{
    "term": "van",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/ve/vehicles_trucks.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a covered vehicle with no side windows in its back half, usually smaller than a lorry, used for carrying goods or people",
            "sensetop": "in a van",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the driver of a **white van**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **police van** *(= for carrying police officers or prisoners)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A delivery van was almost blocking the narrow street."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an ice-cream van"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a van driver"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A passenger in the van was fatally injured.",
                    "contextForm": "in a van"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He usually sleeps in the back of his van."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A TV news van was parked at the entrance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each band had a tour van."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A bomb had been planted in a parked van."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On election day they drove around town in a van with a loudspeaker on the roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The van's interior was fitted with shelves."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["delivery", "camper", "transit"],
                "verb + van": ["drive", "park", "load"],
                "van + noun": ["driver"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a covered vehicle with side windows, usually smaller than a lorry, that can carry about twelve passengers",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["delivery", "camper", "transit"],
                "verb + van": ["drive", "park", "load"],
                "van + noun": ["driver"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a closed coach on a train for carrying bags, cases, etc. or mail",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a luggage van"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The gang robbed a mail van, seriously injuring one of the guards."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "at the front or in the leading position",
            "labels": "(British English, formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These artists felt themselves in the van of the movement, true pioneers."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/væn/",
                "audio": "va/van/van__gb_10.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/væn/",
                "audio": "va/van/van__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun early 19th cent.: shortening of caravan.in the van. early 17th cent.: abbreviation of vanguard."
}