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{
"term": "alarm",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a loud noise or a signal that warns people of danger or of a problem",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She decided to **sound the alarm** *(= warn people that the situation was dangerous)*."
},
{
"text": "I hammered on all the doors to **raise the alarm**."
},
{
"text": "By the time the alarm was raised the intruders had escaped."
},
{
"text": "Many birds give alarm calls to warn of danger."
},
{
"text": "Suddenly the alarm sounded and they all had to leave the building."
},
{
"text": "Soldier termites sound an alarm by beating their large heads on passage walls."
}
],
"topics": ["Danger", "Houses and homes"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["false"],
"verb + alarm": ["give", "raise", "sound"],
"alarm + noun": ["call"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a device that warns people of a particular danger, or that a particular person is in danger",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **burglar/fire/smoke alarm**"
},
{
"text": "The cat **set off the alarm** *(= made it start ringing)*."
},
{
"text": "A car **alarm went off** in the middle of the night *(= started ringing)*."
},
{
"text": "Carry a personal alarm with you."
},
{
"text": "Install an alarm system and learn how to use it."
},
{
"text": "Unfortunately any little noise can set off the alarm."
},
{
"text": "Many colleges hand out rape alarms to women students."
}
],
"topics": ["Danger"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fire", "smoke", "burglar"],
"verb + alarm": ["set", "activate", "set off"],
"alarm + verb": ["go off", "ring", "sound"],
"alarm + noun": ["bell", "clock", "system"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a ringing sound or a tune played by a clock or your phone after you have set it to play at a particular time to wake you up",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The **alarm went off** at 7 o'clock."
},
{
"text": "I set my alarm for 6.30."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "fear and worry that somebody feels when something dangerous or unpleasant might happen",
"sensetop": "in alarm",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘What have you done?’ Ellie cried in alarm.",
"contextForm": "in alarm"
},
{
"text": "I felt a growing sense of alarm when he did not return that night."
},
{
"text": "The doctor said there was no **cause for alarm**."
},
{
"text": "To her parents' alarm, she announced that she intended to travel the world."
},
{
"text": "His face registered no alarm at all when I told him the news."
},
{
"text": "Many people have expressed alarm at the plans."
},
{
"text": "The head teacher's policies have provoked alarm among parents."
},
{
"text": "The incident created serious public alarm."
},
{
"text": "The news has been greeted with alarm."
},
{
"text": "There has been considerable alarm about the new proposals."
},
{
"text": "There is growing public alarm at this increase in crime."
},
{
"text": "We had no wish to spread alarm."
}
],
"topics": ["Danger", "Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "great", "growing"],
"verb + alarm": ["cause", "create", "provoke"],
"preposition": ["in alarm", "to somebody’s alarm", "with alarm"],
"phrases": ["cause for alarm"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if you say that alarm bells are ringing, you mean that people are starting to feel worried and to suspect that something is wrong",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The government’s proposal has set alarm bells ringing for people on low incomes."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈlɑːm/",
"audio": "al/alarm/alarm__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈlɑːrm/",
"audio": "al/alarm/alarm__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as an exclamation meaning ‘to arms!’): from Old French alarme, from Italian allarme, from all' arme! ‘to arms!’."
}