{
    "term": "illness",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the state of being physically or mentally ill",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The virus can **cause illness** in humans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**mental/respiratory/chronic illness**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I missed a lot of school through illness last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's just returned to work after illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All his adult life he battled mental illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Those with underlying health conditions like diabetes and respiratory illness are most at risk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People living with chronic illness need more support."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease can cause severe illness and even death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His childhood was plagued by illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She feigned illness so that she wouldn't have to go to school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Suddenly, illness hit the household."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The immune system enables the body to fight off illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We assess the applicant's history of family illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "earnings lost due to illness"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the first case of illness from the Ebola virus"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deadly", "fatal", "incurable"],
                "… of illness": ["bout", "episode"],
                "verb + illness": ["experience", "have", "suffer"],
                "illness + verb": ["affect somebody", "afflict", "plague somebody"],
                "preposition": [
                    "after illness",
                    "because of illness",
                    "due to illness"
                ],
                "phrases": ["the onset of an illness"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a type or period of illness",
            "labels": "(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)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**serious/severe/chronic illnesses**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **terminal illness**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "childhood illnesses"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He died after a long illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **suffers from** a debilitating **illness**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Diabetes is a common illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He became blind after contracting a rare illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She survived a life-threatening illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some illnesses occur more frequently following puberty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sometimes it's hard to tell whether illnesses result from bacteria or viruses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As his illness progressed, Neil began to have difficulty speaking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had failed to find the cause of her mystery illness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a drug that may be helpful in preventing illnesses such as cancer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you suffered from any serious illnesses in the past six months?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deadly", "fatal", "incurable"],
                "… of illness": ["bout", "episode"],
                "verb + illness": ["experience", "have", "suffer"],
                "illness + verb": ["affect somebody", "afflict", "plague somebody"],
                "preposition": [
                    "after illness",
                    "because of illness",
                    "due to illness"
                ],
                "phrases": ["the onset of an illness"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪlnəs/",
                "audio": "il/illness/illness__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪlnəs/",
                "audio": "il/illness/illness__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}