word-vault/dist/data/cards/sa/satellite.json

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{
    "term": "satellite",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth or another planet. It is used for communicating by radio, television, etc. and for gathering information.",
            "sensetop": "by/via satellite",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a weather/communications/spy satellite"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The interview came live by satellite from Hollywood.",
                    "contextForm": "by/via satellite"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They could track the tagged sea turtles by satellite."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The information was sent via a satellite link."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**satellite television/TV/radio** *(= broadcast using a satellite)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **satellite broadcast/channel/picture**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The use of **satellite phones** meant that journalists could report directly from the arena of the battlefront."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My car was fitted with a **satellite navigation system**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The software enables the user to set up a satellite communications link."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have successfully launched satellites into orbit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "American reconnaissance satellites provide images of the earth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The BBC broadcast the game via satellite."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The satellite passes over Britain every afternoon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The satellite will transmit the information back to earth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a new satellite that monitors changes in the environment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a satellite photo of your neighbourhood"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news", "TV, radio and news", "Space"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["commercial", "research", "military"],
                "verb + satellite": ["launch", "put into orbit", "send into orbit"],
                "satellite + verb": [
                    "be in orbit",
                    "orbit something",
                    "detect something"
                ],
                "satellite + noun": ["image", "imagery", "photo"],
                "preposition": ["from a/​the satellite", "via satellite"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a natural object that moves around a larger natural object in space",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The moon is a satellite of earth."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Space"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a town, a country or an organization that is controlled by and depends on another larger or more powerful one",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Following the Second World War it became a satellite state of the Soviet Union."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsætəlaɪt/",
                "audio": "sa/satellite/satellite__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsætəlaɪt/",
                "audio": "sa/satellite/satellite__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘follower’): from French satellite or Latin satelles, satellit- ‘attendant’."
}