{
    "term": "ease",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "lack of difficulty",
            "sensetop": "with easefor ease of something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He passed the exam with ease.",
                    "contextForm": "with ease"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ease with which she learns languages is astonishing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All important points are numbered for ease of reference *(= so that you can find them easily)*.",
                    "contextForm": "for ease of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This computer is popular for its good design and **ease of use**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "United continued to score with alarming ease."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was surprised at the apparent ease with which he got into the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She returned her opponent's serve with contemptuous ease."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The back of the garment is split for ease in walking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car brings ease of access to the countryside."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["consummate", "great", "astonishing"],
                "preposition": ["for ease in", "for ease of", "with ease"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the state of feeling relaxed or comfortable without worries, problems or pain",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In his retirement, he lived a life of ease."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used as a command to soldiers to tell them to stand with their feet apart and their hands behind their backs",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "relaxed and confident and not nervous or embarrassed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I never feel completely at ease with him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was at her ease straight away in the new job."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "feeling uncomfortable and embarrassed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I **felt ill at ease** in such formal clothes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody feel relaxed and confident, not nervous or embarrassed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Try to put the candidate at ease by being friendly and informal."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do or say something to make somebody stop worrying about something",
            "examples": [],
            "synonyms": "reassure"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/iːz/",
                "audio": "ea/ease/ease__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/iːz/",
                "audio": "ea/ease/ease__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French aise, based on Latin adjacens ‘lying close by’, present participle of adjacere. The verb is originally from Old French aisier, from the phrase a aise ‘at ease’; in later use from the noun."
}