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{
"term": "politician",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person whose job involves politics, especially as an elected member of parliament, etc.",
"labels": "also North American English, informal",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "democratically elected politicians"
},
{
"text": "prominent/senior/leading politicians"
},
{
"text": "**Opposition politicians** have called for fresh elections."
},
{
"text": "a **local politician** *(= one who works in local government)*"
},
{
"text": "a **career politician** *(= one who has spent most of their life in politics)*"
},
{
"text": "a journalist who exposed corrupt politicians"
},
{
"text": "His job will be primarily to lobby politicians on airport and security issues."
},
{
"text": "a veteran politician of the left"
},
{
"text": "Much of the money from illegal logging goes to corrupt politicians and officials."
},
{
"text": "The affair led to the resignations of three leading politicians."
},
{
"text": "The veteran politician and former prime minister has announced his retirement."
},
{
"text": "There were claims that the firm had bribed politicians to win public contracts."
},
{
"text": "The opening speech was given by a controversial right-wing politician."
}
],
"topics": ["Politics", "Jobs"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["leading", "popular", "prominent"],
"verb + politician": ["elect", "bribe", "lobby"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person who is good at using different situations in an organization to try to get power or advantage for himself or herself",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Marcos was a consummate politician: energetic and ruthless."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["leading", "popular", "prominent"],
"verb + politician": ["elect", "bribe", "lobby"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌpɒləˈtɪʃn/",
"audio": "po/politician/politician__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌpɑːləˈtɪʃn/",
"audio": "po/politician/politician__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}