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{ "term": "town", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a place with many houses, shops, etc. where people live and work. It is larger than a village but smaller than a city.", "sensetop": "in a town", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The nearest town is ten miles away." }, { "text": "a university/seaside/market town" }, { "text": "I live in a small town.", "contextForm": "in a town" }, { "text": "How many people live in the town?" }, { "text": "We spent a month in the French town of Le Puy." }, { "text": "They live in a rough part of town." }, { "text": "I spent years moving from town to town." }, { "text": "It was built as a new town in the 1960s." }, { "text": "Kitzbühel is an ancient fortified town with fine medieval buildings." }, { "text": "She has gone back to live in her home town." }, { "text": "a 19th-century mill town that used to produce cotton" }, { "text": "a busy market town" }, { "text": "a lake just outside the town" }, { "text": "a sleepy provincial town in southern France" }, { "text": "a thriving holiday town" }, { "text": "the dusty border town of Eagle Pass, Texas" }, { "text": "the rolling hills that surround the town" }, { "text": "the sun-drenched beach towns of Southern California" }, { "text": "Sackville is a small university town in eastern Canada." } ], "topics": ["Geography"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "large", "major"], "verb + town": ["build", "found", "live in"], "town + verb": ["flourish", "grow"], "town + noun": ["centre", "hall", "square"], "preposition": ["in town", "out of town", "outside (the) town"], "phrases": [ "the centre/center of (the) town", "the middle of (the) town", "the edge of (the) town" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the people who live in a particular town", "examples": [ { "text": "The whole town is talking about it." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the area of a town where most of the shops and businesses are", "sensetop": "in town", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We are only five minutes from the centre of town." }, { "text": "Mum's in town doing some shopping.", "contextForm": "in town" }, { "text": "Can you give me a lift into town?" }, { "text": "Millie hit the town, looking for excitement." } ], "collocations": { "verb + town": ["go into", "hit"], "preposition": ["in town"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a particular town where somebody lives and works or one that has just been referred to", "sensetop": "in townout of town", "labels": "(especially North American English)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I'll be in town next week if you want to meet.", "contextForm": "in town" }, { "text": "This restaurant serves the best steaks in town." }, { "text": "He married a girl from out of town.", "contextForm": "out of town" }, { "text": "The gossips finally drove her out of town." }, { "text": "He left town yesterday for a conference in Cape Town." }, { "text": "I was out of town last week." }, { "text": "They wanted to move out of town and start a new life in the country." }, { "text": "They'll be back in town tomorrow." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "large", "major"], "verb + town": ["build", "found", "live in"], "town + verb": ["flourish", "grow"], "town + noun": ["centre", "hall", "square"], "preposition": ["in town", "out of town", "outside (the) town"], "phrases": [ "the centre/center of (the) town", "the middle of (the) town", "the edge of (the) town" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "life in towns or cities as opposed to life in the country", "labels": "(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(British English, informal)North American English, informal", "examples": [ { "text": "Pollution is just one of the disadvantages of living in the town." }, { "text": "Do you prefer the town to the country?" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "large", "major"], "verb + town": ["build", "found", "live in"], "town + verb": ["flourish", "grow"], "town + noun": ["centre", "hall", "square"], "preposition": ["in town", "out of town", "outside (the) town"], "phrases": [ "the centre/center of (the) town", "the middle of (the) town", "the edge of (the) town" ] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to do something with a lot of energy, enthusiasm, etc., especially by spending a lot of money", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "They really went to town on the decorations for the party." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a man who frequently goes to fashionable parties, clubs, theatres, etc.", "labels": "(old-fashioned)", "examples": [ { "text": "In his new suit, he looked quite the man about town." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the most important thing of a particular type, or the only thing that is available", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "visiting restaurants, clubs, theatres, etc. for entertainment, especially at night", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "a night on the town" }, { "text": "How about going out on the town tonight?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to go to a lot of different bars, clubs, etc. and enjoy yourself", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/taʊn/", "audio": "to/town/town__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/taʊn/", "audio": "to/town/town__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English tūn ‘enclosed piece of land, homestead, village’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuin ‘garden’ and German Zaun ‘fence’." }