word-vault/dist/data/cards/pu/publicity.json

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{
    "term": "publicity",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the attention that is given to somebody/something by newspapers, television, etc.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**good/bad/adverse publicity**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a great deal of publicity surrounding his disappearance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trial took place amid **a blaze of** *(= a lot of)* **publicity**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Taking part in the event will be good publicity for our school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chairman resigned amid a storm of publicity over the bonus payments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company had received bad publicity over a defective product."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The media have begun to give greater publicity to the campaign against GM food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The release of the report was timed to generate maximum publicity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a lot of negative publicity surrounding the film."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "enormous", "extensive"],
                "verb + publicity": ["give somebody/​something", "gain", "garner"],
                "publicity + verb": ["surround something"],
                "preposition": [
                    "publicity  about",
                    "publicity  for",
                    "publicity  over"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "a blaze of publicity",
                    "a storm of publicity",
                    "the glare of publicity"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the business of attracting the attention of the public to something/somebody; the things that are done to attract attention",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She works in publicity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a lot of advance publicity for her new film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "publicity material"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **publicity campaign**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The band dressed up as the Beatles as a **publicity stunt**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He’s in charge of the publicity for next year’s festival."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The record company's publicity machine was working flat out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting at the doctor's."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's better-looking in his publicity shots than he is in real life."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["advance"],
                "publicity + noun": ["material", "photograph", "shot"],
                "preposition": ["publicity  about", "publicity  for"],
                "phrases": ["a lack of publicity"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pʌbˈlɪsəti/",
                "audio": "pu/publicity/publicity__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pʌbˈlɪsəti/",
                "audio": "pu/publicity/publicity__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 18th cent.: from French publicité, from public ‘public’, from Latin publicus, blend of poplicus ‘of the people’ (from populus ‘people’) and pubes ‘adult’."
}