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{
"term": "homeland",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the country where a person was born",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Many refugees have been forced to flee their homeland."
},
{
"text": "He longs to return to his homeland."
},
{
"text": "He wants his children to grow up in his adopted homeland."
},
{
"text": "It is the role of the army to protect the homeland."
},
{
"text": "They hope to remain in their homeland."
},
{
"text": "They were devastated that they had to leave their beloved homeland."
},
{
"text": "the struggle to defend their ancient homeland"
},
{
"text": "After the war they wished to return to their traditional homelands."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["beloved", "ancestral", "ancient"],
"verb + homeland": ["defend", "protect", "secure"],
"homeland + noun": ["defence/defense", "security"],
"preposition": ["in a/somebody’s homeland"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "(in the Republic of South Africa under the apartheid system in the past) one of the areas with some self-government that were intended for a group of black African people to live in",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Transkei homeland"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhəʊmlænd/",
"audio": "ho/homeland/homeland__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhəʊmlænd/",
"audio": "ho/homeland/homeland__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}