{
    "term": "ego",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "your sense of your own value and importance",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He has the biggest ego of anyone I've ever met."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Winning the prize really **boosted her ego**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was lucky to escape with just a bruised ego when he fell off his bike."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a huge blow to her ego to find out she was so unpopular."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Professionals need to check their egos and change their techniques."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She likes to mix with people who flatter her ego."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unconditional surrender was more than his fragile ego could bear."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "bloated", "enormous"],
                "verb + ego": ["have", "boost", "feed"],
                "ego + noun": ["boost", "gratification", "trip"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a blow to somebody’s ego",
                    "a boost to somebody’s ego",
                    "check your ego (at the door)"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the part of the mind that is responsible for your sense of who you are (= your identity)",
            "labels": "(psychology)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Freud introduced the idea that a part of the ego is unconscious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The part of the ego which does the criticizing is the conscience."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say nice things about somebody, often in a way that is not sincere, in order to make them feel better, more confident, more attractive, etc.",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːɡəʊ//ˈeɡəʊ/",
                "audio": "eg/ego/ego__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːɡəʊ/",
                "audio": "eg/ego/ego__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘I’."
}