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{ "term": "society", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "people in general, living together in communities", "sensetop": "in society", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She believes that the arts benefit **society as a whole**." }, { "text": "Racism exists at all levels of society." }, { "text": "These children have grown up to be useful and productive **members of society**." }, { "text": "Every **section of society** must have access to education." }, { "text": "They carried out research into the roles of men and women in today’s society.", "contextForm": "in society" }, { "text": "A person's job is one of the factors that determines their place in society." }, { "text": "He felt isolated from the rest of society." }, { "text": "Health standards have risen in society at large." }, { "text": "Officers were drawn largely from the top echelons of society." }, { "text": "One of the pillars of society must be that everyone has access to the legal system." }, { "text": "Prisoners often have problems fitting into society on their release." }, { "text": "She devoted herself to helping the outcasts of society." }, { "text": "The civil war tore apart the fabric of society." }, { "text": "The clinic deals with a wide cross-section of society." }, { "text": "The research examines minorities and their relation to society as a whole." }, { "text": "We help offenders to become productive members of society." }, { "text": "Years of high unemployment have left society deeply divided." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["larger", "wider", "entire"], "verb + society": ["build", "create", "change"], "society + verb": ["be based on something", "become"], "preposition": ["in (a) society", "within (a) society"], "phrases": [ "a cross-section of society", "the fabric of society", "the higher echelons of society" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a particular community of people who share the same customs, laws, etc.", "sensetop": "in a society", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**modern** industrial **societies**" }, { "text": "demand created by a consumer society" }, { "text": "Can Britain ever be a classless society?" }, { "text": "They were discussing the problems of Western society." }, { "text": "We **live in a society** that is obsessed with how people look.", "contextForm": "in a society" }, { "text": "These rights are necessary in a **democratic society**." }, { "text": "Our disposable society must be encouraged to recycle." }, { "text": "Such language would not be used in polite society." }, { "text": "US society is becoming more unequal." }, { "text": "We live in a society dominated by men." }, { "text": "the celebration of a culturally diverse society" }, { "text": "the class structure of British society" }, { "text": "the consumerist values of the affluent society" }, { "text": "the division of labour in an advanced capitalist society" }, { "text": "the path to becoming a secular society" }, { "text": "Singapore has a delicately balanced multicultural society." } ], "topics": ["People in society"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["larger", "wider", "entire"], "verb + society": ["build", "create", "change"], "society + verb": ["be based on something", "become"], "preposition": ["in (a) society", "within (a) society"], "phrases": [ "a cross-section of society", "the fabric of society", "the higher echelons of society" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a group of people who join together for a particular purpose", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a member of the drama society" }, { "text": "the American Society of Newspaper Editors" }, { "text": "I joined the local Genealogy Society." }, { "text": "He is a member of numerous professional societies." }, { "text": "She belongs to the historical society." }, { "text": "She was active in the Society for Women's Suffrage." }, { "text": "the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders" }, { "text": "He made few friends and joined few clubs or societies." }, { "text": "Local law societies were unreceptive to the idea." }, { "text": "She joined the Cranbrook Players, the local amateur dramatic society." }, { "text": "The campaign was launched by the National Deaf Children's Society." }, { "text": "the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["debating", "drama", "dramatic"], "verb + society": ["belong to", "become a member of", "join"], "preposition": ["in a/the society", "society for", "society of"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "the group of people in a country who are fashionable, rich and powerful", "examples": [ { "text": "Their daughter married into **high society**." }, { "text": "a society wedding" }, { "text": "She moved in high society and had many literary friends." }, { "text": "She was a poor Irish girl who married into New York society." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["larger", "wider", "entire"], "verb + society": ["build", "create", "change"], "society + verb": ["be based on something", "become"], "preposition": ["in (a) society", "within (a) society"], "phrases": [ "a cross-section of society", "the fabric of society", "the higher echelons of society" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "the state of being with other people", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "He was a solitary man who avoided the society of others." } ], "synonyms": "company" } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/səˈsaɪəti/", "audio": "so/society/society__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/səˈsaɪəti/", "audio": "so/society/society__us_3.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘companionship, friendly association with others’): from French société, from Latin societas, from socius ‘companion’." }