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{
"term": "disk",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a thin flat round object",
"labels": "(especially North American English)British English usually(British English)(North American English)(British English)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Red blood cells are roughly the shape of a disk."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["computer", "hard", "CD-ROM"],
"verb + disk": ["insert", "put in", "remove"],
"disk + verb": ["contain something", "hold something"],
"disk + noun": ["capacity", "space", "drive"],
"preposition": ["from disk", "on (a/the) disk", "onto disk"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a device for storing information on a computer, in the shape of a round flat plate that spins (= turns) to give access to all parts of its magnetic surface, which records information received in electronic form",
"labels": "(computing)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'll copy the disk into a file."
},
{
"text": "The information required can then be retrieved from disk."
},
{
"text": "I'm running out of disk space on my computer."
},
{
"text": "Do you have the file on disk?"
},
{
"text": "Each disk holds 700 MB."
},
{
"text": "If you wipe that old disk, we can use it again."
},
{
"text": "It is safest to save your design onto disk."
},
{
"text": "Save the document to disk before closing it."
},
{
"text": "The computer reads the disk."
},
{
"text": "The disk contains the program you'll need."
},
{
"text": "The information can be saved on a disk."
},
{
"text": "The master disk can be duplicated as many times as required."
},
{
"text": "The program automatically saves to disk every 15 minutes."
},
{
"text": "The program is set up so that you automatically save to disk every 15 minutes."
},
{
"text": "You simply download the pages to disk."
},
{
"text": "Insert the disk into the drive slot."
}
],
"topics": ["Computers"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["computer", "hard", "CD-ROM"],
"verb + disk": ["insert", "put in", "remove"],
"disk + verb": ["contain something", "hold something"],
"disk + noun": ["capacity", "space", "drive"],
"preposition": ["from disk", "on (a/the) disk", "onto disk"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪsk/",
"audio": "di/disk/disk__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪsk/",
"audio": "di/disk/disk__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}