{
    "term": "zone",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an area or a region with a particular feature or use",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **war/combat/demilitarized/exclusion zone**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **danger zone**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **pedestrian zone** *(= where vehicles may not go)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have called for a 100-mile **buffer zone** *(= protected area)* around the island to protect the seals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an earthquake zone"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Europe is divided into economic zones."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the old town is a traffic-free zone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our truck was trapped in the kill zone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stood some distance away from him to maintain a safety zone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The internet has become a free-fire zone for conspiracy theories."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The area has been declared a closed military zone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rebels control the southern border zone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This area behind the station is a no-go zone for tourists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an industrial zone of factories, warehouses and shipyards"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an oxygen-depleted dead zone at the bottom of the sea"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the neutral zone between the two countries"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Half a million people were made homeless throughout the earthquake zone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The agreement provided for a security zone of 80km on both sides of the border."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The main part of the city centre is a pedestrian zone."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["narrow", "wide", "marginal"],
                "verb + zone": ["control", "patrol", "create"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the zone", "within a/​the zone", "into a/​the zone"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "one of the areas that a larger area is divided into for the purpose of organization",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "postal charges to countries in zone 2"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All countries in zones 1 and 2 have free incoming calls."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ticket may be used on any bus in zone 2."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an area or a part of an object, especially one that is different from everything that is around it",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When the needle enters the red zone the engine is too hot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the erogenous zones of the body"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "one of the parts that the earth’s surface is divided into by imaginary lines that are parallel to the equator",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the northern/southern temperate zone"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This species is found widely distributed throughout the northern temperate zone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the alpine and arid zones of Australia"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plant grows only in the temperate zone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the temperate and tropical zones of South America"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["narrow", "wide", "marginal"],
                "verb + zone": ["control", "patrol", "create"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the zone", "within a/​the zone", "into a/​the zone"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in a state in which you feel confident and are performing at your best",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When I'm in the zone, writing is the most satisfying thing in the world."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a state in which things are strange, mysterious or secret; a state that exists on the dividing line between two things",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the twilight world of the occult"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the twilight zone between living and merely existing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They lived in the twilight zone on the fringes of society."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/zəʊn/",
                "audio": "zo/zone/zone__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/zəʊn/",
                "audio": "zo/zone/zone__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French, or from Latin zona ‘girdle’, from Greek zōnē."
}