{
    "term": "constitution",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an organization is governed by",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "your right to vote under the constitution"
                },
                {
                    "text": "According to the constitution…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to propose a new amendment to the Constitution"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the South African Constitution"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A two-thirds majority is needed to amend the club’s constitution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Britain does not have a written constitution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Parliament will vote to amend the constitution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The constitution stipulated that a general election must be held within 120 days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The constitution was suspended and the army was placed in full control."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new constitution will be adopted next year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president felt free to interpret the constitution as he saw fit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president's actions violate the constitution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These principles are enshrined in the country's constitution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These rights are established in the federal constitution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Under the constitution, an election must be called every five years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "plans to draft a new constitution"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["federal", "state", "democratic"],
                "verb + constitution": ["draft", "draw up", "prepare"],
                "constitution + verb": [
                    "allow something",
                    "guarantee something",
                    "provide something"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "according to a/​the constitution",
                    "under a/​the constitution",
                    "in a/​the constitution"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "an amendment to a constitution",
                    "a clause in a constitution",
                    "the principles of a constitution"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the condition of a person’s body and how healthy it is",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to have a **healthy/strong/weak constitution**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The child had a weak constitution and was always ill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have a strong constitution and my stomach can handle anything."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "strong", "delicate"],
                "verb + constitution": ["have"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the way something is formed or organized",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the genetic constitution of cells"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "structure"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the act of forming something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He recommended the constitution of a review committee."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "establishment"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/constitution/xconstitution__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːnstɪˈtuːʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/constitution/xconstitution__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting a law, or a body of laws or customs): from Latin constitutio(n-), from constituere ‘establish, appoint’, from con- ‘together’ + statuere ‘set up’."
}