{
    "term": "motor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a device that uses electricity, petrol, etc. to produce movement and makes a machine, a vehicle, a boat, etc. work",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "An electric motor is used to pump the water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Batteries power the motor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He started the motor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Diesel engines drive six electric motors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A powerful motor drives the mill wheel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One of the wheels is fitted with an electric motor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An electric current drives motors located under the floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She left the motor running."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Electricity powers hydraulic motors that compress these bales."
                },
                {
                    "text": "small motors for toys and clocks"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a circular saw with a fan-cooled motor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car has a faulty starter motor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When you turn the ignition key, the starter motor spins the engine."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["large", "powerful", "small"],
                "verb + motor": ["start", "turn on", "turn off"],
                "motor + verb": ["run", "work", "drive something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a source of power, energy or movement",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Consumer spending has been the motor of economic growth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Women are often the motors of change in politics and the economy."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a car",
            "labels": "(British English, old-fashioned or humorous)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He uses the motor for local shopping trips."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm so rich now I can buy a shiny new motor!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was his birthday so he drove the motor around Pudong all night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Seems funny that my dodgy old motor has become a classic car."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈməʊtə(r)/",
                "audio": "mo/motor/motor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈməʊtər/",
                "audio": "mo/motor/motor__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting a person who imparts motion): from Latin, literally ‘mover’, based on movere ‘to move’. The current sense of the noun dates from the mid 19th cent."
}