{
    "term": "calendar",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "image": "data/images/of/office.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a page or series of pages showing the days, weeks and months of a particular year, especially one that you hang on a wall",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a calendar for 2027/a 2027 calendar"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["busy", "full", "sporting"],
                "verb + calendar": ["check", "consult"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the calendar", "on a/​the calendar"],
                "phrases": [
                    "mark something on the calendar",
                    "put something on the calendar"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a record of what you have to do each day; the book or piece of software in which you record this",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I think I'm free on that day—let me check my calendar."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["busy", "full", "sporting"],
                "verb + calendar": ["check", "consult"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the calendar", "on a/​the calendar"],
                "phrases": [
                    "mark something on the calendar",
                    "put something on the calendar"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a list of important events or dates of a particular type during the year",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is one of the biggest weeks in the racing calendar."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The group has a busy social calendar."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a major festival in the church’s calendar"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These days the tennis calendar has become so crowded."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["busy", "full", "sporting"],
                "verb + calendar": ["check", "consult"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the calendar", "on a/​the calendar"],
                "phrases": [
                    "mark something on the calendar",
                    "put something on the calendar"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a system by which time is divided into fixed periods, showing the beginning and end of a year",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Islamic calendar"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪndə(r)/",
                "audio": "ca/calendar/calendar__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪndər/",
                "audio": "ca/calendar/calendar__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French calendier, from Latin kalendarium ‘account book’, from kalendae,calendae ‘first day of the month’ (when accounts were due and the order of days was proclaimed); related to Latin calare and Greek kalein ‘call, proclaim’."
}