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{
"term": "panic",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a sudden feeling of great fear that cannot be controlled and prevents you from thinking clearly",
"sensetop": "in panic",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a moment of panic"
},
{
"text": "They were in a state of panic."
},
{
"text": "Office workers fled in panic as the fire took hold.",
"contextForm": "in panic"
},
{
"text": "There's no point **getting into a panic** about the exams."
},
{
"text": "a **panic attack** (= a condition in which you suddenly feel very anxious, causing your heart to beat faster, etc.)"
},
{
"text": "a panic decision (= one that is made when you are in a state of )"
},
{
"text": "A look of panic crossed his face."
},
{
"text": "The mere thought of flying fills me with panic."
},
{
"text": "He felt panic rising within him."
},
{
"text": "He jumped out of the car in a panic."
},
{
"text": "Her mind went blank with panic."
},
{
"text": "I felt a surge of panic when I realized my mistake."
},
{
"text": "She went into a blind panic when she couldn't find the exit."
},
{
"text": "The thought of being in charge threw him into a mild panic."
},
{
"text": "Eli was clearly in panic mode."
},
{
"text": "She still has panic attacks two years after the accident."
},
{
"text": "people suffering from depression and panic disorders"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["blind", "complete", "mad"],
"… of panic": ["surge", "wave"],
"verb + panic": ["feel", "get into", "go into"],
"panic + verb": [
"break out",
"spread across, through, etc. something",
"sweep over, through, etc. something"
],
"panic + noun": ["attack", "disorder", "reaction"],
"preposition": ["in (a) panic", "with panic", "panic about"],
"phrases": [
"a feeling of panic",
"a sense of panic",
"in a state of panic"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a situation in which people are made to feel very anxious or frightened, causing them to act quickly and without thinking carefully",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "News of the losses caused (a) panic among investors."
},
{
"text": "Careful planning at this stage will help to avoid a last-minute panic."
},
{
"text": "**There's no panic** *(= we do not need to rush)*, we've got plenty of time."
},
{
"text": "**panic buying/selling** (= the act of buying/selling things quickly and without thinking carefully because you are afraid that a particular situation will become worse)"
},
{
"text": "In the ensuing panic, they lost each other."
},
{
"text": "The keys were lost during the panic over the fire alarm."
},
{
"text": "Panic buying turned the petrol shortage into a crisis."
},
{
"text": "Panic swept through the crowd."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["blind", "complete", "mad"],
"… of panic": ["surge", "wave"],
"verb + panic": ["feel", "get into", "go into"],
"panic + verb": [
"break out",
"spread across, through, etc. something",
"sweep over, through, etc. something"
],
"panic + noun": ["attack", "disorder", "reaction"],
"preposition": ["in (a) panic", "with panic", "panic about"],
"phrases": [
"a feeling of panic",
"a sense of panic",
"in a state of panic"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a situation in which people feel very anxious and there is a lot of confused activity, especially because there is a lot to do in a short period of time",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was panic stations when the deadline was brought forward by a week."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpænɪk/",
"audio": "pa/panic/panic__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpænɪk/",
"audio": "pa/panic/panic__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French panique, from modern Latin panicus, from Greek panikos, from the name of the god Pan in Greek mythology, noted for causing terror, to whom woodland noises were attributed."
}