{
    "term": "hostile",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "aggressive or unfriendly and ready to argue or fight",
            "sensetop": "hostile to/towards somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The speaker got a hostile reception from the audience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was openly hostile towards her parents.",
                    "contextForm": "hostile to/towards somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was extremely hostile towards her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The audience gave him a downright hostile reception."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The experience has made him generally hostile to women."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The press became uniformly hostile to the new administration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were reluctant to take any step that might be regarded as hostile."
                },
                {
                    "text": "politically hostile newspapers"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument", "Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["bitterly", "decidedly", "deeply"],
                "preposition": ["to", "towards/​toward"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "strongly rejecting something",
            "sensetop": "hostile to something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The proposals have provoked a hostile response from opposition parties."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many of the employees were hostile to the idea of change.",
                    "contextForm": "hostile to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many people were openly hostile to the idea."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "opposed",
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["bitterly", "decidedly", "deeply"],
                "preposition": ["to", "towards/​toward"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "making it difficult for something to happen or to be achieved",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "hostile conditions for plants to grow in"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "belonging to a military enemy",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "hostile territory"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "not wanted by the company that is to be bought",
            "labels": "(business)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a hostile takeover bid"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɒstaɪl/",
                "audio": "ho/hostile/hostile__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɑːstl//ˈhɑːstaɪl/",
                "audio": "ho/hostile/hostile__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin hostilis, from hostis ‘stranger, enemy’."
}