{
    "term": "prayer",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "words that you say to God giving thanks or asking for help",
            "sensetop": "prayer for somebody/somethingprayer to somebody/something",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **say your prayers**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "prayers for the sick",
                    "contextForm": "prayer for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We **offer** our **prayers** for all those who have died in war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He arrived at that very moment, as if **in answer to her prayer**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their **prayers were answered** and the child was found safe and well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stopped saying nightly prayers to God.",
                    "contextForm": "prayer to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave a prayer of thanks to the troops."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spoke a brief prayer over their meal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I sent up a quick prayer and entered the interview room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let us remember them in our prayers today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She uttered a silent prayer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thankfully, his prayers were granted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Whenever I pass a temple, I mutter a quick prayer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a prayer for peace"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a prayer leader at the mosque"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a multi-faith prayer room in the college"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a Buddhist prayer hall"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a Jewish prayer shawl"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fiddled with his prayer beads."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Buddhist prayer flags fluttering in the breeze"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["little", "quick", "short"],
                "verb + prayer": ["give", "offer", "offer up"],
                "prayer + noun": ["book", "beads", "mat"],
                "preposition": ["at prayer", "in prayer", "prayer for"],
                "phrases": ["the answer to somebody’s prayers", "not have a prayer"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a fixed form of words that you can say when you speak to God",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was a prayer she had learnt as a child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the five daily ritual prayers of Islam"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Priests chanted prayers and read from sacred texts."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["little", "quick", "short"],
                "verb + prayer": ["give", "offer", "offer up"],
                "prayer + noun": ["book", "beads", "mat"],
                "preposition": ["at prayer", "in prayer", "prayer for"],
                "phrases": ["the answer to somebody’s prayers", "not have a prayer"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act or habit of praying",
            "sensetop": "in prayer",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They knelt in prayer.",
                    "contextForm": "in prayer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We believe in the power of prayer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They held a **prayer vigil** throughout the night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "spiritual healing through prayer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a national day of prayer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He spends an hour each day at prayer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local groups meet for prayer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She moved her lips in silent prayer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the contentious issue of school prayer"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["little", "quick", "short"],
                "verb + prayer": ["give", "offer", "offer up"],
                "prayer + noun": ["book", "beads", "mat"],
                "preposition": ["at prayer", "in prayer", "prayer for"],
                "phrases": ["the answer to somebody’s prayers", "not have a prayer"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a religious meeting that takes place regularly in which people say prayers",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Muslims attend Friday prayers at the mosque."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students are required to attend prayers twice a week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had family prayers before breakfast."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["little", "quick", "short"],
                "verb + prayer": ["give", "offer", "offer up"],
                "prayer + noun": ["book", "beads", "mat"],
                "preposition": ["at prayer", "in prayer", "prayer for"],
                "phrases": ["the answer to somebody’s prayers", "not have a prayer"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a thing that you hope for very much",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My prayer is that one day he will walk again."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["little", "quick", "short"],
                "verb + prayer": ["give", "offer", "offer up"],
                "prayer + noun": ["book", "beads", "mat"],
                "preposition": ["at prayer", "in prayer", "prayer for"],
                "phrases": ["the answer to somebody’s prayers", "not have a prayer"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "with only a very slight chance of success",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/preə(r)/",
                "audio": "pr/prayer/prayer__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prer/",
                "audio": "pr/prayer/prayer__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French preiere, based on Latin precarius ‘obtained by entreaty’, from prex, prec- ‘prayer’."
}