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{
"term": "bond",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "something that forms a connection between people or groups, such as a feeling of friendship or shared ideas and experiences",
"sensetop": "bond between A and Bbond with somebody",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the bond that links us"
},
{
"text": "A bond of friendship had been forged between them.",
"contextForm": "bond between A and B"
},
{
"text": "The agreement strengthened the bonds between the two countries."
},
{
"text": "the special bond between mother and child"
},
{
"text": "Informal language creates a bond between the members of the community."
},
{
"text": "The students formed strong bonds with each other.",
"contextForm": "bond with somebody"
},
{
"text": "She felt a bond of affection for the other girls."
},
{
"text": "We try to forge bonds between the different communities."
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["close", "strong", "common"],
"verb + bond": ["be linked by", "feel", "have"],
"bond + verb": ["exist", "link somebody"],
"preposition": ["bond between", "bond of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an agreement by a government or a company to pay you interest on the money you have lent; a document containing this agreement",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "government bonds"
},
{
"text": "The bonds were redeemed in 2022."
},
{
"text": "I decided to invest in some government bonds."
}
],
"topics": ["Money"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["high-yield", "long-term", "corporate"],
"verb + bond": ["buy", "invest in", "purchase"],
"bond + noun": ["market"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a sum of money that is paid as bail",
"labels": "(especially North American English, law)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was released on $5 000 bond."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a legal agreement by which a bank lends you money to buy a house, etc. which you pay back over many years; the sum of money that is lent",
"labels": "(South African English)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to pay off a bond"
},
{
"text": "We had to take out a second bond on the property."
},
{
"text": "bond rates *(= of interest)*"
}
],
"topics": ["Money", "Houses and homes"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the ropes or chains keeping somebody prisoner; anything that stops you from being free to do what you want",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to release somebody from their bonds"
},
{
"text": "the **bonds of oppression/injustice**"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a legal written agreement or promise",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We entered into a solemn bond."
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "the way in which two things are joined together",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a firm bond between the two surfaces"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "the way in which atoms are held together in a chemical compound",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "somebody’s promise can be relied on completely",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɒnd/",
"audio": "bo/bond/bond__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɑːnd/",
"audio": "bo/bond/bond__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: variant of band."
}