{
    "term": "revolution",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an attempt, by a large number of people, to change the government of a country, especially by violent action",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **socialist revolution**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The shooting and killing of thirty people started a revolution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country appears to be on the brink of revolution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some Marxists still believe that socialism will one day triumph through world revolution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The activists were charged with fomenting revolution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of people were killed in the bloody revolution that toppled the government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a revolution against communist rule"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the failed 1911 revolution"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the revolution which overthrew the old regime"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The French Revolution brought about great changes in the society and government of France."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History", "Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["successful", "bloody", "violent"],
                "verb + revolution": ["carry out", "fight", "foment"],
                "revolution + verb": ["break out", "spread", "overthrow something"],
                "preposition": ["revolution against"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the outbreak of the revolution",
                    "revolution from above",
                    "revolution from below"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a great change in conditions, ways of working, beliefs, etc. that affects large numbers of people",
            "sensetop": "revolution in something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **cultural/social/scientific, etc. revolution**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the sexual revolution of the 1960s"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the digital/technological revolution"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They led the electronics revolution but have been left behind by the IT revolution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A revolution in information technology is taking place.",
                    "contextForm": "revolution in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "As the 18th century wore on, an agricultural revolution took place."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Doctors have welcomed the fitness revolution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He achieved a virtual revolution in the way music is recorded."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Marketing has undergone a revolution in recent years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The coming of television brought about a revolution in people's leisure activities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The computer revolution has transformed the workplace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The last decade has seen a revolution in telecommunications."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a quiet revolution in the way writing is taught."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a revolution going on in farming during the last five years."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["quiet", "complete", "virtual"],
                "verb + revolution": ["achieve", "begin", "bring"],
                "revolution + verb": ["occur", "take place", "go on"],
                "preposition": ["revolution in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a complete circular movement around a point",
            "sensetop": "revolution around something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The disk rotates at up to 500 **revolutions per minute**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The revolution of the earth around the sun takes one year.",
                    "contextForm": "revolution around something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jupiter makes a complete revolution around the sun every 12 years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The earth turns through one complete revolution approximately every twenty-four hours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One full revolution of the knob will open the hatch."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete", "full"],
                "verb + revolution": ["complete", "make"],
                "preposition": [
                    "through a revolution",
                    "revolution about",
                    "revolution around"
                ],
                "phrases": ["revolutions a minute", "revolutions per minute"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌrevəˈluːʃn/",
                "audio": "re/revolution/revolution__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌrevəˈluːʃn/",
                "audio": "re/revolution/revolution__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin revolutio(n-), from revolvere ‘roll back’, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + volvere ‘roll’."
}