{
    "term": "phone",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of equipment for talking to people who are not in the same place as you",
            "labels": "British EnglishNorth American EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I have to **make a phone call**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **phone rang** and Pat answered it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can someone **answer the phone**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hadn't got my phone with me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please switch off your phones before the show begins."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **phone conversation/interview**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Here is our list of top new **phone apps**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you get the phone?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was called to the phone just as he was leaving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His phone is almost permanently engaged."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I turned on my phone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've lost my phone charger."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If the phone rings, don't answer it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The phone suddenly went dead in the middle of our conversation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The phone was busy when I called."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The phone was ringing off the hook."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a £30 fine if caught holding a phone while driving"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His phone must be switched off."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cell", "cellular", "mobile"],
                "verb + phone": ["be on", "use", "call (somebody on)"],
                "phone + verb": ["go", "go off", "ring"],
                "phone + noun": ["number", "book", "directory"],
                "preposition": ["by phone", "on the phone", "over the phone"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the system for talking to somebody else using a phone",
            "sensetop": "by phoneon the phoneover the phone",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They like to do business by phone.",
                    "contextForm": "by phone"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I talk to my family on the phone.",
                    "contextForm": "on the phone"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't talk about this over the phone.",
                    "contextForm": "over the phone"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **phone bill**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They want to put up a new **phone mast** next to the school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most people only need one **phone line**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I haven't seen her but we spoke over the phone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think our phone is being tapped."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The modem links the computer to a phone line."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The search of the phone records yielded nothing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We keep in contact by phone but we rarely see each other."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We spoke on the phone the other day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Phone lines in the city had been cut."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The toll-free phone line is open from 8 : 30 a.m. to 6 : 30 p.m."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the part of a landline phone that you hold in your hand and speak into",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)(North American English)(both British English)(especially North American English)(informal, especially North American English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **pick up the phone**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **put the phone down**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to take the phone off the hook *(= so that no one can call)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't get through because you'd left the phone off the hook."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I grabbed the phone and called Josie's number."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hung up the phone when he started shouting at me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I picked up the phone receiver and pressed it to my ear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She cradled the phone between her ear and shoulder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She slammed the phone down in a rage."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cell", "cellular", "mobile"],
                "verb + phone": ["be on", "use", "call (somebody on)"],
                "phone + verb": ["go", "go off", "ring"],
                "phone + noun": ["number", "book", "directory"],
                "preposition": ["by phone", "on the phone", "over the phone"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an instrument that uses or makes sound",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "dictaphone"
                },
                {
                    "text": "xylophone"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "speaking a particular language; a person who does this",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "anglophone"
                },
                {
                    "text": "francophone"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a sound made in speech, especially when not considered as part of the sound system of a particular language",
            "labels": "(phonetics)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be using the phone",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's been on the phone to Kate for more than an hour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's on the phone at the moment."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to have a phone in your home or place of work",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They're not on the phone at the holiday cottage."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəʊn/",
                "audio": "ph/phone/phone__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəʊn/",
                "audio": "ph/phone/phone__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun sense 5 mid 19th cent.: from Greek phōnē ‘sound, voice’."
}