{
    "term": "palace",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/bu/buildings.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the official home of a king, queen, president, etc.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Buckingham Palace"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **royal/presidential palace**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He spent his early days at the Palace of Versailles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the palace gates/grounds/walls"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She found it hard to adjust to palace life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The king was deposed by his son in a palace coup."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History", "Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ancient", "14th-century", "etc."],
                "verb + palace": ["build", "live in"],
                "palace + verb": ["stand"],
                "palace + noun": ["complex", "compound", "courtyard"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the palace", "in a/​the palace"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a way of referring to the people who live or work in a palace, especially the British royal family and their advisers",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Palace last night refused to comment on the reports."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a Palace spokesman"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ancient", "14th-century", "etc."],
                "verb + palace": ["build", "live in"],
                "palace + verb": ["stand"],
                "palace + noun": ["complex", "compound", "courtyard"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the palace", "in a/​the palace"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "any large impressive house",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Old Town has a whole collection of churches, palaces and mosques."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Even this small house was a veritable palace compared to his tent."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes", "Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ancient", "14th-century", "etc."],
                "verb + palace": ["build", "live in"],
                "palace + verb": ["stand"],
                "palace + noun": ["complex", "compound", "courtyard"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the palace", "in a/​the palace"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a large public building, such as a hotel or cinema",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Strand Palace Hotel"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæləs/",
                "audio": "pa/palace/palace__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæləs/",
                "audio": "pa/palace/palace__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French paleis, from Latin Palatium, the name of the Palatine hill in Rome, where the house of the emperor was situated."
}