{
    "term": "loyalty",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the quality of being constant in your support of somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "loyalty to/towards somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Can I count on your loyalty?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They swore their loyalty to the king.",
                    "contextForm": "loyalty to/towards somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He inspires great loyalty from all his employees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stayed on at the school out of loyalty to her students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He showed unswerving loyalty to his friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a blatant attempt to buy their loyalty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company expects loyalty from its employees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company rewards customer loyalty by offering discounts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team members felt tremendous loyalty towards one another."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The town is the object of fierce loyalty among its inhabitants."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "total"],
                "verb + loyalty": ["command", "earn", "engender"],
                "loyalty + verb": ["be", "lie", "remain"],
                "loyalty + noun": ["oath", "test", "card"],
                "preposition": ["out of loyalty", "loyalty among", "loyalty for"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a conflict of loyalties",
                    "an oath of loyalty",
                    "a pledge of loyalty"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a strong feeling that you want to support and be loyal to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a case of **divided loyalties** (= with strong feelings of support for two different causes, people, etc.)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her loyalties lay with people from the same background as herself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His primary loyalty was to his family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some party members found it hard to switch their loyalty to the new leader."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "total"],
                "verb + loyalty": ["command", "earn", "engender"],
                "loyalty + verb": ["be", "lie", "remain"],
                "loyalty + noun": ["oath", "test", "card"],
                "preposition": ["out of loyalty", "loyalty among", "loyalty for"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a conflict of loyalties",
                    "an oath of loyalty",
                    "a pledge of loyalty"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlɔɪəlti/",
                "audio": "lo/loyalty/loyalty__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlɔɪəlti/",
                "audio": "lo/loyalty/loyalty__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}