{
    "term": "receiver",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the part of a phone that you hold close to your mouth and ear",
            "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": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **pick up/lift/put down/replace the receiver**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘It's your mother on the phone again!’, said John with his hand over the receiver."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She covered the receiver and mouthed, ‘It's him.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He slammed the receiver down and burst into tears."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She picked up the receiver and put it to her ear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The receiver was dangling from the payphone."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["phone", "telephone"],
                "verb + receiver": ["lift", "pick up", "grab"],
                "receiver + verb": ["dangle"],
                "preposition": ["over the receiver"],
                "phrases": [
                    "hold the receiver to your ear",
                    "put the receiver to your ear"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a piece of radio or television equipment that changes broadcast signals into sound or pictures",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a satellite/GPS receiver"
                },
                {
                    "text": "To change channel, select the desired number on the receiver unit."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hand-held", "portable", "GPS"],
                "receiver + noun": ["module", "unit", "antenna"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who is chosen by a court to be in charge of a company that is bankrupt",
            "labels": "British English also(law)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They had to lay off 200 staff and call in the receivers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has been put in the hands of the receiver."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A receiver was appointed by the court to handle the company’s affairs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company remained in the hands of the receiver."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["official", "court-appointed", "administrative"],
                "verb + receiver": ["appoint", "appoint somebody (as)", "call in"],
                "phrases": ["in the hands of the receiver"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a person who receives something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Molly's more of a giver than a receiver."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a person who buys or accepts stolen goods, knowing that they have been stolen",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a player who plays in a position in which the ball can be caught when it is being passed forward",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːvə(r)/",
                "audio": "re/receiver/receiver__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːvər/",
                "audio": "re/receiver/receiver__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}