{
    "term": "nice",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "pleasant or attractive",
            "sensetop": "it is nice to do somethingIt is nice doing somethingit is nice that…it would be nice if…",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a nice day/smile/place"
                },
                {
                    "text": "nice weather"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you **have a nice time**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You look very nice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We all had the flu last week—it wasn't very nice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Do you want to come, too?’ ‘Yes, **that would be nice**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The nicest thing about her is that she never criticizes us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was **a nice touch** to end the film as it started."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**It's nice to know that** somebody appreciates what I do.",
                    "contextForm": "it is nice to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Nice to meet you!** *(= a friendly  when you meet somebody for the first time)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**It's been nice meeting you**.",
                    "contextForm": "It is nice doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's nice that you can come with us.",
                    "contextForm": "it is nice that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would be nice if he moved to London.",
                    "contextForm": "it would be nice if…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's nice to have a few days off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I cleaned the room to make it nice for the others when they came home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It had not been a particularly nice experience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's nice for Mum to get out more."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That bread smells nice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If it's a nice day tomorrow, shall we go out?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The picture looks good and Dillon does a nice job behind the camera."
                },
                {
                    "text": "DeNiro added some nice touches of comedy to his role."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Other nice touches include serving bottled water instead of tap and warming the plates before the meal is served."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would be nice to see a few more people at the next meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's nice to see the old skills being used every now and then."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is nice to have your efforts acknowledged."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "for", "to"],
                "phrases": ["nice little"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used before adjectives or adverbs to emphasize how pleasant something is",
            "sensetop": "nice and…",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a nice hot bath"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a nice long walk"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a **nice little** place you have here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He seemed nice and friendly.",
                    "contextForm": "nice and…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was nice and warm yesterday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone arrived nice and early."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt nice and cosy."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "kind; friendly",
            "sensetop": "nice to somebodynice of somebody (to do something)nice about something",
            "labels": "(especially British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our new neighbours are very nice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a really nice guy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Be nice to me. I'm not feeling well.",
                    "contextForm": "nice to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was nice of them to invite us.",
                    "contextForm": "nice of somebody (to do something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I complained to the manager and he was very nice about it.",
                    "contextForm": "nice about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I asked him **in the nicest possible way** to put his cigarette out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can't you be nice to each other for once?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an awfully nice man"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some of the boys were nice enough, but she didn't want to go out with them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm sure she's perfectly nice really."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His mother sounded very nice on the phone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was incredibly nice about it, though I am sure it caused him a lot of trouble."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "for", "to"],
                "phrases": ["nice little"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "bad or unpleasant",
            "labels": "(ironic)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That's a nice thing to say!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's a nice way to speak to your mother!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "involving a very small detail or difference",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a nice point of law *(= one that is difficult to decide)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very kind and friendly, especially when you are not expecting it",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a friendly way of saying goodbye, especially to customers",
            "labels": "(informal, especially North American English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be pleasant or polite to somebody, especially when you do not really want to",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He tried to make nice with his ex, even though he was still angry with her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cole and his opponent made nice for the cameras at the press event."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show you are pleased when something good has happened or somebody has said something funny",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You got the job? Nice one!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show you are pleased when somebody has done something well",
            "labels": "(informal, especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You did a good job today. Nice work, James!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you wish that you had somebody’s success or good luck and think they have achieved it with little effort",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was paid £200 for a ten-minute speech? Nice work if you can get it."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/naɪs/",
                "audio": "ni/nice/nice__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/naɪs/",
                "audio": "ni/nice/nice__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘stupid’): from Old French, from Latin nescius ‘ignorant’, from nescire ‘not know’. Other early senses included ‘coy, reserved’, giving rise to ‘fastidious, scrupulous’: this led both to the sense ‘fine, subtle’ (regarded by some as the “correct” sense), and to the main current senses."
}