{
    "term": "sovereignty",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "complete power to govern a country",
            "sensetop": "sovereignty (over something)",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The country claimed sovereignty over the island."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This constitutes an attack on the sovereignty of Parliament."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the idea of consumer sovereignty"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In 1949 the Dutch ceded sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the Indonesian Republic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Politicians were alarmed over the potential loss of national sovereignty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sovereignty resides with the people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The treaty gave Edward III sovereignty over Calais and the whole of Aquitaine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two countries have a claim to sovereignty over the islands."
                },
                {
                    "text": "fears about the transfer of sovereignty to the European Union"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the handover of sovereignty to the new government"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the partial loss of sovereignty to supranational institutions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has strong views on preserving national sovereignty."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "full", "unlimited"],
                "verb + sovereignty": ["exercise", "have", "share"],
                "sovereignty + verb": [
                    "reside in somebody/​something",
                    "reside with somebody/​something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["sovereignty over"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the handover of sovereignty",
                    "the return of sovereignty",
                    "the transfer of sovereignty"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the state of being a country with freedom to govern itself",
            "labels": "(US English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The declaration proclaimed the **full sovereignty** of the republic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Demonstrators demanded full sovereignty for the self-proclaimed republic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Protesters called on the government to adopt a declaration of sovereignty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We must respect the sovereignty of member states."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The group is committed to achieving sovereignty for Quebec."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "full", "unlimited"],
                "verb + sovereignty": ["exercise", "have", "share"],
                "sovereignty + verb": [
                    "reside in somebody/​something",
                    "reside with somebody/​something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["sovereignty over"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the handover of sovereignty",
                    "the return of sovereignty",
                    "the transfer of sovereignty"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɒvrənti/",
                "audio": "so/sovereignty/sovereignty__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɑːvrənti/",
                "audio": "so/sovereignty/sovereignty__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French sovereinete, from soverain, based on Latin super ‘above’."
}