{
    "term": "tape",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/st/stationery.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a long, narrow piece of material with a sticky substance on one side that is used for sticking things together",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "adhesive/sticky tape"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fit the carpet using double-sided tape."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["adhesive", "Scotch™", "sticky"],
                "… of tape": ["piece", "strip", "roll"],
                "verb + tape": ["seal something (up) with", "use", "apply"],
                "tape + noun": ["measure", "dispenser"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a long, thin piece of magnetic material, used for recording sounds, pictures or information, especially before digital technology became available",
            "sensetop": "on tape",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Twenty years ago he was **caught on tape** in a very embarrassing situation.",
                    "contextForm": "on tape"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have all my school concert performances recorded on tape."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["magnetic", "audio", "computer"],
                "verb + tape": [
                    "store something on",
                    "capture something on",
                    "get something on"
                ],
                "tape + noun": ["recording", "loop", "machine"],
                "preposition": ["on tape"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a cassette that contains sounds, or sounds and pictures, that have been recorded",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **blank tape** *(= a tape with nothing recorded on it)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Someone had deliberately erased the tapes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The singer was miming to a pre-recorded tape."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tape contained damning evidence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What does this tape have on it?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police seized various books and tapes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cassette", "audio", "music"],
                "verb + tape": ["make", "play", "play back"],
                "tape + verb": [
                    "contain something",
                    "have something",
                    "show something"
                ],
                "tape + noun": ["deck", "player", "recorder"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a narrow piece of material that is used for tying things together or as a label",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The papers were in a pile, tied together with a tape."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["adhesive", "Scotch™", "sticky"],
                "… of tape": ["piece", "strip", "roll"],
                "verb + tape": ["seal something (up) with", "use", "apply"],
                "tape + noun": ["measure", "dispenser"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a long, thin piece of material that is stretched across the place where a race will finish or used to mark off an area",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the finishing tape"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police tape cordoned off the street in front of the house."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["adhesive", "Scotch™", "sticky"],
                "… of tape": ["piece", "strip", "roll"],
                "verb + tape": ["seal something (up) with", "use", "apply"],
                "tape + noun": ["measure", "dispenser"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a long thin piece of plastic, cloth or flexible metal that has measurements marked on it and is used for measuring the length or height of something",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["adhesive", "Scotch™", "sticky"],
                "… of tape": ["piece", "strip", "roll"],
                "verb + tape": ["seal something (up) with", "use", "apply"],
                "tape + noun": ["measure", "dispenser"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/teɪp/",
                "audio": "ta/tape/tape__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/teɪp/",
                "audio": "ta/tape/tape__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English tæppa, tæppe; perhaps related to Middle Low German teppen ‘pluck, tear’."
}