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{
"term": "constituency",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a district that elects its own representative to parliament",
"labels": "(especially British English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Unemployment is high in her constituency."
},
{
"text": "He owns a house in his Darlington constituency."
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["important", "key", "home"],
"verb + constituency": ["represent"],
"constituency + noun": ["boundaries", "MP"],
"preposition": ["in a/the constituency"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the people who live in and vote in a particular district",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "constituency opinion"
},
{
"text": "What does/do the constituency think?"
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a particular group of people in society who are likely to support a person, an idea or a product",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There is a strong constituency of support for his proposal."
},
{
"text": "the constituency that is/are in favour of the proposal"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["broad", "wider", "core"],
"verb + constituency": ["appeal to", "represent", "build"],
"preposition": ["in a/the constituency"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈstɪtʃuənsi/",
"audio": "xc/constituency/xconstituency__gb_4.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈstɪtʃuənsi/",
"audio": "xc/constituency/xconstituency__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}