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{
"term": "prayer",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "words that you say to God giving thanks or asking for help",
"sensetop": "prayer for somebody/somethingprayer to somebody/something",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **say your prayers**"
},
{
"text": "prayers for the sick",
"contextForm": "prayer for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "We **offer** our **prayers** for all those who have died in war."
},
{
"text": "He arrived at that very moment, as if **in answer to her prayer**."
},
{
"text": "Their **prayers were answered** and the child was found safe and well."
},
{
"text": "She stopped saying nightly prayers to God.",
"contextForm": "prayer to somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "He gave a prayer of thanks to the troops."
},
{
"text": "She spoke a brief prayer over their meal."
},
{
"text": "I sent up a quick prayer and entered the interview room."
},
{
"text": "Let us remember them in our prayers today."
},
{
"text": "She uttered a silent prayer."
},
{
"text": "Thankfully, his prayers were granted."
},
{
"text": "Whenever I pass a temple, I mutter a quick prayer."
},
{
"text": "a prayer for peace"
},
{
"text": "a prayer leader at the mosque"
},
{
"text": "a multi-faith prayer room in the college"
},
{
"text": "a Buddhist prayer hall"
},
{
"text": "a Jewish prayer shawl"
},
{
"text": "He fiddled with his prayer beads."
},
{
"text": "Buddhist prayer flags fluttering in the breeze"
}
],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["little", "quick", "short"],
"verb + prayer": ["give", "offer", "offer up"],
"prayer + noun": ["book", "beads", "mat"],
"preposition": ["at prayer", "in prayer", "prayer for"],
"phrases": ["the answer to somebody’s prayers", "not have a prayer"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a fixed form of words that you can say when you speak to God",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was a prayer she had learnt as a child."
},
{
"text": "the five daily ritual prayers of Islam"
},
{
"text": "Priests chanted prayers and read from sacred texts."
}
],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["little", "quick", "short"],
"verb + prayer": ["give", "offer", "offer up"],
"prayer + noun": ["book", "beads", "mat"],
"preposition": ["at prayer", "in prayer", "prayer for"],
"phrases": ["the answer to somebody’s prayers", "not have a prayer"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act or habit of praying",
"sensetop": "in prayer",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They knelt in prayer.",
"contextForm": "in prayer"
},
{
"text": "We believe in the power of prayer."
},
{
"text": "They held a **prayer vigil** throughout the night."
},
{
"text": "spiritual healing through prayer"
},
{
"text": "a national day of prayer"
},
{
"text": "He spends an hour each day at prayer."
},
{
"text": "Local groups meet for prayer."
},
{
"text": "She moved her lips in silent prayer."
},
{
"text": "the contentious issue of school prayer"
}
],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["little", "quick", "short"],
"verb + prayer": ["give", "offer", "offer up"],
"prayer + noun": ["book", "beads", "mat"],
"preposition": ["at prayer", "in prayer", "prayer for"],
"phrases": ["the answer to somebody’s prayers", "not have a prayer"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a religious meeting that takes place regularly in which people say prayers",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Muslims attend Friday prayers at the mosque."
},
{
"text": "Students are required to attend prayers twice a week."
},
{
"text": "We had family prayers before breakfast."
}
],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["little", "quick", "short"],
"verb + prayer": ["give", "offer", "offer up"],
"prayer + noun": ["book", "beads", "mat"],
"preposition": ["at prayer", "in prayer", "prayer for"],
"phrases": ["the answer to somebody’s prayers", "not have a prayer"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a thing that you hope for very much",
"examples": [
{
"text": "My prayer is that one day he will walk again."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["little", "quick", "short"],
"verb + prayer": ["give", "offer", "offer up"],
"prayer + noun": ["book", "beads", "mat"],
"preposition": ["at prayer", "in prayer", "prayer for"],
"phrases": ["the answer to somebody’s prayers", "not have a prayer"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "with only a very slight chance of success",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Success"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/preə(r)/",
"audio": "pr/prayer/prayer__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prer/",
"audio": "pr/prayer/prayer__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French preiere, based on Latin precarius ‘obtained by entreaty’, from prex, prec- ‘prayer’."
}