{
    "term": "faction",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small group of people within a larger one, whose members have some different aims and beliefs to those of the larger group",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are rival factions within the administration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He brokered a ceasefire agreement between the warring factions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the dominant faction within the government"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the largest faction in the civil war"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dominant", "main", "major"],
                "verb + faction": ["lead"],
                "preposition": ["faction in", "faction within"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "opposition, disagreement, etc. that exists between small groups of people within an organization or political party",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a party divided by faction and intrigue"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "films, books, etc. that combine fact with fiction (= imaginary events)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfækʃn/",
                "audio": "fa/faction/faction__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfækʃn/",
                "audio": "fa/faction/faction__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "senses 1 to 2 late 15th cent. (denoting the action of doing or making something): via French from Latin factio(n-), from facere ‘do, make’. sense 3 1960s: blend of fact and fiction."
}