{
    "term": "lap",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the top part of your legs that forms a flat surface when you are sitting down",
            "sensetop": "on somebody's lapin somebody's lap",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There's only one seat so you'll have to sit on my lap.",
                    "contextForm": "on somebody's lap"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sat with her hands in her lap.",
                    "contextForm": "in somebody's lap"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Body"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "one journey from the beginning to the end of a track used for running, etc.",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the fastest lap on record"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has completed six laps."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was overtaken on the final lap."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to do a **lap of honour** *(= go around the track again to celebrate winning)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to do a **victory lap**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He took a quick lap around the empty rink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tripped and fell on the final lap."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was swimming laps in the pool."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I skated a victory lap around the rink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fastest lap was completed at 208 mph."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The silver medallist joined the winner in a lap of honour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The winner did a lap of honour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an indoor heated lap pool"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Alonso was leading at the end of lap five."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He immediately set the fastest lap of the race."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The 800m is two laps of the track."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crowd cheered while the athletes ran their lap of honour."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["first", "opening", "final"],
                "verb + lap": ["complete", "do", "finish"],
                "lap + noun": ["record", "pool"],
                "preposition": ["on the… lap"],
                "phrases": ["a lap of honour/​honor"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a section of a journey, or of a piece of work, etc.",
            "sensetop": "on the… lap",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They're off on the first lap of their round-the-world tour.",
                    "contextForm": "on the… lap"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've nearly finished. We're **on the last lap**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make something the responsibility of another person",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They dropped the problem firmly back in my lap."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "somebody has the opportunity to do something pleasant without having made any effort",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My dream job just fell into my lap."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if the result of something is in the lap of the gods, you do not know what will happen because it depends on luck or things you cannot control",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in easy, comfortable conditions, and enjoying the advantages of being rich",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We spent two weeks in the hotel living in the lap of luxury."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/læp/",
                "audio": "la/lap/lap__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/læp/",
                "audio": "la/lap/lap__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun sense 1 Old English læppa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lap, German Lappen ‘piece of cloth’. The word originally denoted a fold or flap of a garment (compare with lapel), later specifically one that could be used as a pocket or pouch, or the front of a skirt when held up to carry something (Middle English), hence the area between the waist and knees as a place where a child could be nursed or an object held. noun senses 2 to 3 Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘coil, fold, or wrap’): from the noun lap sense (1). The current senses date from the mid 19th cent."
}