{
    "term": "clothes",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/cl/clothes.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the things that you wear, such as trousers, dresses and jackets",
            "labels": "(North American English also)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I bought some new clothes for the trip."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were dressed in **designer clothes** *(= clothes designed by famous fashion designers)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **put on/take off your clothes**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "clean/dirty clothes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a police officer in **civilian clothes** *(= not in uniform)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**work clothes** *(= for wearing to work)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **wearing** casual **clothes**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "maternity/baby clothes *(= for pregnant women/babies)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "winter/summer clothes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a clothes shop"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has no clothes sense *(= she does not know what clothes look attractive)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bring a change of clothes with you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wore his best clothes to the interview."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm going to take a set of clean clothes with me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She didn't recognize him in his everyday clothes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a new suit of clothes for the baby"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I quickly threw on some clothes and ran downstairs."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beautiful", "elegant", "fancy"],
                "… of clothes": ["set", "suit"],
                "verb + clothes": ["pull on", "put (back) on", "remove"],
                "clothes + noun": ["shop", "store", "designer"],
                "preposition": ["in clothes"],
                "phrases": ["a change of clothes"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to describe a situation in which everybody suddenly realizes that they were wrong to believe that somebody/something was very good, important, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Is this artist's white canvas a case of the emperor's new clothes or is it something beautiful, even moving?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Soon investors will realize that the emperor has no clothes and there will be a big sell-off in stocks."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kləʊðz//kləʊz/",
                "audio": "cl/clothes/clothes__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kləʊðz//kləʊz/",
                "audio": "cl/clothes/clothes__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English clāthas, plural of clāth, related to Dutch kleed and German Kleid, of unknown ultimate origin."
}