word-vault/dist/data/cards/ri/risky.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "risky",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "involving the possibility of something bad happening",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Life as an aid worker can be a **risky business** *(= dangerous)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Even a very good company can be a risky investment if it is overvalued."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's far too risky to generalize from one set of results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It all sounds decidedly risky to me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Predicting the weather is a risky business for farmers."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "dangerous",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "prove"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrɪski/",
                "audio": "ri/risky/risky__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrɪski/",
                "audio": "ri/risky/risky__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}