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{
"term": "calm",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "not excited, nervous or upset",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It is important to **keep calm** in an emergency."
},
{
"text": "He always **stays calm** under pressure."
},
{
"text": "Try to **remain calm**."
},
{
"text": "Her voice was surprisingly calm."
},
{
"text": "He was calm and cool in a crisis."
},
{
"text": "They were impressed by her calm demeanour."
},
{
"text": "The city is calm again *(= free from trouble and fighting)* after yesterday's riots."
},
{
"text": "Her voice was firm and perfectly calm."
},
{
"text": "I may have appeared calm but I certainly didn't feel it."
},
{
"text": "Keep the patient calm."
},
{
"text": "She seemed pretty calm about it."
},
{
"text": "Sit down and keep calm!"
},
{
"text": "The pain had receded and he felt curiously calm."
},
{
"text": "The pilot urged the passengers to remain calm."
},
{
"text": "The voice sounded outwardly calm."
},
{
"text": "You seem remarkably calm."
},
{
"text": "He spoke in a reassuringly calm voice."
},
{
"text": "She handled the situation with calm assurance."
},
{
"text": "Strangely, she felt quite calm about it."
},
{
"text": "The golden rule of first aid is to stay calm."
},
{
"text": "The talks took place in a calm and serious atmosphere."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about"],
"phrases": ["calm and collected", "cool, calm and collected"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "without large waves",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The sea was **flat calm** *(= with no waves at all)*."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about"],
"phrases": ["calm and collected", "cool, calm and collected"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "without wind",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a calm, cloudless day"
},
{
"text": "The weather was calm and dry."
}
],
"topics": ["Weather"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kɑːm/",
"audio": "ca/calm/calm__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kɑːm/",
"audio": "ca/calm/calm__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via one of the Romance languages from Greek kauma ‘heat (of the day)’."
}