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{
"term": "cable",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"image": "data/images/ca/cablecar.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a set of wires, covered in plastic or rubber, that carries electricity, phone signals, etc.",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**fibre-optic cable**"
},
{
"text": "a power cable"
},
{
"text": "overhead/underground/undersea cables"
},
{
"text": "a 10 000-volt cable"
},
{
"text": "a USB cable"
},
{
"text": "a length of electric cable"
},
{
"text": "They're digging up the road to lay cables."
},
{
"text": "Connect the cable to the correct terminal."
},
{
"text": "I plugged the cable into the amplifier."
},
{
"text": "Engineers plan to run the telephone cables under the river."
},
{
"text": "There is a cable running under the road."
},
{
"text": "Roads have to be dug up to lay underground cables."
},
{
"text": "Fibre broadband uses faster and more reliable fibre-optic cables."
},
{
"text": "new cables connecting major cities in Europe"
}
],
"topics": ["The environment", "Engineering"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["electric", "telephone", "overhead"],
"… of cable": ["length"],
"verb + cable": ["lay", "run", "attach"],
"cable + verb": ["go", "run", "connect something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "thick strong metal rope used on ships, for supporting bridges, etc.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Transport by water"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a system of broadcasting television programmes along wires rather than by radio waves",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We can receive up to 500 cable channels."
},
{
"text": "We just had cable installed."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verb + cable": ["get", "have", "install"],
"cable + noun": ["television", "TV", "channel"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a message sent by electrical signals and printed out",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪbl/",
"audio": "ca/cable/cable__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkeɪbl/",
"audio": "ca/cable/cable__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chable, from late Latin capulum ‘halter’."
}