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{
"term": "width",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"image": "data/images/di/dimensions.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the measurement from one side of something to the other; how wide something is",
"sensetop": "in width",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The terrace runs **the full width of** the house."
},
{
"text": "It's about ten metres in width.",
"contextForm": "in width"
},
{
"text": "The carpet is available in different widths."
},
{
"text": "The boots are available in a choice of width fittings."
},
{
"text": "The car is 1.775 m in width."
},
{
"text": "The road narrows to a width of just four metres."
},
{
"text": "The snow had narrowed the width of the road to a single track."
},
{
"text": "The windows have a width of six feet."
},
{
"text": "a platform that spanned the width of the room"
},
{
"text": "the great width of his shoulders"
},
{
"text": "Height: 210 mm. Width: 57 mm. Length: 170 mm."
},
{
"text": "The pattern goes across the full width of the material."
},
{
"text": "The fabric is only available in a narrow width."
}
],
"topics": ["Maths and measurement"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "entire", "full"],
"verb + width": ["have", "span", "measure"],
"width + verb": ["grow", "increase", "decrease"],
"width + noun": ["measurement"],
"preposition": ["across the width", "in width"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a piece of material of a particular width",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You'll need two widths of fabric for each curtain."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the distance between the two long sides of a swimming pool",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "How many widths can you swim?"
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: water sports"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/wɪdθ//wɪtθ/",
"audio": "wi/width/width__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/wɪdθ//wɪtθ/",
"audio": "wi/width/width__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from wide + -th, on the pattern of breadth (replacing wideness)."
}