{
    "term": "ambassador",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an official who lives in a foreign country as the senior representative there of their own country",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the British Ambassador to Italy/in Rome"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a former ambassador to the UN"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She served as a roving ambassador, with 51 trips to foreign countries by 2024."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The US ambassador was recalled to Washington in protest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Brazilian ambassador in London"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a former ambassador to the UN."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The King sent an ambassador to Paris."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs", "Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["former", "British", "French"],
                "verb + ambassador": ["act as", "serve as", "appoint"],
                "preposition": ["ambassador in", "ambassador for", "ambassador to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who represents or promotes a particular activity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The best ambassadors for the sport are the players."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/æmˈbæsədə(r)/",
                "audio": "am/ambassador/ambassador__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/æmˈbæsədər/",
                "audio": "am/ambassador/ambassador__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French ambassadeur, from Italian ambasciator, based on Latin ambactus ‘servant’."
}