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{
"term": "harvest",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the time of year when the crops are gathered in on a farm, etc.; the act of cutting and gathering crops",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "harvest time"
},
{
"text": "Farmers are extremely busy during the harvest."
},
{
"text": "During the harvest they work from dawn to dusk."
},
{
"text": "Potatoes are normally sprayed after harvest."
}
],
"topics": ["Farming"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["abundant", "bountiful", "bumper"],
"verb + harvest": ["bring in", "gather", "gather in"],
"harvest + verb": ["fail"],
"harvest + noun": ["season", "time", "festival"],
"preposition": [
"after (the) harvest",
"during harvest",
"during the harvest"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the crops, or the amount of crops, cut and gathered",
"labels": "(figurative)(figurative)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the grain harvest"
},
{
"text": "a **good/bad harvest** *(= a lot of crops or few crops)*"
},
{
"text": "The appeal produced a rich harvest of blankets, medicines and clothing."
},
{
"text": "Plum growers say they are expecting a **bumper harvest** *(= a large amount of produce)* this year."
},
{
"text": "The strawberry harvest failed because of the drought."
},
{
"text": "They were busy getting the harvest in."
},
{
"text": "a good harvest of potatoes"
},
{
"text": "a series of poor harvests in the 1830s"
},
{
"text": "She returned from the conference with a rich harvest of knowledge."
}
],
"topics": ["Farming"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["abundant", "bountiful", "bumper"],
"verb + harvest": ["bring in", "gather", "gather in"],
"harvest + verb": ["fail"],
"harvest + noun": ["season", "time", "festival"],
"preposition": [
"after (the) harvest",
"during harvest",
"during the harvest"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to benefit or suffer as a direct result of something that you have done",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhɑːvɪst/",
"audio": "ha/harvest/harvest__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhɑːrvɪst/",
"audio": "ha/harvest/harvest__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English hærfest ‘autumn’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch herfst and German Herbst, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin carpere ‘pluck’ and Greek karpos ‘fruit’."
}