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{ "term": "ticket", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "image": "data/images/la/label_tag_ticket.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a printed piece of paper, or a message or image received on your phone or computer, that gives you the right to travel on a particular bus, train, etc. or to go into a theatre, etc.", "sensetop": "ticket for/to somethingby ticket", "labels": "(figurative)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a **plane/bus/train ticket**" }, { "text": "an **airline ticket**" }, { "text": "a theatre/concert ticket" }, { "text": "free tickets to the show", "contextForm": "ticket for/to something" }, { "text": "I **bought a ticket** for the concert." }, { "text": "I **booked a** one-way **ticket** to Montreal." }, { "text": "Tickets are available from the Arts Centre at £5.00." }, { "text": "a one-way/return ticket" }, { "text": "a **ticket office**" }, { "text": "a **ticket holder** *(= a person who has a ticket)*" }, { "text": "a ticket machine/collector/inspector" }, { "text": "They raised over £40,000 in ticket sales alone." }, { "text": "Ticket prices range from $9 for adults to $4.75 for children." }, { "text": "Tickets can also be purchased by phone." }, { "text": "She hoped that getting this job would finally be her **ticket to success**." }, { "text": "Admission is by ticket only.", "contextForm": "by ticket" }, { "text": "Concessionary tickets are available at half the standard price." }, { "text": "He showed the guard his ticket." }, { "text": "I've got complimentary tickets for the theatre." }, { "text": "Phone the ticket line on this number." }, { "text": "Use the coupon below to reserve advance tickets for the exhibition." }, { "text": "You must hold a valid ticket before boarding the train." }, { "text": "a first-class rail ticket" }, { "text": "a ticket for Saturday" } ], "topics": ["Transport by bus and train", "Transport by air"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["one-way", "single", "return"], "verb + ticket": ["buy", "get", "obtain"], "ticket + verb": ["be priced", "cost", "go on sale"], "ticket + noun": ["agency", "agent", "booth"], "preposition": ["by ticket", "ticket for", "ticket to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a printed piece of paper with a number or numbers on it, that you buy in order to have the chance of winning a prize if the number or numbers are later chosen", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a **lottery/raffle ticket**" }, { "text": "There are three **winning tickets**." }, { "text": "I own a little store that **sells** lottery **tickets**." }, { "text": "Raffle **tickets cost** just $10." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["winning", "lottery", "raffle"], "… of tickets": ["book"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a label that is attached to something in a shop giving details of its price, size, etc.", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "an official notice that orders you to pay a fine because you have done something illegal while driving or parking your car", "examples": [ { "text": "a **speeding ticket**" }, { "text": "The police officer gave us a ticket for going through a red light." } ], "synonyms": "fine", "collocations": { "adjective": ["parking", "speeding", "traffic"], "verb + ticket": ["give somebody", "issue", "get"], "preposition": ["ticket for"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a list of candidates that are supported by a particular political party in an election", "labels": "(especially North American English)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "She ran for office on the Democratic ticket." }, { "text": "I generally vote a split ticket." }, { "text": "I'm voting the straight Republican ticket." }, { "text": "There are three candidates on the national ticket." }, { "text": "There had been talk of Kennedy dropping LBJ from the ticket in '64." } ], "topics": ["Politics"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["national", "party", "presidential"], "verb + ticket": ["run on", "join", "support"], "preposition": ["on ticket"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a request for a problem to be fixed that is entered into a system that manages such requests", "examples": [ { "text": "**Open a ticket** with the Help Desk." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "be the end", "labels": "(South African English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "It's tickets for the team that loses." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "exactly what is needed in a particular situation", "labels": "(informal, approving)", "examples": [ { "text": "That cup of tea was just the ticket." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to vote for candidates from more than one party", "labels": "(US English, politics)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that something is just what is needed or that everything is just right", "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Are we all packed and ready to go? That’s the ticket." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈtɪkɪt/", "audio": "ti/ticket/ticket__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈtɪkɪt/", "audio": "ti/ticket/ticket__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent. (in the general senses ‘short written note’ and ‘a licence or permit’): shortening of obsolete French étiquet, from Old French estiquet(te), from estiquier ‘to fix’, from Middle Dutch steken. Compare with etiquette." }