{
    "term": "recipient",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who receives something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "recipients of awards"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was the grateful recipient of a helping hand from a total stranger."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a worthy recipient of the Nobel Prize."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was the recipient of a distinguished service award."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our 1 000th member will be the lucky recipient of a mystery gift."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was not the intended recipient of the reward."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are passive recipients of information from the world around us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "matching a donor kidney with the most suitable recipient"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the ultimate recipient of the money"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["largest", "main", "major"],
                "preposition": ["recipient of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsɪpiənt/",
                "audio": "re/recipient/recipient__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsɪpiənt/",
                "audio": "re/recipient/recipient__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Latin recipient- ‘receiving’, from the verb recipere."
}