{
    "term": "car",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vehicles_cars.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a road vehicle with an engine and four wheels that can carry a small number of passengers",
            "sensetop": "by carin a/the car",
            "labels": "formalespecially in British Englishalso North American English, formal(British English)(North American English, informal)(especially British English)(British English)(both North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(both North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English, informal)(both informal)(British English)(British English)(both US English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Paula got into the car and drove off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How did you come?’ ‘By car.’",
                    "contextForm": "by car"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you going in the car?",
                    "contextForm": "in a/the car"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her husband was **driving the car** at the time of the accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where can I **park the car**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were **parked cars** on both sides of the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a car driver/manufacturer/dealer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **car accident/crash**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't find my **car keys**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pulled his car over at a small hotel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She swerved her car sharply to the right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her car skidded on a patch of ice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His car hit a van coming in the opposite direction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I lost control of the car and it spun off the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The red car suddenly pulled out in front of me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll wait for you in the car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's too far to walk. I'll take the car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kids all piled into the car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's very expensive to run a car these days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have to take the car in for a service."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car does 55 miles per gallon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car was doing over 100 miles an hour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government wants more people to use public transport instead of private cars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The number of cars on the road is increasing all the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police in an unmarked car had been following the stolen vehicle for several minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The robbers abandoned their getaway car and ran off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The driver crashed the stolen car while being chased by the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a line of parked cars in front of the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He opened the car door for me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can put the wheelchair in the back of the car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I decided to buy a second-hand car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They parked the car and walked the rest of the way."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fast", "new", "diesel"],
                "verb + car": ["drive", "have", "own"],
                "car + verb": ["start", "run on something", "do something"],
                "car + noun": ["alarm", "boot", "door"],
                "preposition": ["by car", "in a/​the car"],
                "phrases": ["a brand of car", "a make of car", "a model of car"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a separate section of a train",
            "labels": "both North American English",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Several cars went off the rails."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rail", "railroad", "railway"],
                "verb + car": ["pull"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a car on a train of a particular type",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **sleeping/dining car**"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rail", "railroad", "railway"],
                "verb + car": ["pull"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɑː(r)/",
                "audio": "ca/car/car__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɑːr/",
                "audio": "ca/car/car__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the general sense ‘wheeled vehicle’): from Old Northern French carre, based on Latin carrum, carrus, of Celtic origin."
}