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{
"term": "villain",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the main bad character in a story, play, etc.",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He often plays the part of the villain."
},
{
"text": "He doesn't fit the standard stereotype of a movie villain."
},
{
"text": "He has played villains in most of his films."
},
{
"text": "He wore a black cloak, like a pantomime villain."
},
{
"text": "The Queen in ‘Snow White’ is one of film's greatest villains."
}
],
"topics": ["Film and theatre", "Literature and writing"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["movie", "pantomime", "screen"],
"verb + villain": ["cast somebody as", "play", "catch"],
"phrases": ["the villain of the piece"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person who is morally bad or responsible for causing trouble or harm",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the heroes and villains of the 20th century"
},
{
"text": "Industrialized nations are the real environmental villains."
},
{
"text": "He felt that the insurance companies were the real villains in all this."
},
{
"text": "She seems to have cast me as the villain in her latest emotional upheaval."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["movie", "pantomime", "screen"],
"verb + villain": ["cast somebody as", "play", "catch"],
"phrases": ["the villain of the piece"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a criminal",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The police still haven't caught the villain."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["movie", "pantomime", "screen"],
"verb + villain": ["cast somebody as", "play", "catch"],
"phrases": ["the villain of the piece"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the person or thing that is responsible for all the trouble in a situation",
"labels": "(especially humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It’s hard to identify the real villain of the piece in this case."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvɪlən/",
"audio": "vi/villain/villain__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvɪlən/",
"audio": "vi/villain/villain__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘a rustic, boor’): from Old French vilein, based on Latin villa."
}