English by Old French bort ‘edge, ship's side’ and Old Norse borth ‘board, table’." }