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{
"term": "tribe",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a social group in a traditional society consisting of people with the same language, culture, religion, etc., living in a particular area and often having one leader known as a chief",
"labels": "(sometimes offensive)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They were a nomadic horse-riding tribe."
},
{
"text": "The dancers are all members of the Tembu tribe."
},
{
"text": "They recruited the toughest soldiers from the desert tribes."
},
{
"text": "We spoke to Umbara, the headman of the Ywin tribe."
}
],
"topics": ["People in society"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["aboriginal", "indigenous", "native"],
"verb + tribe": ["belong to"],
"phrases": ["a member of a tribe"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a group or class of people, especially of one profession",
"labels": "(usually disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He had a sudden outburst against the whole tribe of actors."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a group of related animals or plants",
"labels": "(biology)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a tribe of cats"
}
],
"topics": ["Animals"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a large family",
"labels": "(informal or humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "One or two of the grandchildren will be there, but not the whole tribe."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/traɪb/",
"audio": "tr/tribe/tribe__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/traɪb/",
"audio": "tr/tribe/tribe__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French tribu or Latin tribus (singular and plural); perhaps related to tri- ‘three’ and referring to the three divisions of the early people of Rome."
}