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{
"term": "activity",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a thing that you do for interest or pleasure",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "leisure/outdoor/recreational activities"
},
{
"text": "The club provides a wide variety of activities including tennis, swimming and squash."
},
{
"text": "Shopping is now a leisure activity."
},
{
"text": "The real value of social activities is being with friends and taking time out from the pressures of daily living."
},
{
"text": "The students were involved in a range of extracurricular activities."
}
],
"topics": ["Hobbies"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["frantic", "frenetic", "heightened"],
"… of activity": ["burst", "flurry", "level"],
"verb + activity": ["conduct", "do", "perform"],
"phrases": ["a hive of activity", "a sign of activity"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a thing that somebody does in order to achieve a particular aim",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**criminal/terrorist/illegal activities**"
},
{
"text": "The book contains plenty of ideas for classroom activities."
},
{
"text": "He has decided to focus his time and resources on his business activities."
},
{
"text": "We met to review progress and to **coordinate our activities**."
},
{
"text": "They had been involved in a variety of criminal activities."
},
{
"text": "Here's an activity you can do with mixed ability classes."
},
{
"text": "The party's activities have been suspended."
},
{
"text": "We suspect he may be involved in illegal activities."
},
{
"text": "The main problem is that people may not report all of their physical activities on questionnaires."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a situation in which something is happening or a lot of things are being done",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**Economic activity** has taken a downturn this year."
},
{
"text": "The streets were noisy and full of activity."
},
{
"text": "Muscles contract and relax during **physical activity**."
},
{
"text": "There was no **criminal activity** involved."
},
{
"text": "The machines can **monitor** brain **activity**."
},
{
"text": "Their income was derived from criminal activity."
},
{
"text": "It will only be possible to stimulate business activity with an injection of public funds."
},
{
"text": "Newspapers report a higher level of activity in the foreign exchange markets."
},
{
"text": "Police watched the house all day, but there was no sign of activity."
},
{
"text": "Teachers here are not allowed to engage in any political activity."
},
{
"text": "The classroom was a hive of activity as the children prepared for the concert."
},
{
"text": "The islands were formed by volcanic activity."
},
{
"text": "The room was buzzing with activity."
},
{
"text": "The scene was one of frenetic activity."
},
{
"text": "There was a flurry of activity as the film star appeared on the balcony."
},
{
"text": "They had engaged in sexual activity in the past three months."
},
{
"text": "The ground is covered with evidence of human activity, particularly in the prehistoric period."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["frantic", "frenetic", "heightened"],
"… of activity": ["burst", "flurry", "level"],
"verb + activity": ["conduct", "do", "perform"],
"phrases": ["a hive of activity", "a sign of activity"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ækˈtɪvəti/",
"audio": "ac/activity/activity__gb_5.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ækˈtɪvəti/",
"audio": "ac/activity/activity__us_4.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French activité or late Latin activitas, from Latin act- ‘done’, from the verb agere."
}