{
    "term": "ill",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "suffering from an illness or disease; not feeling well",
            "sensetop": "ill with something",
            "labels": "(especially British English)North American English usually(formal)(British English)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(figurative)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her father is **seriously ill** in St Luke's hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**critically/gravely/severely ill**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Uncle Harry is **terminally ill** with cancer *(= he will die from his illness)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**chronically ill** patients *(= who are ill for a long time )*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **was taken ill** suddenly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We both started to **feel ill** shortly after the meal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "veterans who **became ill** after fighting in the Gulf War"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shortly after drinking the water I was **violently ill**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **fell ill** and died soon after."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't eat bananas as they make me ill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She'd been ill with cancer for months.",
                    "contextForm": "ill with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was lying ill in bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They arrive at the hospital ill from malnutrition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Robyn was almost ill with excitement and outrage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That type of government corruption makes me ill."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["critically", "dangerously", "desperately"],
                "preposition": ["with", "from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "bad or harmful",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She suffered no **ill effects** from the experience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a house of **ill repute** *(= with a bad reputation, especially because behaviour that is not considered moral happens there)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "that brings, or is thought to bring, bad luck",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a bird of ill omen"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "anger between people, especially after an argument",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was a lot of bad feeling between the two groups of students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't want any bad feelings between us."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "feeling uncomfortable and embarrassed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I **felt ill at ease** in such formal clothes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "anger between people, especially after an argument",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was a lot of ill feeling between the two groups of students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't want any ill feelings between us."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "no problem is so bad that it does not bring some advantage to somebody",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪl/",
                "audio": "il/ill/ill__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪl/",
                "audio": "il/ill/ill__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the senses ‘wicked’, ‘malevolent’, ‘harmful’, and ‘difficult’): from Old Norse illr ‘evil, difficult’, of unknown origin."
}