{
    "term": "arms",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "weapons, especially as used by the army, navy, etc.",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "arms and ammunition"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The UN imposed an **arms embargo** on the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's the world's most notorious **arms dealer**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police officers in the UK do not usually **carry arms**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They banned **arms sales** to countries with poor human rights records."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was trying to rebuild the country's **nuclear arms** programme."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was accused of supplying arms to terrorists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country's economic growth could fuel an arms build-up."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["nuclear", "small"],
                "verb + arms": ["bear", "carry", "call somebody to"],
                "arms + noun": ["build-up", "race", "control"],
                "preposition": ["under arms"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a design or a shield that is a special symbol of a family, city or other organization",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the King’s Arms *(= used as the name of a pub)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The royal arms appear on the door of the King's carriage."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be a soldier; to fight",
            "labels": "(old use)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have weapons and be ready to fight in a war",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was the first ‘modern’ war, with more than a million men under arms."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a strong request to fight in the army; a strong request to defend something or get ready for a fight about something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A leading environmentalist has issued a call to arms to companies and the public to do more about plastic waste."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president's speech was a call to arms to restore the vitality of the American dream."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to stop fighting",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The government called on the terrorists to lay down their arms."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to hold a rifle straight upwards in front of the body as a mark of respect",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to prepare to fight",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He encouraged his supporters to take up arms against the state."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The people took up arms to defend their country."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very angry about something and ready to protest strongly about it",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɑːmz/",
                "audio": "ar/arms/arms__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɑːrmz/",
                "audio": "ar/arms/arms__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French armes, from Latin arma."
}