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{
"term": "donor",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person or an organization that makes a gift of money, clothes, food, etc. to a charity, etc.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "international aid donors *(= countries that give money, etc. to help other countries)*"
},
{
"text": "She is one of the charity's main donors."
},
{
"text": "Donors pledged a total of $1 000 million in relief aid."
},
{
"text": "The charity received £50 000 from an anonymous donor."
},
{
"text": "loans from rich donor countries to low-income nations"
}
],
"topics": ["Social issues", "Money"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["wealthy", "big", "generous"],
"donor + verb": [
"give something",
"make a donation",
"pledge something"
],
"donor + noun": ["country", "government"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person who gives blood or a part of his or her body to be used by doctors in medical treatment",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a blood donor"
},
{
"text": "The heart transplant will take place as soon as a suitable donor can be found."
},
{
"text": "donor organs"
},
{
"text": "a donor card *(= a card that you carry giving permission for doctors to use parts of your body after your death)*"
},
{
"text": "Not all patients who die are suitable as organ donors."
},
{
"text": "The operation will go ahead as soon as a suitable donor can be found."
},
{
"text": "Donors give blood twice a year."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["blood", "bone-marrow", "egg"],
"donor + verb": ["donate something", "give something"],
"donor + noun": ["blood", "egg", "organ"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdəʊnə(r)/",
"audio": "do/donor/donor__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdəʊnər/",
"audio": "do/donor/donor__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French doneur, from Latin donator, from donare ‘give’."
}