{
    "term": "conservative",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "opposed to great or sudden social change; showing that you prefer traditional styles and values",
            "sensetop": "conservative in something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the conservative views of his parents"
                },
                {
                    "text": "music which is accessible to an audience with extremely conservative tastes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The southern state's inhabitants tend to be **socially conservative**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her style of dress was never conservative."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were **deeply conservative** in their outlook.",
                    "contextForm": "conservative in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Banks are notoriously conservative about their dealings with clients."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her views are by no means ideologically conservative."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She takes a basically conservative view of society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fundamentally conservative political outlook"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a staunchly conservative nominee"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a traditionally conservative profession"
                },
                {
                    "text": "moderately conservative voters"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the army's inherently conservative values"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the culturally conservative world of commerce and industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Popular taste in art remained conservative."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was dressed neatly in conservative black."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The peasantry were no longer a conservative force in society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With age, enthusiasm for the radical is often replaced with more conservative views of the world."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with the British Conservative Party",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Conservative members/supporters"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "lower than what is probably the real amount or number",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**At a conservative estimate**, he'll be earning £50 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The gloomy forecasts are based on overly conservative projections of growth."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsɜːvətɪv/",
                "audio": "xc/conservative/xconservative__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsɜːrvətɪv/",
                "audio": "xc/conservative/xconservative__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘aiming to preserve’): from late Latin conservativus, from conservat- ‘conserved’, from the verb conservare ‘to preserve’, from con- ‘together’ + servare ‘to keep’. Current senses date from the mid 19th cent."
}