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{
"term": "van",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"image": "data/images/ve/vehicles_trucks.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a covered vehicle with no side windows in its back half, usually smaller than a lorry, used for carrying goods or people",
"sensetop": "in a van",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the driver of a **white van**"
},
{
"text": "a **police van** *(= for carrying police officers or prisoners)*"
},
{
"text": "A delivery van was almost blocking the narrow street."
},
{
"text": "an ice-cream van"
},
{
"text": "a van driver"
},
{
"text": "A passenger in the van was fatally injured.",
"contextForm": "in a van"
},
{
"text": "He usually sleeps in the back of his van."
},
{
"text": "A TV news van was parked at the entrance."
},
{
"text": "Each band had a tour van."
},
{
"text": "A bomb had been planted in a parked van."
},
{
"text": "On election day they drove around town in a van with a loudspeaker on the roof."
},
{
"text": "The van's interior was fitted with shelves."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["delivery", "camper", "transit"],
"verb + van": ["drive", "park", "load"],
"van + noun": ["driver"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a covered vehicle with side windows, usually smaller than a lorry, that can carry about twelve passengers",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"examples": [],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["delivery", "camper", "transit"],
"verb + van": ["drive", "park", "load"],
"van + noun": ["driver"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a closed coach on a train for carrying bags, cases, etc. or mail",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a luggage van"
},
{
"text": "The gang robbed a mail van, seriously injuring one of the guards."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by bus and train"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "at the front or in the leading position",
"labels": "(British English, formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "These artists felt themselves in the van of the movement, true pioneers."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/væn/",
"audio": "va/van/van__gb_10.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/væn/",
"audio": "va/van/van__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "noun early 19th cent.: shortening of caravan.in the van. early 17th cent.: abbreviation of vanguard."
}