{
    "term": "warfare",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the activity of fighting a war, especially using particular weapons or methods",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**air/naval/guerrilla warfare**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "countries engaged in warfare"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rebels waged guerrilla warfare against the army."
                },
                {
                    "text": "warfare against other tribes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fighting quickly turned into full-scale guerrilla warfare."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["open", "conventional", "modern"],
                "verb + warfare": ["conduct", "engage in", "wage"],
                "preposition": ["warfare  against", "warfare  between"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the activity of competing in an aggressive way with another group, company, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**gang warfare**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The debate soon degenerated into open warfare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "warfare between gangs"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["open", "conventional", "modern"],
                "verb + warfare": ["conduct", "engage in", "wage"],
                "preposition": ["warfare  against", "warfare  between"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɔːfeə(r)/",
                "audio": "wa/warfare/warfare__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɔːrfer/",
                "audio": "wa/warfare/warfare__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}