{
    "term": "aid",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "money, food, etc. that is sent to help countries in difficult situations",
            "labels": "(US English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**humanitarian/food/medical aid**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "An extra £10 million in **foreign aid** has been provided for victims of the earthquake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "international **aid workers**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country's president has appealed for international aid in the wake of the disaster."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Emergency aid arrived too late for many."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a $14 million aid package"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["emergency", "humanitarian", "cash"],
                "verb + aid": ["appeal for", "call for", "extend"],
                "aid + noun": ["agency", "worker", "budget"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "help that you need, especially to perform a particular task",
            "sensetop": "with the aid of somebody/somethingwithout the aid of somebody/something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She walks with the aid of a stick.",
                    "contextForm": "with the aid of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This job would be impossible without the aid of a computer.",
                    "contextForm": "without the aid of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "One of the staff saw he was in difficulty and **came to his aid** *(= helped him)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am now able to get around with the aid of a walking stick."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We enlisted the aid of John and his family."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + aid": ["ask for", "enlist", "come to somebody’s"],
                "preposition": ["in aid of", "with the aid of", "without the aid of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an object, a machine, etc. that you use to help you do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Photos make useful teaching aids."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["effective", "essential", "useful"],
                "preposition": ["aid to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in order to help something/somebody",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "collecting money in aid of charity"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to ask why something is happening",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's all this crying in aid of?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/eɪd/",
                "audio": "ai/aid/aid__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/eɪd/",
                "audio": "ai/aid/aid__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French aide (noun), aidier (verb), based on Latin adjuvare, from ad- ‘towards’ + juvare ‘to help’."
}