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{
"term": "coup",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a sudden change of government that is illegal and often violent",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He seized power in a military coup in 2008."
},
{
"text": "to **stage/mount a coup**"
},
{
"text": "He was sentenced to death for his part in the attempted coup."
},
{
"text": "**a failed/an abortive coup**"
},
{
"text": "She lost her position in a boardroom coup *(= a sudden change of power among senior managers in a company)*."
},
{
"text": "The coup was immediately put down and the plotters were shot."
},
{
"text": "an army coup against the president"
},
{
"text": "Months of unrest in the company led to a boardroom coup that saw four directors voted out."
},
{
"text": "The regime was overthrown in a bloodless coup led by young army officers."
}
],
"topics": ["War and conflict", "Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["abortive", "attempted", "failed"],
"verb + coup": ["launch", "mount", "stage"],
"coup + noun": ["attempt", "plot", "leader"],
"preposition": ["coup against"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the fact of achieving something that was difficult to do",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Getting this contract has been quite a coup for us."
},
{
"text": "He pulled off a major diplomatic coup by winning agreement from all the warring factions on a permanent ceasefire."
},
{
"text": "He managed to pull off a major diplomatic coup."
},
{
"text": "Winning that contract was her greatest coup."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "great", "major"],
"verb + coup": ["pull off", "score"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kuː/",
"audio": "co/coup/coup__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kuːz/",
"audio": "co/coup/coups__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kuː/",
"audio": "co/coup/coup__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kuːz/",
"audio": "co/coup/coups__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 18th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin colpus ‘blow’ from Greek kolaphos ‘blow with the fist’."
}