{
    "term": "ladder",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/de/decorating_diy.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of equipment for climbing up and down a wall, the side of a building, etc., consisting of two lengths of wood or metal that are joined together by steps or rungs",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **climb up/fall off a ladder**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He went up the ladder onto the deck."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was standing lower down the ladder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several of the ladder's rungs were broken."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was up a ladder fixing the roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We put up the ladder against the wall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We put up the ladder and went to get the paint."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes", "Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rickety", "metal", "wooden"],
                "verb + ladder": ["ascend", "clamber up", "climb"],
                "preposition": [
                    "on a/​the ladder",
                    "up a/​the ladder",
                    "down a/​the ladder"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "the bottom of a ladder",
                    "the foot of a ladder",
                    "the top of a ladder"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a series of stages by which you can make progress in your life or career",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to move up or down the **social ladder**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **career ladder**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His good looks helped him on the ladder to success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was anxious to move up the promotion ladder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "creatures higher up the evolutionary ladder"
                },
                {
                    "text": "helping her on the ladder to success"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the ladder of fame"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the old problem of how to get onto the first step on the ladder"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the people at the top of the social ladder"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ann is on the bottom rung of the promotional ladder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He progressed up the ladder and is now a partner in the firm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How quickly you move up the career ladder depends largely on your level of commitment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Humans are relative newcomers on the evolutionary ladder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I started out at the very bottom of the ladder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was not interested in climbing the corporate ladder."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["economic", "evolutionary", "social"],
                "verb + ladder": ["ascend", "climb", "move up"],
                "preposition": [
                    "higher up the ladder",
                    "lower down the ladder",
                    "ladder of"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "get one foot on the ladder",
                    "have one foot on the ladder",
                    "a rung on the ladder"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a long, thin hole in tights or stockings where some threads have broken",
            "labels": "(British English)North American English",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've got a ladder in my new tights."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a competition in a particular sport or game in which teams or players are arranged in a list and they can move up the list by defeating one of the teams or players above",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He’s third on the tennis ladder at work."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlædə(r)/",
                "audio": "la/ladder/ladder__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlædər/",
                "audio": "la/ladder/ladder__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hlǣd(d)er, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leiter."
}