{
    "term": "band",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/mu/music_groups_playing.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small group of musicians who play popular music together, often with a singer or singers",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **rock/punk/jazz band **"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He plays drums in a band that he formed with some friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The band is/are playing a gig in Liverpool tonight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a singer with a band."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's nothing like the excitement of seeing a **live band**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "her fellow **band members**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He formed a garage band with his friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was accompanied onstage by his backing band."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They hired a Beatles tribute band to play at the reception."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "brass", "string"],
                "verb + band": ["form", "start", "join"],
                "band + verb": ["perform (something)", "play (something)", "strike up"],
                "band + noun": ["leader", "member", "practice"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the band", "with a/​the band"],
                "phrases": ["a member of the band"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a group of musicians who play brass and percussion instruments",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a military band"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We heard a band strike up in the park."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The band was/were playing and marching in time."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "brass", "string"],
                "verb + band": ["form", "start", "join"],
                "band + verb": ["perform (something)", "play (something)", "strike up"],
                "band + noun": ["leader", "member", "practice"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the band", "with a/​the band"],
                "phrases": ["a member of the band"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a group of people who do something together or who have the same ideas, interests or achievements",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a band of outlaws/rebels"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He persuaded a small band of volunteers to help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A band of helpers was/were getting everything ready."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are members of a growing band of enthusiasts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two men are part of a dwindling band of veterans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is one of a select band of top class players."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The young Irishman joined the elite band of Formula One drivers this week."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["select", "small", "dwindling"],
                "verb + band": ["join"],
                "preposition": ["band of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a thin flat piece or circle of any material that is put around things, for example to hold them together or to make them stronger",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She always ties her hair back in a band."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All babies in the hospital have name bands on their wrists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wore a simple band of gold *(= a ring)* on her finger."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a line of colour or material on something that is different from what is around it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a white plate with a blue band around the edge"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The light had expanded in a broad band across the sky."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a range of radio waves",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Short-wave radio uses the 20–50-metre band."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a range of numbers, ages, prices, etc. within which people or things are counted or measured",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the 25–35 age band"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Which tax band do you fall into?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["age", "price", "tax"],
                "verb + band": ["be in", "fall into"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bænd/",
                "audio": "ba/band/band__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bænd/",
                "audio": "ba/band/band__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 4 to 7 late Old English (in the sense of something that restrains), from Old Norse, reinforced in late Middle English by Old French bande, of Germanic origin; related to bind. noun senses 1 to 3 late Middle English: from Old French bande, of Germanic origin; related to banner."
}