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{
"term": "tension",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a situation in which people do not trust each other, or feel unfriendly towards each other, and that may cause them to attack each other",
"sensetop": "tension between A and B",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There is mounting tension along the border."
},
{
"text": "**international/racial/political tensions**"
},
{
"text": "Family tensions and conflicts may lead to violence."
},
{
"text": "The incident has further increased tension between the two countries.",
"contextForm": "tension between A and B"
},
{
"text": "In the early 1960s, new tensions arose between the United States and the USSR."
},
{
"text": "Money was always a source of tension between her parents."
},
{
"text": "More police have been sent to areas of high political tension."
},
{
"text": "Tensions in their family were running high."
},
{
"text": "She often used humour to defuse tension in meetings."
},
{
"text": "The job losses caused greater tensions within the company."
},
{
"text": "tension between local youths and the police"
}
],
"topics": ["Social issues"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "great", "high"],
"verb + tension": ["cause", "create", "generate"],
"tension + verb": ["build up", "grow", "increase"],
"preposition": ["tension among", "tension between", "tension in"],
"phrases": ["a source of tension"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a situation in which the fact that there are different needs or interests causes difficulties",
"sensetop": "tension (between A and B)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There is often a tension between the aims of the company and the wishes of the employees."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "great", "high"],
"verb + tension": ["cause", "create", "generate"],
"tension + verb": ["build up", "grow", "increase"],
"preposition": ["tension among", "tension between", "tension in"],
"phrases": ["a source of tension"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a feeling of worry and stress that makes it impossible to relax",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**nervous tension**"
},
{
"text": "We laughed and that helped **ease the tension**."
},
{
"text": "Walking and swimming are excellent for releasing tension."
},
{
"text": "a tension headache"
},
{
"text": "He suffers from nervous tension."
},
{
"text": "Horses are very sensitive to signs of tension in humans."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["inner", "emotional", "nervous"],
"verb + tension": ["feel", "suffer from", "sense"],
"tension + noun": ["headache"],
"preposition": ["tension in"],
"phrases": ["a release of tension", "a sign of tension"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the feeling of fear and excitement that is created by a writer or a film director",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "dramatic tension"
},
{
"text": "As the movie progresses the tension builds."
},
{
"text": "Tension builds around the mystery of what will happen to Freddie."
},
{
"text": "The tension among the audience was palpable."
},
{
"text": "the use of editing to heighten the tension"
}
],
"topics": ["Film and theatre", "Literature and writing"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["dramatic"],
"verb + tension": ["build", "heighten", "increase"],
"tension + verb": ["build", "grow", "mount"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the state of being stretched tight; the extent to which something is stretched tight",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "muscular tension"
},
{
"text": "Adjust the string tension of your tennis racket to suit your style of playing."
},
{
"text": "When knitting, try to keep the same tension throughout."
},
{
"text": "Massage can relieve tension in your shoulders and back."
},
{
"text": "The sudden tension on the line told me I had hooked a fish."
},
{
"text": "The metal is weak in tension."
},
{
"text": "Stay clear of cables which are under tension."
},
{
"text": "The hot bath eased the tension in his body."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["string"],
"verb + tension": ["adjust", "release"],
"preposition": ["in tension", "under tension", "tension on"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtenʃn/",
"audio": "te/tension/tension__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtenʃn/",
"audio": "te/tension/tension__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (as a medical term denoting a condition or feeling of being physically stretched or strained): from French, or from Latin tensio(n-), from tendere ‘stretch’."
}