{
    "term": "channel",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a television station",
            "sensetop": "on a channel",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **television/TV channel**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**cable/digital/satellite channels**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **news channel**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a music/sports/movie channel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to change/switch channels"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's on Channel 4 tonight?",
                    "contextForm": "on a channel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I changed channels when the news came on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Last year, the company launched its own TV channel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lily surfed the channels on the television."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's an interesting documentary on Channel 4 tonight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most channels broadcast 24 hours a day."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["radio", "television", "TV"],
                "verb + channel": ["change", "flip", "flip through"],
                "channel + verb": ["broadcast"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the channel"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a band of radio waves used for making television or radio broadcasts",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "radio channels"
                },
                {
                    "text": "terrestrial/satellite channels"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["radio", "television", "TV"],
                "verb + channel": ["change", "flip", "flip through"],
                "channel + verb": ["broadcast"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the channel"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a method or system that people use to get information, to communicate, or to send something somewhere",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Complaints must be made **through the proper channels**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The newsletter is a useful **channel of communication** between teacher and students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has worldwide **distribution channels**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Steps are being taken to implement a ceasefire through diplomatic channels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you want a visa, you will have to go through the proper channels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Journalists always have indirect channels for getting information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She first tried to get a doctor's certificate through official channels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government hopes to settle the dispute through diplomatic channels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an effective channel for communication"
                },
                {
                    "text": "attempts to open up new channels of communication"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["direct", "indirect", "formal"],
                "verb + channel": ["go through", "use", "establish"],
                "preposition": ["through a/​the channel"],
                "phrases": ["a channel of communication", "channels of distribution"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a means by which data is communicated and exchanged between elements of a computer system or other system",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an audio channel"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a way of expressing ideas and feelings",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The campaign provided a channel for protest against the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Music is a great channel for releasing your emotions."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a passage that water can flow along, especially in the ground, on the bottom of a river, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "drainage channels in the rice fields"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A channel is being dug to divert the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drainage channels had survived since the Roman occupation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Irrigation channels supply the crops with water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The estate has fountains and water channels."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "narrow", "drainage"],
                "verb + channel": ["form", "block"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a deep passage of water in a river or near the coast that can be used as route for ships",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "narrow", "drainage"],
                "verb + channel": ["form", "block"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "a passage of water that connects two areas of water, especially two seas",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Bristol Channel"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water", "Geography"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "the area of sea between England and France, also known as the English Channel",
            "sensetop": "across the Channel",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Channel Tunnel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cross-Channel ferries"
                },
                {
                    "text": "news from across the Channel *(= from France)*",
                    "contextForm": "across the Channel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We crossed the Channel in stormy weather."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is watching economic developments across the Channel with great interest."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃænl/",
                "audio": "ch/channel/channel__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃænl/",
                "audio": "ch/channel/channel__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French chanel, from Latin canalis ‘pipe, groove, channel’, from canna ‘reed’ from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin. Compare with canal."
}