{
    "term": "magistrate",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an official who acts as a judge in the lowest courts of law",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to come up before the magistrates"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A magistrate ordered that they return to the UK."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is due to appear before magistrates on a charge of assault."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was granted bail by Liverpool magistrates."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prosecutor submits a dossier to an examining magistrate."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["examining", "investigating", "licensing"],
                "verb + magistrate": [
                    "appoint somebody",
                    "appoint somebody as",
                    "appear before"
                ],
                "magistrate + verb": [
                    "hear something",
                    "decide something",
                    "rule something"
                ],
                "magistrate + noun": ["judge"],
                "phrases": ["magistrates’ court"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmædʒɪstreɪt/",
                "audio": "ma/magistrate/magistrate__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmædʒɪstreɪt/",
                "audio": "ma/magistrate/magistrate__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin magistratus ‘administrator’, from magister ‘master’."
}