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{
"term": "officer",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person who is in a position of authority in the armed forces or on a ship",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**army/military/naval officers**"
},
{
"text": "**senior officers** in the Royal Air Force"
},
{
"text": "The matter was passed on to me, as your **commanding officer**."
},
{
"text": "He's a retired army **intelligence officer**."
},
{
"text": "The decision rests with the ranking officer."
},
{
"text": "a former army officer who served in Iraq"
},
{
"text": "the officer commanding the infantry"
},
{
"text": "to salute a superior officer"
},
{
"text": "The military academy trains officers for technical service in the army."
},
{
"text": "On Christmas Eve 1914 officers and soldiers put down their weapons to share wine and food."
}
],
"topics": ["War and conflict"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["air-force", "army", "military"],
"verb + officer": ["salute"],
"officer + verb": ["command something", "serve"],
"officer + noun": ["corps", "cadet", "candidate"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a member of the police",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the officer in charge of the case"
},
{
"text": "the investigating officer"
},
{
"text": "Yes, officer, I saw what happened."
},
{
"text": "Officers arrested five suspects after a raid last night."
},
{
"text": "Two uniformed officers attended the scene of the accident."
},
{
"text": "100 officers swooped on various south Essex locations."
},
{
"text": "We spoke to the duty officer at the police station."
},
{
"text": "Officers raided an address in the Pittsburgh area."
},
{
"text": "Drug squad officers raided a warehouse near Heathrow."
},
{
"text": "The budget will pay for 200 extra police community support officers."
},
{
"text": "A team of undercover officers was deployed inside the club to catch the dealers."
},
{
"text": "The panel included law enforcement officers such as police and sheriffs."
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["chief", "senior", "superior"],
"officer + verb": [
"investigate something",
"patrol something",
"raid something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a title for a police officer",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Officer Dibble"
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["chief", "senior", "superior"],
"officer + verb": [
"investigate something",
"patrol something",
"raid something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a person who is in a position of authority in the government or a large organization",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an environmental health officer"
},
{
"text": "a customs/prison/welfare officer"
},
{
"text": "officers of state *(= ministers in the government)*"
},
{
"text": "He was a former officer in the Secret Service."
},
{
"text": "Trading standards officers seized a large number of fake goods."
},
{
"text": "If you're concerned, you should go to a student welfare officer to discuss the problem."
},
{
"text": "All directors and other senior officers of the company will have a vote."
},
{
"text": "The corporation has shareholders, officers and board members."
},
{
"text": "airport security officers"
},
{
"text": "The company's chief financial officer denied that the company had misled its shareholders."
},
{
"text": "Local council officers met to discuss the proposals."
},
{
"text": "They need to see the planning officer's report before commenting publicly."
},
{
"text": "The cooperative has elected the following officers to serve on the board of directors."
},
{
"text": "She owed a vast sum of money, and the sheriff's officers arrived to confiscate the family property."
}
],
"topics": ["Jobs"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["chief", "principal", "senior"],
"verb + officer": ["be", "work as", "become"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɒfɪsə(r)/",
"audio": "of/officer/officer__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɑːfɪsər/",
"audio": "of/officer/officer__us_2_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium ‘performance of a task’ (in medieval Latin also ‘office, divine service’), based on opus ‘work’ + facere ‘do’."
}