{
    "term": "march",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "march",
            "heSheIt": "marches"
        },
        "pastSimple": "marched",
        "pastParticiple": "marched",
        "ingForm": "marching"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to walk with stiff regular steps like a soldier",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.+ noun",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Quick march! *(= the order to start marching)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Soldiers were marching up and down outside the government buildings.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They marched 20 miles to reach the capital.",
                    "contextForm": "+ noun"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["briskly", "swiftly", "boldly"],
                "preposition": ["on", "out of", "through"],
                "phrases": ["march in step"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to walk somewhere quickly in a determined way",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She marched over to me and demanded an apology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Craig marched up to the door and rang the bell."
                },
                {
                    "text": "So saying, she marched boldly out of the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He marched off, muttering something."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ann marched straight past me and up the stairs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They marched proudly onto the football field."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["briskly", "swiftly", "boldly"],
                "preposition": ["on", "out of", "through"],
                "phrases": ["march in step"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to walk through the streets in a large group in order to protest about something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Millions of people marched against the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were marching for peace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We marched peacefully through the streets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hundreds of people marched in support of the teachers' pay claim."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["peacefully", "triumphantly"],
                "preposition": ["against", "for", "in support of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to force somebody to walk somewhere with you",
            "sensetop": "march somebody + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The guards marched the prisoner away."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was marched out of the door and into a waiting car."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["briskly", "swiftly", "boldly"],
                "preposition": ["on", "out of", "through"],
                "phrases": ["march in step"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be ordered to leave a place, a job, etc.",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to order somebody to leave a place, their job, etc.",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɑːtʃ/",
                "audio": "ma/march/march__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːtʃɪz/",
                "audio": "ma/march/marches__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɑːtʃt/",
                "audio": "ma/march/marched__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːtʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ma/march/marching__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɑːrtʃ/",
                "audio": "ma/march/march__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːrtʃɪz/",
                "audio": "ma/march/marches__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɑːrtʃt/",
                "audio": "ma/march/marched__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːrtʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ma/march/marching__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French marcher ‘to walk’ (earlier ‘to trample’), of uncertain origin."
}