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{
"term": "zone",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an area or a region with a particular feature or use",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **war/combat/demilitarized/exclusion zone**"
},
{
"text": "a **danger zone**"
},
{
"text": "a **pedestrian zone** *(= where vehicles may not go)*"
},
{
"text": "They have called for a 100-mile **buffer zone** *(= protected area)* around the island to protect the seals."
},
{
"text": "an earthquake zone"
},
{
"text": "Europe is divided into economic zones."
},
{
"text": "Most of the old town is a traffic-free zone."
},
{
"text": "Our truck was trapped in the kill zone."
},
{
"text": "She stood some distance away from him to maintain a safety zone."
},
{
"text": "The internet has become a free-fire zone for conspiracy theories."
},
{
"text": "The area has been declared a closed military zone."
},
{
"text": "The rebels control the southern border zone."
},
{
"text": "The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone."
},
{
"text": "This area behind the station is a no-go zone for tourists."
},
{
"text": "an industrial zone of factories, warehouses and shipyards"
},
{
"text": "an oxygen-depleted dead zone at the bottom of the sea"
},
{
"text": "the neutral zone between the two countries"
},
{
"text": "Half a million people were made homeless throughout the earthquake zone."
},
{
"text": "The agreement provided for a security zone of 80km on both sides of the border."
},
{
"text": "The main part of the city centre is a pedestrian zone."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["narrow", "wide", "marginal"],
"verb + zone": ["control", "patrol", "create"],
"preposition": ["in a/the zone", "within a/the zone", "into a/the zone"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "one of the areas that a larger area is divided into for the purpose of organization",
"examples": [
{
"text": "postal charges to countries in zone 2"
},
{
"text": "All countries in zones 1 and 2 have free incoming calls."
},
{
"text": "The ticket may be used on any bus in zone 2."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an area or a part of an object, especially one that is different from everything that is around it",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "When the needle enters the red zone the engine is too hot."
},
{
"text": "the erogenous zones of the body"
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "one of the parts that the earth’s surface is divided into by imaginary lines that are parallel to the equator",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the northern/southern temperate zone"
},
{
"text": "This species is found widely distributed throughout the northern temperate zone."
},
{
"text": "the alpine and arid zones of Australia"
},
{
"text": "The plant grows only in the temperate zone."
},
{
"text": "the temperate and tropical zones of South America"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["narrow", "wide", "marginal"],
"verb + zone": ["control", "patrol", "create"],
"preposition": ["in a/the zone", "within a/the zone", "into a/the zone"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "in a state in which you feel confident and are performing at your best",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "When I'm in the zone, writing is the most satisfying thing in the world."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a state in which things are strange, mysterious or secret; a state that exists on the dividing line between two things",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the twilight world of the occult"
},
{
"text": "The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings."
},
{
"text": "the twilight zone between living and merely existing"
},
{
"text": "They lived in the twilight zone on the fringes of society."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/zəʊn/",
"audio": "zo/zone/zone__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/zəʊn/",
"audio": "zo/zone/zone__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French, or from Latin zona ‘girdle’, from Greek zōnē."
}