{
    "term": "golden",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "made of gold",
            "labels": "(especially literary)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a golden crown"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "gleam", "look"],
                "adverb": ["faintly", "softly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "bright yellow in colour like gold",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "golden hair"
                },
                {
                    "text": "miles of golden beaches"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bake for ten minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The walls gleamed golden in the light of the setting sun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The whole sky turned golden and red."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the faintly golden afternoon light"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "gleam", "look"],
                "adverb": ["faintly", "softly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "special; wonderful",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "golden memories"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Businesses have a **golden opportunity** to expand into new markets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hollywood’s **golden boy**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Halfway through the game, the striker missed a golden opportunity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I realized that this was my golden opportunity to say what I thought."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This will be a golden opportunity for you to meet your pop idols."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in a situation where you are successful or do not have any problems",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He thinks once he gets the money he'll be golden."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If it works this time, we’re golden."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a course of action that is not extreme",
            "labels": "(approving)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to destroy something that would make you rich, successful, etc.",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "it is often best not to say anything",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡəʊldən/",
                "audio": "go/golden/golden__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡəʊldən/",
                "audio": "go/golden/golden__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}