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{
"term": "channel",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a television station",
"sensetop": "on a channel",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **television/TV channel**"
},
{
"text": "**cable/digital/satellite channels**"
},
{
"text": "a **news channel**"
},
{
"text": "a music/sports/movie channel"
},
{
"text": "to change/switch channels"
},
{
"text": "What's on Channel 4 tonight?",
"contextForm": "on a channel"
},
{
"text": "I changed channels when the news came on."
},
{
"text": "Last year, the company launched its own TV channel."
},
{
"text": "Lily surfed the channels on the television."
},
{
"text": "There's an interesting documentary on Channel 4 tonight."
},
{
"text": "Most channels broadcast 24 hours a day."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["radio", "television", "TV"],
"verb + channel": ["change", "flip", "flip through"],
"channel + verb": ["broadcast"],
"preposition": ["on a/the channel"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a band of radio waves used for making television or radio broadcasts",
"cefr": "b1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "radio channels"
},
{
"text": "terrestrial/satellite channels"
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["radio", "television", "TV"],
"verb + channel": ["change", "flip", "flip through"],
"channel + verb": ["broadcast"],
"preposition": ["on a/the channel"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a method or system that people use to get information, to communicate, or to send something somewhere",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Complaints must be made **through the proper channels**."
},
{
"text": "The newsletter is a useful **channel of communication** between teacher and students."
},
{
"text": "The company has worldwide **distribution channels**."
},
{
"text": "Steps are being taken to implement a ceasefire through diplomatic channels."
},
{
"text": "If you want a visa, you will have to go through the proper channels."
},
{
"text": "Journalists always have indirect channels for getting information."
},
{
"text": "She first tried to get a doctor's certificate through official channels."
},
{
"text": "The government hopes to settle the dispute through diplomatic channels."
},
{
"text": "an effective channel for communication"
},
{
"text": "attempts to open up new channels of communication"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["direct", "indirect", "formal"],
"verb + channel": ["go through", "use", "establish"],
"preposition": ["through a/the channel"],
"phrases": ["a channel of communication", "channels of distribution"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a means by which data is communicated and exchanged between elements of a computer system or other system",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an audio channel"
}
],
"topics": ["Computers"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a way of expressing ideas and feelings",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The campaign provided a channel for protest against the war."
},
{
"text": "Music is a great channel for releasing your emotions."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a passage that water can flow along, especially in the ground, on the bottom of a river, etc.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "drainage channels in the rice fields"
},
{
"text": "A channel is being dug to divert the river."
},
{
"text": "The drainage channels had survived since the Roman occupation."
},
{
"text": "Irrigation channels supply the crops with water."
},
{
"text": "The estate has fountains and water channels."
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["deep", "narrow", "drainage"],
"verb + channel": ["form", "block"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "a deep passage of water in a river or near the coast that can be used as route for ships",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Geography"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["deep", "narrow", "drainage"],
"verb + channel": ["form", "block"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "a passage of water that connects two areas of water, especially two seas",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Bristol Channel"
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by water", "Geography"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "the area of sea between England and France, also known as the English Channel",
"sensetop": "across the Channel",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Channel Tunnel"
},
{
"text": "cross-Channel ferries"
},
{
"text": "news from across the Channel *(= from France)*",
"contextForm": "across the Channel"
},
{
"text": "We crossed the Channel in stormy weather."
},
{
"text": "The government is watching economic developments across the Channel with great interest."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃænl/",
"audio": "ch/channel/channel__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃænl/",
"audio": "ch/channel/channel__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French chanel, from Latin canalis ‘pipe, groove, channel’, from canna ‘reed’ from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin. Compare with canal."
}