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{
"term": "outbreak",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the sudden start of something unpleasant, especially violence or a disease",
"labels": "(British English)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the outbreak of war"
},
{
"text": "an outbreak of typhoid"
},
{
"text": "Outbreaks of rain are expected in the afternoon."
},
{
"text": "the events that led to the outbreak of World War I"
},
{
"text": "an outbreak of hostilities"
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["large", "major", "serious"],
"verb + outbreak": ["cause", "lead to", "prevent"],
"outbreak + verb": ["occur"],
"preposition": ["outbreak of"],
"phrases": [
"an outbreak of disease",
"outbreaks of rain",
"an outbreak of war, fighting, hostilities, violence, etc."
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtbreɪk/",
"audio": "ou/outbreak/outbreak__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtbreɪk/",
"audio": "ou/outbreak/outbreak__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}