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{
"term": "Christmas",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "25 December, the day when Christians celebrate the birth of Christ",
"cefr": "a1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**Christmas dinner/presents**"
},
{
"text": "What did you get for Christmas?"
},
{
"text": "For Christmas he gave her a silk blouse."
},
{
"text": "to celebrate Christmas in the traditional way"
},
{
"text": "The children are hoping for a **white Christmas** *(= with snow on the ground)*."
}
],
"topics": ["Cooking and eating", "Religion and festivals"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "nice", "traditional"],
"verb + Christmas": ["have", "spend", "celebrate"],
"Christmas + verb": ["come"],
"Christmas + noun": ["dinner", "party", "card"],
"preposition": ["at Christmas", "for Christmas", "over Christmas"],
"phrases": [
"Happy Christmas!",
"Merry Christmas!",
"wish somebody a happy Christmas"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the period that includes Christmas Day and the days close to it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **Christmas holidays/vacation**"
},
{
"text": "Are you spending Christmas with your family?"
},
{
"text": "Happy Christmas!"
},
{
"text": "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!"
},
{
"text": "Did you have a good Christmas?"
},
{
"text": "The library is closed over Christmas."
},
{
"text": "There are lots of parties at Christmas."
},
{
"text": "We're going to spend Christmas at home this year."
},
{
"text": "We're going up to town to see the Christmas lights."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "nice", "traditional"],
"verb + Christmas": ["have", "spend", "celebrate"],
"Christmas + verb": ["come"],
"Christmas + noun": ["dinner", "party", "card"],
"preposition": ["at Christmas", "for Christmas", "over Christmas"],
"phrases": [
"Happy Christmas!",
"Merry Christmas!",
"wish somebody a happy Christmas"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkrɪsməs/",
"audio": "ch/Christmas/christmas__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkrɪsməs/",
"audio": "ch/Christmas/christmas__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English Crīstes mæsse (see Christ, Mass)."
}