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{
"term": "revolution",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an attempt, by a large number of people, to change the government of a country, especially by violent action",
"labels": "(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **socialist revolution**"
},
{
"text": "the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789"
},
{
"text": "The shooting and killing of thirty people started a revolution."
},
{
"text": "The country appears to be on the brink of revolution."
},
{
"text": "Some Marxists still believe that socialism will one day triumph through world revolution."
},
{
"text": "The activists were charged with fomenting revolution."
},
{
"text": "Thousands of people were killed in the bloody revolution that toppled the government."
},
{
"text": "a revolution against communist rule"
},
{
"text": "the failed 1911 revolution"
},
{
"text": "the revolution which overthrew the old regime"
},
{
"text": "The French Revolution brought about great changes in the society and government of France."
}
],
"topics": ["History", "Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["successful", "bloody", "violent"],
"verb + revolution": ["carry out", "fight", "foment"],
"revolution + verb": ["break out", "spread", "overthrow something"],
"preposition": ["revolution against"],
"phrases": [
"the outbreak of the revolution",
"revolution from above",
"revolution from below"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a great change in conditions, ways of working, beliefs, etc. that affects large numbers of people",
"sensetop": "revolution in something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **cultural/social/scientific, etc. revolution**"
},
{
"text": "the sexual revolution of the 1960s"
},
{
"text": "the digital/technological revolution"
},
{
"text": "They led the electronics revolution but have been left behind by the IT revolution."
},
{
"text": "A revolution in information technology is taking place.",
"contextForm": "revolution in something"
},
{
"text": "As the 18th century wore on, an agricultural revolution took place."
},
{
"text": "Doctors have welcomed the fitness revolution."
},
{
"text": "He achieved a virtual revolution in the way music is recorded."
},
{
"text": "Marketing has undergone a revolution in recent years."
},
{
"text": "The coming of television brought about a revolution in people's leisure activities."
},
{
"text": "The computer revolution has transformed the workplace."
},
{
"text": "The last decade has seen a revolution in telecommunications."
},
{
"text": "There has been a quiet revolution in the way writing is taught."
},
{
"text": "There has been a revolution going on in farming during the last five years."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["quiet", "complete", "virtual"],
"verb + revolution": ["achieve", "begin", "bring"],
"revolution + verb": ["occur", "take place", "go on"],
"preposition": ["revolution in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a complete circular movement around a point",
"sensetop": "revolution around something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The disk rotates at up to 500 **revolutions per minute**."
},
{
"text": "The revolution of the earth around the sun takes one year.",
"contextForm": "revolution around something"
},
{
"text": "Jupiter makes a complete revolution around the sun every 12 years."
},
{
"text": "The earth turns through one complete revolution approximately every twenty-four hours."
},
{
"text": "One full revolution of the knob will open the hatch."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["complete", "full"],
"verb + revolution": ["complete", "make"],
"preposition": [
"through a revolution",
"revolution about",
"revolution around"
],
"phrases": ["revolutions a minute", "revolutions per minute"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrevəˈluːʃn/",
"audio": "re/revolution/revolution__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrevəˈluːʃn/",
"audio": "re/revolution/revolution__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin revolutio(n-), from revolvere ‘roll back’, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + volvere ‘roll’."
}