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{
"term": "clothes",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/cl/clothes.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the things that you wear, such as trousers, dresses and jackets",
"labels": "(North American English also)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I bought some new clothes for the trip."
},
{
"text": "They were dressed in **designer clothes** *(= clothes designed by famous fashion designers)*."
},
{
"text": "to **put on/take off your clothes**"
},
{
"text": "clean/dirty clothes"
},
{
"text": "a police officer in **civilian clothes** *(= not in uniform)*"
},
{
"text": "**work clothes** *(= for wearing to work)*"
},
{
"text": "She was **wearing** casual **clothes**."
},
{
"text": "maternity/baby clothes *(= for pregnant women/babies)*"
},
{
"text": "winter/summer clothes"
},
{
"text": "a clothes shop"
},
{
"text": "She has no clothes sense *(= she does not know what clothes look attractive)*."
},
{
"text": "Bring a change of clothes with you."
},
{
"text": "He wore his best clothes to the interview."
},
{
"text": "I'm going to take a set of clean clothes with me."
},
{
"text": "She didn't recognize him in his everyday clothes."
},
{
"text": "a new suit of clothes for the baby"
},
{
"text": "I quickly threw on some clothes and ran downstairs."
}
],
"topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["beautiful", "elegant", "fancy"],
"… of clothes": ["set", "suit"],
"verb + clothes": ["pull on", "put (back) on", "remove"],
"clothes + noun": ["shop", "store", "designer"],
"preposition": ["in clothes"],
"phrases": ["a change of clothes"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to describe a situation in which everybody suddenly realizes that they were wrong to believe that somebody/something was very good, important, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Is this artist's white canvas a case of the emperor's new clothes or is it something beautiful, even moving?"
},
{
"text": "Soon investors will realize that the emperor has no clothes and there will be a big sell-off in stocks."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kləʊðz//kləʊz/",
"audio": "cl/clothes/clothes__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kləʊðz//kləʊz/",
"audio": "cl/clothes/clothes__us_2_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English clāthas, plural of clāth, related to Dutch kleed and German Kleid, of unknown ultimate origin."
}