{
    "term": "town",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a place with many houses, shops, etc. where people live and work. It is larger than a village but smaller than a city.",
            "sensetop": "in a town",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The nearest town is ten miles away."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a university/seaside/market town"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I live in a small town.",
                    "contextForm": "in a town"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How many people live in the town?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We spent a month in the French town of Le Puy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They live in a rough part of town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I spent years moving from town to town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was built as a new town in the 1960s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Kitzbühel is an ancient fortified town with fine medieval buildings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has gone back to live in her home town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a 19th-century mill town that used to produce cotton"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a busy market town"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lake just outside the town"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sleepy provincial town in southern France"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a thriving holiday town"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the dusty border town of Eagle Pass, Texas"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the rolling hills that surround the town"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the sun-drenched beach towns of Southern California"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sackville is a small university town in eastern Canada."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "large", "major"],
                "verb + town": ["build", "found", "live in"],
                "town + verb": ["flourish", "grow"],
                "town + noun": ["centre", "hall", "square"],
                "preposition": ["in town", "out of town", "outside (the) town"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the centre/​center of (the) town",
                    "the middle of (the) town",
                    "the edge of (the) town"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the people who live in a particular town",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The whole town is talking about it."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the area of a town where most of the shops and businesses are",
            "sensetop": "in town",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We are only five minutes from the centre of town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mum's in town doing some shopping.",
                    "contextForm": "in town"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you give me a lift into town?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Millie hit the town, looking for excitement."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + town": ["go into", "hit"],
                "preposition": ["in town"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a particular town where somebody lives and works or one that has just been referred to",
            "sensetop": "in townout of town",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll be in town next week if you want to meet.",
                    "contextForm": "in town"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This restaurant serves the best steaks in town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He married a girl from out of town.",
                    "contextForm": "out of town"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The gossips finally drove her out of town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He left town yesterday for a conference in Cape Town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was out of town last week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They wanted to move out of town and start a new life in the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They'll be back in town tomorrow."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "large", "major"],
                "verb + town": ["build", "found", "live in"],
                "town + verb": ["flourish", "grow"],
                "town + noun": ["centre", "hall", "square"],
                "preposition": ["in town", "out of town", "outside (the) town"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the centre/​center of (the) town",
                    "the middle of (the) town",
                    "the edge of (the) town"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "life in towns or cities as opposed to life in the country",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(British English, informal)North American English, informal",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Pollution is just one of the disadvantages of living in the town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you prefer the town to the country?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "large", "major"],
                "verb + town": ["build", "found", "live in"],
                "town + verb": ["flourish", "grow"],
                "town + noun": ["centre", "hall", "square"],
                "preposition": ["in town", "out of town", "outside (the) town"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the centre/​center of (the) town",
                    "the middle of (the) town",
                    "the edge of (the) town"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do something with a lot of energy, enthusiasm, etc., especially by spending a lot of money",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They really went to town on the decorations for the party."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a man who frequently goes to fashionable parties, clubs, theatres, etc.",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In his new suit, he looked quite the man about town."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the most important thing of a particular type, or the only thing that is available",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "visiting restaurants, clubs, theatres, etc. for entertainment, especially at night",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a night on the town"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How about going out on the town tonight?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to go to a lot of different bars, clubs, etc. and enjoy yourself",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/taʊn/",
                "audio": "to/town/town__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/taʊn/",
                "audio": "to/town/town__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English tūn ‘enclosed piece of land, homestead, village’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuin ‘garden’ and German Zaun ‘fence’."
}