{
    "term": "harm",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "damage or injury that is caused by a person or an event",
            "sensetop": "harm to somebody/something",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He would never frighten anyone or **cause** them **any harm**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accused clearly intended to inflict harm on him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He may look fierce, but he **means no harm**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No definite harm to human health has been determined.",
                    "contextForm": "harm to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The court case will **do serious harm to** my business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accident could have been much worse; luckily **no harm was done**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't worry, we'll see that the children **come to no harm**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't say I like Mark very much, but I don't **wish him any harm**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hard work **never did anyone any harm**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Look, we're just going out for a few drinks, **where's the harm in that**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The treatment they gave him did him **more harm than good**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't think he'll come to any harm if his mother is with him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't want any harm to come to these pictures."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm sorry if I upset you—I didn't mean any harm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tried to shield her child from harm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children were removed from their parents to prevent harm to them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "babies at risk of serious harm from their parents"
                },
                {
                    "text": "elderly people in danger of physical or emotional harm"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The region will suffer substantial economic harm as a result of this decision."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "serious"],
                "verb + harm": ["cause", "do", "inflict"],
                "harm + verb": ["come to somebody/​something"],
                "preposition": ["harm from", "harm to"],
                "phrases": ["more harm than good", "out of harm’s way"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to suggest that it would be a good idea for somebody to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It wouldn't do you any harm to smarten yourself up."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody not to worry because they have caused no serious damage or injury",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Forget it, Dave, no harm done."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in a safe place where somebody/something cannot be hurt or injured or do any damage to somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She put the knife in a drawer, out of harm’s way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I prefer the children to play in the garden where they’re out of harm’s way."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody that something is a good idea and will not cause any problems",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He may say no, but there's no harm in asking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It does no harm to ask."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hɑːm/",
                "audio": "ha/harm/harm__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hɑːrm/",
                "audio": "ha/harm/harm__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hearm (noun), hearmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Harm and Old Norse harmr ‘grief, sorrow’."
}