{
    "term": "luxury",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the fact of enjoying special and expensive things, particularly food and drink, clothes and places",
            "sensetop": "in luxury",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a life of unimaginable luxury"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Now we'll be able to live in luxury for the rest of our lives.",
                    "contextForm": "in luxury"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was sheer luxury to step into a hot bath."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Silk sheets added the final touch of luxury."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The resort offers luxury on a grand scale."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can't afford such luxury."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "pure", "sheer"],
                "… of luxury": ["touch"],
                "verb + luxury": ["enjoy", "afford", "live in"],
                "luxury + noun": ["hotel", "car", "coach"],
                "preposition": ["in luxury"],
                "phrases": [
                    "have the luxury of (doing) something",
                    "a life of luxury",
                    "the lap of luxury"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing that is expensive and pleasant but not essential",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "small luxuries like chocolate and flowers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I love having a long, hot bath—it's one of life's little luxuries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a luxury if you had a washing machine in those days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A comfortable bed to sleep in is a luxury that we take for granted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He missed the simple luxuries of life, like regular meals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's had every luxury in life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can't afford luxuries."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "extravagance",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["expensive", "unaffordable", "affordable"],
                "verb + luxury": ["afford", "enjoy", "have"],
                "luxury + noun": ["tax"],
                "phrases": ["have every luxury"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a pleasure or an advantage that you do not often have",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We had the luxury of being able to choose from four good candidates for the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had the luxury of spending time at his family's summer home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We enjoyed the luxury of an expensive restaurant meal."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "pure", "sheer"],
                "… of luxury": ["touch"],
                "verb + luxury": ["enjoy", "afford", "live in"],
                "luxury + noun": ["hotel", "car", "coach"],
                "preposition": ["in luxury"],
                "phrases": [
                    "have the luxury of (doing) something",
                    "a life of luxury",
                    "the lap of luxury"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "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": "/ˈlʌkʃəri/",
                "audio": "lu/luxury/luxury__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlʌkʃəri/",
                "audio": "lu/luxury/luxury__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting lechery): from Old French luxurie, luxure, from Latin luxuria, from luxus ‘excess’. The earliest current sense dates from the mid 17th cent."
}