word-vault/dist/data/cards/lo/lottery.json

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{
    "term": "lottery",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a way of raising money for a government, charity, etc. by selling tickets that have different numbers on them that people have chosen. Numbers are then chosen by chance and the people who have those numbers on their tickets win prizes.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **national/state lottery**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lottery ticket"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A couple scooped £10 million on the national lottery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I won my car in a lottery"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These programs use state lotteries to fund the student awards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're having a lottery to raise money for homeless families."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a $3 million lottery jackpot"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["national", "state"],
                "verb + lottery": ["have", "hold", "run"],
                "lottery + verb": ["fund something", "raise something"],
                "lottery + noun": ["ticket", "winner", "jackpot"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the lottery", "on the lottery"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a situation whose success or result is based on luck rather than on effort or careful organization",
            "labels": "(often disapproving)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some people think that marriage is a lottery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Politicians have acknowledged that it is a bit of a lottery who gets funding."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "gamble"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlɒtəri/",
                "audio": "lo/lottery/lottery__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlɑːtəri/",
                "audio": "lo/lottery/lottery__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: probably from Dutch loterij, from lot ‘lot’."
}