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{
"term": "mayor",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the head of the government of a town or city, etc., elected by the public",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Mayor of New York"
},
{
"text": "Mayor Lori Lightfoot"
},
{
"text": "This is the second time she has run for mayor of St. Louis."
},
{
"text": "He became the first directly elected mayor of London in 2000."
},
{
"text": "The allegations were made in an article by former New York mayor, Ed Koch."
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["local", "deputy", "lord"],
"verb + mayor": ["run for", "elect (somebody)", "elect somebody as"],
"preposition": ["mayor of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "(in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) the head of a town, borough or county council, chosen by other members of the council to represent them at official ceremonies, etc.",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["local", "deputy", "lord"],
"verb + mayor": ["run for", "elect (somebody)", "elect somebody as"],
"preposition": ["mayor of"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/meə(r)/",
"audio": "ma/mayor/mayor__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmeɪər/",
"audio": "ma/mayor/mayor__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French maire, from the Latin adjective major ‘greater’, used as a noun in late Latin."
}