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{
"term": "machine",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a piece of equipment with many parts that work together to do a particular task. The power used to work a machine may be electricity, steam, gas, etc. or human power.",
"sensetop": "by machine",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Machines have replaced human labour in many industries."
},
{
"text": "to operate/run a machine"
},
{
"text": "How does this machine work?"
},
{
"text": "a washing/sewing machine"
},
{
"text": "a machine for making plastic toys"
},
{
"text": "They have installed a new coffee machine in the staff room."
},
{
"text": "to invent/design a machine"
},
{
"text": "In the factory he oversees 14 teams of machine operators."
},
{
"text": "The potatoes are planted by machine.",
"contextForm": "by machine"
},
{
"text": "The machine runs on solar power."
},
{
"text": "What make of machine are they using?"
},
{
"text": "The machine is designed to fit under a counter."
},
{
"text": "Treadmills and other exercise machines help residents to keep fit."
},
{
"text": "Machine parts may need to be replaced."
}
],
"topics": ["Engineering"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["giant", "great", "huge"],
"verb + machine": ["operate", "run", "use"],
"machine + verb": ["go", "work", "break down"],
"machine + noun": ["operator", "parts", "tool"],
"preposition": ["by machine", "in a/the machine", "on a/the machine"],
"phrases": ["a make of machine"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a computer",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The new machines will be shipped next month."
},
{
"text": "We build machines that process data."
},
{
"text": "All machines are connected online to reach specialists in Germany."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a particular machine, for example in the home, when you do not refer to it by its full name",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Just put those clothes in the machine *(= the washing machine)*."
},
{
"text": "Is the machine working again?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "an organized system for achieving something and the people who control it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the president’s propaganda machine"
},
{
"text": "He played the Republican political machine to get himself into power."
},
{
"text": "These years saw a massive growth in the US military machine."
},
{
"text": "Hollywood’s slick public relations machine has produced a new improved model of a young movie star."
},
{
"text": "The independent candidates did not have the support of a party machine."
},
{
"text": "Tired of being a tiny cog in a vast machine, he handed in his resignation."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["party", "political", "marketing"],
"machine + noun": ["politician", "politics"],
"phrases": ["a cog in the machine", "a well-oiled machine"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a person who acts without thinking and without allowing their feelings to show or to affect their work",
"labels": "(often disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "In this movie he plays a lean, mean killing machine."
},
{
"text": "She was the perfect fighting machine with a total disregard for her own personal safety."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person who is a small part of a large organization",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/məˈʃiːn/",
"audio": "ma/machine/machine__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/məˈʃiːn/",
"audio": "ma/machine/machine__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a structure): from French, via Latin from Doric Greek makhana (Greek mēkhanē, from mēkhos ‘contrivance’)."
}