{
    "term": "sensation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a feeling that you get when something affects your body",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a tingling/burning sensation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had a sensation of falling, as if in a dream."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A wonderful sensation filled his body."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For a special taste sensation, try our gourmet coffee."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt a tingling sensation down his side."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had a strange sensation in my leg."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lisa felt a burning sensation in her eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most people enjoy the sensation of eating."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the sensation of sand between your toes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt a sinking sensation in the pit of her stomach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was overwhelmed by a sensation of fear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rossi described the sensation of plunging downhill at 130 mph."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bodily", "physical", "tactile"],
                "verb + sensation": ["experience", "feel", "have"],
                "sensation + verb": [
                    "come back",
                    "come over somebody",
                    "fill something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["sensation in", "sensation of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the ability to feel through your sense of touch",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She seemed to have lost all sensation in her arms."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "feeling",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bodily", "physical", "tactile"],
                "verb + sensation": ["experience", "feel", "have"],
                "sensation + verb": [
                    "come back",
                    "come over somebody",
                    "fill something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["sensation in", "sensation of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a general feeling or impression that is difficult to explain; an experience or a memory",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had the eerie sensation of being watched."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When I arrived, I had the sensation that she had been expecting me."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bodily", "physical", "tactile"],
                "verb + sensation": ["experience", "feel", "have"],
                "sensation + verb": [
                    "come back",
                    "come over somebody",
                    "fill something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["sensation in", "sensation of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "very great surprise, excitement, or interest among a lot of people; the person or the thing that causes this surprise",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "News of his arrest **caused a sensation**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The band became a sensation overnight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Golf's latest teen sensation is Michelle Woo."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The series became a media sensation in the early 1950s."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "overnight", "international"],
                "verb + sensation": ["cause", "create", "become"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/senˈseɪʃn/",
                "audio": "se/sensation/sensation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/senˈseɪʃn/",
                "audio": "se/sensation/sensation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin sensatio(n-), from Latin sensus ‘faculty of feeling, thought, meaning’, from sentire ‘feel’."
}