{
    "term": "flash",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a sudden bright light that shines for a moment and then disappears",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **flash of lightning**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Flashes of light** were followed by an explosion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was **a blinding flash** and the whole building shuddered."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The flashes from the guns illuminated the sky."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "blinding", "bright"],
                "verb + flash": ["experience", "feel", "have"],
                "flash + verb": ["erupt", "illuminate something", "light something"],
                "preposition": ["flash from", "flash of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of shining a light on something, especially as a signal",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The lighthouse gives out four flashes every 15 seconds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Below them they saw torch flashes from locals which signalled V for Victory."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "blinding", "bright"],
                "verb + flash": ["experience", "feel", "have"],
                "flash + verb": ["erupt", "illuminate something", "light something"],
                "preposition": ["flash from", "flash of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a piece of equipment that produces a bright light for a very short time, used for taking photographs indoors, when it is dark, etc.; the use of this when taking a photograph",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a camera with a built-in flash"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll need flash for this shot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "flash photography"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tour guide asked people to turn off the flash on their cameras."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't think the picture will come out in this light. Try using the flash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I took it with flash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The flash didn't go off."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["built-in", "camera"],
                "verb + flash": ["use"],
                "flash + verb": ["go off", "work"],
                "flash + noun": ["photography"],
                "preposition": ["with (a) flash"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the sudden appearance for a short time of something bright",
            "sensetop": "flash of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a flash of white teeth"
                },
                {
                    "text": "On the horizon, she saw a flash of silver—the sea!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We caught a flash of white in the bushes."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "blinding", "bright"],
                "verb + flash": ["experience", "feel", "have"],
                "flash + verb": ["erupt", "illuminate something", "light something"],
                "preposition": ["flash from", "flash of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a particular idea or feeling that suddenly comes into your mind or shows in your face",
            "sensetop": "flash of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **flash of brilliance/insight/inspiration**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He caught the **flash of anger** in her eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When she looked at me, I caught a flash of recognition in her eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Did you really win first prize?’ he said with a flash of genuine admiration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt a brief flash of jealousy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had a sudden flash of inspiration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rare flash of humour"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "blinding", "bright"],
                "verb + flash": ["experience", "feel", "have"],
                "flash + verb": ["erupt", "illuminate something", "light something"],
                "preposition": ["flash from", "flash of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a short item of important news that is broadcast on radio or television, often interrupting a programme",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a band or small piece of cloth worn on a military uniform to show a person’s rank",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "a band of colour or writing across a book, pack, etc.",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "a program that creates moving images for websites",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a sudden success that lasts only a short time and is not likely to be repeated",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He needed to prove that his success was not just a flash in the pan."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very quickly and suddenly",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The weekend seemed to be over in a flash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The answer came to me like a flash."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very quickly",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Quick as a flash she was at his side."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/flæʃ/",
                "audio": "fl/flash/flash__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/flæʃ/",
                "audio": "fl/flash/flash__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}