word-vault/dist/data/cards/re/retreat.json

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{
    "term": "retreat",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a movement away from a place or an enemy because of danger or defeat",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The army was **in full retreat** *(= retreating* very quickly)."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **sound the retreat** *(= to give a loud signal for an army to move away)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Eventually the police forced the crowd into retreat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He took part in the retreat from Paris."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I made a tactful retreat before they started arguing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The enemy was now in retreat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We covered his retreat with bursts of gunfire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We succeeded in cutting off the enemy's line of retreat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an ignominious retreat to the River Vistula"
                },
                {
                    "text": "fresh evidence that trade unionism is on the retreat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hitler's retreat from Russia"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hasty", "headlong", "quick"],
                "verb + retreat": ["beat", "make", "lead"],
                "preposition": ["in retreat", "on the retreat", "retreat from"],
                "phrases": ["be in full retreat", "a line of retreat"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an act of trying to escape from a particular situation to one that you think is safer or more pleasant",
            "sensetop": "retreat (from/into something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Is watching television a retreat from reality?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "her retreat into a fantasy world of her own"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "escape",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hasty", "headlong", "quick"],
                "verb + retreat": ["beat", "make", "lead"],
                "preposition": ["in retreat", "on the retreat", "retreat from"],
                "phrases": ["be in full retreat", "a line of retreat"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an act of changing a decision because of criticism or because a situation has become too difficult",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Senator made an embarrassing retreat from his earlier position."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hasty", "headlong", "quick"],
                "verb + retreat": ["beat", "make", "lead"],
                "preposition": ["in retreat", "on the retreat", "retreat from"],
                "phrases": ["be in full retreat", "a line of retreat"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a quiet, private place that you go to in order to get away from your usual life",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a country retreat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She plans to use it as a winter retreat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are staying here at their secret retreat from life in the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a summer retreat for the rich"
                },
                {
                    "text": "designed as a gentleman's country retreat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the perfect retreat for a romantic honeymoon"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She bought the cottage as a weekend retreat."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["favourite/​favorite", "idyllic", "perfect"],
                "verb + retreat": ["turn something into", "use something as"],
                "preposition": ["retreat for", "retreat from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a period of time when somebody stops their usual activities and goes to a quiet place for prayer and thought; an organized event when people can do this",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He went into retreat and tried to resolve the conflicts within himself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He went on a Buddhist retreat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He went into retreat at his country home to escape the attention of the media."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I went off on one of my annual retreats."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I went on a ten-day silent retreat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She goes on a spiritual retreat for two weeks every summer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The family held its first retreat last October."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Zen Mountain offers numerous wilderness retreats."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["Buddhist", "meditation", "religious"],
                "verb + retreat": ["attend", "do", "go on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to go away or back quickly, especially to avoid something unpleasant",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I decided to beat a hasty retreat."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈtriːt/",
                "audio": "re/retreat/retreat__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈtriːt/",
                "audio": "re/retreat/retreat__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}