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{
"term": "heritage",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the history, traditions, buildings and objects that a country or society has had for many years and that are considered an important part of its character",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Spain’s rich cultural heritage"
},
{
"text": "The building is part of our national heritage."
},
{
"text": "Folk songs are part of our common heritage."
},
{
"text": "It's a family-run business that traces its heritage back to 1884."
},
{
"text": "The city has an exceptionally rich heritage of historic buildings."
},
{
"text": "The country has a long and proud heritage."
},
{
"text": "The site has UNESCO World Heritage status."
},
{
"text": "an organization whose aim is to protect our heritage of wild plants"
}
],
"topics": ["History", "Family and relationships"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["glorious", "precious", "proud"],
"verb + heritage": ["have", "claim", "conserve"],
"heritage + noun": ["attraction", "building", "centre/center"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person's ethnic or religious background; the countries, cultures, religious groups, etc. that a person's parents or ancestors come from",
"examples": [
{
"text": "What's your heritage?"
},
{
"text": "Her heritage is Chinese and Vietnamese."
},
{
"text": "She made a conscious attempt to explore her Jewish heritage."
},
{
"text": "He was the first mayor of black African heritage in a major European city."
},
{
"text": "I will not abandon my religious heritage."
},
{
"text": "This performance is a celebration of our heritage."
},
{
"text": "the 40 million or so Americans who claim an Irish heritage"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used to describe a traditional product, brand, type of animal or plant variety, especially one that is old-fashioned, rare and of high quality",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Cotswold sheep are considered a heritage breed in Canada."
},
{
"text": "Heritage carrots are not always orange in colour."
},
{
"text": "They work with some of Britain's oldest heritage brands, including Jaguar, Harrods and the BBC."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈherɪtɪdʒ/",
"audio": "he/heritage/heritage__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈherɪtɪdʒ/",
"audio": "he/heritage/heritage__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French heritage, from heriter ‘inherit’, from ecclesiastical Latin hereditare, from Latin heres, hered- ‘heir’."
}