{
    "term": "cute",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "pretty and attractive",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a cute little baby"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's so cute!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an unbearably cute picture of two kittens *(= it seems )*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How cute!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had a cute little nose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You were such a cute baby."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "sexually attractive",
            "labels": "(especially North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Check out those cute guys over there!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "clever, sometimes in an annoying way because a person is trying to get an advantage for himself or herself",
            "labels": "(especially North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She had a really cute idea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't get cute with me!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kjuːt/",
                "audio": "cu/cute/cute__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kjuːt/",
                "audio": "cu/cute/cute__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 18th cent. (in the sense ‘clever, shrewd’): shortening of acute."
}