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{
"term": "tape",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"image": "data/images/st/stationery.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a long, narrow piece of material with a sticky substance on one side that is used for sticking things together",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "adhesive/sticky tape"
},
{
"text": "Fit the carpet using double-sided tape."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["adhesive", "Scotch™", "sticky"],
"… of tape": ["piece", "strip", "roll"],
"verb + tape": ["seal something (up) with", "use", "apply"],
"tape + noun": ["measure", "dispenser"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a long, thin piece of magnetic material, used for recording sounds, pictures or information, especially before digital technology became available",
"sensetop": "on tape",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Twenty years ago he was **caught on tape** in a very embarrassing situation.",
"contextForm": "on tape"
},
{
"text": "I have all my school concert performances recorded on tape."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["magnetic", "audio", "computer"],
"verb + tape": [
"store something on",
"capture something on",
"get something on"
],
"tape + noun": ["recording", "loop", "machine"],
"preposition": ["on tape"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a cassette that contains sounds, or sounds and pictures, that have been recorded",
"cefr": "b1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **blank tape** *(= a tape with nothing recorded on it)*"
},
{
"text": "Someone had deliberately erased the tapes."
},
{
"text": "The singer was miming to a pre-recorded tape."
},
{
"text": "The tape contained damning evidence."
},
{
"text": "What does this tape have on it?"
},
{
"text": "Police seized various books and tapes."
}
],
"topics": ["Music"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["cassette", "audio", "music"],
"verb + tape": ["make", "play", "play back"],
"tape + verb": [
"contain something",
"have something",
"show something"
],
"tape + noun": ["deck", "player", "recorder"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a narrow piece of material that is used for tying things together or as a label",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The papers were in a pile, tied together with a tape."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["adhesive", "Scotch™", "sticky"],
"… of tape": ["piece", "strip", "roll"],
"verb + tape": ["seal something (up) with", "use", "apply"],
"tape + noun": ["measure", "dispenser"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a long, thin piece of material that is stretched across the place where a race will finish or used to mark off an area",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the finishing tape"
},
{
"text": "Police tape cordoned off the street in front of the house."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["adhesive", "Scotch™", "sticky"],
"… of tape": ["piece", "strip", "roll"],
"verb + tape": ["seal something (up) with", "use", "apply"],
"tape + noun": ["measure", "dispenser"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a long thin piece of plastic, cloth or flexible metal that has measurements marked on it and is used for measuring the length or height of something",
"examples": [],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["adhesive", "Scotch™", "sticky"],
"… of tape": ["piece", "strip", "roll"],
"verb + tape": ["seal something (up) with", "use", "apply"],
"tape + noun": ["measure", "dispenser"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/teɪp/",
"audio": "ta/tape/tape__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/teɪp/",
"audio": "ta/tape/tape__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English tæppa, tæppe; perhaps related to Middle Low German teppen ‘pluck, tear’."
}