{
    "term": "combat",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "fighting or a fight, especially during a time of war",
            "sensetop": "in combat",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was killed in combat.",
                    "contextForm": "in combat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**armed/unarmed combat** *(= with/without weapons)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "combat troops"
                },
                {
                    "text": "combat boots"
                },
                {
                    "text": "aerial combat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Knightly combats were only a very small part of medieval warfare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our platoon has yet to see combat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The soldiers are in combat with rebel forces."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The troops were locked in hand-to-hand combat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fierce combat between two champions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "in mortal combat against dragons"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hardly any enemy combat aircraft have been destroyed."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fierce", "intense", "mortal"],
                "verb + combat": ["be engaged in", "be locked in", "engage in"],
                "combat + noun": ["mission", "operation", "zone"],
                "preposition": ["in combat", "in combat with", "combat against"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒmbæt/",
                "audio": "co/combat/combat__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːmbæt/",
                "audio": "co/combat/combat__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a fight between two people or parties): from French combattre (verb), from late Latin combattere, from com- ‘together with’ + battere, variant of Latin batuere ‘to fight’."
}