{
    "term": "minister",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a senior member of the government who is in charge of a government department or a branch of one",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Minister of Education"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She became minister of education in 2024."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A new minister of defence had been appointed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "senior ministers in the Cabinet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cabinet/government ministers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the finance/defence/interior/justice minister"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The health minister announced £10 billion in extra funding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Groups are lobbying the Transport Minister over the issue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local authorities should submit schemes to the relevant minister for approval."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ministers are accountable to Parliament."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The foreign minister intervened with disastrous results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the minister responsible for the health service"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the new minister for the Arts"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["prime", "chief", "principal"],
                "verb + minister": [
                    "appoint (somebody)",
                    "appoint somebody as",
                    "be named"
                ],
                "minister + verb": ["resign", "retire", "be accountable to somebody"],
                "preposition": ["minister for", "minister of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a trained religious leader in some Christian churches",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a Methodist minister"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was ordained minister of a small rural congregation."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["Christian", "Presbyterian", "Protestant"],
                "verb + minister": [
                    "ordain (somebody)",
                    "ordain somebody as",
                    "preach (something)"
                ],
                "phrases": ["a minister of religion"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person, lower in rank than an ambassador, whose job is to represent their government in a foreign country",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɪnɪstə(r)/",
                "audio": "mi/minister/minister__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɪnɪstər/",
                "audio": "mi/minister/minister__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in sense (2); also in the sense ‘a person acting under the authority of another’): from Old French ministre (noun), ministrer (verb), from Latin minister ‘servant’, from minus ‘less’."
}