{
    "term": "television",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/li/livingroom.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of electrical equipment with a screen on which you can watch programmes with moving pictures and sounds",
            "labels": "also British English, informal",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a widescreen/flat-screen/plasma television"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **turn the television on/off**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The series first appeared on **television screens** in 2017."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news", "Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["broadcast", "cable", "closed-circuit"],
                "verb + television": ["watch", "switch on", "turn on"],
                "television + verb": ["broadcast something", "screen something"],
                "television + noun": ["broadcast", "production", "programme/​program"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in television",
                    "in front of the television",
                    "on television"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the programmes broadcast on television",
            "labels": "also British English, informal",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We don't do much in the evenings except **watch television**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["broadcast", "cable", "closed-circuit"],
                "verb + television": ["watch", "switch on", "turn on"],
                "television + verb": ["broadcast something", "screen something"],
                "television + noun": ["broadcast", "production", "programme/​program"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in television",
                    "in front of the television",
                    "on television"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the system, process or business of broadcasting television programmes",
            "sensetop": "in television",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**satellite/terrestrial/digital/network television**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These plays were originally broadcast on live television."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd like to work in television *(= for a television company)*.",
                    "contextForm": "in television"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **television show/series/programme/broadcast**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a television drama/documentary/interview/commercial"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a television company/presenter/station/channel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a television viewer/audience"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a television ad/commercial"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the television news"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She recalled her first television appearance forty years ago."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Olympics receive extensive television coverage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The state television screened pictures of the trial."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trial was broadcast by local television."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a television adaptation of the popular novel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a television camera"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["broadcast", "cable", "closed-circuit"],
                "verb + television": ["watch", "switch on", "turn on"],
                "television + verb": ["broadcast something", "screen something"],
                "television + noun": ["broadcast", "production", "programme/​program"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in television",
                    "in front of the television",
                    "on television"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "being broadcast by television; appearing in a television programme",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's on television tonight?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is there anything good on the telly tonight?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was on TV yesterday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Millions watched the events **on live television**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film has never been **shown on television**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I recognize you. Aren't you on television?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's always **appearing on television**."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtelɪvɪʒn/",
                "audio": "te/television/television__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtelɪvɪʒn/",
                "audio": "te/television/television__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 20th cent.: from tele- ‘at a distance’ + vision."
}