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{
"term": "cap",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"image": "data/images/cl/clothes_hats.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a type of soft flat hat with a peak (= a hard curved part sticking out in front). Caps are worn especially by men and boys, often as part of a uniform",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **wear a cap**."
},
{
"text": "to put on/take off a cap"
},
{
"text": "to have a cap on"
},
{
"text": "a school cap"
},
{
"text": "a peaked cap"
}
],
"topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["school", "shower", "skull"],
"verb + cap": ["doff", "tip"],
"cap + noun": ["badge"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a soft hat that fits closely and is worn for a particular purpose",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a shower cap"
}
],
"topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["school", "shower", "skull"],
"verb + cap": ["doff", "tip"],
"cap + noun": ["badge"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a soft hat with a square flat top worn by some university teachers and students at special ceremonies",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a cap given to somebody who is chosen to play for a school, country, etc.; a player chosen to play for their country, etc.",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He won his first cap *(= was first chosen to play)* for England against France."
},
{
"text": "There are three new caps in the side."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a cover or top for a pen, bottle, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a lens cap"
},
{
"text": "The bottle has a screw cap."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["bottle", "hub", "lens"],
"verb + cap": ["put on", "screw on", "remove"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "an artificial cover for a damaged tooth",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He needed four caps for his teeth after the accident."
}
],
"synonyms": "crown (10)"
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "the top of a mountain or a wave",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Purple mist sat below the snowy mountain caps."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "an upper limit on an amount of money that can be spent or borrowed by a particular institution or in a particular situation",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The government has placed a cap on local council spending."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "a small paper container with explosive powder inside it, used especially in toy guns",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 10,
"definition": "a rubber or plastic device that a woman places inside her vagina before having sex to prevent sperm from entering the womb and making her pregnant",
"labels": "(British English)British and North American English",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "an action that you can be proud of",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to ask somebody for something, especially money, in a very polite way that makes you seem less important",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There’s no way he’ll go cap in hand to his brother."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if you feel that a remark applies to you, you should accept it and take it as a warning or criticism",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I didn’t actually say that you were lazy, but if the cap fits…"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kæp/",
"audio": "ca/cap/cap__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kæp/",
"audio": "ca/cap/cap__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English cæppe ‘hood’, from late Latin cappa, perhaps from Latin caput ‘head’."
}