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{ "term": "guard", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a person, such as a soldier, a police officer or a prison officer, who protects a place or people, or prevents prisoners from escaping", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**prison/border guards**" }, { "text": "The building is protected by **armed guards**." }, { "text": "The prisoner slipped past the guards on the gate and escaped." }, { "text": "A guard was posted outside the building." }, { "text": "Guards had been posted all around the TV studio." }, { "text": "Guards patrolled the perimeter fence." }, { "text": "The border guard checked our papers before waving us through." } ], "topics": ["War and conflict", "Crime and punishment", "Jobs"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["armed", "uniformed", "border"], "verb + guard": ["post", "station"], "guard + verb": [ "patrol something", "protect something", "escort somebody" ], "guard + noun": ["duty", "dog"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the act or duty of protecting property, places or people from attack or danger; the act or duty of preventing prisoners from escaping", "sensetop": "on guardunder guard", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a sentry on guard *(= at his or her post, on duty)*", "contextForm": "on guard" }, { "text": "to be **on guard duty**" }, { "text": "The escaped prisoner was brought back under **armed guard**.", "contextForm": "under guard" }, { "text": "The terrorist was kept under police guard." }, { "text": "Two sentries stood on guard." }, { "text": "The suspects were kept under police guard." }, { "text": "He fell asleep on guard duty." }, { "text": "He was doing guard duty at the entrance to the embassy." }, { "text": "Would you like me to keep guard of your room?" }, { "text": "Two police officers kept guard over the burned-out building." }, { "text": "The prisoners were under close guard." }, { "text": "The accused was taken to court under armed guard." }, { "text": "Soldiers stood guard on the city gates." }, { "text": "Several police officers were on guard outside the factory." }, { "text": "He arrived under heavy guard." } ], "topics": ["Danger", "War and conflict"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["close", "24-hour", "constant"], "preposition": ["off (your) guard", "on (your) guard", "under guard"], "phrases": [ "drop your guard", "keep guard of something", "keep your guard up" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a group of people, such as soldiers or police officers, who protect somebody/something", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "the captain of the guard" }, { "text": "the changing of the guard *(= when one group replaces another)*" }, { "text": "The guard is/are being inspected today." }, { "text": "Fellow airmen provided a **guard of honour** at his wedding." }, { "text": "The president always travels with an **armed guard**." }, { "text": "Fellow soldiers from Corporal Smith's regiment formed a guard of honour at his wedding." }, { "text": "The guard was changed every two hours." }, { "text": "A group of tourists was watching the changing of the guard outside the palace." }, { "text": "It would only be a matter of minutes before the alarm was raised and the guard called out." }, { "text": "The coffin was accompanied by a guard of honour." } ], "topics": ["War and conflict"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["civil", "national", "palace"], "verb + guard": ["change", "call out"], "phrases": ["guard of honour/honor"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "(in the UK and some other countries) special regiments of soldiers whose original duty was to protect the king or queen", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "the Scots Guards" }, { "text": "a Guards officer" } ], "topics": ["War and conflict"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["civil", "national", "palace"], "verb + guard": ["change", "call out"], "phrases": ["guard of honour/honor"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "something that covers a part of a person’s body or a dangerous part of a machine to prevent injury", "examples": [ { "text": "All players wear helmets and face guards." }, { "text": "Ensure the guard is in place before operating the machine." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["trigger", "fire", "shin"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "conductor (= a person who is in charge of a train and travels with it, but does not drive it)", "labels": "(British English, becoming old-fashioned)", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [], "topics": ["Transport by bus and train"] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "a position you take to defend yourself, especially in a sport such as boxing or fencing", "labels": "(figurative)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "to drop/keep up your guard" }, { "text": "In spite of the awkward questions the minister never let his guard fall for a moment." }, { "text": "Matt relaxed a little, dropping his guard." }, { "text": "No one can keep their guard up all the time." } ], "topics": ["Sports: other sports"] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "one of the two players on a basketball team who are mainly responsible for staying close to players of the other team to stop them from scoring", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [], "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "one of the two players on an American football team who play either side of the centre forward", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [], "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be very careful and prepared for something difficult or dangerous", "examples": [ { "text": "He was always on his guard against moneymaking schemes." } ], "topics": ["Danger"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to stop being careful and preparing yourself for possible danger or difficulty", "examples": [ { "text": "You can never drop your guard with a two-year-old." }, { "text": "Even when he's winning, he never drops his guard." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to watch or protect somebody/something", "examples": [ { "text": "Four soldiers stood guard over the coffin." }, { "text": "One of the men kept guard, while the other broke into the house." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "not careful or prepared for something difficult or dangerous", "examples": [ { "text": "The lawyer’s apparently innocent question was designed to **catch** the witness **off (his) guard**." }, { "text": "He caught me completely off guard." }, { "text": "The question seemed to catch him off his guard." } ], "topics": ["Danger"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ɡɑːd/", "audio": "gu/guard/guard__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ɡɑːrd/", "audio": "gu/guard/guard__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘care, custody’): from Old French garde (noun), garder (verb), of West Germanic origin. Compare with ward." }