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{
"term": "vehicle",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a thing that is used for transporting people or goods from one place to another, such as a car or lorry",
"labels": "(rather formal)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**motor vehicles** *(= cars, buses, lorries, etc.)*"
},
{
"text": "Are you the driver of this vehicle?"
},
{
"text": "The police think that he was **driving a** stolen **vehicle**."
},
{
"text": "rows of parked vehicles"
},
{
"text": "He was seen driving away and his vehicle registration number was given to the police."
},
{
"text": "Hire a four-wheel-drive vehicle—there are lots of spots to discover off the beaten track."
},
{
"text": "She was blinded by the lights from an oncoming vehicle."
},
{
"text": "Sniffer dogs were brought in to follow the men after they abandoned the vehicle in a ditch."
},
{
"text": "The bus crashed into a stationary vehicle."
},
{
"text": "The city centre is off-limits to wheeled vehicles."
},
{
"text": "The president's car was being followed by a convoy of vehicles."
},
{
"text": "The thieves escaped in a stolen vehicle."
},
{
"text": "The vehicle was impounded as part of the police investigation."
},
{
"text": "Total vehicle sales increased 5% from last year."
},
{
"text": "Two drivers escaped injury when their vehicles collided near Thirsk."
},
{
"text": "Vehicle crime has dropped by 16%."
},
{
"text": "a vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver"
},
{
"text": "car owners whose vehicles have been towed (away)"
},
{
"text": "deaths from motor vehicle accidents"
},
{
"text": "taxis and private-hire vehicles"
},
{
"text": "tighter controls on vehicle emissions"
},
{
"text": "vehicles running on biodiesel"
},
{
"text": "vehicles running on lead-free petrol"
},
{
"text": "Tanks and armoured vehicles were used against the rebels."
},
{
"text": "The paths will separate cycles from motor vehicles."
},
{
"text": "The photograph had been taken from the window of a moving vehicle."
},
{
"text": "Thousands of thefts from vehicles are reported every day."
},
{
"text": "We heard the sound of a vehicle approaching."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["moving", "oncoming", "passing"],
"… of vehicles": ["convoy"],
"verb + vehicle": ["own", "hire", "rent"],
"vehicle + verb": ["break down", "collide", "crash (into something)"],
"vehicle + noun": ["emissions", "development", "manufacture"],
"phrases": [
"the front of a vehicle",
"the rear of a vehicle",
"the side of a vehicle"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "something that can be used to express your ideas or feelings, or as a way of achieving something",
"sensetop": "vehicle (for something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Art may be used as a vehicle for propaganda."
},
{
"text": "The play is an ideal vehicle for her talents."
},
{
"text": "The Students' Union is the main vehicle of communication for students in the college."
},
{
"text": "Soccer acts as a vehicle of expression for deprived or disaffected youth."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["excellent", "ideal", "perfect"],
"preposition": ["vehicle for", "vehicle of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a film, television programme, song, etc. that allows a particular performer to show their ability",
"sensetop": "vehicle (for somebody/something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The new series has been created as a vehicle for the young star."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈviːəkl/",
"audio": "ve/vehicle/vehicle__gb_5.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈviːəkl//ˈviːhɪkl/",
"audio": "ve/vehicle/vehicle__us_5.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French véhicule or Latin vehiculum, from vehere ‘carry’."
}