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{
"term": "invasion",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the act of an army entering another country by force in order to take control of it",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the German invasion of Poland in 1939"
},
{
"text": "the threat of invasion"
},
{
"text": "an **invasion force/fleet**"
},
{
"text": "Latest reports are of a full-scale military invasion."
},
{
"text": "The UN resolution condemned the invasion of the country."
},
{
"text": "The invasion force comprised 3 000–5 000 heavily armed troops."
}
],
"topics": ["History", "War and conflict"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full-scale", "military", "amphibious"],
"verb + invasion": ["carry out", "launch", "mount"],
"invasion + noun": ["fleet", "force"],
"phrases": [
"an invasion of privacy",
"fear of invasion",
"a threat of invasion"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the fact of a large number of people or things arriving somewhere, especially people or things that are unpleasant",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the annual tourist invasion"
},
{
"text": "Farmers are struggling to cope with an invasion of slugs."
},
{
"text": "Robberies and home invasions are grim facts of daily life."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full-scale", "military", "amphibious"],
"verb + invasion": ["carry out", "launch", "mount"],
"invasion + noun": ["fleet", "force"],
"phrases": [
"an invasion of privacy",
"fear of invasion",
"a threat of invasion"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an act or a process that affects somebody/something in a way that is not welcome",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The singer described the photographs of her as an **invasion of privacy**."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full-scale", "military", "amphibious"],
"verb + invasion": ["carry out", "launch", "mount"],
"invasion + noun": ["fleet", "force"],
"phrases": [
"an invasion of privacy",
"fear of invasion",
"a threat of invasion"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈveɪʒn/",
"audio": "in/invasion/invasion__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈveɪʒn/",
"audio": "in/invasion/invasion__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from late Latin invasio(n-), from the verb invadere, from in- ‘into’ + vadere ‘go’."
}