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{
"term": "buy",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "buy",
"heSheIt": "buys"
},
"pastSimple": "bought",
"pastParticiple": "bought",
"ingForm": "buying"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to obtain something by paying money for it",
"sensetop": "buy (something)buy something from somebody/somethingbuy something off somebody/somethingbuy somebody somethingbuy something for somebodybuy something + adv./prep.+ adv./prep.",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Where did you buy that dress?",
"contextForm": "buy (something)"
},
{
"text": "She had no **money to buy** a ticket."
},
{
"text": "They can't **afford to buy** school books."
},
{
"text": "If you're thinking of getting a new car, now is a good time to buy."
},
{
"text": "I bought it from a friend for £10.",
"contextForm": "buy something from somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "She bought it off eBay for $50.",
"contextForm": "buy something off somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Mum bought me a new coat.",
"contextForm": "buy somebody something"
},
{
"text": "Mum bought a new coat for me.",
"contextForm": "buy something for somebody"
},
{
"text": "I bought my car second-hand.",
"contextForm": "buy something + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "They **buy **all their groceries **in bulk **."
},
{
"text": "It's generally cheaper if you **buy online**.",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "They make their money by **buying cheap** and selling dear."
},
{
"text": "They bought a car for their daughter."
},
{
"text": "I bought it for $25."
},
{
"text": "She bought some books from a friend."
},
{
"text": "I can't afford to buy a new car."
},
{
"text": "Old bicycles can be bought quite cheaply."
},
{
"text": "She makes her living buying and selling antiques."
},
{
"text": "Was the produce imported or bought locally?"
},
{
"text": "We can afford to buy enough paint to do the whole house."
},
{
"text": "Young people are very comfortable buying online."
}
],
"topics": ["Shopping", "Money", "Houses and homes"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["cheaply", "online", "locally"],
"verb + buy": ["can afford to", "can’t afford to"],
"preposition": ["at", "for", "from"],
"phrases": ["buy and sell", "money can buy", "money can’t buy"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to be enough to pay for something",
"sensetop": "buy something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He gave his children the best education that money can buy."
},
{
"text": "Five pounds doesn't buy much nowadays."
},
{
"text": "There are some things money can't buy."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["cheaply", "online", "locally"],
"verb + buy": ["can afford to", "can’t afford to"],
"preposition": ["at", "for", "from"],
"phrases": ["buy and sell", "money can buy", "money can’t buy"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to persuade somebody to do something dishonest in return for money",
"sensetop": "buy somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He can't be bought *(= he's too honest to accept money in this way)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to obtain something by losing something else of great value",
"sensetop": "buy something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her fame was bought at the expense of her marriage."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to believe that something is true, especially something that is not very likely",
"sensetop": "buy something",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You could say you were ill but I don't think they'd **buy it** *(= accept the explanation)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the very best",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We make sure our clients get the best that money can buy."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have been killed, especially in an accident or a war",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Joe finally bought it in a plane crash in Tunisia."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to get back a country's assets, such as land or property, after they have been owned by another country",
"labels": "(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The prime minister revealed his plan to buy back the farm from foreign ownership."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to die",
"labels": "(North American English, informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to do something in order to delay an event, a decision, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The negotiators kept the gunman talking to buy time for the hostages."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if you buy a pig in a poke, you buy something without seeing it or knowing if it is good enough",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Buying online can mean buying a pig in a poke."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to sell somebody something/to buy something that has no value or is worth much less than the price paid",
"labels": "(British English, old-fashioned, informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪ/",
"audio": "bu/buy/buy__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪz/",
"audio": "bu/buy/buys__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɔːt/",
"audio": "bo/buy/bought__gb_14.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "bu/buy/buying__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪ/",
"audio": "bu/buy/buy__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪz/",
"audio": "bu/buy/buys__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɔːt/",
"audio": "bo/buy/bought__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "bu/buy/buying__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English bycgan, of Germanic origin."
}