word-vault/dist/data/cards/ch/chart.json

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{
    "term": "chart",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ch/charts.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a diagram, lists of figures, etc. that shows information",
            "sensetop": "chart of somebody/somethingin a chart",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some shares have lost two-thirds of their value since being issued (**see chart**)."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The charts of 138 patients with chronic heart failure were reviewed.",
                    "contextForm": "chart of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accompanying chart shows data for eight countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sales chart *(= showing the level of a company’s sales)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an astrological chart"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a weather chart"
                },
                {
                    "text": "comparative charts of prices of food items now and in 2019"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Gas prices have risen over the past decade, as shown in the chart below.",
                    "contextForm": "in a chart"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The percentage of graduates is shown on the chart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the information given in the chart"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A chart on the wall showed sales figures for the previous year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Profits have fallen below 5% (see chart)."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Greek astronomer Hipparchus drew the first accurate star chart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results are set out in the chart."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["accompanying", "bar", "flow"],
                "chart + verb": [
                    "give something",
                    "illustrate something",
                    "indicate something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the chart", "on a/​the chart"],
                "phrases": ["off the charts"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a detailed map of the sea",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a naval chart"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The maritime museum contains charts dating back to the 15th century."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are no charts available for this part of the ocean."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The islands were not marked on their chart."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["nautical", "navigation", "weather"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the chart"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a list, produced each week, of the songs or albums that have sold the most copies or been downloaded or listened to via streaming the most frequently",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The album went straight into the charts at number 1."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to top the charts *(= to be the song or album that has sold more copies than all the others)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a chart hit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His latest single hit the charts last week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is that song still in the charts?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The song topped the charts for three weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their single went straight into the charts at number one."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["album", "pop", "singles"],
                "verb + the charts": ["enter", "go into", "hit"],
                "chart + noun": ["hit"],
                "preposition": ["in the chart"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely high in level",
            "labels": "(informal, especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "World demand for the product is off the charts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Enthusiasm for the project soared off the charts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wealth to be found in this town is off the charts."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɑːt/",
                "audio": "ch/chart/chart__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɑːrt/",
                "audio": "ch/chart/chart__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from French charte, from Latin charta ‘paper, papyrus leaf’ from Greek khartēs."
}