{
    "term": "activity",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a thing that you do for interest or pleasure",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "leisure/outdoor/recreational activities"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The club provides a wide variety of activities including tennis, swimming and squash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shopping is now a leisure activity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The real value of social activities is being with friends and taking time out from the pressures of daily living."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The students were involved in a range of extracurricular activities."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Hobbies"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["frantic", "frenetic", "heightened"],
                "… of activity": ["burst", "flurry", "level"],
                "verb + activity": ["conduct", "do", "perform"],
                "phrases": ["a hive of activity", "a sign of activity"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing that somebody does in order to achieve a particular aim",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**criminal/terrorist/illegal activities**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book contains plenty of ideas for classroom activities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has decided to focus his time and resources on his business activities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We met to review progress and to **coordinate our activities**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had been involved in a variety of criminal activities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Here's an activity you can do with mixed ability classes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party's activities have been suspended."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We suspect he may be involved in illegal activities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The main problem is that people may not report all of their physical activities on questionnaires."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a situation in which something is happening or a lot of things are being done",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Economic activity** has taken a downturn this year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The streets were noisy and full of activity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Muscles contract and relax during **physical activity**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was no **criminal activity** involved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The machines can **monitor** brain **activity**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their income was derived from criminal activity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It will only be possible to stimulate business activity with an injection of public funds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Newspapers report a higher level of activity in the foreign exchange markets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police watched the house all day, but there was no sign of activity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Teachers here are not allowed to engage in any political activity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The classroom was a hive of activity as the children prepared for the concert."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The islands were formed by volcanic activity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room was buzzing with activity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The scene was one of frenetic activity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a flurry of activity as the film star appeared on the balcony."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had engaged in sexual activity in the past three months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ground is covered with evidence of human activity, particularly in the prehistoric period."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["frantic", "frenetic", "heightened"],
                "… of activity": ["burst", "flurry", "level"],
                "verb + activity": ["conduct", "do", "perform"],
                "phrases": ["a hive of activity", "a sign of activity"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ækˈtɪvəti/",
                "audio": "ac/activity/activity__gb_5.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ækˈtɪvəti/",
                "audio": "ac/activity/activity__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French activité or late Latin activitas, from Latin act- ‘done’, from the verb agere."
}