{
    "term": "window",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ho/house_2.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an opening in the wall or roof of a building, car, etc., usually covered with glass, that allows light and air to come in and people to see out; the glass in a window",
            "sensetop": "out of the windowthrough the window",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She **looked out of the window**.",
                    "contextForm": "out of the window"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He saw her through the rear window of the car.",
                    "contextForm": "through the window"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **open/close the window**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **bedroom/kitchen/car window**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a broken window"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The burglars smashed a window to get in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the windows blew out with the force of the blast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the windows in the prison are barred."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was standing at the window waiting for us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How does the window open?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I rolled down the window to ask for directions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I sat by the window to get some air."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was raining so hard I could scarcely see out of the window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No light showed in any of the blank windows of the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gazed out of the window at the falling snow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The windows all steam up when you have a shower."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The windows glinted in the sunlight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The windows of the house stared bleakly down at her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The windows rattle when a train goes past."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a vase of flowers in the window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was evidence that the window had been forced."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They threw a brick through the window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We caught sight of him in the window as we passed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a studio with windows looking out on the park"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Keep all doors and windows closed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a stained glass window"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a view of the sky through open windows."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She could see a field of sunflowers just outside her window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The flat has windows onto streets on two sides."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A bullet shattered the window to her room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We get our windows cleaned every two months."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes", "Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
                "verb + window": ["gaze out (of)", "glance out (of)", "look out (of)"],
                "window + verb": ["close", "open", "break"],
                "window + noun": ["frame", "ledge", "pane"],
                "preposition": ["at the window", "by the window", "in the window"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the glass at the front of a shop and the area behind it where goods are shown to the public",
            "sensetop": "in the window",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I saw the dress I wanted in the window.",
                    "contextForm": "in the window"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a window display"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found her looking in the window of a department store."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a sign in the window advertising for staff."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a small area of something that you can see through, for example to talk to somebody or read something on the other side",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was a long line of people at the box-office window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We tapped on the window to get their attention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The address must be clearly visible through the window of the envelope."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an area within a frame on a computer screen, in which a particular program is operating or in which information of a particular type is shown",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to create/open a window"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Click on the window to make it active."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you close a couple of windows, the screen will be less cluttered."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When you click on a link, a separate browser window opens for the new page."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["active", "pop-up", "browser"],
                "verb + window": ["open", "close", "minimize"],
                "window + verb": ["pop up"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a way of seeing and learning about something",
            "sensetop": "window on/into something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Television is a sort of **window on the world**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It gave me an intriguing window into the way people live."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a time when there is an opportunity to do something, although it may not last long",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We now have a small **window of opportunity** in which to make our views known."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have a window next Monday?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to stop existing; to disappear completely",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As soon as the kids arrived, order went out of the window."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɪndəʊ/",
                "audio": "wi/window/window__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɪndəʊ/",
                "audio": "wi/window/window__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr ‘wind’ + auga ‘eye’."
}