{
    "term": "land",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the surface of the earth that is not sea",
            "sensetop": "on landby land",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new project will reclaim the land from the sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was good to be back on land.",
                    "contextForm": "on land"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some animals can live both on land and in water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We travelled by land, though flying would have been cheaper.",
                    "contextForm": "by land"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's impossible to reach this beach by land because of the high cliffs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can organize air transport, land transport and all accommodation for your trip."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The elephant is the largest living land animal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the distance the crew sighted land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The explorers reached land after a long voyage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With the land forces defeated, everything now rested on the navy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Antarctica is the only continent without a land mammal population."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At last we sighted land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They fought both at sea and on land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We travelled mainly by land."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dry"],
                "verb + land": ["reach", "sight", "reclaim"],
                "land + noun": ["mass", "surface", "animal"],
                "preposition": ["by land", "on land"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an area of ground, especially of a particular type or used for a particular purpose",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "agricultural/arable/fertile land"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Changes in **land use** can have significant effects on the local wildlife."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a piece/plot of land"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are not permitted to build on the surrounding **green belt land** *(= open land around a city)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The land rose to the east."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some of the country's richest grazing lands are in these valleys."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The land was very dry and hard after the long, hot summer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a piece of waste/​derelict land"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Every scrap of land is used for growing food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Good agricultural land is scarce."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The land has been cleared ready for building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They finally got out of the town and reached open land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a piece of land adjoining a disused railway line"
                },
                {
                    "text": "animals grazing on marginal land that was previously heath or moorland"
                },
                {
                    "text": "land that is rich in mineral deposits"
                },
                {
                    "text": "prime building land"
                },
                {
                    "text": "rich agricultural land"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the clearing of forested areas to create pastures and arable land"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's an attractive village in the heart of the county's agricultural lands."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sheep and goats can live quite happily on mountainous land like this."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The land is parched and no crops grow here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The valley provides some rich grazing land for farmers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a stretch of derelict land next to the railway."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an area of rich, fertile land"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "terrain",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "prime", "fertile"],
                "… of land": ["area", "parcel", "patch"],
                "verb + land": ["have", "hold", "own"],
                "land + verb": ["adjoin something"],
                "land + noun": ["agent", "office", "registry"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the area of ground that somebody owns, especially when you think of it as property that can be bought or sold",
            "labels": "formal",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**public/private land**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to own/buy/purchase/sell land"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He acquired a parcel of several **acres of land**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The college owns vast **tracts of land**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Land values** in the area are falling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "During the war their lands were occupied by the enemy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ancient tribes were forced off their ancestral lands."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The adjoining plot of land belongs to the local council."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The price of land is rising rapidly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "conflicts over tribal lands"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the tribe's ancestral lands"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These remote tribal lands have been semi-autonomous for decades."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She owns 50 hectares of land in Scotland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was granted land by the king."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The inhabitants of a village held land in common."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wealthy colonists bought up vast tracts of land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They own a small plot of land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone had the right to graze animals on communal land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were refused permission to develop the land."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "prime", "fertile"],
                "… of land": ["area", "parcel", "patch"],
                "verb + land": ["have", "hold", "own"],
                "land + verb": ["adjoin something"],
                "land + noun": ["agent", "office", "registry"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to refer to the countryside and the way people live in the country as opposed to in cities",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "At the beginning of the 20th century almost a third of the population **lived off the land** *(= grew or produced their own food)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many people leave the land to find work in towns and cities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her family had farmed the land for generations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's tired of living in cities, and wants to get back to the land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her family had always worked the land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's very fertile countryside where you can just live off the land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Almost a third of the population live off the land."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + the land": ["live off", "farm", "work"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used to refer to a country or region in a way that involves the emotions or the imagination",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She longed to return to her **native land**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They dreamed of travelling to **foreign lands**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "faraway lands beyond the sea"
                },
                {
                    "text": "America is the land of freedom and opportunity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the land of the fairies/elves/giants"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He journeyed to many distant lands."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was all alone in a strange land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He found himself all alone in a strange land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They dreamed of travelling to faraway lands."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ancestral", "native", "distant"],
                "verb + land": ["conquer", "occupy", "rule"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "alive; not sleeping; no longer ill",
            "labels": "(often humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I’m glad to see you’re back in the land of the living. We were worried about you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By lunchtime I’d returned to the land of the living."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "sleeping",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Pete and Jo were still in the land of Nod, so I went out for a walk in the morning sunshine."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a place where life is pleasant and easy and people are very happy",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He dreamed of emigrating to Canada—the land of milk and honey."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the way the land in an area is formed and what physical characteristics it has",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The castle was hidden by the lie of the land."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the way a situation is now and how it is likely to develop",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Check out the lie of the land before you make a decision."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have enough money to be able to afford expensive things, food, drink, etc.",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to find out about a situation",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Let's wait and see how the land lies before we do anything."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to collect information before deciding what to do",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lænd/",
                "audio": "la/land/land__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lænd/",
                "audio": "la/land/land__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch land and German Land."
}