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{
"term": "ill",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "suffering from an illness or disease; not feeling well",
"sensetop": "ill with something",
"labels": "(especially British English)North American English usually(formal)(British English)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(figurative)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her father is **seriously ill** in St Luke's hospital."
},
{
"text": "**critically/gravely/severely ill**"
},
{
"text": "Uncle Harry is **terminally ill** with cancer *(= he will die from his illness)*."
},
{
"text": "**chronically ill** patients *(= who are ill for a long time )*"
},
{
"text": "She **was taken ill** suddenly."
},
{
"text": "We both started to **feel ill** shortly after the meal."
},
{
"text": "veterans who **became ill** after fighting in the Gulf War"
},
{
"text": "Shortly after drinking the water I was **violently ill**."
},
{
"text": "He **fell ill** and died soon after."
},
{
"text": "I can't eat bananas as they make me ill."
},
{
"text": "She'd been ill with cancer for months.",
"contextForm": "ill with something"
},
{
"text": "He was lying ill in bed."
},
{
"text": "They arrive at the hospital ill from malnutrition."
},
{
"text": "Robyn was almost ill with excitement and outrage."
},
{
"text": "That type of government corruption makes me ill."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["critically", "dangerously", "desperately"],
"preposition": ["with", "from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "bad or harmful",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She suffered no **ill effects** from the experience."
},
{
"text": "a house of **ill repute** *(= with a bad reputation, especially because behaviour that is not considered moral happens there)*"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "that brings, or is thought to bring, bad luck",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a bird of ill omen"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "anger between people, especially after an argument",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There was a lot of bad feeling between the two groups of students."
},
{
"text": "I don't want any bad feelings between us."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "feeling uncomfortable and embarrassed",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I **felt ill at ease** in such formal clothes."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "anger between people, especially after an argument",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There was a lot of ill feeling between the two groups of students."
},
{
"text": "I don't want any ill feelings between us."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "no problem is so bad that it does not bring some advantage to somebody",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪl/",
"audio": "il/ill/ill__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪl/",
"audio": "il/ill/ill__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the senses ‘wicked’, ‘malevolent’, ‘harmful’, and ‘difficult’): from Old Norse illr ‘evil, difficult’, of unknown origin."
}