{
    "term": "earthquake",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surface",
            "sensetop": "in a/the earthquake",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **devastating/massive/powerful earthquake**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The earthquake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was asleep when the **earthquake struck**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Much of the town was destroyed in the earthquake.",
                    "contextForm": "in a/the earthquake"
                },
                {
                    "text": "earthquake victims/survivors"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was the biggest earthquake ever recorded in the US."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The area has not experienced a major earthquake in more than 700 years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The earthquake hit the city at two in the morning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The earthquake shook buildings throughout the business district."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The school was built to withstand earthquakes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't accurately predict earthquakes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an organization which monitors earthquake activity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the evacuation of coastlines within 600 miles of the earthquake's epicentre"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tsunami was caused by an undersea earthquake."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "great", "huge"],
                "verb + earthquake": ["cause", "trigger", "experience"],
                "earthquake + verb": ["happen", "hit (something)", "occur"],
                "earthquake + noun": ["activity", "zone", "survivor"],
                "preposition": ["in an/​the earthquake"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the epicentre/​epicenter of an earthquake",
                    "the magnitude of an earthquake"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɜːθkweɪk/",
                "audio": "ea/earthquake/earthquake__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɜːrθkweɪk/",
                "audio": "ea/earthquake/earthquake__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}