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{
"term": "embassy",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a group of officials led by an ambassador who represent their government in a foreign country",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "embassy officials"
},
{
"text": "to inform the embassy of the situation"
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["foreign", "American", "British"],
"verb + embassy": ["close", "open", "reopen"],
"embassy + noun": ["building", "compound", "official"],
"preposition": [
"at an/the embassy",
"in an/the embassy",
"outside an/the embassy"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the building in which an embassy works",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a demonstration outside the Russian Embassy"
},
{
"text": "a fire in the Spanish embassy"
},
{
"text": "a protest outside the American embassy"
},
{
"text": "They broke off diplomatic relations and closed the embassies in each other's country."
},
{
"text": "She works at the Malaysian embassy in Buenos Aires."
}
],
"topics": ["Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["foreign", "American", "British"],
"verb + embassy": ["close", "open", "reopen"],
"embassy + noun": ["building", "compound", "official"],
"preposition": [
"at an/the embassy",
"in an/the embassy",
"outside an/the embassy"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈembəsi/",
"audio": "em/embassy/embassy__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈembəsi/",
"audio": "em/embassy/embassy__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (originally also as ambassy denoting the position of ambassador): from Old French ambasse, based on Latin ambactus ‘servant’. Compare with ambassador."
}