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{
"term": "electricity",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a form of energy from charged elementary particles, usually supplied as electric current through cables, wires, etc. for lighting, heating, driving machines, etc.",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "materials that **conduct electricity**"
},
{
"text": "to produce/supply electricity"
},
{
"text": "The wind farm will **generate** enough **electricity** for some 30 000 homes."
},
{
"text": "electricity from renewable sources"
},
{
"text": "They are looking to develop more efficient ways of converting the energy from sunlight into electricity."
},
{
"text": "No progress was made towards harnessing electricity as an energy source."
},
{
"text": "**electricity supply/generation**"
},
{
"text": "an electricity bill"
},
{
"text": "a waste of electricity"
},
{
"text": "The electricity is off *(= there is no electric power supply)*."
},
{
"text": "A high-voltage fault sparked an electricity blackout."
},
{
"text": "All the houses now have electricity."
},
{
"text": "Crews did their best to restore electricity after the storm."
},
{
"text": "Electricity flows through the wires in the circuit."
},
{
"text": "Her electricity was cut off when she didn't pay her bill."
},
{
"text": "I switched the light off to save electricity."
},
{
"text": "Insulating your house could cut your electricity bill by half."
},
{
"text": "Metals conduct electricity well."
},
{
"text": "More than a million customers lost electricity following the flooding."
},
{
"text": "The hydroelectric plant provides electricity for half the island's population."
},
{
"text": "The town will soon be connected to the national electricity grid."
},
{
"text": "We run the washing machine at night because off-peak electricity is much cheaper."
},
{
"text": "a 10% drop in electricity prices"
},
{
"text": "the company's role in California's electricity crisis"
},
{
"text": "services such as gas, water, and electricity"
},
{
"text": "The government are improving the electricity grid and building new pipelines."
},
{
"text": "Whole villages were left without electricity."
},
{
"text": "The solar panels produce more electricity than the building consumes."
},
{
"text": "mains electricity"
},
{
"text": "cars powered by electricity"
}
],
"topics": ["The environment", "Physics and chemistry", "Engineering"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["high-voltage", "low-voltage", "mains"],
"verb + electricity": ["create", "generate", "make"],
"electricity + verb": ["flow", "run", "surge through something"],
"electricity + noun": ["bill", "charges", "costs"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a feeling of great emotion, excitement, etc.",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˌlekˈtrɪsəti/",
"audio": "el/electricity/electricity__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪˌlekˈtrɪsəti/",
"audio": "el/electricity/electricity__us_6.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}