{
    "term": "fragile",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "easily broken or damaged",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "fragile china/glass/bones"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Be careful not to drop it; it’s very fragile."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "weak and uncertain; easy to destroy or harm",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **fragile alliance/ceasefire/relationship**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The economy remains extremely fragile."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In her job she was used to dealing with actors’ fragile egos."
                },
                {
                    "text": "fragile habitats threatened by pollution"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "thin or light and often beautiful",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "fragile beauty"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The woman's fragile face broke into a smile."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not strong and likely to become ill",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her father is now 86 and in fragile health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm feeling a bit fragile after last night *(= not well, perhaps because of drinking too much alcohol)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfrædʒaɪl/",
                "audio": "fr/fragile/fragile__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfrædʒl/",
                "audio": "fr/fragile/fragile__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘morally weak’): from Latin fragilis, from frangere ‘to break’. The sense ‘liable to break’ dates from the mid 16th cent."
}