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{
"term": "palace",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"image": "data/images/bu/buildings.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the official home of a king, queen, president, etc.",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Buckingham Palace"
},
{
"text": "the **royal/presidential palace**"
},
{
"text": "He spent his early days at the Palace of Versailles."
},
{
"text": "the palace gates/grounds/walls"
},
{
"text": "She found it hard to adjust to palace life."
},
{
"text": "The king was deposed by his son in a palace coup."
}
],
"topics": ["History", "Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["ancient", "14th-century", "etc."],
"verb + palace": ["build", "live in"],
"palace + verb": ["stand"],
"palace + noun": ["complex", "compound", "courtyard"],
"preposition": ["at a/the palace", "in a/the palace"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a way of referring to the people who live or work in a palace, especially the British royal family and their advisers",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Palace last night refused to comment on the reports."
},
{
"text": "a Palace spokesman"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["ancient", "14th-century", "etc."],
"verb + palace": ["build", "live in"],
"palace + verb": ["stand"],
"palace + noun": ["complex", "compound", "courtyard"],
"preposition": ["at a/the palace", "in a/the palace"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "any large impressive house",
"cefr": "a2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Old Town has a whole collection of churches, palaces and mosques."
},
{
"text": "Even this small house was a veritable palace compared to his tent."
}
],
"topics": ["Houses and homes", "Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["ancient", "14th-century", "etc."],
"verb + palace": ["build", "live in"],
"palace + verb": ["stand"],
"palace + noun": ["complex", "compound", "courtyard"],
"preposition": ["at a/the palace", "in a/the palace"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a large public building, such as a hotel or cinema",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Strand Palace Hotel"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpæləs/",
"audio": "pa/palace/palace__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpæləs/",
"audio": "pa/palace/palace__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French paleis, from Latin Palatium, the name of the Palatine hill in Rome, where the house of the emperor was situated."
}