{
    "term": "paper",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the thin material that you write and draw on and that is also used for wrapping and packing things",
            "sensetop": "on/onto paper",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **piece/sheet of paper**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wrote her name and address on **a slip** *(= a small piece)* **of paper**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He scribbled the number on a **scrap of paper**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a package wrapped in **brown paper**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "recycled paper"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Make sure you have **pen and paper** handy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The image is copied onto paper.",
                    "contextForm": "on/onto paper"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He brought his lunch in a brown **paper bag**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a paper cup/plate/napkin"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This journal is available in paper and electronic form."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Experience is more important for this job than paper qualifications *(= that exist as official documents but may not have any real value)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "paper losses/profits *(= that are shown in accounts but which may not exist in reality)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fold the paper in half."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He crumpled the paper into a ball."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I screwed up the paper and threw it away."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I scribbled down his number on a scrap of paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He jotted ideas on bits of paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She did a series of sketches using soft pencil on paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report is available both online and on paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She uses recycled materials such as old paper and cardboard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Insulation can be made from recycled paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I stared at the blank paper, not knowing how to start the letter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've thought about what I'm going to write, but I haven't yet put pen to paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The essay filled seven sides of A4 paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was paper strewn all over the floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This report is a waste of paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He kept a paper copy of his account information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the advantages of paper maps over online maps"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave me some water in a paper cup."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the introduction of paper currency in the 1690s"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bed was covered in mountains of paper money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were paper lanterns and party streamers hanging from the trees."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["draft", "consultation", "discussion"],
                "verb + paper": ["deliver", "give", "present"],
                "paper + verb": [
                    "consider something",
                    "deal with something",
                    "examine something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the paper", "paper on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a newspaper",
            "sensetop": "in the paper",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **daily/morning paper**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **local paper**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you seen today's paper?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He sat down to **read the paper**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I read about it in the paper.",
                    "contextForm": "in the paper"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She put an ad in the paper pleading for the dog's return."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**The papers** *(= newspapers in general)* soon got hold of the story."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have a copy of yesterday's paper?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I just went out to buy a paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was on the front page of the daily paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I expected to read all about it in the next day's papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I saw his picture in the paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was an article about it in the Sunday paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Just because you read it in the paper doesn't mean it's true."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Inside the paper was a double-page spread on the story."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you take a daily paper?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She got a job on the local paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was the first woman editor of a national paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The paper comes out every Saturday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The paper reported that several people had seen UFOs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story got into the papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What paper do you usually read?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "“This is nothing to do with us,” the paper quoted him as saying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A New York paper published his obituary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The paper printed the story the next day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her resignation made the headlines of all the morning papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was desperate to keep the scandal out of the papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wrote a letter to the papers."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["daily", "evening", "morning"],
                "… of paper": ["copy", "edition"],
                "verb + paper": ["buy", "get", "take"],
                "paper + verb": ["come out", "report something"],
                "paper + noun": ["shop", "boy", "girl"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the paper", "on a/​the paper"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "pieces of paper with writing on them, such as letters, pieces of work or private documents",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His desk was covered with books and papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **stack/pile of papers**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found these documents among my father's papers after his death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He increasingly confined himself to his study, surrounded by books and papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's hard to work if there's a stack of papers on your desk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was sorting through a big pile of papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was clutching her file full of papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He didn't leave behind much in the way of memoirs, letters, or other personal papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He destroyed all his personal papers relating to the period."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had access to all of Karen Blixen's private papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In his private papers he recorded the news of Napoleon's death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Papers found in the palace only confirmed suspicions about his treachery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The poems were printed from papers found in his rooms by his housekeeper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The archive includes papers and correspondence belonging to the late musician."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found some papers relating to the case in his desk."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["necessary", "official", "ID"],
                "… of papers": ["pile", "sheaf"],
                "verb + paper": ["sign", "show", "shuffle"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "official documents that prove your identity, give you permission to do something, etc.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "identity papers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The couple **filed** divorce **papers** at Los Angeles court on Monday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Teresa signed the adoption papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Immigration officials will ask to see your papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her husband has refused to sign divorce papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His parents signed papers to make his aunt his legal guardian."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She changed her will but died before all the papers were signed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Be prepared to show your identity papers at the border."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Customs agents are searching all vehicles and checking identification papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "legal papers filed in London"
                },
                {
                    "text": "According to court papers, the Jones family owns the rights to the late Mr Jones's recorded performances."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had travel papers for herself, Kurt and Oskar."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I just filed my nomination papers to seek a second term as mayor."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["necessary", "official", "ID"],
                "… of papers": ["pile", "sheaf"],
                "verb + paper": ["sign", "show", "shuffle"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a set of exam questions on a particular subject; the answers that people write to the questions",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The geography paper was hard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spent the evening marking exam papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I did well on the oral but not on the written paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exam papers are set by experienced teachers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You may now turn over your papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You must not write on the question paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He sat papers in computer science and economics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some students took their GSCE Science paper early."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You have to pass a compulsory Irish language paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The multiple-choice papers are marked by computer."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["exam", "examination", "question"],
                "verb + paper": ["do", "sit", "take"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the paper", "on a/​the paper"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "an academic article about a particular subject that is written by and for specialists",
            "sensetop": "paper on something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a recent paper in the Journal of Medicine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has published a **research paper** on the topic.",
                    "contextForm": "paper on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **consultation/discussion paper**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was invited to **give a paper** *(= a talk)* at an international scientific congress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper ‘On Narcissism’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The paper looks at the future of primary school education."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This paper reports the results of a two-year field experiment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This paper examines how urban sprawl is linked to increased flooding risk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His paper explores the cultural divide that continues to exist between Quebec and the rest of Canada."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The consultation paper focused on whether payments should be linked to production."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Council released a discussion paper entitled 'The Ethics of Patenting DNA'."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had prepared a briefing paper for the board meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "According to a paper published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, thinking and driving is a potentially lethal combination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has presented papers at international conferences."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has to defend her work nearly every time she submits a paper for publication."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some of the materials cited in this paper are no longer available online."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["draft", "consultation", "discussion"],
                "verb + paper": ["deliver", "give", "present"],
                "paper + verb": [
                    "consider something",
                    "deal with something",
                    "examine something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the paper", "paper on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a piece of written work done by a student",
            "sensetop": "paper on something",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Your grade will be based on four papers and a final exam."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm writing a paper on ‘Macbeth’.",
                    "contextForm": "paper on something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["draft", "consultation", "discussion"],
                "verb + paper": ["deliver", "give", "present"],
                "paper + verb": [
                    "consider something",
                    "deal with something",
                    "examine something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the paper", "paper on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "paper that you use to cover and decorate the walls of a room",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The room was damp and the paper was peeling off."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "having no value, especially legally, or because one of the people involved has no intention of doing what they said they would",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "when you put something on paper, you write it down",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "judged from written information only, but not proved in practice",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The idea **looks good on paper**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to write or start to write something",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpeɪpə(r)/",
                "audio": "pa/paper/paper__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpeɪpər/",
                "audio": "pa/paper/paper__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French papir, from Latin papyrus ‘paper-reed’, from Greek papuros The verb dates from the late 16th cent."
}