{
    "term": "crisis",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a time of great danger, difficulty or doubt when problems must be solved or important decisions must be made",
            "sensetop": "in crisiscrisis of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**an economic/a financial crisis**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is attempting to solve the **debt crisis** through spending cuts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is facing a **political crisis**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **humanitarian crisis** created by war and drought"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a housing/an energy crisis"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **resolve/solve/address a crisis**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The business is still in crisis but it has survived the worst of the recession.",
                    "contextForm": "in crisis"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Labour Party was facing an **identity crisis**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an expert in **crisis management**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We provide help to families in crisis situations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I know which friends I can turn to **in times of crisis**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party was suffering a **crisis of confidence** among its supporters *(= they did not trust it any longer)*.",
                    "contextForm": "crisis of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Agriculture is facing a crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The city's fiscal crisis has deepened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In times of crisis it's good to have someone you can rely on for advice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's no good in a crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is suffering a severe crisis of confidence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is in crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plan could save the country from a looming energy crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Three people died during the hostage crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Union leaders are taking immediate steps to defuse the crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are just waiting for the next crisis to arise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With competition from cheap imports, the British coal industry is facing a serious crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a crisis over pensions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an expert in crisis management"
                },
                {
                    "text": "attempts to ease the town's housing crisis"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the growing crisis in education"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the worst economic crisis for fifty years"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A succession of economic crises had limited the money available for new social policies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is one of the world's leading experts in crisis management."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is hoped that his resignation will end the latest political crisis in the country."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["acute", "grave", "major"],
                "verb + crisis": ["be faced with", "be hit by", "experience"],
                "crisis + verb": ["arise", "erupt", "hit"],
                "crisis + noun": ["point", "situation", "intervention"],
                "preposition": [
                    "during a/​the crisis",
                    "in (a/​the) crisis",
                    "crisis in"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "a crisis of confidence",
                    "a crisis of faith",
                    "a crisis of conscience"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a time when a problem, a bad situation or an illness is at its worst point",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their marriage has reached crisis point."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fever has passed its crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team's dismal season has reached crisis point."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["acute", "grave", "major"],
                "verb + crisis": ["be faced with", "be hit by", "experience"],
                "crisis + verb": ["arise", "erupt", "hit"],
                "crisis + noun": ["point", "situation", "intervention"],
                "preposition": [
                    "during a/​the crisis",
                    "in (a/​the) crisis",
                    "crisis in"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "a crisis of confidence",
                    "a crisis of faith",
                    "a crisis of conscience"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkraɪsɪs/",
                "audio": "cr/crisis/crisis__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkraɪsiːz/",
                "audio": "cr/crisis/crises__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkraɪsɪs/",
                "audio": "cr/crisis/crisis__us_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkraɪsiːz/",
                "audio": "cr/crisis/crises__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting the turning point of a disease): medical Latin, from Greek krisis ‘decision’, from krinein ‘decide’. The general sense ‘decisive point’ dates from the early 17th cent."
}