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{
"term": "purchase",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "purchase",
"heSheIt": "purchases"
},
"pastSimple": "purchased",
"pastParticiple": "purchased",
"ingForm": "purchasing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to buy something",
"sensetop": "purchase somethingpurchase something from somebodypurchase something for something",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Please ensure that you **purchase your ticket** in advance.",
"contextForm": "purchase something"
},
{
"text": "to **purchase an item/a product**"
},
{
"text": "to **purchase a property/home**"
},
{
"text": "We recently purchased a home just outside Las Vegas."
},
{
"text": "The **equipment** can be **purchased** from your local supplier.",
"contextForm": "purchase something from somebody"
},
{
"text": "The tickets can only be purchased in advance from our website."
},
{
"text": "They **purchased the land** for $1 million.",
"contextForm": "purchase something for something"
},
{
"text": "Victory was purchased *(= achieved)* at too great a price."
},
{
"text": "They purchased the house from an elderly couple."
},
{
"text": "Tickets can be purchased online."
},
{
"text": "The land was compulsorily purchased from the owner to make way for the new road."
}
],
"topics": ["Shopping"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["newly", "recently", "compulsorily"],
"verb + purchase": ["agree to", "be willing to", "wish to"],
"preposition": ["for", "from"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːtʃəs/",
"audio": "pu/purchase/purchase__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːtʃəsɪz/",
"audio": "pu/purchase/purchases__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːtʃəst/",
"audio": "pu/purchase/purchased__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːtʃəsɪŋ/",
"audio": "pu/purchase/purchasing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːrtʃəs/",
"audio": "pu/purchase/purchase__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːrtʃəsɪz/",
"audio": "pu/purchase/purchases__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːrtʃəst/",
"audio": "pu/purchase/purchased__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːrtʃəsɪŋ/",
"audio": "pu/purchase/purchasing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}