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{
"term": "railway",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a track with rails on which trains run",
"labels": "British English also",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The railway is still under construction."
},
{
"text": "a disused railway"
},
{
"text": "They are doing maintenance work on the railway."
},
{
"text": "Follow the path west along the old railway track."
},
{
"text": "a railway bridge/tunnel"
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by bus and train"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["mainline", "high-speed", "disused"],
"verb + railway/railroad": ["manage", "operate", "run"],
"railway/railroad + verb": ["run", "carry something"],
"railway/railroad + noun": ["car", "carriage", "coach"],
"preposition": ["on a/the railway", "railway between", "railway from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a system of tracks, together with the trains that run on them, and the organization and people needed to operate them",
"sensetop": "on the railways",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her father worked on the railways.",
"contextForm": "on the railways"
},
{
"text": "a **railway station**"
},
{
"text": "a railway worker/company"
},
{
"text": "East Midlands Railway"
},
{
"text": "a model railway"
},
{
"text": "A miniature railway runs around the park."
},
{
"text": "He is a lifelong railway enthusiast."
},
{
"text": "Such speed of travel was unimaginable before the railway age."
},
{
"text": "The railways carry millions of tons of freight every year."
},
{
"text": "Tourists can take the funicular railway to the top of the mountain."
},
{
"text": "the pleasures of railway travel"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["mainline", "high-speed", "disused"],
"verb + railway/railroad": ["manage", "operate", "run"],
"railway/railroad + verb": ["run", "carry something"],
"railway/railroad + noun": ["car", "carriage", "coach"],
"preposition": ["on a/the railway", "railway between", "railway from"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreɪlweɪ/",
"audio": "ra/railway/railway__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreɪlweɪ/",
"audio": "ra/railway/railway__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}