{
    "term": "panic",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a sudden feeling of great fear that cannot be controlled and prevents you from thinking clearly",
            "sensetop": "in panic",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a moment of panic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were in a state of panic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Office workers fled in panic as the fire took hold.",
                    "contextForm": "in panic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's no point **getting into a panic** about the exams."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **panic attack** (= a condition in which you suddenly feel very anxious, causing your heart to beat faster, etc.)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a panic decision (= one that is made when you are in a state of )"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A look of panic crossed his face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mere thought of flying fills me with panic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt panic rising within him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He jumped out of the car in a panic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her mind went blank with panic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt a surge of panic when I realized my mistake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went into a blind panic when she couldn't find the exit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The thought of being in charge threw him into a mild panic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Eli was clearly in panic mode."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She still has panic attacks two years after the accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "people suffering from depression and panic disorders"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["blind", "complete", "mad"],
                "… of panic": ["surge", "wave"],
                "verb + panic": ["feel", "get into", "go into"],
                "panic + verb": [
                    "break out",
                    "spread across, through, etc. something",
                    "sweep over, through, etc. something"
                ],
                "panic + noun": ["attack", "disorder", "reaction"],
                "preposition": ["in (a) panic", "with panic", "panic about"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a feeling of panic",
                    "a sense of panic",
                    "in a state of panic"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a situation in which people are made to feel very anxious or frightened, causing them to act quickly and without thinking carefully",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "News of the losses caused (a) panic among investors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Careful planning at this stage will help to avoid a last-minute panic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**There's no panic** *(= we do not need to rush)*, we've got plenty of time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**panic buying/selling** (= the act of buying/selling things quickly and without thinking carefully because you are afraid that a particular situation will become worse)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the ensuing panic, they lost each other."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The keys were lost during the panic over the fire alarm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Panic buying turned the petrol shortage into a crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Panic swept through the crowd."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["blind", "complete", "mad"],
                "… of panic": ["surge", "wave"],
                "verb + panic": ["feel", "get into", "go into"],
                "panic + verb": [
                    "break out",
                    "spread across, through, etc. something",
                    "sweep over, through, etc. something"
                ],
                "panic + noun": ["attack", "disorder", "reaction"],
                "preposition": ["in (a) panic", "with panic", "panic about"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a feeling of panic",
                    "a sense of panic",
                    "in a state of panic"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a situation in which people feel very anxious and there is a lot of confused activity, especially because there is a lot to do in a short period of time",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was panic stations when the deadline was brought forward by a week."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpænɪk/",
                "audio": "pa/panic/panic__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpænɪk/",
                "audio": "pa/panic/panic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French panique, from modern Latin panicus, from Greek panikos, from the name of the god Pan in Greek mythology, noted for causing terror, to whom woodland noises were attributed."
}