{
    "term": "commander",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who is in charge of something, especially an officer in charge of a particular group of soldiers or a military operation",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "military/allied/field/flight commanders"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the commander of the expedition"
                },
                {
                    "text": "General Eisenhower was Supreme Allied Commander in Western Europe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the commander of US forces in Iraq"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["senior", "supreme", "top"],
                "preposition": ["commander of"],
                "phrases": ["Commander-in-Chief"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an officer of fairly high rank in the British or American navy",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["senior", "supreme", "top"],
                "preposition": ["commander of"],
                "phrases": ["Commander-in-Chief"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "(in England) a London police officer of high rank",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɑːndə(r)/",
                "audio": "co/commander/commander__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmændər/",
                "audio": "co/commander/commander__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French comandeor, from late Latin commandare ‘to command’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + mandare ‘commit, command’."
}