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{
"term": "patrol",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the act of going to different parts of a building, an area, etc. to make sure that there is no trouble or crime",
"sensetop": "on patrol",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Security guards make regular patrols at night."
},
{
"text": "a police car on patrol",
"contextForm": "on patrol"
},
{
"text": "The Italians flew regular patrols over the desert."
},
{
"text": "They maintain a continuous patrol of the oceans with three submarines."
},
{
"text": "helicopters used for traffic patrols"
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice", "War and conflict"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["routine", "special", "armed"],
"verb + patrol": ["carry out", "conduct", "fly"],
"patrol + noun": ["aircraft", "boat", "car"],
"preposition": ["on patrol"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a group of soldiers, vehicles, etc. that patrol an area",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a naval/police patrol"
},
{
"text": "a **patrol car/boat**"
},
{
"text": "Every police car and foot patrol in the area is on full alert."
},
{
"text": "One soldier was killed when his patrol was ambushed."
},
{
"text": "The highway patrol has sealed off the area."
},
{
"text": "They sent out four-man patrols to scout the area."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["routine", "special", "armed"],
"verb + patrol": ["carry out", "conduct", "fly"],
"patrol + noun": ["aircraft", "boat", "car"],
"preposition": ["on patrol"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a group of about six Boy Scouts or Girl Guides / Girl Scouts that forms part of a larger group",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈtrəʊl/",
"audio": "pa/patrol/patrol__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈtrəʊl/",
"audio": "pa/patrol/patrol__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}