{
    "term": "heaven",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the place believed to be the home of God where good people go when they die, sometimes imagined to be in the sky",
            "sensetop": "in heaven",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the kingdom of heaven"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I feel like I've died and gone to heaven."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I told her Daddy was in heaven with God.",
                    "contextForm": "in heaven"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our child seemed a gift from heaven."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + heaven": ["ascend to", "go to"],
                "preposition": ["from heaven", "in heaven"],
                "phrases": ["the kingdom of heaven"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a place or situation in which you are very happy",
            "sensetop": "in heavenit is heaven doing somethingheaven for somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This isn't exactly my idea of heaven!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shopping is my favourite pastime, so I was in heaven.",
                    "contextForm": "in heaven"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was heaven being away from the office for a week.",
                    "contextForm": "it is heaven doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The island is truly **a heaven on earth**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tasmania is heaven for hikers and campers.",
                    "contextForm": "heaven for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was sheer heaven being alone at last."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kids were in absolute heaven at the fair."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "pure", "sheer"],
                "preposition": ["in heaven"],
                "phrases": ["a heaven on earth", "somebody’s idea of heaven"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the sky",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Four tall trees stretched up to the heavens."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize what you are saying when you are surprised, shocked or annoyed",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "God, what a stupid thing to do!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you hope that something will not happen",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Maybe you'll end up as a lawyer, like me.’ ‘God forbid!’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you are afraid somebody will be in danger or that something bad will happen to them",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "God help us if this doesn't work."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Danger"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that you do not know something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "God knows what else they might find."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Where are they?’ ‘Goodness knows.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to emphasize the truth of what you are saying",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She ought to pass the exam—goodness knows she's been working hard enough."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you are frightened of the idea of something happening",
            "labels": "(humorous or old use)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Heaven forfend that students are encouraged to think!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that you are surprised or annoyed",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Good heavens, what are you doing?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "it begins to rain heavily",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All at once the heavens opened and everyone rushed for cover."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used especially in questions to show that you are angry, surprised or shocked",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What in God's name was that noise?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where in the name of Heaven have you been?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely happy",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Now that he's been promoted he's in seventh heaven."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "seeming to be perfect",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Everyone thought that theirs was a marriage made in heaven."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do everything you possibly can in order to achieve something",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to have a strong unpleasant smell",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to seem to be very dishonest or morally unacceptable",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you are pleased about something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Thank God you're safe!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Thank goodness for that!’ she said with a sigh of relief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thank heavens I've found my keys."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used after a verb to emphasize a particular hope, wish, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wish to God you'd learn to pay attention!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhevn/",
                "audio": "he/heaven/heaven__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhevn/",
                "audio": "he/heaven/heaven__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English heofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hemel and German Himmel."
}