{
    "term": "hardship",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a situation that is difficult and unpleasant because you do not have enough money, food, clothes, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**economic/financial, etc. hardship**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "People suffered many hardships during that long winter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two men endured great hardship during their trek across Antarctica."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was **no hardship** to walk home on such a lovely evening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In times of economic hardship, firms cut back on training."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students may suffer severe financial hardship as a result of the government's decision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The union made hardship payments to some of the sacked workers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are living in genuine hardship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They could improve our conditions without undue hardship for themselves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have already survived considerable hardship."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["appalling", "considerable", "extreme"],
                "verb + hardship": ["cause", "impose", "bear"],
                "hardship + noun": ["fund", "payment"],
                "preposition": ["in hardship", "without hardship", "hardship among"],
                "phrases": ["times of hardship"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɑːdʃɪp/",
                "audio": "ha/hardship/hardship__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɑːrdʃɪp/",
                "audio": "ha/hardship/hardship__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}