{
    "term": "planet",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a large round object in space that moves around a star (such as the sun) and receives light from it",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the planets of our solar system"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the planet Earth/Venus/Mars"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the possibility of life deep below the planet's surface"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He looked like something from another planet!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How many planets orbit the sun?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hubble has found around 100 new extrasolar planets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She believes there is life on other planets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The spacecraft is currently in orbit around the red planet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "creatures from an alien planet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "rocky planets like Venus and Mars"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the outer planets of our solar system"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the search for Earth-like planets"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Space"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["distant", "alien", "unknown"],
                "verb + planet": ["be in orbit around", "orbit", "destroy"],
                "planet + verb": ["orbit"],
                "preposition": ["from a/​the planet", "on a/​the planet"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to mean ‘the world’, especially when talking about the environment",
            "labels": "(informal, humorous)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the battle to save the planet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He must be one of the few people on the planet without a website."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Will recycling help save the planet?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are destroying the planet with our fossil-fuel lifestyle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't know a single other person on the planet who has seen this film."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["distant", "alien", "unknown"],
                "verb + planet": ["be in orbit around", "orbit", "destroy"],
                "planet + verb": ["orbit"],
                "preposition": ["from a/​the planet", "on a/​the planet"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to suggest that somebody’s ideas are not realistic or practical",
            "labels": "(informal, humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He thinks being a father is easy. What planet is he on?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈplænɪt/",
                "audio": "pl/planet/planet__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈplænɪt/",
                "audio": "pl/planet/planet__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French planete, from late Latin planeta, planetes, from Greek planētēs ‘wanderer, planet’, from planan ‘wander’."
}