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{
"term": "television",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/li/livingroom.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a piece of electrical equipment with a screen on which you can watch programmes with moving pictures and sounds",
"labels": "also British English, informal",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a widescreen/flat-screen/plasma television"
},
{
"text": "to **turn the television on/off**"
},
{
"text": "The series first appeared on **television screens** in 2017."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news", "Houses and homes"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["broadcast", "cable", "closed-circuit"],
"verb + television": ["watch", "switch on", "turn on"],
"television + verb": ["broadcast something", "screen something"],
"television + noun": ["broadcast", "production", "programme/program"],
"preposition": [
"in television",
"in front of the television",
"on television"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the programmes broadcast on television",
"labels": "also British English, informal",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We don't do much in the evenings except **watch television**."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["broadcast", "cable", "closed-circuit"],
"verb + television": ["watch", "switch on", "turn on"],
"television + verb": ["broadcast something", "screen something"],
"television + noun": ["broadcast", "production", "programme/program"],
"preposition": [
"in television",
"in front of the television",
"on television"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the system, process or business of broadcasting television programmes",
"sensetop": "in television",
"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": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**satellite/terrestrial/digital/network television**"
},
{
"text": "These plays were originally broadcast on live television."
},
{
"text": "I'd like to work in television *(= for a television company)*.",
"contextForm": "in television"
},
{
"text": "a **television show/series/programme/broadcast**"
},
{
"text": "a television drama/documentary/interview/commercial"
},
{
"text": "a television company/presenter/station/channel"
},
{
"text": "a television viewer/audience"
},
{
"text": "a television ad/commercial"
},
{
"text": "the television news"
},
{
"text": "She recalled her first television appearance forty years ago."
},
{
"text": "The Olympics receive extensive television coverage."
},
{
"text": "The state television screened pictures of the trial."
},
{
"text": "The trial was broadcast by local television."
},
{
"text": "a television adaptation of the popular novel"
},
{
"text": "a television camera"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["broadcast", "cable", "closed-circuit"],
"verb + television": ["watch", "switch on", "turn on"],
"television + verb": ["broadcast something", "screen something"],
"television + noun": ["broadcast", "production", "programme/program"],
"preposition": [
"in television",
"in front of the television",
"on television"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "being broadcast by television; appearing in a television programme",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "What's on television tonight?"
},
{
"text": "Is there anything good on the telly tonight?"
},
{
"text": "It was on TV yesterday."
},
{
"text": "Millions watched the events **on live television**."
},
{
"text": "The film has never been **shown on television**."
},
{
"text": "I recognize you. Aren't you on television?"
},
{
"text": "She's always **appearing on television**."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtelɪvɪʒn/",
"audio": "te/television/television__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtelɪvɪʒn/",
"audio": "te/television/television__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 20th cent.: from tele- ‘at a distance’ + vision."
}