{
    "term": "tribe",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a social group in a traditional society consisting of people with the same language, culture, religion, etc., living in a particular area and often having one leader known as a chief",
            "labels": "(sometimes offensive)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were a nomadic horse-riding tribe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dancers are all members of the Tembu tribe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They recruited the toughest soldiers from the desert tribes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We spoke to Umbara, the headman of the Ywin tribe."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["People in society"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["aboriginal", "indigenous", "native"],
                "verb + tribe": ["belong to"],
                "phrases": ["a member of a tribe"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a group or class of people, especially of one profession",
            "labels": "(usually disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had a sudden outburst against the whole tribe of actors."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a group of related animals or plants",
            "labels": "(biology)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a tribe of cats"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Animals"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a large family",
            "labels": "(informal or humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "One or two of the grandchildren will be there, but not the whole tribe."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/traɪb/",
                "audio": "tr/tribe/tribe__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/traɪb/",
                "audio": "tr/tribe/tribe__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French tribu or Latin tribus (singular and plural); perhaps related to tri- ‘three’ and referring to the three divisions of the early people of Rome."
}