{
    "term": "army",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a large organized group of soldiers who are trained to fight on land",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The two opposing armies faced each other across the battlefield."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He commanded the army of occupation after the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Harold's exhausted army was/were defeated after nine hours of fighting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A huge army marched on the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He led the army into battle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He marched a foreign army into the capital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The army was finally defeated in the autumn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The emperor was deposed and his army disbanded."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The king was unable to raise an army."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The taxes were used to maintain a standing army of around 55 000 troops."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their city fell victim to an invading army."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "huge", "large"],
                "verb + army": ["have", "enter", "go into"],
                "army + verb": ["gather", "advance", "march"],
                "army + noun": ["captain", "chief of staff", "colonel"],
                "preposition": ["in the army"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the part of a country’s armed forces that fights on land",
            "sensetop": "in the army",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her sister is in the army.",
                    "contextForm": "in the army"
                },
                {
                    "text": "After leaving school, Mike **went into the army**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He joined the army at the age of 16."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an army officer/chief"
                },
                {
                    "text": "army barracks/bases"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He served in the French army during the First World War."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The army is/are now being deployed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was in command of the British Army in Egypt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The German army entered Austria in March 1938."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The French army was deployed in the Western Desert."
                },
                {
                    "text": "those who fought the Soviet army in Afghanistan"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He grew up on an army base in the 1960s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The companies recruit mostly retired army personnel."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "huge", "large"],
                "verb + army": ["have", "enter", "go into"],
                "army + verb": ["gather", "advance", "march"],
                "army + noun": ["captain", "chief of staff", "colonel"],
                "preposition": ["in the army"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a large number of people or things, especially when they are organized in some way or involved in a particular activity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an army of advisers/volunteers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "An army of ants marched across the path."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An army of technicians was/were on hand to assist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a vast army of personnel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was an army of technicians ready to help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The singer was surrounded by a veritable army of reporters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "NASA maintains a small army of engineers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He created an army of loyal customers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He travels with an army of personal assistants and stylists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He argued that unemployment created a useful reserve army of labour."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["vast", "veritable", "small"],
                "verb + army": ["create", "employ", "hire"],
                "preposition": ["army of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːmi/",
                "audio": "ar/army/army__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːrmi/",
                "audio": "ar/army/army__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French armee, from armata, feminine past participle of Latin armare ‘to arm’."
}