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{
"term": "radar",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a system that uses radio waves to find the position and movement of objects, for example planes and ships, when they cannot be seen",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They located the ship by radar."
},
{
"text": "a radar screen"
},
{
"text": "The aircraft suddenly went off the radar."
},
{
"text": "The submarine is impossible to detect on radar."
},
{
"text": "navigation by radar"
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by water", "Transport by air"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["enemy", "police", "airborne"],
"verb + radar": ["be equipped with"],
"radar + noun": ["operator", "station", "system"],
"preposition": ["by radar", "on radar"],
"phrases": ["off the radar", "on the radar"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that people are not aware of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Experts say a lot of corporate crime stays under the radar."
},
{
"text": "The conflict has slipped below the radar of the media."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that people’s attention is on or not on something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The issue of terrorism is back on the radar screen."
},
{
"text": "Since the scandal broke, all other issues seem to have **disappeared off the radar screen** as far as the media is concerned."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreɪdɑː(r)/",
"audio": "ra/radar/radar__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreɪdɑːr/",
"audio": "ra/radar/radar__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "1940s: from ra(dio) d(etection) a(nd) r(anging)."
}