{
    "term": "blank",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "empty, with nothing written, printed or recorded on it",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sign your name in the blank space below."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a blank CD"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Write on one side of the paper and leave the other side blank."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She turned to a blank page in her notebook."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I left the third column blank."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "go", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "empty; with no pictures, marks or decoration",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "blank whitewashed walls"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Suddenly the screen **went blank**."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "go", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "showing no feeling, understanding or interest",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She stared at me with a blank expression on her face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Steve **looked blank** and said he had no idea what I was talking about."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Suddenly **my mind went blank** *(= I could not remember anything)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I asked several people about it and just got **blank stares** in return."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His expression remained studiously blank."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her explanation was met with blank looks."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "go"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "totally", "studiously"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "complete and total",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **blank refusal/denial**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person or thing that has the potential to be developed or changed in many different ways",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The building is a blank canvas for a clever investor to potentially make a lot of money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Alice was a blank slate in the first film because she had memory loss and knew nothing about herself."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/blæŋk/",
                "audio": "bl/blank/blank__gb_8.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/blæŋk/",
                "audio": "bl/blank/blank__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘white, colourless’): from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin."
}