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{
"term": "fragile",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "easily broken or damaged",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "fragile china/glass/bones"
},
{
"text": "Be careful not to drop it; it’s very fragile."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "weak and uncertain; easy to destroy or harm",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **fragile alliance/ceasefire/relationship**"
},
{
"text": "The economy remains extremely fragile."
},
{
"text": "In her job she was used to dealing with actors’ fragile egos."
},
{
"text": "fragile habitats threatened by pollution"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "thin or light and often beautiful",
"examples": [
{
"text": "fragile beauty"
},
{
"text": "The woman's fragile face broke into a smile."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "not strong and likely to become ill",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her father is now 86 and in fragile health."
},
{
"text": "I'm feeling a bit fragile after last night *(= not well, perhaps because of drinking too much alcohol)*."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfrædʒaɪl/",
"audio": "fr/fragile/fragile__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfrædʒl/",
"audio": "fr/fragile/fragile__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘morally weak’): from Latin fragilis, from frangere ‘to break’. The sense ‘liable to break’ dates from the mid 16th cent."
}