{
    "term": "bond",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "something that forms a connection between people or groups, such as a feeling of friendship or shared ideas and experiences",
            "sensetop": "bond between A and Bbond with somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the bond that links us"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A bond of friendship had been forged between them.",
                    "contextForm": "bond between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The agreement strengthened the bonds between the two countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the special bond between mother and child"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Informal language creates a bond between the members of the community."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The students formed strong bonds with each other.",
                    "contextForm": "bond with somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt a bond of affection for the other girls."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We try to forge bonds between the different communities."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["close", "strong", "common"],
                "verb + bond": ["be linked by", "feel", "have"],
                "bond + verb": ["exist", "link somebody"],
                "preposition": ["bond between", "bond of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an agreement by a government or a company to pay you interest on the money you have lent; a document containing this agreement",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "government bonds"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bonds were redeemed in 2022."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I decided to invest in some government bonds."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high-yield", "long-term", "corporate"],
                "verb + bond": ["buy", "invest in", "purchase"],
                "bond + noun": ["market"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a sum of money that is paid as bail",
            "labels": "(especially North American English, law)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was released on $5 000 bond."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a legal agreement by which a bank lends you money to buy a house, etc. which you pay back over many years; the sum of money that is lent",
            "labels": "(South African English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to pay off a bond"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had to take out a second bond on the property."
                },
                {
                    "text": "bond rates *(= of interest)*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money", "Houses and homes"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the ropes or chains keeping somebody prisoner; anything that stops you from being free to do what you want",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to release somebody from their bonds"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **bonds of oppression/injustice**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a legal written agreement or promise",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We entered into a solemn bond."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "the way in which two things are joined together",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a firm bond between the two surfaces"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "the way in which atoms are held together in a chemical compound",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "somebody’s promise can be relied on completely",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɒnd/",
                "audio": "bo/bond/bond__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɑːnd/",
                "audio": "bo/bond/bond__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: variant of band."
}