{
    "term": "attitude",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the way that you think and feel about somebody/something; the way that you behave towards somebody/something that shows how you think and feel",
            "sensetop": "attitude towards somebody/somethingattitude to somebody/somethingattitude about somethingattitude on something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These societies have to change their attitudes towards women.",
                    "contextForm": "attitude towards somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the government’s attitude towards single parents"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to have a **positive/negative attitude** towards somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "changes in public attitudes to marriage",
                    "contextForm": "attitude to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "social attitudes about education",
                    "contextForm": "attitude about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "changing attitudes on issues such as mental health",
                    "contextForm": "attitude on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Youth is simply an **attitude of mind**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you want to pass your exams you'd better change your attitude!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If they can **adopt** that kind of **attitude** then the future looks very promising."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're taking a pretty selfish attitude over this, aren't you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He displayed a condescending attitude towards/​toward his co-workers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The policy reflects a caring attitude towards/​toward employees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I try to have a healthy, positive attitude to life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The experience changed his attitude to religion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The teachers seem to have a very relaxed attitude to discipline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her attitude to her parents has always been somewhat negative."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a marked change in attitude towards marriage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are accused of taking a cavalier attitude towards their employees' safety."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Newspapers reflect social attitudes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seems to have the right attitude for the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We all need to show commitment and a can-do attitude."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sometimes it's essential for doctors to cultivate a detached attitude."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The general attitude of the public is sympathetic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His general attitude of hostility did not impress the jury."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I tend to take the attitude that it's best to leave well alone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The political attitudes of young people are rarely taken seriously."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are some major differences between British and American attitudes when it comes to the role of government."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["carefree", "good", "healthy"],
                "verb + attitude": ["adopt", "cultivate", "have"],
                "attitude + verb": ["exist", "persist", "prevail"],
                "attitude + noun": ["problem", "adjustment", "shift"],
                "preposition": ["attitude about", "attitude of", "attitude to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a change in attitude",
                    "a change of attitude",
                    "with attitude"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "confident, sometimes aggressive behaviour that shows you do not care about other people’s opinions and that you want to do things in an individual way",
            "sensetop": "with attitude",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't give me any attitude!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a band with attitude",
                    "contextForm": "with attitude"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a position of the body",
            "sensetop": "in an attitude of something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her hands were folded in an attitude of prayer.",
                    "contextForm": "in an attitude of something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to hold your body in a particular way to create a particular impression",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to strike a dramatic pose"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He strikes an attitude of bravery and lonely defiance."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈætɪtjuːd/",
                "audio": "at/attitude/attitude__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈætɪtuːd/",
                "audio": "at/attitude/attitude__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 17th cent. (denoting the placing or posture of a figure in art): from French, from Italian attitudine ‘fitness, posture’, from late Latin aptitudo, from aptus ‘fit’."
}