{
    "term": "busy",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having a lot to do; perhaps not free to do something else because you are working on something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Are you busy tonight?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm afraid the doctor is busy at the moment. Can he call you back?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The principal is a very busy woman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll be **too busy** to come to the meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was always **too busy** to listen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've got enough work to **keep you busy**."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "giving all your attention and effort to a particular activity",
            "sensetop": "busy doing somethingbusy with something/somebody",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "James is busy practising for the school concert.",
                    "contextForm": "busy doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were busy enjoying themselves at the party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Kate's busy with her homework.",
                    "contextForm": "busy with something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's get busy with the clearing up."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "full of work and activity",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Have you had a busy day?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have a very **busy schedule**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is one of the **busiest times** of the year for the department."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've got a busy week ahead of us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had a busy weekend lined up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a very busy life"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Things are **getting** really **busy** now."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "full of people, activity, vehicles, etc.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **busy road/street**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The place **gets** very **busy** at lunchtimes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have to cross a busy main road to get to school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Victoria is one of London's busiest stations."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "being used",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(North American English)(both British English)(especially North American English)(informal, especially North American English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The line is busy—I'll try again later."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the busy signal"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "engaged"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "too full of small details",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This wallpaper is too busy for the bedroom."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very busy",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to find enough things to do",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Since she retired she's kept herself very busy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She needed to keep busy."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɪzi/",
                "audio": "bu/busy/busy__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbɪzi/",
                "audio": "bu/busy/busy__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English bisgian (verb), bisig (noun); related to Dutch bezig, of unknown origin."
}