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{
"term": "receiver",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the part of a phone that you hold close to your mouth and ear",
"labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)(North American English)(both British English)(especially North American English)(informal, especially North American English)(British English)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **pick up/lift/put down/replace the receiver**"
},
{
"text": "‘It's your mother on the phone again!’, said John with his hand over the receiver."
},
{
"text": "She covered the receiver and mouthed, ‘It's him.’"
},
{
"text": "He slammed the receiver down and burst into tears."
},
{
"text": "She picked up the receiver and put it to her ear."
},
{
"text": "He took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook."
},
{
"text": "The receiver was dangling from the payphone."
}
],
"topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["phone", "telephone"],
"verb + receiver": ["lift", "pick up", "grab"],
"receiver + verb": ["dangle"],
"preposition": ["over the receiver"],
"phrases": [
"hold the receiver to your ear",
"put the receiver to your ear"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a piece of radio or television equipment that changes broadcast signals into sound or pictures",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a satellite/GPS receiver"
},
{
"text": "To change channel, select the desired number on the receiver unit."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["hand-held", "portable", "GPS"],
"receiver + noun": ["module", "unit", "antenna"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a person who is chosen by a court to be in charge of a company that is bankrupt",
"labels": "British English also(law)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They had to lay off 200 staff and call in the receivers."
},
{
"text": "The company has been put in the hands of the receiver."
},
{
"text": "A receiver was appointed by the court to handle the company’s affairs."
},
{
"text": "The company remained in the hands of the receiver."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["official", "court-appointed", "administrative"],
"verb + receiver": ["appoint", "appoint somebody (as)", "call in"],
"phrases": ["in the hands of the receiver"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a person who receives something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Molly's more of a giver than a receiver."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a person who buys or accepts stolen goods, knowing that they have been stolen",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a player who plays in a position in which the ball can be caught when it is being passed forward",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːvə(r)/",
"audio": "re/receiver/receiver__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːvər/",
"audio": "re/receiver/receiver__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}