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{
"term": "elevator",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"image": "data/images/ai/airliner.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a machine that carries people or goods up and down to different levels in a building or a mine",
"labels": "(North American English)British English",
"cefr": "b1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator."
},
{
"text": "He rode the elevator to the 43rd floor."
},
{
"text": "One guy fell down the elevator shaft."
},
{
"text": "The agents in the station sent the checked baggage downstairs on a freight elevator."
},
{
"text": "The elevator dinged and the door opened."
},
{
"text": "The elevator doors closed behind her."
},
{
"text": "We took a creaky old elevator up to the third floor."
},
{
"text": "York pressed the button to call the elevator."
}
],
"topics": ["Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["glass", "express", "high-speed"],
"verb + elevator": ["ride", "take", "use"],
"elevator + verb": ["go up", "descend", "go down"],
"elevator + noun": ["shaft", "door", "button"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a tall building used to store grain and that contains equipment to move it",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "In the harbour a giant elevator stores prairie grain."
}
],
"topics": ["Farming"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a part in the tail of an aircraft that is moved to make it go up and down",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Transport by air"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈelɪveɪtə(r)/",
"audio": "el/elevator/elevator__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈelɪveɪtər/",
"audio": "el/elevator/elevator__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (denoting a muscle): modern Latin, from Latin elevare ‘raise’; in later use directly from elevate."
}