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{
"term": "busy",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having a lot to do; perhaps not free to do something else because you are working on something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Are you busy tonight?"
},
{
"text": "I'm afraid the doctor is busy at the moment. Can he call you back?"
},
{
"text": "The principal is a very busy woman."
},
{
"text": "I'll be **too busy** to come to the meeting."
},
{
"text": "She was always **too busy** to listen."
},
{
"text": "I've got enough work to **keep you busy**."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "giving all your attention and effort to a particular activity",
"sensetop": "busy doing somethingbusy with something/somebody",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "James is busy practising for the school concert.",
"contextForm": "busy doing something"
},
{
"text": "They were busy enjoying themselves at the party."
},
{
"text": "Kate's busy with her homework.",
"contextForm": "busy with something/somebody"
},
{
"text": "Let's get busy with the clearing up."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "full of work and activity",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Have you had a busy day?"
},
{
"text": "I have a very **busy schedule**."
},
{
"text": "This is one of the **busiest times** of the year for the department."
},
{
"text": "We've got a busy week ahead of us."
},
{
"text": "We had a busy weekend lined up."
},
{
"text": "a very busy life"
},
{
"text": "Things are **getting** really **busy** now."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "full of people, activity, vehicles, etc.",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **busy road/street**"
},
{
"text": "The place **gets** very **busy** at lunchtimes."
},
{
"text": "We have to cross a busy main road to get to school."
},
{
"text": "Victoria is one of London's busiest stations."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "being used",
"labels": "(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(North American English)(both British English)(especially North American English)(informal, especially North American English)(British English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The line is busy—I'll try again later."
},
{
"text": "the busy signal"
}
],
"synonyms": "engaged"
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "too full of small details",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This wallpaper is too busy for the bedroom."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very busy",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to find enough things to do",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Since she retired she's kept herself very busy."
},
{
"text": "She needed to keep busy."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbɪzi/",
"audio": "bu/busy/busy__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbɪzi/",
"audio": "bu/busy/busy__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English bisgian (verb), bisig (noun); related to Dutch bezig, of unknown origin."
}