{
    "term": "consumer",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who buys goods or uses services",
            "sensetop": "consumer of something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an increase in **consumer demand**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "links between producers and consumers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Health-conscious consumers want more information about the food they buy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **consumer culture/society** *(= one where buying and selling is considered to be very important)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **consumer watchdog** *(= somebody whose job is to protect consumers' rights)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**The consumer** *(= consumers as a group)* is well served by competition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This tool may be considered too expensive for **the average consumer**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "consumers of news/electricity/healthcare",
                    "contextForm": "consumer of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "providers and consumers of public services"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to educate consumers about this technology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Consumer watchdogs have accused banks of ‘appalling arrogance’ in the way they treat customers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Government policy encouraged a consumer boom followed by a deep recession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Green consumers should be wary of manufacturers' claims that their products are environmentally friendly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mass culture turns audiences into passive consumers, their participation limited to the choice between buying and not buying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The UK is the biggest consumer of tropical hardwoods after Japan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country could face a consumer boycott of its beef exports."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They exploit consumers by charging high prices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are living in a consumer society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are the biggest consumers of tropical hardwoods after Japan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We supply domestic consumers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What can be done to protect the ordinary consumer from unscrupulous operators?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "two years of research among consumers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The big stores are, of course, responding to consumer demand."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "great", "heavy"],
                "verb + consumer": ["offer", "provide", "supply"],
                "consumer + verb": [
                    "buy something",
                    "pay something",
                    "spend something"
                ],
                "consumer + noun": ["applications", "brands", "devices"],
                "preposition": ["among consumers"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsjuːmə(r)/",
                "audio": "xc/consumer/xconsumer__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsuːmər/",
                "audio": "xc/consumer/xconsumer__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}