{
    "term": "costly",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "costing a lot of money, especially more than you want to pay",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Buying new furniture may prove too costly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These measures could be costly to employers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These teaching methods are too costly in terms of staff resources."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This process is costly in computer time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The old palace may prove too costly for the Duke to maintain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "expensive",
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "prove"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["for", "in", "in terms of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "causing problems or the loss of something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **costly mistake/failure**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mining can be costly in terms of lives *(= too many people can die)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Privatizing the rail network turned out be a costly mistake for the government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The six-month delay will be costly for the company."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "expensive",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "prove"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["for", "in", "in terms of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒstli/",
                "audio": "co/costly/costly__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɔːstli/",
                "audio": "co/costly/costly__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}