{
    "term": "polite",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having or showing good manners and respect for the feelings of others",
            "sensetop": "polite to somebody",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Please be polite to our guests.",
                    "contextForm": "polite to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our waiter was very polite and helpful."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were all too polite to object."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was scrupulously polite to him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you just go and ask in a polite way, you might get what you want."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In Western culture, it is polite to maintain eye contact during conversation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Reviewing someone's first novel, it is customary to be polite about it, to find things to praise in it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was unfailingly polite. I never saw him in his life be rude to a fan."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "socially correct but not always sincere",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't know how to make polite conversation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The performance was greeted with polite applause."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She greeted me with a quick hello and a polite smile."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "from a class of society that believes it is better than others",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Bum’ is not a word we use in polite company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The scandal outraged polite society."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈlaɪt/",
                "audio": "po/polite/polite__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈlaɪt/",
                "audio": "po/polite/polite__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin politus ‘polished, made smooth’, past participle of polire."
}