{
    "term": "row",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/ho/hobbies_crafts.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a number of people standing or sitting next to each other in a line; a number of objects arranged in a line",
            "sensetop": "row of somebody/somethingin a rowrow upon row of somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is a row of trees in front of the house.",
                    "contextForm": "row of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We sat in a row at the back of the room.",
                    "contextForm": "in a row"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The vegetables were planted in neat rows."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He looked down at row upon row of eager faces.",
                    "contextForm": "row upon row of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She arranged the chairs in two neat rows."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children stood in a row."
                },
                {
                    "text": "endless rows of identical houses"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bottom", "middle", "top"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the row1", "row1 of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the end of the row",
                    "the middle of the row",
                    "rows and rows"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a line of seats in a cinema, theatre, etc.",
            "sensetop": "in the… row",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Let's sit in the back row.",
                    "contextForm": "in the… row"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have seats in the front row."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our seats are five rows from the front."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bottom", "middle", "top"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the row1", "row1 of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the end of the row",
                    "the middle of the row",
                    "rows and rows"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a line of numbers or words arranged one after the other across the page in a table",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The top row of Table 2 shows the current values."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are eight rows and four columns in the table."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can insert rows between existing ones."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a complete line of stitches in knitting or crochet (= ways of making clothing, etc. out of wool)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used in the name of some roads",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Manor Row"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I live at 22 Western Row."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "an act of rowing a boat; the period of time spent doing this",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We went for a row on the lake."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have made all the preparations needed to do something; to be well organized",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company has its ducks in a row for a move into the Asian market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Get your ducks in a row before you retire."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "if something happens several times in a row, it happens in exactly the same way each time, and nothing different happens in the time between",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is her third win in a row."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "if something happens for several days, etc. in a row, it happens on each of those days",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Inflation has fallen for the third month in a row."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It rained for five days in a row."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rəʊ/",
                "audio": "ro/row/row__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rəʊz/",
                "audio": "ro/row/rose__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rəʊ/",
                "audio": "ro/row/row__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rəʊz/",
                "audio": "ro/row/rose__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 4 Old English rāw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rij and German Reihe. noun sense 5 Old English rōwan, of Germanic origin; related to rudder; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin remus ‘oar’, Greek eretmon ‘oar’."
}