{
    "term": "council",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a group of people who are elected to govern an area such as a city or county",
            "sensetop": "on the council",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **town council**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The decision still has to be ratified by the **full council**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The council is/are voting on the proposals today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's on the **local council**.",
                    "contextForm": "on the council"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He won a seat on the council in a by-election."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has served on the council for four years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **member/meeting of the council**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **leader of the council**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **council member/leader**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **council meeting/chamber**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["executive", "governing", "ruling"],
                "verb + council": ["elect", "control", "gain control of"],
                "council + verb": ["meet", "vote", "adopt something"],
                "council + noun": ["elections", "member", "representative"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the council"],
                "phrases": ["a seat on a council"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the organization that provides services in a city or county, for example education, houses, libraries, etc.",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Residents have complained to the council about the noise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has been working for the council since March."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students should apply to their local council for a grant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The council needs/need to address the traffic problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**council workers/staff/officials/officers**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cuts to council services"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + council": ["apply to"],
                "council + verb": ["provide", "spend"],
                "council + noun": ["employee", "staff", "worker"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a group of people chosen to give advice, make rules, do research, provide money, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Medical Research Council"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In Britain, the Arts Council gives grants to theatres."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He'll have to appear before the professional conduct committee of the General Medical Council."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are plans to establish a funding council for higher education."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the governing council of the church"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are setting up a new council for the arts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Arts Council gives grants for local projects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a struggling young composer, she applied to the California Arts Council for grant money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You should visit your local training and enterprise council."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["advisory", "funding", "governing"],
                "verb + council": ["create", "establish", "form"],
                "council + verb": [
                    "award somebody something",
                    "give somebody something"
                ],
                "council + noun": ["member"],
                "preposition": ["council for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "(especially in the past) a formal meeting to discuss what action to take in a particular situation",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The king held a council at Nottingham from 14 to 19 October 1330."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkaʊnsl/",
                "audio": "co/council/council__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkaʊnsl/",
                "audio": "co/council/council__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English (in the sense ‘ecclesiastical assembly’): from Anglo-Norman French cuncile, from Latin concilium ‘convocation, assembly’, from con- ‘together’ + calare ‘summon’. Compare with counsel."
}