{
    "term": "moon",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the round object that moves around the earth once every 27½ days and shines at night by light reflected from the sun",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the surface of the moon"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the first man to walk on the moon"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a moon landing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He made a promise to put a man on the moon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "During the eclipse, the moon passed between the sun and the Earth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The agency wants to establish a permanent moon base."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an astronaut who was killed during the first moon mission"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Space"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bright", "pale", "large"],
                "verb + moon": ["cover", "hide", "fly to"],
                "moon + verb": ["appear", "come out", "rise"],
                "moon + noun": ["landing", "base", "rocket"],
                "preposition": ["on the moon", "under a/​the moon"],
                "phrases": ["the light of the moon", "the surface of the moon"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the moon as it appears in the sky at a particular time",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a crescent moon"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's no moon tonight *(= no moon can be seen)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By the light of the moon I could just make out shapes and outlines."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The calendar gives you sunset times as well as moon phases."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The moon had almost set and the night was now dark."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had to work by the light of the moon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A large black cloud covered the moon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The moon reflected perfectly off the surface of the water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The moon cast its soft glow on the earth below."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bright", "pale", "large"],
                "verb + moon": ["cover", "hide", "fly to"],
                "moon + verb": ["appear", "come out", "rise"],
                "moon + noun": ["landing", "base", "rocket"],
                "preposition": ["on the moon", "under a/​the moon"],
                "phrases": ["the light of the moon", "the surface of the moon"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a natural satellite that moves around a planet other than the earth",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How many moons does Jupiter have?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The probe landed on Saturn's largest moon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Saturn's icy moons"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Space"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to ask for something that is difficult or impossible to get or achieve",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Wanting a decent job and a home is hardly asking for the moon."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a very long time ago",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All that happened many moons ago."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very rarely",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely happy and excited",
            "labels": "(informal, especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They’re over the moon about their trip to Japan."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make promises that will be impossible to keep",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Politicians promise the earth before an election, but things are different afterwards."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make promises that will be impossible to keep",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Politicians promise the moon before an election, but things are different afterwards."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/muːn/",
                "audio": "mo/moon/moon_1_gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/muːn/",
                "audio": "mo/moon/moon__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English mōna, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maan and German Mond, also to month, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mensis and Greek mēn ‘month’, and also Latin metiri ‘to measure’ (the moon being used to measure time)."
}