{ "term": "clock", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "image": "data/images/cl/clocks_watches.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "an instrument for measuring and showing time, in a room, on the wall of a building or on a computer screen (not worn or carried like a watch)", "sensetop": "by a clockon a clock", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The clock struck twelve/midnight." }, { "text": "The clock is fast/slow *(= showing a time later/earlier than the true time)*." }, { "text": "The clock has stopped." }, { "text": "The clock is right/wrong." }, { "text": "My clock said 9.02." }, { "text": "It was ten past six by the kitchen clock.", "contextForm": "by a clock" }, { "text": "the **clock face** *(= the front part of a clock with the numbers on)*" }, { "text": "The hands of the clock crept slowly around." }, { "text": "The sound of a clock ticking somewhere in the house kept him awake." }, { "text": "Ellen heard the loud ticking of the clock in the hall." }, { "text": "She checked the time on the clock.", "contextForm": "on a clock" }, { "text": "Her clock told her it was time to get up." }, { "text": "His countdown clock reads forty seconds." }, { "text": "It's ten o'clock by the kitchen clock." }, { "text": "Pressing the 'Yes‘ or 'No‘ response button stops the clock." }, { "text": "Pressing the buzzer stops the clock." }, { "text": "That clock's fast." }, { "text": "The clock on the mantelpiece said twelve o'clock." }, { "text": "The clock struck the hour." }, { "text": "This clock doesn't keep time." } ], "topics": ["Engineering"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["accurate", "12-hour", "24-hour"], "verb + clock": ["reset", "set", "wind"], "clock + verb": ["beep", "buzz", "chime (something)"], "clock + noun": ["face", "tower", "radio"], "preposition": [ "against the clock", "around the clock", "round the clock" ], "phrases": [ "the dial of a clock", "the face of a clock", "the hands of a clock" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the milometer in a vehicle (= an instrument that measures the number of miles the vehicle has travelled)", "sensetop": "on the clock", "labels": "(informal)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock", "contextForm": "on the clock" } ], "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "if you do something against the clock, you do it fast in order to finish before a particular time", "examples": [ { "text": "It was a race against the clock to get the building work finished in time." }, { "text": "to work against the clock" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "all day and all night without stopping", "examples": [ { "text": "Staff have been working around the clock to resolve the problems." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to finish a task, race, etc. before a particular time", "examples": [ { "text": "The player beat the clock and set a new record." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to defeat or do better than somebody at something", "examples": [ { "text": "She really cleaned his clock in that debate." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to hit somebody or beat them in a fight", "examples": [ { "text": "There was a fight and my grandfather cleaned the guy's clock." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that there's not much time left before something happens", "examples": [ { "text": "The clock is ticking down to midnight on New Year’s Eve." }, { "text": "The clock is ticking for one mystery lottery winner who has less than 24 hours to claim a £64 million prize." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer", "examples": [ { "text": "The clocks go back tonight." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to return to a situation that existed in the past; to remember a past age", "examples": [ { "text": "I wish we could turn the clock back two years and give the marriage another chance." }, { "text": "Let's turn back the clock to the last decade." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to return to old-fashioned methods or ideas", "labels": "(disapproving)", "examples": [ { "text": "The new censorship law will turn the clock back 50 years." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to change the time shown by clocks, usually by one hour, when the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer", "examples": [ { "text": "Remember to put your clocks back tonight." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a situation in which you have to do something or finish something very fast before it is too late", "examples": [ { "text": "Getting food to the starving refugees is now a race against time." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "if a sports team tries to run down/out the clock at the end of a game, it stops trying to score and just tries to keep hold of the ball to stop the other team from scoring", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be careful not to work longer than the required time; to think more about when your work will finish than about the work itself", "labels": "(disapproving)", "examples": [ { "text": "employees who are always watching the clock" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/klɒk/", "audio": "cl/clock/clock__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/klɑːk/", "audio": "cl/clock/clock__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch klocke, based on medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’." }