{
    "term": "stream",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/co/countryside.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small, narrow river",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a mountain stream"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We waded across a shallow stream."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our **rivers and streams** are polluted with a host of chemicals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stream flows through a narrow valley."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are small fish in the stream."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We picnicked beside a bubbling stream."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a leaf floating on the stream"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many underground streams flow beneath the forest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We waded across a little mountain stream."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["little", "small", "shallow"],
                "verb + stream": ["cross", "ford", "pollute"],
                "stream + verb": ["flow", "run", "trickle"],
                "stream + noun": ["bed"],
                "preposition": [
                    "across a/​the stream",
                    "down a/​the stream",
                    "up a/​the stream"
                ],
                "phrases": ["the edge of the stream", "the side of the stream"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a continuous flow of liquid or gas",
            "sensetop": "stream of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a jet stream"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A stream of blood flowed from the wound.",
                    "contextForm": "stream of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He blew out a stream of cigar smoke."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Giant turbines blast a stream of air into the tube."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stream of hot water hit the bottom of the bath."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["thin", "air", "gas"],
                "verb + stream": ["emit", "let in"],
                "stream + verb": ["flow"],
                "preposition": ["stream of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a continuous flow of people or vehicles",
            "sensetop": "stream of something/somebodyin a stream",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've had a **steady stream** of visitors.",
                    "contextForm": "stream of something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a continuous stream of people/traffic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cars filed past in an endless stream.",
                    "contextForm": "in a stream"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["constant", "continuous", "endless"],
                "verb + stream": ["generate", "send", "let loose"],
                "preposition": ["stream of"],
                "phrases": ["stream of consciousness"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a continuous supply of something; a large number of things that happen one after the other",
            "sensetop": "stream of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The agency provided me with a **steady stream** of work.",
                    "contextForm": "stream of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **constant stream of** enquiries"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the letter consisted of a stream of abuse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He let loose a stream of insults and obscenities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had to deal with a constant stream of enquiries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was able to play streams of difficult notes with extreme accuracy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were endless streams of mail which could not all be read."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a constant stream of letters"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The computer generates a steady stream of emails."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He let loose a stream of abuse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have established several different streams of funding."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["constant", "continuous", "endless"],
                "verb + stream": ["generate", "send", "let loose"],
                "preposition": ["stream of"],
                "phrases": ["stream of consciousness"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a continuous flow of video or sound sent over the internet; a continuous flow of computer data or instructions",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can listen to the **live** audio **stream**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a group of students of the same age and level of ability in some schools",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was put into the fast stream."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children who find themselves in the bottom stream feel discouraged."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was put into the top stream."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in operation or available",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new computer system comes on stream next month."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/striːm/",
                "audio": "st/stream/stream__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/striːm/",
                "audio": "st/stream/stream__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English strēam (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stroom, German Strom, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek rhein ‘to flow’."
}