{
    "term": "column",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "one of the straight sections from top to bottom into which text on a page or screen is divided",
            "sensetop": "column of somethingin a column",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a dictionary with two columns per page"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a column of text",
                    "contextForm": "column of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "at the bottom of the right-hand column of this page"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The website has an attractive two-column format."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Click on the name of your account in the left-hand column.",
                    "contextForm": "in a column"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Put a mark in the appropriate column."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["regular", "daily", "weekly"],
                "verb + column": ["have", "write", "read"],
                "column + noun": ["inches"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the column", "column about", "column on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a series of numbers or words arranged one under the other down a page",
            "sensetop": "column of somethingin a column",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to add up a column of figures",
                    "contextForm": "column of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the fifth column of Table 4"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The numbers in the left-hand column are not relevant here.",
                    "contextForm": "in a column"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The last column contains the probability of each of those outcomes occurring."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a part of a newspaper, magazine or website that appears regularly and deals with a particular subject or is written by a particular writer",
            "sensetop": "in a columncolumn on/about somethingcolumn by somebody",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She **writes** a monthly **column** for a leading national newspaper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **newspaper/weekly column**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the financial column"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I disagree with a lot of what he writes in his column.",
                    "contextForm": "in a column"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I always read her column in the local paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The website features a regular column on parenting.",
                    "contextForm": "column on/about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She always read the column by the local vicar in the parish magazine.",
                    "contextForm": "column by somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has a regular column in a weekly newspaper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She saw his name in an obituary column."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a weekly column on films showing in London"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a weekly column on movies showing in the capital"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The website runs an online advice column for teenagers."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["regular", "daily", "weekly"],
                "verb + column": ["have", "write", "read"],
                "column + noun": ["inches"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the column", "column about", "column on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a tall, solid post, usually round and made of stone, that supports or decorates a building or stands alone as a monument",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The temple is supported by marble columns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square is one of London's best-known landmarks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The roof is supported by four huge columns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "colonnades of fluted Doric columns"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Corinthian columns are decorated with leaves at the top."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was an Athenian temple with long colonnades of limestone columns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The churches have classical columns and decoration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The temple is supported by fluted marble columns."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["huge", "tall", "fluted"],
                "column + verb": ["support something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a thing that is like a column in shape",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a column of smoke *(= smoke rising straight up)*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a long, moving line of people or vehicles",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a long column of troops and tanks"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to march in columns"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["huge", "long", "armoured/​armored"],
                "preposition": ["in columns", "column of"],
                "phrases": ["the head of the column"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒləm/",
                "audio": "co/column/column__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːləm/",
                "audio": "co/column/column__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: partly from Old French columpne, reinforced by its source, Latin columna ‘pillar’."
}