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{
"term": "sphere",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"image": "data/images/so/solids.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a solid figure that is completely round, with every point on its surface at an equal distance from the centre",
"labels": "(geometry)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Earth is not a perfect sphere."
}
],
"topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "any object that is completely round, for example a ball",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an area of activity, influence or interest; a particular section of society",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the political sphere"
},
{
"text": "This area was formerly within the **sphere of influence** of the US."
},
{
"text": "He and I moved in totally different social spheres."
},
{
"text": "Rome's sphere of influence extended across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East."
},
{
"text": "Rome's sphere of influence extended as far as Scotland."
},
{
"text": "His work is little known outside the academic sphere."
},
{
"text": "In the novel, men and women enjoy separate spheres of action."
},
{
"text": "The matter is outside my sphere of responsibility."
},
{
"text": "The region is within the Russian sphere of influence."
},
{
"text": "Debate should be confined to the sphere of economics rather than politics."
},
{
"text": "The government had control over all spheres of life."
}
],
"synonyms": "domain",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["wider", "separate", "academic"],
"preposition": [
"in somebody’s/the sphere",
"within somebody’s/the sphere",
"outside somebody’s/the sphere"
],
"phrases": [
"a sphere of activity",
"a sphere of influence",
"a sphere of life"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a region that surrounds a planet, especially the earth",
"examples": [
{
"text": "ionosphere"
},
{
"text": "atmosphere"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sfɪə(r)/",
"audio": "sp/sphere/sphere__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sfɪr/",
"audio": "sp/sphere/sphere__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French espere, from late Latin sphera, earlier sphaera, from Greek sphaira ‘ball’."
}