{
    "term": "prison",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime they have committed, or while they are waiting for trial",
            "sensetop": "in prisonin prison for somethingin prison for doing somethingout of prison",
            "labels": "(US English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially US English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She **went to prison** for tax evasion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **sent to prison** for five years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is in prison, awaiting trial.",
                    "contextForm": "in prison"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her son is in prison for murder.",
                    "contextForm": "in prison for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He served four years in prison for killing a man.",
                    "contextForm": "in prison for doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's just out of prison, after ten years inside.",
                    "contextForm": "out of prison"
                },
                {
                    "text": "When did she **get out of prison**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **be released from prison**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "On his **release from prison** he tried hard to find a decent job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **maximum-security prison**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **federal/state prison**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **prison sentence/term**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **prison cell**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **prison population** *(= the total number of prisoners in a country)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **prison officer**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **prison guard**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ten prison officers and three inmates needed hospital treatment following the riot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the problem of overcrowding in prisons"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was immediately seized and thrown into prison."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was told by magistrates she could now face prison (= go to prison)."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You only escaped prison (= escaped being sent to prison) because of your previous good character."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Building new prisons is not going to help lower our incarceration rate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is one of several companies running private prisons across Britain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police are investigating disturbances at the prison."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There have been riots in the prison."
                },
                {
                    "text": "prison guards"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "jail",
            "topics": ["Buildings", "Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["local", "federal", "overcrowded"],
                "verb + prison": ["go to", "put somebody in", "send somebody to"],
                "prison + noun": ["sentence", "term", "cell"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the prison", "in (a/​the) prison"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the system of keeping people in prisons",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **prison service/system**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government insists that ‘prison works’ and plans to introduce a tougher sentencing policy for people convicted of violent crime."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["local", "federal", "overcrowded"],
                "verb + prison": ["go to", "put somebody in", "send somebody to"],
                "prison + noun": ["sentence", "term", "cell"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the prison", "in (a/​the) prison"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a place or situation from which somebody cannot escape",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His hospital room had become a prison."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɪzn/",
                "audio": "pr/prison/prison__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɪzn/",
                "audio": "pr/prison/prison__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English, from Old French prisun, from Latin prensio(n-), variant of prehensio(n-) ‘laying hold of’, from the verb prehendere."
}