{
    "term": "hobby",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an activity that you do for pleasure when you are not working",
            "sensetop": "as a hobby",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do you have any hobbies?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her hobbies include swimming and gardening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why don't you take up a new hobby?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My favourite hobby is definitely scuba diving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I only play jazz as a hobby.",
                    "contextForm": "as a hobby"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cooking is her pet hobby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cycling and karate are among her hobbies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He collects postcards as a hobby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Photography can be an expensive hobby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She never had any time to pursue her hobbies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wanted to turn his hobby into a business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They spent their retirement enjoying hobbies and taking trips."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Hobbies"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["enjoyable", "fun", "interesting"],
                "verb + hobby": ["have", "enjoy", "indulge"],
                "preposition": ["among your hobbies", "as a hobby"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɒbi/",
                "audio": "ho/hobby/hobby__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɑːbi/",
                "audio": "ho/hobby/hobby__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English hobyn, hoby, from pet forms of the given name Robin. Originally referring to a small horse or pony, it later came to denote a toy horse or hobby horse, hence ‘an activity done for pleasure’."
}