{
    "term": "chronic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "lasting for a long time; difficult to cure",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "chronic bronchitis/arthritis/asthma"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "having had a disease for a long time",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **chronic alcoholic/depressive**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "lasting a long time; difficult to solve",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the country’s chronic unemployment problem"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a chronic shortage of housing in rural areas"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "very bad",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The film was just chronic."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkrɒnɪk/",
                "audio": "ch/chronic/chronic__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkrɑːnɪk/",
                "audio": "ch/chronic/chronic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French chronique, via Latin from Greek khronikos ‘of time’, from khronos ‘time’."
}