{
    "term": "constituency",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a district that elects its own representative to parliament",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment is high in her constituency."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He owns a house in his Darlington constituency."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["important", "key", "home"],
                "verb + constituency": ["represent"],
                "constituency + noun": ["boundaries", "MP"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the constituency"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the people who live in and vote in a particular district",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "constituency opinion"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What does/do the constituency think?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a particular group of people in society who are likely to support a person, an idea or a product",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is a strong constituency of support for his proposal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the constituency that is/are in favour of the proposal"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["broad", "wider", "core"],
                "verb + constituency": ["appeal to", "represent", "build"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the constituency"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈstɪtʃuənsi/",
                "audio": "xc/constituency/xconstituency__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈstɪtʃuənsi/",
                "audio": "xc/constituency/xconstituency__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}