word-vault/dist/data/cards/ca/camera.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "camera",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a piece of equipment for taking photographs, moving pictures or television pictures. It can be a separate item or part of another device.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Just point the camera and press the button."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The camera has captured the drama of the event."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **TV/video camera**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most phones have a built-in camera."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Digital cameras **are easy to use."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Closed-circuit **cameras have been installed** throughout the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **camera crew**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Different **camera angles** show different perspectives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A security camera caught her shoplifting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police are checking security camera footage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He couldn't bring himself to face the cameras and left by a back exit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He played his first game in front of the TV cameras."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The outgoing and incoming presidents posed for the cameras."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I bought a disposable camera from the gift shop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The camera can be operated remotely."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The camera has caught the expression on the Queen's face beautifully."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The camera lingers on a close-up of her face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The camera zoomed in on a picture above the fireplace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crews have been setting up their cameras."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The camera was mounted on a hang-glider."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The director gave the signal and the cameras rolled."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The documentary was shot using a hand-held camera."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cameras started clicking as soon as she stepped out of the car."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre", "TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["automatic", "disposable", "electronic"],
                "verb + camera": ["aim", "focus", "point"],
                "camera + verb": [
                    "film something",
                    "capture somebody/​something",
                    "catch somebody/​something"
                ],
                "camera + noun": ["crew", "team", "operator"],
                "preposition": ["in front of the cameras", "off camera", "on camera"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in a judge’s private room, without the press or the public being present",
            "labels": "(law)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The trial was held in camera."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "without a camera recording what is happening",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The incident occurred off camera."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "while a camera is recording what is happening",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Are you prepared to tell your story on camera?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The moment was caught on camera."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkæmrə/",
                "audio": "ca/camera/camera__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkæmrə/",
                "audio": "ca/camera/camera__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun mid 19th cent.: from camera obscura, from Latin ‘dark chamber’.in camera. late 17th cent. (denoting a council or legislative chamber in Italy or Spain): from Latin, ‘vault, arched chamber’, from Greek kamara ‘object with an arched cover’."
}