{
    "term": "umbrella",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an object with a round folding frame of long, straight pieces of metal covered with material, that you use to protect yourself from the rain or from hot sun",
            "sensetop": "under an umbrella",
            "labels": "also British English, informal",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to carry/hold an umbrella"
                },
                {
                    "text": "colourful beach umbrellas"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I put up my umbrella."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rolled/furled umbrella"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Spectators huddled under umbrellas as the rain poured down.",
                    "contextForm": "under an umbrella"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an umbrella stand *(= for putting umbrellas in when they are not being used)*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rolled", "beach", "sun"],
                "verb + umbrella": ["open", "put up", "unfurl"],
                "umbrella + noun": ["stand", "stroller", "body"],
                "preposition": ["under an/​the umbrella"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing that contains or includes many different parts or elements",
            "sensetop": "under the umbrella of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single authority.",
                    "contextForm": "under the umbrella of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **umbrella organization/group/fund**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Contact sports’ is an **umbrella term** for a variety of different sports."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two separate political parties emerged from the umbrella organization."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two sectors combined under the umbrella of the Scottish Council."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an umbrella group including members of opposition parties"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the broad umbrella of alternative medicine"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rolled", "beach", "sun"],
                "verb + umbrella": ["open", "put up", "unfurl"],
                "umbrella + noun": ["stand", "stroller", "body"],
                "preposition": ["under an/​the umbrella"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a country or system that protects people",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the American nuclear umbrella over Europe"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʌmˈbrelə/",
                "audio": "um/umbrella/umbrella__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʌmˈbrelə/",
                "audio": "um/umbrella/umbrella__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Italian ombrella, diminutive of ombra ‘shade’, from Latin umbra ‘shade’."
}