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{
"term": "interval",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a period of time between two events",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The interval between major earthquakes might be 200 years."
},
{
"text": "He knocked on the door and after a brief interval it was opened."
},
{
"text": "Polling day was a week away and Baldwin made two speeches in the interval."
},
{
"text": "They will be interviewed again after an appropriate time interval has elapsed."
},
{
"text": "Try setting your automatic email checker to 30-minute intervals."
},
{
"text": "You are advised to leave a wide interval before you have your next child."
},
{
"text": "the amount of oxygen used by the muscles during a specified interval"
},
{
"text": "She ruled for ten years, except for a brief interval."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["brief", "short", "long"],
"preposition": ["at intervals", "in the interval", "interval between"],
"phrases": [
"at fixed, periodic, regular, etc. intervals",
"at irregular intervals",
"at random intervals"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a short period of time separating parts of a play, film or concert",
"labels": "(British English)North American English, British English",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There will be an interval of 20 minutes after the second act."
}
],
"topics": ["Film and theatre"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["brief", "short", "long"],
"preposition": ["at intervals", "in the interval", "interval between"],
"phrases": [
"at fixed, periodic, regular, etc. intervals",
"at irregular intervals",
"at random intervals"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a short period during which something different happens from what is happening the rest of the time",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's delirious, but has lucid intervals."
},
{
"text": "The day should be mainly dry with sunny intervals."
},
{
"text": "The intervals between his various illnesses grew shorter and shorter."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a difference in pitch (= how high or low a note sounds) between two notes",
"labels": "(music)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an interval of one octave"
}
],
"topics": ["Music"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "an activity in interval training",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can do intervals by alternating power walking with easy jogging."
}
],
"topics": ["Health and Fitness", "Sports: other sports"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "with time between",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Buses to the city leave **at regular intervals**."
},
{
"text": "The runners started at 5-minute intervals."
},
{
"text": "At intervals a bell rang."
},
{
"text": "He returned home during the day at regular intervals."
},
{
"text": "Meetings are held at monthly intervals."
},
{
"text": "The accounts were updated at irregular intervals."
},
{
"text": "Trains run at fixed intervals."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "with spaces between",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Flaming torches were positioned at intervals along the terrace."
},
{
"text": "The flags were spaced at two-metre intervals."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪntəvl/",
"audio": "in/interval/interval__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪntərvl/",
"audio": "in/interval/interval__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French entrevalle, based on Latin intervallum ‘space between ramparts, interval’, from inter- ‘between’ + vallum ‘rampart’."
}