{
    "term": "computer",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an electronic machine that can store, organize and find information, do processes with numbers and other data, and control other machines",
            "sensetop": "by computeron a computer",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **home computer**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The whole process is run and monitored by computer.",
                    "contextForm": "by computer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He spends all day playing on his computer.",
                    "contextForm": "on a computer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **computer system/program/network**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**computer software/graphics/hardware**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **computer screen**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a computer programmer/user"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a computer virus"
                },
                {
                    "text": "computer-aided design"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A computer model is used to predict forces affecting the aircraft in flight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Building a computer has many benefits over buying one."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a communications architecture for networking computers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He hacked (into) the school computer with the principal's password."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's all stored on the computer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's awful when a virus crashes your computer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My computer says that the hard drive is corrupted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Such a large sorting operation can take up a lot of computer time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The computer stores data in a buffer until the printer can accept it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The computers are all down (= not functioning) at the moment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The data is all held on computer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The problem was caused by a computer glitch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The software allows you to interface your computer and an OCR reader."
                },
                {
                    "text": "technicians who fix computers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the market for home computers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our sales information is processed by computer."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fast", "high-speed", "powerful"],
                "verb + computer": ["access", "operate", "run"],
                "computer + verb": ["run", "work", "hold something"],
                "computer + noun": ["network", "program", "system"],
                "preposition": ["on (a/​the) computer"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpjuːtə(r)/",
                "audio": "co/computer/computer__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpjuːtər/",
                "audio": "co/computer/computer__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}