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{
"term": "cheap",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "costing little money or less money than you expected",
"sensetop": "cheap to doit is cheap to do something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "cheap imports/flights"
},
{
"text": "Their cheap prices have helped them pick up new customers."
},
{
"text": "They're offering incredibly cheap fares to Eastern Europe."
},
{
"text": "Cycling is a cheap way to get around."
},
{
"text": "A good education is not cheap."
},
{
"text": "Electricity is **relatively cheap** in Ireland."
},
{
"text": "The device isn't exactly cheap at £500."
},
{
"text": "A falling dollar will boost the economy by making exports cheaper."
},
{
"text": "a cheaper alternative/option"
},
{
"text": "Renewable energy is getting cheaper all the time."
},
{
"text": "The cheapest rates are usually available online."
},
{
"text": "These desperate people are used as a source of **cheap labour** *(= workers who are paid very little, especially unfairly)*."
},
{
"text": "Game shows are cheap to produce.",
"contextForm": "cheap to do"
},
{
"text": "Back then it was quite cheap to buy a house here.",
"contextForm": "it is cheap to do something"
},
{
"text": "The market has been flooded with cheap imports."
},
{
"text": "The printer isn't exactly cheap."
},
{
"text": "The town is full of immigrant workers, used as a source of cheap labour."
},
{
"text": "The watch was suspiciously cheap; it was probably a fake."
}
],
"synonyms": "inexpensive",
"topics": ["Money", "Shopping"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "charging low prices",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a cheap restaurant/hotel"
},
{
"text": "a cheap taxi firm"
},
{
"text": "We found a **cheap and cheerful** cafe *(= one that is simple and charges low prices but is pleasant)*."
},
{
"text": "It's a good restaurant, and incredibly cheap."
},
{
"text": "Italy was a very cheap country to visit in those days."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "be going", "buy something"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "low in price and quality",
"labels": "(disapproving)(British English)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "cheap perfume/jewellery/shoes"
},
{
"text": "cheap plastic toys that break within seconds"
},
{
"text": "a jar of cheap and nasty instant coffee"
},
{
"text": "cheap and nasty products with brand names you've never heard of"
},
{
"text": "The room was filled with the smell of cheap perfume."
},
{
"text": "It was just a bottle of cheap perfume."
},
{
"text": "The bag looks cheap and nasty."
},
{
"text": "The glasses are plain without looking cheap."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "be going", "buy something"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "unpleasant or unkind and rather obvious",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I was tired of his cheap jokes at my expense."
},
{
"text": "a comedian who is always looking for cheap laughs"
},
{
"text": "to score a cheap political advantage"
},
{
"text": "He couldn't resist **taking a cheap shot at** his political opponent."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "having a low status and therefore not deserving respect",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's just a cheap crook."
},
{
"text": "His treatment of her made her **feel cheap** *(= ashamed, because she had lost her respect for herself)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "not liking to spend money",
"labels": "(North American English)British English(informal, disapproving)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don't be so cheap!"
},
{
"text": "He's so cheap, he'd never fly to London in a million years."
},
{
"text": "She was just too cheap to buy a decent present."
},
{
"text": "He was so generous he made the other guests look cheap."
}
],
"topics": ["Money"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "so good or useful that the cost does not seem too much",
"examples": [
{
"text": "To buy all the recommended equipment is expensive, but as an investment for the future it is cheap at the price."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that there is a situation in which it is not thought to be important if people somewhere die or are treated badly",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "spending less money than you usually need to spend to do something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a guide to decorating your house on the cheap"
},
{
"text": "to acquire valuable works of art on the cheap"
},
{
"text": "Liverpool hoped to sign the midfielder on the cheap."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃiːp/",
"audio": "ch/cheap/cheap__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃiːp/",
"audio": "ch/cheap/cheap__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from an obsolete phrase good cheap ‘a good bargain’, from Old English cēap ‘bargaining, trade’, based on Latin caupo ‘small trader, innkeeper’."
}