{
    "term": "harvest",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the time of year when the crops are gathered in on a farm, etc.; the act of cutting and gathering crops",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "harvest time"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Farmers are extremely busy during the harvest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "During the harvest they work from dawn to dusk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Potatoes are normally sprayed after harvest."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Farming"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["abundant", "bountiful", "bumper"],
                "verb + harvest": ["bring in", "gather", "gather in"],
                "harvest + verb": ["fail"],
                "harvest + noun": ["season", "time", "festival"],
                "preposition": [
                    "after (the) harvest",
                    "during harvest",
                    "during the harvest"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the crops, or the amount of crops, cut and gathered",
            "labels": "(figurative)(figurative)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the grain harvest"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **good/bad harvest** *(= a lot of crops or few crops)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The appeal produced a rich harvest of blankets, medicines and clothing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Plum growers say they are expecting a **bumper harvest** *(= a large amount of produce)* this year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The strawberry harvest failed because of the drought."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were busy getting the harvest in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a good harvest of potatoes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a series of poor harvests in the 1830s"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She returned from the conference with a rich harvest of knowledge."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Farming"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["abundant", "bountiful", "bumper"],
                "verb + harvest": ["bring in", "gather", "gather in"],
                "harvest + verb": ["fail"],
                "harvest + noun": ["season", "time", "festival"],
                "preposition": [
                    "after (the) harvest",
                    "during harvest",
                    "during the harvest"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to benefit or suffer as a direct result of something that you have done",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɑːvɪst/",
                "audio": "ha/harvest/harvest__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɑːrvɪst/",
                "audio": "ha/harvest/harvest__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hærfest ‘autumn’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch herfst and German Herbst, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin carpere ‘pluck’ and Greek karpos ‘fruit’."
}