{
    "term": "visa",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a stamp or mark put in your passport by officials of a foreign country that gives you permission to enter, pass through or leave their country",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **apply for a visa**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **entry/tourist/transit/exit visa**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do Brazilians need a visa to go to France?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you need a visa for Egypt?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was arrested for overstaying his visa."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her visa expired six months ago."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I obtained a visa after hours of waiting at the embassy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She entered the country on a student visa."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was refused a visa because of her criminal record."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a visa waiver program"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues", "Holidays"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["entry", "exit", "transit"],
                "verb + visa": ["get", "obtain", "extend"],
                "visa + verb": ["expire"],
                "visa + noun": ["regulations", "requirements", "restrictions"],
                "preposition": ["on a visa", "visa for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈviːzə/",
                "audio": "vi/visa/visa__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈviːzə/",
                "audio": "vi/visa/visa__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: via French from Latin visa, past participle (neuter plural) of videre ‘to see’."
}