{
    "term": "invasion",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act of an army entering another country by force in order to take control of it",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the German invasion of Poland in 1939"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the threat of invasion"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **invasion force/fleet**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Latest reports are of a full-scale military invasion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The UN resolution condemned the invasion of the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The invasion force comprised 3 000–5 000 heavily armed troops."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History", "War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full-scale", "military", "amphibious"],
                "verb + invasion": ["carry out", "launch", "mount"],
                "invasion + noun": ["fleet", "force"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an invasion of privacy",
                    "fear of invasion",
                    "a threat of invasion"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the fact of a large number of people or things arriving somewhere, especially people or things that are unpleasant",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the annual tourist invasion"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Farmers are struggling to cope with an invasion of slugs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Robberies and home invasions are grim facts of daily life."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full-scale", "military", "amphibious"],
                "verb + invasion": ["carry out", "launch", "mount"],
                "invasion + noun": ["fleet", "force"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an invasion of privacy",
                    "fear of invasion",
                    "a threat of invasion"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an act or a process that affects somebody/something in a way that is not welcome",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The singer described the photographs of her as an **invasion of privacy**."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full-scale", "military", "amphibious"],
                "verb + invasion": ["carry out", "launch", "mount"],
                "invasion + noun": ["fleet", "force"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an invasion of privacy",
                    "fear of invasion",
                    "a threat of invasion"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈveɪʒn/",
                "audio": "in/invasion/invasion__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈveɪʒn/",
                "audio": "in/invasion/invasion__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from late Latin invasio(n-), from the verb invadere, from in- ‘into’ + vadere ‘go’."
}