{
    "term": "companion",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person or an animal that travels with you or spends a lot of time with you",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "travelling companions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Geoff was my companion on the journey."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fear was the hostages' constant companion."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["agreeable", "boon", "charming"],
                "companion + noun": ["animal"],
                "preposition": ["companion for", "companion to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who shares your experiences, especially when these are particularly pleasant or unpleasant",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was a charming dinner companion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His younger brother is not much of a companion for him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're drinking companions *(= they go out drinking together)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We became companions in misfortune."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was an entertaining dinner companion."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["agreeable", "boon", "charming"],
                "companion + noun": ["animal"],
                "preposition": ["companion for", "companion to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person, usually a woman, employed to live with and help somebody, especially somebody old or ill",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She lived in the house as a companion to our grandmother."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "one of a pair of things that go together or can be used together",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A companion volume is soon to be published."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used in book titles to describe a book giving useful facts and information on a particular subject",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A Companion to French Literature"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpænjən/",
                "audio": "co/companion/companion__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpænjən/",
                "audio": "co/companion/companion__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French compaignon, literally ‘one who breaks bread with another’, based on Latin com- ‘together with’ + panis ‘bread’."
}