{
    "term": "width",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/di/dimensions.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the measurement from one side of something to the other; how wide something is",
            "sensetop": "in width",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The terrace runs **the full width of** the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's about ten metres in width.",
                    "contextForm": "in width"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The carpet is available in different widths."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The boots are available in a choice of width fittings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car is 1.775 m in width."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The road narrows to a width of just four metres."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The snow had narrowed the width of the road to a single track."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The windows have a width of six feet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a platform that spanned the width of the room"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the great width of his shoulders"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Height: 210 mm. Width: 57 mm. Length: 170 mm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pattern goes across the full width of the material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fabric is only available in a narrow width."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Maths and measurement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "entire", "full"],
                "verb + width": ["have", "span", "measure"],
                "width + verb": ["grow", "increase", "decrease"],
                "width + noun": ["measurement"],
                "preposition": ["across the width", "in width"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a piece of material of a particular width",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You'll need two widths of fabric for each curtain."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the distance between the two long sides of a swimming pool",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How many widths can you swim?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: water sports"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɪdθ//wɪtθ/",
                "audio": "wi/width/width__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɪdθ//wɪtθ/",
                "audio": "wi/width/width__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from wide + -th, on the pattern of breadth (replacing wideness)."
}