{
    "term": "statue",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/ci/city.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a figure of a person or an animal in stone, metal, etc., usually the same size as in real life or larger",
            "labels": "(US English)(US English)(US English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(British English)(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **bronze/marble statue**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a statue of Apollo"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The protesters toppled a statue of King George III."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The statue stands in one of the main squares."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a statue of the Virgin"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the dedicatory inscription on the statue base"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the unveiling of a statue to Lord Brown"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["colossal", "enormous", "giant"],
                "verb + statue": ["erect", "put up", "unveil"],
                "statue + verb": ["be", "stand"],
                "statue + noun": ["base"],
                "preposition": ["statue of", "statue to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstætʃuː/",
                "audio": "st/statue/statue__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstætʃuː/",
                "audio": "st/statue/statue__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from Latin statua, from stare ‘to stand’."
}