{
    "term": "purchase",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "purchase",
            "heSheIt": "purchases"
        },
        "pastSimple": "purchased",
        "pastParticiple": "purchased",
        "ingForm": "purchasing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to buy something",
            "sensetop": "purchase somethingpurchase something from somebodypurchase something for something",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Please ensure that you **purchase your ticket** in advance.",
                    "contextForm": "purchase something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **purchase an item/a product**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **purchase a property/home**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We recently purchased a home just outside Las Vegas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **equipment** can be **purchased** from your local supplier.",
                    "contextForm": "purchase something from somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tickets can only be purchased in advance from our website."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **purchased the land** for $1 million.",
                    "contextForm": "purchase something for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Victory was purchased *(= achieved)* at too great a price."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They purchased the house from an elderly couple."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tickets can be purchased online."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The land was compulsorily purchased from the owner to make way for the new road."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["newly", "recently", "compulsorily"],
                "verb + purchase": ["agree to", "be willing to", "wish to"],
                "preposition": ["for", "from"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːtʃəs/",
                "audio": "pu/purchase/purchase__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːtʃəsɪz/",
                "audio": "pu/purchase/purchases__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːtʃəst/",
                "audio": "pu/purchase/purchased__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːtʃəsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pu/purchase/purchasing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːrtʃəs/",
                "audio": "pu/purchase/purchase__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːrtʃəsɪz/",
                "audio": "pu/purchase/purchases__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːrtʃəst/",
                "audio": "pu/purchase/purchased__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːrtʃəsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pu/purchase/purchasing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}