{
    "term": "electricity",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a form of energy from charged elementary particles, usually supplied as electric current through cables, wires, etc. for lighting, heating, driving machines, etc.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "materials that **conduct electricity**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to produce/supply electricity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wind farm will **generate** enough **electricity** for some 30 000 homes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "electricity from renewable sources"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are looking to develop more efficient ways of converting the energy from sunlight into electricity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No progress was made towards harnessing electricity as an energy source."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**electricity supply/generation**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an electricity bill"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a waste of electricity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The electricity is off *(= there is no electric power supply)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A high-voltage fault sparked an electricity blackout."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the houses now have electricity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Crews did their best to restore electricity after the storm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Electricity flows through the wires in the circuit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her electricity was cut off when she didn't pay her bill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I switched the light off to save electricity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Insulating your house could cut your electricity bill by half."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Metals conduct electricity well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "More than a million customers lost electricity following the flooding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hydroelectric plant provides electricity for half the island's population."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The town will soon be connected to the national electricity grid."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We run the washing machine at night because off-peak electricity is much cheaper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a 10% drop in electricity prices"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the company's role in California's electricity crisis"
                },
                {
                    "text": "services such as gas, water, and electricity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government are improving the electricity grid and building new pipelines."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Whole villages were left without electricity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The solar panels produce more electricity than the building consumes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "mains electricity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cars powered by electricity"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment", "Physics and chemistry", "Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high-voltage", "low-voltage", "mains"],
                "verb + electricity": ["create", "generate", "make"],
                "electricity + verb": ["flow", "run", "surge through something"],
                "electricity + noun": ["bill", "charges", "costs"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a feeling of great emotion, excitement, etc.",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˌlekˈtrɪsəti/",
                "audio": "el/electricity/electricity__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˌlekˈtrɪsəti/",
                "audio": "el/electricity/electricity__us_6.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}