{
    "term": "wave",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/co/coast.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a raised line of water that moves across the surface of the sea, ocean, etc.",
            "sensetop": "in the waveson the waves",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Huge waves were breaking on the shore."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Surfers flocked to the beach to **ride the waves**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the gentle sound of waves lapping"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wind made little waves on the pond."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children were playing in the waves.",
                    "contextForm": "in the waves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Seagulls bobbed on the waves.",
                    "contextForm": "on the waves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All you could hear was the lapping of the waves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He swam headlong into the oncoming wave."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I could hear the waves crash against the rocks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She loved surfing the giant waves of the sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The waves hit the rocks with huge energy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were seagulls bobbing on the waves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These boats aren't strong enough to withstand rogue waves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We watched the waves breaking on the shore."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the gentle sound of waves lapping the sand"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the roar of ocean waves"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "enormous", "giant"],
                "verb + wave": ["ride", "surf", "catch"],
                "wave + verb": ["rise", "break", "fall"],
                "wave + noun": ["energy", "power"],
                "preposition": ["in the waves", "on the waves"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the crash of the waves",
                    "the crashing of the waves",
                    "the lap of the waves"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the form that some types of energy such as heat, sound, light, etc. take as they move",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "electromagnetic/gravity/ultrasonic waves"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["acoustic", "electromagnetic", "gravitational"],
                "verb + wave": ["emit", "generate", "deflect"],
                "wave + verb": ["travel", "bounce off something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a movement of your arm and hand from side to side",
            "sensetop": "with a wave",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She declined the offer with a wave of her hand.",
                    "contextForm": "with a wave"
                },
                {
                    "text": "With a wave and a shout he ran down the road to meet us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **gave** us **a wave** as the bus drove off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She managed a wave to her disappointed supporters as she left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He dismissed her thanks with a quick wave of the hand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I returned his wave and started to walk towards him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave a dismissive wave of her hand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave a wave as the bus moved off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sent him away with a wave of her hand."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["quick", "little", "slight"],
                "verb + wave": ["give (somebody)", "return"],
                "preposition": ["with a wave", "wave of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a continuous movement that looks like a wave on the sea, made by a large group of people, especially people watching a sports game, when one person after another stands up, raises their arms, and then sits down again",
            "labels": "(North American English)British English",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a sudden increase in a particular activity or feeling",
            "sensetop": "wave of somethingin waves in a wave",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Insurgents launched a **wave of attacks** against the security forces.",
                    "contextForm": "wave of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wave after wave of attacks rocked the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wave of protests/strikes/scandals"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wave of violence/unrest"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a new wave of bombings since the peace talks broke down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A wave of fear swept over him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A wave of panic spread through the crowd."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Guilt and horror flooded her in waves.",
                    "contextForm": "in waves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Exhaustion hit him in a wave.",
                    "contextForm": "in a wave"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Three hundred employees lost their jobs in the latest wave of redundancies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A wave of relief washed over him as he saw that the children were safe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How do we catch the next great wave of innovation?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I feel a wave of panic flow through me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The attack unleashed a wave of terror in the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news sent a wave of relief through the crowd."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This tendency has generated a new wave of company mergers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With the fall of the Bastille in 1789, a wave of euphoria swept Europe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "swept along on a wave of critical acclaim"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the current wave of business scandals"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A wave of violence swept the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I experienced a huge wave of emotion when I saw her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Suddenly a wave of guilt washed over her."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "enormous", "great"],
                "verb + wave": ["send", "cause", "create"],
                "wave + verb": [
                    "sweep something",
                    "sweep over something",
                    "wash over somebody/​something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["wave of", "on a wave"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a large number of things or people suddenly appearing or arriving somewhere",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Wave after wave of aircraft passed overhead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The war generated waves of refugees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We saw a wave of tanks coming over the horizon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The article drove waves of traffic to their website."
                },
                {
                    "text": "New waves of displaced people began arriving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wave after wave of soldiers rushed the perimeter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wave of immigration in the 1950s"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "if a person’s hair has a wave or waves, it is not straight but slightly curly",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Appearance"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "the sea",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "life on the waves *(= life at sea)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a situation in which somebody is very successful, happy, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They’ve been on the crest of the wave ever since their election victory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is on the crest of a wave at the moment following her Olympic success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are riding the crest of the wave at the moment."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very active in a way that makes people notice you, and that may sometimes cause problems",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to enjoy or be supported by the particular situation or quality mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Schools are riding a wave of renewed public interest."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/weɪv/",
                "audio": "wa/wave/wave__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/weɪv/",
                "audio": "wa/wave/wave__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wafian (verb), from the Germanic base of waver; the noun by alteration (influenced by the verb) of Middle English wawe ‘(sea) wave’."
}