{
    "term": "diet",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the food and drink that you eat and drink regularly",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to eat a **healthy, balanced diet**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I loved the Japanese diet of rice, vegetables and fish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a vegetarian/vegan diet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The traditional Mediterranean diet is fairly high in fat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to receive advice on diet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is important to eat a balanced diet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People can fight infection more easily if they have an adequate diet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was told to change her diet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The animal's diet consists mainly of grasses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These animals live on a mainly vegetarian diet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had to survive on a diet of insects and berries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were fed on a diet of rice and vegetables."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a diet rich in vitamins and minerals"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the amount of fat in your diet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "For general advice on diet, see pages 26–27."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "healthful", "healthy"],
                "verb + diet": ["consume", "eat", "have"],
                "diet + verb": ["consist of something", "contain something"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the diet", "on a diet", "diet of"],
                "phrases": ["a diet high in something", "a diet rich in something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a limited variety or amount of food that you eat for medical reasons or because you want to lose weight; a time when you only eat this limited variety or amount",
            "sensetop": "on a diet",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He **followed a** strict low-fat **diet**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I decided to **go on a diet** *(= to lose weight)* before my holiday.",
                    "contextForm": "on a diet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is trying to lose weight through diet and exercise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**diet drinks** *(= with fewer  than normal)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lose pounds with our new diet plan!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Magazines are always full of fashionable new diets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Crash diets are not the best way to lose weight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have to stick to a low-fat diet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd love a dessert, but I'm on a diet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you follow this diet, you're bound to lose weight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're on a special high-protein diet."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["strict", "weight-loss", "weight-reducing"],
                "verb + diet": ["follow", "have", "go on"],
                "diet + noun": ["drink", "food", "Coke™"],
                "preposition": ["on a diet"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a large amount of a limited range of activities",
            "sensetop": "a diet of something",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Children today are brought up on a diet of video games and TV on demand."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdaɪət/",
                "audio": "di/diet/diet__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdaɪət/",
                "audio": "di/diet/diet__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French diete (noun), dieter (verb), via Latin from Greek diaita ‘a way of life’."
}