{
    "term": "vehicle",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a thing that is used for transporting people or goods from one place to another, such as a car or lorry",
            "labels": "(rather formal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**motor vehicles** *(= cars, buses, lorries, etc.)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you the driver of this vehicle?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police think that he was **driving a** stolen **vehicle**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "rows of parked vehicles"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was seen driving away and his vehicle registration number was given to the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hire a four-wheel-drive vehicle—there are lots of spots to discover off the beaten track."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was blinded by the lights from an oncoming vehicle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sniffer dogs were brought in to follow the men after they abandoned the vehicle in a ditch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bus crashed into a stationary vehicle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The city centre is off-limits to wheeled vehicles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president's car was being followed by a convoy of vehicles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The thieves escaped in a stolen vehicle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The vehicle was impounded as part of the police investigation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Total vehicle sales increased 5% from last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two drivers escaped injury when their vehicles collided near Thirsk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Vehicle crime has dropped by 16%."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver"
                },
                {
                    "text": "car owners whose vehicles have been towed (away)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "deaths from motor vehicle accidents"
                },
                {
                    "text": "taxis and private-hire vehicles"
                },
                {
                    "text": "tighter controls on vehicle emissions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "vehicles running on biodiesel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "vehicles running on lead-free petrol"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tanks and armoured vehicles were used against the rebels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The paths will separate cycles from motor vehicles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The photograph had been taken from the window of a moving vehicle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of thefts from vehicles are reported every day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We heard the sound of a vehicle approaching."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["moving", "oncoming", "passing"],
                "… of vehicles": ["convoy"],
                "verb + vehicle": ["own", "hire", "rent"],
                "vehicle + verb": ["break down", "collide", "crash (into something)"],
                "vehicle + noun": ["emissions", "development", "manufacture"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the front of a vehicle",
                    "the rear of a vehicle",
                    "the side of a vehicle"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that can be used to express your ideas or feelings, or as a way of achieving something",
            "sensetop": "vehicle (for something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Art may be used as a vehicle for propaganda."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The play is an ideal vehicle for her talents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Students' Union is the main vehicle of communication for students in the college."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Soccer acts as a vehicle of expression for deprived or disaffected youth."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["excellent", "ideal", "perfect"],
                "preposition": ["vehicle for", "vehicle of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a film, television programme, song, etc. that allows a particular performer to show their ability",
            "sensetop": "vehicle (for somebody/something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new series has been created as a vehicle for the young star."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈviːəkl/",
                "audio": "ve/vehicle/vehicle__gb_5.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈviːəkl//ˈviːhɪkl/",
                "audio": "ve/vehicle/vehicle__us_5.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French véhicule or Latin vehiculum, from vehere ‘carry’."
}