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{
"term": "licence",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an official document that shows that permission has been given to do, own or use something",
"sensetop": "licence for somethinglicence to do somethingwithout a licence",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The driver did not **hold a** valid **licence**."
},
{
"text": "to **get/obtain/have a licence**"
},
{
"text": "to **grant/issue a licence**"
},
{
"text": "James lost his licence for six months *(= had his licence taken away by the police as a punishment)*."
},
{
"text": "Her **licence was revoked** by the court."
},
{
"text": "a licence for the software",
"contextForm": "licence for something"
},
{
"text": "You need a licence to fish in this river.",
"contextForm": "licence to do something"
},
{
"text": "He was caught driving a car without a licence.",
"contextForm": "without a licence"
},
{
"text": "Is there a **licence fee**?"
},
{
"text": "a **licence holder** *(= a person who has been given a licence)*"
},
{
"text": "a **licence agreement**"
},
{
"text": "He's had his licence taken away."
},
{
"text": "She gained her private pilot's licence."
},
{
"text": "The software comes with a single-user licence."
},
{
"text": "The club was refused a music licence."
},
{
"text": "The company has won the licence to run trains from the south coast to London."
},
{
"text": "The government is currently granting no operating licences to foreign companies."
},
{
"text": "The licence expires at the end of the year."
},
{
"text": "The weapons were exported under a special export licence."
},
{
"text": "You have to have a licence to sell these fireworks."
},
{
"text": "a licence for software manufacture"
},
{
"text": "a licence from the Performing Rights Society"
},
{
"text": "He did not have a gun licence."
},
{
"text": "The premises did not have an entertainment licence."
},
{
"text": "Who holds the licence for these premises?"
},
{
"text": "Your local authority should be able to issue you with a licence."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["valid", "full", "special"],
"verb + licence/license": ["have", "hold", "buy"],
"licence/license + verb": ["expire", "run out"],
"licence/license + noun": ["fee", "holder", "number"],
"preposition": [
"in a/the licence",
"under a/the licence",
"under licence"
],
"phrases": ["the holder of a licence"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "freedom to do or say whatever you want, often something bad or unacceptable",
"sensetop": "licence (to do something)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Lack of punishment seems to give youngsters licence to break the law."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "freedom to behave in a way that is not considered sexually moral",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the freedom of artists or writers to change facts in order to make a story, painting, etc. more interesting or beautiful",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Literature and writing"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to describe a business that makes a lot of money with little effort",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "made with the permission of a company or an organization",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They are Italian trains, but they will be built in Britain under licence."
},
{
"text": "The vaccine is manufactured under licence locally."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪsns/",
"audio": "li/licence/licence__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪsns/",
"audio": "li/licence/licence__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin licentia ‘freedom, sexually immoral behaviour’ (in medieval Latin ‘authority, permission’), from licere ‘be lawful or permitted’."
}