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{
"term": "narrow",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "measuring a short distance from one side to the other, especially in relation to length",
"labels": "(figurative)(figurative)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Stray dogs wander the steep narrow lanes of the old town."
},
{
"text": "The road soon became narrower and steeper."
},
{
"text": "a narrow bed/doorway/shelf"
},
{
"text": "Tall narrow windows admit only slivers of light."
},
{
"text": "narrow shoulders/hips"
},
{
"text": "There was only a narrow gap between the bed and the wall."
},
{
"text": "Farming is confined to a narrow strip of land between the mountains and the sea."
},
{
"text": "the narrow confines of prison life"
},
{
"text": "The pass gets quite narrow towards the east."
},
{
"text": "The rear part of the casing is slightly narrower than the front."
},
{
"text": "I sat next to him on the narrow bed."
},
{
"text": "The jacket looked very large across his narrow shoulders."
},
{
"text": "The producer has a narrow window each year to implement changes."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "only just achieved or avoided",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **narrow victory**"
},
{
"text": "She was elected by a **narrow majority**."
},
{
"text": "He had a **narrow escape** when his car skidded on the ice."
},
{
"text": "He lost the race by the **narrowest of margins**."
},
{
"text": "She blamed the goalkeeper for the narrow defeat against Ireland."
},
{
"text": "He secured a narrow victory in the presidential elections."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "limited in variety or numbers",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The shop sells only a narrow range of goods."
},
{
"text": "She only has a narrow circle of friends."
},
{
"text": "The exhibition is disappointingly narrow in scope."
}
],
"synonyms": "restricted",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "limited in a way that ignores important issues or the opinions of other people",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "narrow interests"
},
{
"text": "She has a very narrow view of the world."
},
{
"text": "I found the focus of the debate too narrow."
},
{
"text": "Teachers feel that the present curriculum is too narrow."
},
{
"text": "His specialization is too narrow to be of interest to more than a handful of students."
},
{
"text": "people who are rather narrow in outlook"
},
{
"text": "The party has a rather narrow political agenda."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "limited in meaning; exact",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I am using the word ‘education’ in the narrower sense."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the honest and morally acceptable way of living",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His friends try to keep him on the straight and narrow."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnærəʊ/",
"audio": "na/narrow/narrow__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnærəʊ/",
"audio": "na/narrow/narrow__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English nearu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naar ‘dismal, unpleasant’ and German Narbe ‘scar’. Early senses in English included ‘constricted’ and ‘mean’."
}