{
    "term": "hot",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having a high temperature; producing heat",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's hot today, isn't it?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was hot and getting hotter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you like this **hot weather**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **hot** dry **summer**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an unusually **hot day**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was the hottest July on record."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Be careful—the plates are hot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All rooms have hot and cold water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll feel better after a hot bath."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a hot meal *(= one that has been cooked)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the weather **gets hot**, we often head to the beach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't live in a hot country *(= one which has high average temperatures)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cook in a very hot oven."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Eat it while it's hot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I touched his forehead. He felt hot and feverish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Make sure the fat is sizzling hot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Serve hot or cold accompanied by bread and a salad."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The containers keep the food hot for five hours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The food should stay hot until we're ready to eat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ground was hot enough to fry an egg on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sun shone fiercely down and it grew hotter and hotter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wash the tablecloth in fairly hot soapy water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a boiling hot summer day"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bowl of piping hot soup"
                },
                {
                    "text": "white-hot metal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I touched his forehead. It was burning hot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The canteen provides hot meals as well as salads and snacks."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather", "Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "feeling heat in an unpleasant or uncomfortable way",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Is anyone too hot?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I feel hot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her cheeks were hot with embarrassment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was boiling hot and sweaty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't you feel hot so close to the fire?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His face grew hot at the memory of his embarrassment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was beginning to get uncomfortably hot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was feeling a bit hot so I went outside for a moment."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "making you feel hot",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "London was hot and dusty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It had been a long hot journey."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was unbearably hot in the car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This weather's a bit hot for me."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "containing pepper and spices that can produce a burning feeling in your mouth because they have a strong taste and smell",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "hot spicy food"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can make a curry hotter simply by adding chillies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He brought out a plate of sausages covered in hot mustard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I love really hot food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That was a pretty hot curry!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "taste"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "involving a lot of activity, argument or strong feelings",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Today we enter the hottest phase of the election campaign."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The environment has become a very hot issue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Competition is getting hotter day by day."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "difficult or dangerous to deal with and making you feel worried or uncomfortable",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When things got too hot most journalists left the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're making life hot for her."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Danger"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "new, exciting and very popular",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is one of the hottest clubs in town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are one of this year's hot new bands."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The couple are Hollywood's **hottest property**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "fresh, very recent and usually exciting",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've got some hot gossip for you!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a story that is **hot off the press** *(= has just appeared in the newspapers)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "likely to be successful",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She seems to be the **hot favourite** for the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have any **hot tips** for today's race?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "very good at doing something; knowing a lot about something",
            "sensetop": "hot at/on something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't ask me—I'm **not too hot on** British history."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "if somebody has a hot temper they become angry very easily",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "feeling or causing sexual excitement",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You were as hot for me as I was for you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've got a **hot date** tonight."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 13,
            "definition": "containing scenes, statements, etc. that are of an extreme nature and are likely to shock or anger people",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some of the nude scenes were regarded as too hot for Broadway."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report was highly critical of senior members of the Cabinet and was considered too hot to publish."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 14,
            "definition": "thinking that something is very important and making sure that it always happens or is done",
            "sensetop": "hot on something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They're very hot on punctuality at work."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 15,
            "definition": "having a strong and exciting rhythm",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 16,
            "definition": "stolen and difficult to get rid of because they can easily be recognized",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'd never have touched those phones if I'd known they were hot."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 17,
            "definition": "used in children’s games to say that the person playing is very close to finding a person or thing, or to guessing the correct answer",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're getting hot!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be very enthusiastic about starting an activity",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be excited in a sexual way",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in or get into trouble",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to change your opinion about something often",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to experience a sudden feeling of fear or worry",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When the phone rang I just went hot and cold."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be bought quickly or in great numbers",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very close behind somebody/something; very soon after something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He turned and fled with Peter hot on his heels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They reached the border with the police hot on their heels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Further successes came hot on the heels of her first best-selling novel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in a state of worry or stress because you are under too much pressure, have a problem, are trying to hurry, etc.",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "close to catching or finding the person or thing that you have been running after or searching for",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "angry or embarrassed",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He got very hot under the collar when I asked him where he'd been all day."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "following somebody closely and determined to catch them",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She sped away in her car with journalists in hot pursuit."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very nervous",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was like a cat on a hot tin roof before her driving test."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not very good in quality",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her spelling isn't too hot."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not feeling well",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘How are you today?’ ‘Not so hot, I'm afraid.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make use of an opportunity immediately",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hɒt/",
                "audio": "ho/hot/hot__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hɑːt/",
                "audio": "ho/hot/hot__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hāt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heet and German heiss."
}