{
    "term": "machine",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of equipment with many parts that work together to do a particular task. The power used to work a machine may be electricity, steam, gas, etc. or human power.",
            "sensetop": "by machine",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Machines have replaced human labour in many industries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to operate/run a machine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How does this machine work?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a washing/sewing machine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a machine for making plastic toys"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have installed a new coffee machine in the staff room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to invent/design a machine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the factory he oversees 14 teams of machine operators."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The potatoes are planted by machine.",
                    "contextForm": "by machine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The machine runs on solar power."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What make of machine are they using?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The machine is designed to fit under a counter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Treadmills and other exercise machines help residents to keep fit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Machine parts may need to be replaced."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["giant", "great", "huge"],
                "verb + machine": ["operate", "run", "use"],
                "machine + verb": ["go", "work", "break down"],
                "machine + noun": ["operator", "parts", "tool"],
                "preposition": ["by machine", "in a/​the machine", "on a/​the machine"],
                "phrases": ["a make of machine"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a computer",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new machines will be shipped next month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We build machines that process data."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All machines are connected online to reach specialists in Germany."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a particular machine, for example in the home, when you do not refer to it by its full name",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Just put those clothes in the machine *(= the washing machine)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is the machine working again?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an organized system for achieving something and the people who control it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the president’s propaganda machine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He played the Republican political machine to get himself into power."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These years saw a massive growth in the US military machine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hollywood’s slick public relations machine has produced a new improved model of a young movie star."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The independent candidates did not have the support of a party machine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tired of being a tiny cog in a vast machine, he handed in his resignation."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["party", "political", "marketing"],
                "machine + noun": ["politician", "politics"],
                "phrases": ["a cog in the machine", "a well-oiled machine"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a person who acts without thinking and without allowing their feelings to show or to affect their work",
            "labels": "(often disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In this movie he plays a lean, mean killing machine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was the perfect fighting machine with a total disregard for her own personal safety."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who is a small part of a large organization",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈʃiːn/",
                "audio": "ma/machine/machine__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈʃiːn/",
                "audio": "ma/machine/machine__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a structure): from French, via Latin from Doric Greek makhana (Greek mēkhanē, from mēkhos ‘contrivance’)."
}