{
    "term": "vacuum",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a space that is completely empty of all substances, including all air or other gas",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a vacuum pump *(= one that creates a )*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**vacuum-packed** foods *(= in a package from which most of the air has been removed)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Other gases rush in to fill the vacuum."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The machine then creates a vacuum."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["perfect", "cultural", "moral"],
                "verb + vacuum": ["create", "leave", "produce"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a situation in which somebody/something is missing",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His resignation has created a vacuum which cannot easily be filled."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The writer criticized the moral vacuum in society."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["perfect", "cultural", "moral"],
                "verb + vacuum": ["create", "leave", "produce"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of cleaning something with a vacuum cleaner",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to give a room a quick vacuum"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "existing separately from other people, events, etc. when there should be a connection",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This kind of decision cannot ever be made in a vacuum."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvækjuːm/",
                "audio": "va/vacuum/vacuum__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvækjuːm/",
                "audio": "va/vacuum/vacuum__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: modern Latin, neuter of Latin vacuus ‘empty’."
}