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{
"term": "vacuum",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a space that is completely empty of all substances, including all air or other gas",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a vacuum pump *(= one that creates a )*"
},
{
"text": "**vacuum-packed** foods *(= in a package from which most of the air has been removed)*"
},
{
"text": "Other gases rush in to fill the vacuum."
},
{
"text": "The machine then creates a vacuum."
}
],
"topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["perfect", "cultural", "moral"],
"verb + vacuum": ["create", "leave", "produce"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a situation in which somebody/something is missing",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His resignation has created a vacuum which cannot easily be filled."
},
{
"text": "The writer criticized the moral vacuum in society."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["perfect", "cultural", "moral"],
"verb + vacuum": ["create", "leave", "produce"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act of cleaning something with a vacuum cleaner",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to give a room a quick vacuum"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "existing separately from other people, events, etc. when there should be a connection",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This kind of decision cannot ever be made in a vacuum."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvækjuːm/",
"audio": "va/vacuum/vacuum__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvækjuːm/",
"audio": "va/vacuum/vacuum__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: modern Latin, neuter of Latin vacuus ‘empty’."
}