{
    "term": "board",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a long thin piece of strong hard material, especially wood, used, for example, for making floors, building walls and roofs and making boats",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had ripped up the carpet, leaving only the bare boards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She noticed a loose board in the fence."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a piece of wood, or other strong material, that is used for a special purpose",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a whiteboard"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll write it up on the board."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a noticeboard"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bulletin board"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exam results went up on the board."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a diving board"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She jumped off the top board."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a chessboard"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He removed the figure from the board."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education", "Games and toys"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bulletin", "drawing", "poster"],
                "board + noun": ["game"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the board"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the piece of equipment on which somebody stands in various water sports and in snowboarding and skateboarding",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You kick-turn with both feet on the board."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a group of people who have power to make decisions and control a company or other organization",
            "sensetop": "on the boardboard of somebody/something",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The board is/are unhappy about falling sales."
                },
                {
                    "text": "members of the board"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has a seat on the **board of directors**.",
                    "contextForm": "on the board"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has **served on the** editorial **boards** of several scientific journals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **sits on** various advisory **boards**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **board member/meeting**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "discussions at board level"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The decision was approved by the museum's **board of trustees**.",
                    "contextForm": "board of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **Board of Education** *(= a group of elected officials who are in charge of all the public schools in a particular area)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She put her ideas to the board."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The project will go to the board for consideration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He became one of the first foreigners to be appointed to the board of a major Japanese company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's chairman of the BBC's board of governors."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["advisory", "editorial", "executive"],
                "verb + board": ["be on", "serve on", "sit on"],
                "board + noun": ["member", "meeting"],
                "preposition": ["board of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "at board level",
                    "chairman of the board",
                    "a member of the board"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used in the name of some organizations",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Welsh Tourist Board *(= responsible for giving tourist information)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exams are set by the Cambridge Examining Board."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All boxers are examined by medical officers from the British Boxing Board of Control."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "the meals that are provided when you stay in a hotel, guest house, etc.; what you pay for the meals",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He pays £90 a week board and lodging."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Holidays"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "half"],
                "phrases": ["board and lodging", "room and board"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "exams that you take when you apply to go to college in the US",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, US English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "the stage in a theatre",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His play is on the boards on Broadway."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's treading the boards *(= working as an actress)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "the low wooden wall surrounding the area where a game of ice hockey is played",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The puck went wide, hitting the boards."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "involving everyone or everything in a company, an industry, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The industry needs more investment across the board."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an across-the-board wage increase"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be rejected or ignored; to be no longer possible",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All her efforts to be polite went by the board and she started to shout."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "on or in a ship, an aircraft or a train",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Have the passengers gone on board yet?"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "aboard",
            "topics": ["Transport by water"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "giving your support to an idea or a project",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We must get more sponsors on board."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to bring the whole staff on board."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It’s good to have you on board *(= working with us)* for this project."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to win all the prizes, etc. in a competition",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to accept and understand an idea or a suggestion",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I told her what I thought, but she didn't take my advice on board."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɔːd/",
                "audio": "bo/board/board__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɔːrd/",
                "audio": "bo/board/board__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English bord, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boord and German Bort; reinforced in Middle English by Old French bort ‘edge, ship's side’ and Old Norse borth ‘board, table’."
}