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{
"term": "column",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "one of the straight sections from top to bottom into which text on a page or screen is divided",
"sensetop": "column of somethingin a column",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a dictionary with two columns per page"
},
{
"text": "a column of text",
"contextForm": "column of something"
},
{
"text": "at the bottom of the right-hand column of this page"
},
{
"text": "The website has an attractive two-column format."
},
{
"text": "Click on the name of your account in the left-hand column.",
"contextForm": "in a column"
},
{
"text": "Put a mark in the appropriate column."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["regular", "daily", "weekly"],
"verb + column": ["have", "write", "read"],
"column + noun": ["inches"],
"preposition": ["in a/the column", "column about", "column on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a series of numbers or words arranged one under the other down a page",
"sensetop": "column of somethingin a column",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to add up a column of figures",
"contextForm": "column of something"
},
{
"text": "the fifth column of Table 4"
},
{
"text": "The numbers in the left-hand column are not relevant here.",
"contextForm": "in a column"
},
{
"text": "The last column contains the probability of each of those outcomes occurring."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a part of a newspaper, magazine or website that appears regularly and deals with a particular subject or is written by a particular writer",
"sensetop": "in a columncolumn on/about somethingcolumn by somebody",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She **writes** a monthly **column** for a leading national newspaper."
},
{
"text": "a **newspaper/weekly column**"
},
{
"text": "the financial column"
},
{
"text": "I disagree with a lot of what he writes in his column.",
"contextForm": "in a column"
},
{
"text": "I always read her column in the local paper."
},
{
"text": "The website features a regular column on parenting.",
"contextForm": "column on/about something"
},
{
"text": "She always read the column by the local vicar in the parish magazine.",
"contextForm": "column by somebody"
},
{
"text": "He has a regular column in a weekly newspaper."
},
{
"text": "She saw his name in an obituary column."
},
{
"text": "a weekly column on films showing in London"
},
{
"text": "a weekly column on movies showing in the capital"
},
{
"text": "The website runs an online advice column for teenagers."
}
],
"topics": ["Literature and writing"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["regular", "daily", "weekly"],
"verb + column": ["have", "write", "read"],
"column + noun": ["inches"],
"preposition": ["in a/the column", "column about", "column on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a tall, solid post, usually round and made of stone, that supports or decorates a building or stands alone as a monument",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The temple is supported by marble columns."
},
{
"text": "Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square is one of London's best-known landmarks."
},
{
"text": "The roof is supported by four huge columns."
},
{
"text": "colonnades of fluted Doric columns"
},
{
"text": "Corinthian columns are decorated with leaves at the top."
},
{
"text": "It was an Athenian temple with long colonnades of limestone columns."
},
{
"text": "The churches have classical columns and decoration."
},
{
"text": "The temple is supported by fluted marble columns."
}
],
"topics": ["Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["huge", "tall", "fluted"],
"column + verb": ["support something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a thing that is like a column in shape",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a column of smoke *(= smoke rising straight up)*"
}
],
"topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a long, moving line of people or vehicles",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a long column of troops and tanks"
},
{
"text": "to march in columns"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["huge", "long", "armoured/armored"],
"preposition": ["in columns", "column of"],
"phrases": ["the head of the column"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɒləm/",
"audio": "co/column/column__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːləm/",
"audio": "co/column/column__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: partly from Old French columpne, reinforced by its source, Latin columna ‘pillar’."
}