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{
"term": "gold",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a chemical element. Gold is a yellow precious metal used for making coins, jewellery, beautiful objects, etc.",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**gold coins/jewellery**"
},
{
"text": "He always wore a gold chain."
},
{
"text": "a gold ring/watch/necklace/bracelet"
},
{
"text": "a fall in the **gold price**"
},
{
"text": "The rubies were set in 18-carat gold."
},
{
"text": "made of **solid/pure gold**"
},
{
"text": "He spent weeks panning for gold in the river."
},
{
"text": "In the afternoon he struck a rich vein of gold."
}
],
"topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["pure", "real", "solid"],
"verb + gold": ["extract", "mine", "produce"],
"gold + noun": ["mine", "miner", "mining"],
"phrases": ["a vein of gold"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "money, jewellery, etc. that is made of gold",
"cefr": "a2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The hotel was dripping with *(= decorated with a lot of)* gold."
},
{
"text": "They're stockpiling dollars the way nations used to hoard gold."
},
{
"text": "the country’s gold reserves"
},
{
"text": "falling government gold stocks"
}
],
"topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["pure", "real", "solid"],
"verb + gold": ["extract", "mine", "produce"],
"gold + noun": ["mine", "miner", "mining"],
"phrases": ["a vein of gold"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a medal made of gold that is given to the winner of a race or competition",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The team look set to **win** Olympic **gold**."
},
{
"text": "He won three golds and a bronze."
},
{
"text": "She got a gold in the long jump."
},
{
"text": "She's going for gold this time."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: other sports"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["Olympic"],
"verb + gold": ["get", "take", "win"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the colour of gold",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a sunset of burnished gold"
},
{
"text": "His hair was a pale gold."
},
{
"text": "I love the reds and golds of autumn."
}
],
"topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "not everything that seems good, attractive, etc. is actually good, etc.",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a large prize or reward that somebody hopes for but is unlikely to get",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "behaving in a way that other people approve of",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The kids have been as good as gold all day."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be a very kind person",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that it seems easy to make money in a place",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to find or do something that brings you a lot of success or money",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He has struck gold with his latest novel."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very useful or valuable",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A good mechanic is worth his weight in gold."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡəʊld/",
"audio": "go/gold/gold__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡəʊld/",
"audio": "go/gold/gold__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch goud and German Gold, from an Indo-European root shared by yellow."
}