{
    "term": "pill",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small flat round piece of medicine that you swallow whole, without biting it",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a vitamin pill"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take three pills daily after meals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**pill-popping** *(= the act of taking too many pills or using illegal drugs)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor prescribed her some pills to help her sleep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was on various pills for my heart condition."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["diet", "sleeping", "vitamin"],
                "… of pills": ["bottle"],
                "verb + pill": ["pop", "swallow", "take"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a pill that some women take to prevent them becoming pregnant",
            "sensetop": "on the pill",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the contraceptive pill"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be/go on the pill",
                    "contextForm": "on the pill"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her doctor put her on the pill at 16."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["birth-control", "contraceptive", "abortion"],
                "verb + the pill": ["be on", "go on", "use"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an annoying person",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a fact or an event that is unpleasant and difficult to accept",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The election defeat was a bitter pill for the party to swallow."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do something that makes an unpleasant situation seem less unpleasant",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pɪl/",
                "audio": "pi/pill/pill__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pɪl/",
                "audio": "pi/pill/pill__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun late Middle English: ultimately from Latin pilula ‘little ball’, diminutive of pila; compare with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pille."
}