{
    "term": "ruling",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an official decision made by somebody in a position of authority, especially a judge",
            "sensetop": "ruling (on something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The court will make its ruling on the case next week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company intends to appeal against the ruling that it was negligent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The court overturned the original ruling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge's ruling is based on legal precedent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The newspaper said that this was a ruling in favour of freedom of speech."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the European Court's ruling against detention without trial"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Law and justice", "Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["authoritative", "definitive", "unanimous"],
                "verb + ruling": ["give", "hand down", "issue"],
                "preposition": [
                    "ruling against",
                    "ruling by",
                    "ruling in favour/​favor of"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈruːlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ru/ruling/ruling__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈruːlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ru/ruling/ruling__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}