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{
"term": "squad",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a section of a police force that deals with a particular type of crime",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the drugs/fraud/bomb/riot squad"
},
{
"text": "The serious crime squad has/have taken over the investigation."
},
{
"text": "He was deputy head of the force's serious crime squad."
},
{
"text": "an early-morning raid by a police squad"
},
{
"text": "He's working in the drugs squad."
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["elite", "anti-terrorist", "bomb"],
"verb + squad": ["lead"],
"squad + noun": ["detective", "officer", "leader"],
"preposition": ["in a/the squad"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a group of players, runners, etc. from which a team is chosen for a particular game or match",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **Olympic/national squad**"
},
{
"text": "They still have not named their squad for the World Cup qualifier."
},
{
"text": "the under-21 squad"
},
{
"text": "a 15-man squad"
},
{
"text": "The swimmer is currently training in the hope of qualifying for this year's Olympic squad."
},
{
"text": "It's a big step from the youth to the first team squad."
},
{
"text": "He wants to try out other members of the squad before he announces the final line-up."
},
{
"text": "He has named a squad of 16 from which to pick the side for the two one-day games."
},
{
"text": "Both teams have strengthened their squads for this season."
},
{
"text": "They've got together a good squad for the World Cup."
},
{
"text": "They were part of a 36-strong squad."
},
{
"text": "Maria failed to make the Olympic squad."
},
{
"text": "He spent last season on the practice squad."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "strong", "first-team"],
"verb + squad": ["lead", "join", "make"],
"squad + noun": ["member", "player"],
"preposition": ["in a/the squad", "on the squad"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a small group of soldiers working or being trained together",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an elite combat squad"
},
{
"text": "A squad of soldiers had arrived to arrest him."
}
],
"topics": ["War and conflict"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["elite", "anti-terrorist", "bomb"],
"verb + squad": ["lead"],
"squad + noun": ["detective", "officer", "leader"],
"preposition": ["in a/the squad"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a group of people who have a particular task",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was captain of the cheerleading squad."
},
{
"text": "He is a one-man truth squad on the subject of intelligence."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["firing", "assassination", "death"],
"verb + squad": ["lead", "form"],
"squad + noun": ["leader", "member"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/skwɒd/",
"audio": "sq/squad/squad__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/skwɑːd/",
"audio": "sq/squad/squad__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: shortening of French escouade, variant of escadre, from Italian squadra ‘square’."
}