{
    "term": "guy",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/te/tent.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a man",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **big/little guy**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **nice/good/lovely/great guy**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **cool/tough/smart guy**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **young guy**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **old guy**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **white/black guy**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **poor guy** must have been terrified."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a Dutch/French/Korean guy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "At the end of the film the **bad guy** gets shot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "While the cops should be the **good guys**, it's much more complex than that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Colleagues described the killer as ‘just a regular guy’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He seemed like a decent guy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was made by a guy named Alan Webster."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We all knew guys like him at university."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["decent", "friendly", "funny"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a group of people of either sex",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Come on, you guys, let's get going!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "(in the UK) a model of a man dressed in old clothes that is burned on a bonfire on 5 November during the celebrations for Bonfire Night",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["History", "Religion and festivals"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a rope used to keep a pole or tent in a secure position",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Holidays"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡaɪ/",
                "audio": "gu/guy/guy__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡaɪ/",
                "audio": "gu/guy/guy__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "senses 1 to 3 early 19th cent. (in sense (3)): named after Guy Fawkes who tried to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605.sense 4 late Middle English: probably of Low German origin; related to Dutch gei ‘brail’ and German Geitaue ‘brails’ (small ropes used to bring down the sail or mast of a boat)."
}