{
    "term": "deputy",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who is the next most important person below a business manager, a head of a school, a political leader, etc. and who does that person’s job when they are away",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm acting as deputy till the manager returns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was appointed deputy head of the school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A new deputy has not yet been appointed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is acting as deputy to the chairman of the board."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a former deputy chairman of the Democratic Party"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["acting", "former", "chief"],
                "verb + deputy": ["appoint (somebody as)", "act as"],
                "deputy + noun": ["chair", "chairman", "chief"],
                "preposition": ["deputy to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the name for a member of parliament in some countries",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "23 women were among the 77 deputies elected."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["parliamentary", "opposition", "right-wing"],
                "verb + deputy": ["elect"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "(in the US) a police officer who helps the sheriff of an area",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdepjuti/",
                "audio": "de/deputy/deputy__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdepjuti/",
                "audio": "de/deputy/deputy__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French depute, from late Latin deputatus, past participle of deputare ‘consider to be, assign’, from de- ‘away’ + putare ‘consider’."
}