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{
"term": "luxury",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the fact of enjoying special and expensive things, particularly food and drink, clothes and places",
"sensetop": "in luxury",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a life of unimaginable luxury"
},
{
"text": "Now we'll be able to live in luxury for the rest of our lives.",
"contextForm": "in luxury"
},
{
"text": "It was sheer luxury to step into a hot bath."
},
{
"text": "Silk sheets added the final touch of luxury."
},
{
"text": "The resort offers luxury on a grand scale."
},
{
"text": "We can't afford such luxury."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "pure", "sheer"],
"… of luxury": ["touch"],
"verb + luxury": ["enjoy", "afford", "live in"],
"luxury + noun": ["hotel", "car", "coach"],
"preposition": ["in luxury"],
"phrases": [
"have the luxury of (doing) something",
"a life of luxury",
"the lap of luxury"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a thing that is expensive and pleasant but not essential",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "small luxuries like chocolate and flowers"
},
{
"text": "I love having a long, hot bath—it's one of life's little luxuries."
},
{
"text": "It was a luxury if you had a washing machine in those days."
},
{
"text": "A comfortable bed to sleep in is a luxury that we take for granted."
},
{
"text": "He missed the simple luxuries of life, like regular meals."
},
{
"text": "She's had every luxury in life."
},
{
"text": "We can't afford luxuries."
}
],
"synonyms": "extravagance",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["expensive", "unaffordable", "affordable"],
"verb + luxury": ["afford", "enjoy", "have"],
"luxury + noun": ["tax"],
"phrases": ["have every luxury"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a pleasure or an advantage that you do not often have",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We had the luxury of being able to choose from four good candidates for the job."
},
{
"text": "He had the luxury of spending time at his family's summer home."
},
{
"text": "We enjoyed the luxury of an expensive restaurant meal."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "pure", "sheer"],
"… of luxury": ["touch"],
"verb + luxury": ["enjoy", "afford", "live in"],
"luxury + noun": ["hotel", "car", "coach"],
"preposition": ["in luxury"],
"phrases": [
"have the luxury of (doing) something",
"a life of luxury",
"the lap of luxury"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "in easy, comfortable conditions, and enjoying the advantages of being rich",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We spent two weeks in the hotel living in the lap of luxury."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlʌkʃəri/",
"audio": "lu/luxury/luxury__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlʌkʃəri/",
"audio": "lu/luxury/luxury__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting lechery): from Old French luxurie, luxure, from Latin luxuria, from luxus ‘excess’. The earliest current sense dates from the mid 17th cent."
}