{
    "term": "helpful",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "able to improve a particular situation",
            "sensetop": "helpful for somebodyhelpful to do somethinghelpful for somebody to do somethinghelpful in doing somethinghelpful to somebody",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "helpful advice/information"
                },
                {
                    "text": "helpful hints/tips/suggestions/comments"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sorry I can't be more helpful."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This approach may be helpful for people with very severe symptoms.",
                    "contextForm": "helpful for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You may **find it helpful to** read this before making any decisions.",
                    "contextForm": "helpful to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would be helpful to have more detailed information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would be helpful for me to see the damage for myself.",
                    "contextForm": "helpful for somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Role-play is helpful in developing communication skills.",
                    "contextForm": "helpful in doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This final section will be particularly helpful to students.",
                    "contextForm": "helpful to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The booklet should be very helpful to parents of children with dyslexia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thank you for all your helpful suggestions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Here are some helpful hints for successful revision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our host gave us some helpful tips on how to behave."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This information would be extremely helpful for teenagers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would be more helpful for me to try to do it myself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was quite helpful on how to do the accounts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Graphs are helpful in presenting the information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lifts will be helpful to the older patients."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The extra time proved helpful to everyone."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "useful",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "consider something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["for", "in", "on"],
                "phrases": ["friendly and helpful"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "willing to help somebody",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I called the police but they weren't very helpful."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The staff couldn't have been more helpful."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She’s one of the most helpful people I know."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities", "Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "consider something"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["for", "in", "on"],
                "phrases": ["friendly and helpful"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhelpfl/",
                "audio": "he/helpful/helpful__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhelpfl/",
                "audio": "he/helpful/helpful__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}