word-vault/dist/data/cards/ci/circuit.json

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{
    "term": "circuit",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a line, route or journey around a place",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The race ended with eight laps of a city centre circuit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The earth takes a year to make a circuit of *(= go around)* the sun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We did a complete circuit of the park in twenty minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Green Day moves into the lead as they turn into the straight on the first circuit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Runners have to complete fifteen circuits of the two-mile circular course."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete"],
                "verb + circuit": ["do", "make"],
                "preposition": ["circuit of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the complete path of wires and equipment along which an electric current flows",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an electrical circuit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a circuit diagram *(= one showing all the connections in the different parts of the )*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["short", "closed", "integrated"],
                "verb + circuit": ["build", "break", "complete"],
                "circuit + noun": ["diagram"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a series of games or matches in which the same players regularly take part",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is her biggest triumph in nine years on the women's tennis circuit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He announced his retirement from the professional circuit last year."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["amateur", "professional", "international"],
                "verb + circuit": ["hit", "play", "tour"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the circuit"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a track for cars or motorcycles to race around",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a series of places or events of a particular kind at which the same people appear or take part",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **lecture/cabaret circuit**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a well-known figure on the international lecture circuit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Talent scouts spotted him playing on the amateur circuit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Young's film has hit the festival circuit in the US."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["amateur", "professional", "international"],
                "verb + circuit": ["hit", "play", "tour"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the circuit"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a series of different exercises that you do one after the other when doing circuit training in sport or fitness training",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I **do circuits** in the gym twice a week."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health and Fitness", "Sports: other sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a regular journey made by a judge to hear court cases in each of the courts of law in a particular area",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a circuit court/judge"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːkɪt/",
                "audio": "ci/circuit/circuit__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɜːrkɪt/",
                "audio": "ci/circuit/circuit__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin circuitus, from circuire, variant of circumire ‘go round’, from circum ‘around’ + ire ‘go’."
}