{
    "term": "kingdom",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a country that has a king or queen as head of state (= official leader of the country)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the United Kingdom"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the kingdom of God *(= heaven)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He ruled the ancient kingdom of Kaffa."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was one of the richest towns in the kingdom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "changes that were taking place throughout the kingdom"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["independent", "ancient", "medieval"],
                "verb + kingdom": ["rule", "inherit"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in a/​the kingdom",
                    "throughout a/​the kingdom",
                    "kingdom of"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an area controlled by a particular person or where a particular thing or idea is important",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "one of the three traditional divisions of the natural world",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["independent", "ancient", "medieval"],
                "verb + kingdom": ["rule", "inherit"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in a/​the kingdom",
                    "throughout a/​the kingdom",
                    "kingdom of"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "one of the five major groups into which all living things are organized",
            "labels": "(biology)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to completely destroy somebody/something with an explosion",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The truck was blown to kingdom come."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "forever",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He’ll talk till kingdom come if you let him."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪŋdəm/",
                "audio": "ki/kingdom/kingdom__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪŋdəm/",
                "audio": "ki/kingdom/kingdom__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English cyningdōm ‘kingship’ (see king, -dom)."
}