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{
"term": "kingdom",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a country that has a king or queen as head of state (= official leader of the country)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the United Kingdom"
},
{
"text": "the kingdom of God *(= heaven)*"
},
{
"text": "He ruled the ancient kingdom of Kaffa."
},
{
"text": "It was one of the richest towns in the kingdom."
},
{
"text": "changes that were taking place throughout the kingdom"
}
],
"topics": ["History"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["independent", "ancient", "medieval"],
"verb + kingdom": ["rule", "inherit"],
"preposition": [
"in a/the kingdom",
"throughout a/the kingdom",
"kingdom of"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an area controlled by a particular person or where a particular thing or idea is important",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "one of the three traditional divisions of the natural world",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["independent", "ancient", "medieval"],
"verb + kingdom": ["rule", "inherit"],
"preposition": [
"in a/the kingdom",
"throughout a/the kingdom",
"kingdom of"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "one of the five major groups into which all living things are organized",
"labels": "(biology)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to completely destroy somebody/something with an explosion",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The truck was blown to kingdom come."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "forever",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He’ll talk till kingdom come if you let him."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɪŋdəm/",
"audio": "ki/kingdom/kingdom__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɪŋdəm/",
"audio": "ki/kingdom/kingdom__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English cyningdōm ‘kingship’ (see king, -dom)."
}