{
    "term": "excessive",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "greater than what seems reasonable or appropriate",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They complained about the excessive noise coming from the upstairs flat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The amounts she borrowed were not excessive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Excessive eating increases the risk of heart failure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He claimed that the police had used excessive force."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was found to have been driving at excessive speed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "lawyers charging excessive fees"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sentence which was imposed was manifestly excessive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cost would be grossly excessive when compared with any environmental benefit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The influence of her ideas was perhaps excessive."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["grossly", "wildly", "rather"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈsesɪv/",
                "audio": "ex/excessive/excessive__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈsesɪv/",
                "audio": "ex/excessive/excessive__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French excessif, -ive, from medieval Latin excessivus, from Latin excedere ‘surpass’, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’."
}