{
    "term": "narrow",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "measuring a short distance from one side to the other, especially in relation to length",
            "labels": "(figurative)(figurative)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Stray dogs wander the steep narrow lanes of the old town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The road soon became narrower and steeper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a narrow bed/doorway/shelf"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tall narrow windows admit only slivers of light."
                },
                {
                    "text": "narrow shoulders/hips"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was only a narrow gap between the bed and the wall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Farming is confined to a narrow strip of land between the mountains and the sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the narrow confines of prison life"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pass gets quite narrow towards the east."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rear part of the casing is slightly narrower than the front."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I sat next to him on the narrow bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jacket looked very large across his narrow shoulders."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The producer has a narrow window each year to implement changes."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "only just achieved or avoided",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **narrow victory**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was elected by a **narrow majority**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had a **narrow escape** when his car skidded on the ice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He lost the race by the **narrowest of margins**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She blamed the goalkeeper for the narrow defeat against Ireland."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He secured a narrow victory in the presidential elections."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "limited in variety or numbers",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The shop sells only a narrow range of goods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She only has a narrow circle of friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exhibition is disappointingly narrow in scope."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "restricted",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "limited in a way that ignores important issues or the opinions of other people",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "narrow interests"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has a very narrow view of the world."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found the focus of the debate too narrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Teachers feel that the present curriculum is too narrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His specialization is too narrow to be of interest to more than a handful of students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "people who are rather narrow in outlook"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party has a rather narrow political agenda."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "limited in meaning; exact",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I am using the word ‘education’ in the narrower sense."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the honest and morally acceptable way of living",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His friends try to keep him on the straight and narrow."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnærəʊ/",
                "audio": "na/narrow/narrow__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈnærəʊ/",
                "audio": "na/narrow/narrow__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English nearu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naar ‘dismal, unpleasant’ and German Narbe ‘scar’. Early senses in English included ‘constricted’ and ‘mean’."
}