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{
"term": "umbrella",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an object with a round folding frame of long, straight pieces of metal covered with material, that you use to protect yourself from the rain or from hot sun",
"sensetop": "under an umbrella",
"labels": "also British English, informal",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to carry/hold an umbrella"
},
{
"text": "colourful beach umbrellas"
},
{
"text": "I put up my umbrella."
},
{
"text": "a rolled/furled umbrella"
},
{
"text": "Spectators huddled under umbrellas as the rain poured down.",
"contextForm": "under an umbrella"
},
{
"text": "an umbrella stand *(= for putting umbrellas in when they are not being used)*"
}
],
"topics": ["Weather"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["rolled", "beach", "sun"],
"verb + umbrella": ["open", "put up", "unfurl"],
"umbrella + noun": ["stand", "stroller", "body"],
"preposition": ["under an/the umbrella"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a thing that contains or includes many different parts or elements",
"sensetop": "under the umbrella of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single authority.",
"contextForm": "under the umbrella of something"
},
{
"text": "an **umbrella organization/group/fund**"
},
{
"text": "‘Contact sports’ is an **umbrella term** for a variety of different sports."
},
{
"text": "Two separate political parties emerged from the umbrella organization."
},
{
"text": "The two sectors combined under the umbrella of the Scottish Council."
},
{
"text": "an umbrella group including members of opposition parties"
},
{
"text": "the broad umbrella of alternative medicine"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["rolled", "beach", "sun"],
"verb + umbrella": ["open", "put up", "unfurl"],
"umbrella + noun": ["stand", "stroller", "body"],
"preposition": ["under an/the umbrella"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a country or system that protects people",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the American nuclear umbrella over Europe"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʌmˈbrelə/",
"audio": "um/umbrella/umbrella__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʌmˈbrelə/",
"audio": "um/umbrella/umbrella__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Italian ombrella, diminutive of ombra ‘shade’, from Latin umbra ‘shade’."
}