{
    "term": "child",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a young human who is not yet an adult",
            "labels": "(especially US English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a child of 3/a 3-year-old child"
                },
                {
                    "text": "men, women and children"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an organization that campaigns for the rights of the **unborn child**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film is not suitable for **young children**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I lived in London as a child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was a child star but never made it as an adult."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children grow up so quickly!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had old-fashioned ideas on how to bring up children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's always been a problem child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My father died while I was still a small child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She works in a centre for delinquent children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children were quite unruly and ran around the house as if they owned it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are a lot of street children in the poorer parts of the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What a precocious child—reading Jane Austen at the age of ten!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't spoil a child by giving it all the affection it wants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a child custody dispute between divorced parents"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a school for gifted children"
                },
                {
                    "text": "good food for growing children"
                },
                {
                    "text": "tax concessions for families with dependent children"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the emotional connections which ensure healthy child development"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the children learn to swim from an early age."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book is aimed at the parents of pre-school children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We took the children to Disneyland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Will you put the children to bed?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It has been her dream since she was a child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A family ticket (two adults and two children) costs £30."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The product was developed with parents and children in mind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All of her children and grandchildren were at the party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "timeless images of mother and child"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Entrance is free for children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The organization helps seriously ill children and their families."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're behaving like a child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He taught the children about the importance of nutrition and exercise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The law is in place to protect children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Arts Umbrella educates children in the visual and performing arts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In a small child, learning happens with repetition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All children under the age of 11 were given free admission."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children learn in different ways."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She works as an illustrator of children's books."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She grew up in children's homes and foster care"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fair Trade Certified means that men and women receive equal wages and that no child labour is used."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All staff are aware of child protection issues."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is aiming to halve child poverty in the next five years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local authorities have the responsibility for child welfare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Child soldiers were used by all sides during the 14-year civil war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They try to establish positive relationships with the children in their care."
                },
                {
                    "text": "parents of children with special needs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "With the right support most children with special educational needs can be included successfully at a mainstream school."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["little", "small", "young"],
                "verb + child": ["have", "bear", "give birth to"],
                "child + verb": ["be born", "develop", "grow"],
                "child + noun": ["actor", "bride", "soldier"],
                "preposition": ["with child"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a son or daughter of any age",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They have three grown-up children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All four of their adult children work in the family business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They can't **have children**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She didn't have her first child until she was nearly forty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She couldn't imagine the pain of losing a child at birth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their first child was born with a rare heart condition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are expecting a child in June."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had trouble conceiving our first child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have three teenage children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've got three teenage children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Once the children left home, they moved overseas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have two children aged 21 and 17."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most parents tend to raise their children in much the same way they were raised."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When they moved abroad, they sent their children to boarding school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My parents are coming to help take care of the children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They share custody of their two young children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They moved to the country after the birth of their child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They tried to control their children's lives."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["little", "small", "young"],
                "verb + child": ["have", "bear", "give birth to"],
                "child + verb": ["be born", "develop", "grow"],
                "child + noun": ["actor", "bride", "soldier"],
                "preposition": ["with child"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who is strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular time or person",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a child of the 90s"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an adult who behaves like a child and is not mature or responsible",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very easy to do, so not even a child would find it difficult",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be pregnant",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "big with child"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃaɪld/",
                "audio": "ch/child/child__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃɪldrən/",
                "audio": "ch/child/children__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃaɪld/",
                "audio": "ch/child/child__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃɪldrən/",
                "audio": "ch/child/children__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English cild, of Germanic origin. The Middle English plural childer or childre became childeren or children by association with plurals ending in -en, such as brethren."
}