{
    "term": "embassy",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a group of officials led by an ambassador who represent their government in a foreign country",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "embassy officials"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to inform the embassy of the situation"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["foreign", "American", "British"],
                "verb + embassy": ["close", "open", "reopen"],
                "embassy + noun": ["building", "compound", "official"],
                "preposition": [
                    "at an/​the embassy",
                    "in an/​the embassy",
                    "outside an/​the embassy"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the building in which an embassy works",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a demonstration outside the Russian Embassy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fire in the Spanish embassy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a protest outside the American embassy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They broke off diplomatic relations and closed the embassies in each other's country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She works at the Malaysian embassy in Buenos Aires."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["foreign", "American", "British"],
                "verb + embassy": ["close", "open", "reopen"],
                "embassy + noun": ["building", "compound", "official"],
                "preposition": [
                    "at an/​the embassy",
                    "in an/​the embassy",
                    "outside an/​the embassy"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈembəsi/",
                "audio": "em/embassy/embassy__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈembəsi/",
                "audio": "em/embassy/embassy__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (originally also as ambassy denoting the position of ambassador): from Old French ambasse, based on Latin ambactus ‘servant’. Compare with ambassador."
}