word-vault/dist/data/cards/ca/casual.json

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{
    "term": "casual",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not formal",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "casual clothes (= comfortable clothes that you choose to wear in your free time)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "family parties and other casual occasions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt comfortable in casual clothes and wore them most of the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a casual shirt/​jacket"
                },
                {
                    "text": "casual pants/​trousers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "casual shoes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Despite his casual dress of jeans and shirt, there was still an air of sophistication about him."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not showing much care or thought; seeming not to be worried; not wanting to show that something is important to you",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a casual manner"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was just a casual remark—I wasn't really serious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He tried to sound casual, but I knew he was worried."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have a casual attitude towards safety *(= they don't care enough)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sounded almost casual."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was something a little too carefully casual in his tone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seemed just too casual about the whole thing."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "without paying attention to detail",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "At a casual glance, everything seemed normal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's obvious even to the casual observer."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not permanent; not done, or doing something regularly",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**casual workers/labour**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students sometimes do casual work in the tourist trade."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are employed **on a casual basis** *(= they do not have a permanent job with the company)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "without deep feelings",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a casual acquaintance"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a casual friendship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to have casual sex (= to have sex without having a steady relationship with that partner)"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "happening by chance; doing something by chance",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **casual encounter/meeting**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a casual passer-by"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exhibition is interesting to both the enthusiast and the casual visitor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease is not spread by casual contact."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkæʒuəl/",
                "audio": "ca/casual/casual__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkæʒuəl/",
                "audio": "ca/casual/casual__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in senses 4 to 6 of the adjective): from Old French casuel and Latin casualis, from casus ‘fall’."
}