{
    "term": "badge",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/je/jewellery.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small piece of metal or plastic, with a design or words on it, that a person wears or carries to show that they belong to an organization, support something, have achieved something, have a particular rank, etc.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She wore a badge saying ‘Vote for Coates’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All employees have to wear name badges."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pulled out a badge and said he was a cop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "parking for disabled badge holders"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police officer flashed his badge."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["name", "police", "merit"],
                "verb + badge": ["wear", "display", "flash"],
                "badge + noun": ["holder", "holder"],
                "phrases": ["a badge of honour/​honor", "a badge of office"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a piece of material that you sew onto clothes as part of a uniform",
            "labels": "(British English)North American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the school badge"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["name", "police", "merit"],
                "verb + badge": ["wear", "display", "flash"],
                "badge + noun": ["holder", "holder"],
                "phrases": ["a badge of honour/​honor", "a badge of office"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a symbol of a particular quality or status",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He saw his injuries as a badge of honour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For some consultants, a waiting list was a badge of status."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her badge of office, a large gold key, hung around her neck."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["name", "police", "merit"],
                "verb + badge": ["wear", "display", "flash"],
                "badge + noun": ["holder", "holder"],
                "phrases": ["a badge of honour/​honor", "a badge of office"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bædʒ/",
                "audio": "ba/badge/badge__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bædʒ/",
                "audio": "ba/badge/badge__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: of unknown origin."
}