{
    "term": "sky",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the space above the earth that you can see when you look up, where clouds and the sun, moon and stars appear",
            "sensetop": "in the skyacross the skyunder a skysky over/above something",
            "labels": "(North American English)(British English)(British English)",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The sky suddenly went dark and it started to rain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's that in the sky?",
                    "contextForm": "in the sky"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sun was shining brightly and there was not a single cloud in the sky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "White clouds moved swiftly across the sky.",
                    "contextForm": "across the sky"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **night sky**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cloudless sky"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cloudless skies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a land of **blue skies** and sunshine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Clear skies** could well mean temperatures plummeting tonight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A crowd had gathered in the square under an overcast sky.",
                    "contextForm": "under a sky"
                },
                {
                    "text": "meteors **falling from the sky**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The skies above London were ablaze with a spectacular firework display.",
                    "contextForm": "sky over/above something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Astronomers scan the night skies for asteroids."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Black clouds spread across the sky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Flocks of flamingoes fill the sky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some vintage aircraft will be taking to the skies (= flying) at this weekend's fair."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The afternoon sky turned orange."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The eagle was black against the early morning sky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rain stopped and the skies cleared."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We slept under the open sky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the vast desert skies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to patrol the skies over the Atlantic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The early morning sun rose into the sky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The moon is a little higher in the sky now."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "vast", "wide"],
                "… of sky": ["patch"],
                "verb + sky": ["illuminate", "light up", "fill"],
                "sky + verb": ["clear", "clear up", "lighten"],
                "preposition": ["across the sky", "against the sky", "beneath a… sky"],
                "phrases": ["high in the sky", "low in the sky", "the sky above"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to refer to where a particular person is imagined to go when they die or a thing when it is no longer working, similar to the place they were connected with on earth",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their pet rabbit had gone to the great rabbit hutch in the sky."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an event that somebody talks about that seems very unlikely to happen",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This talk of moving to Australia is all just pie in the sky."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to praise somebody/something a lot",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her manager praised her to the skies."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "there is no limit to what somebody can achieve, earn, do, etc.",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "With a talent like his, the sky's the limit."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skaɪ/",
                "audio": "sk/sky/sky__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skaɪ/",
                "audio": "sk/sky/sky__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (also in the plural denoting clouds), from Old Norse ský ‘cloud’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent."
}