{
    "term": "quick",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "done with speed; taking or lasting a short time",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **quick look/check/search**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave him a **quick glance**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's **take a quick break**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's no **quick fix** for this problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Just a **quick note** to say thanks for lunch yesterday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let me just ask one **quick question**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thanks for the **quick response**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These cakes are very **quick and easy** to make."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you want to grab a quick coffee?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's quicker by train."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you sure this is the quickest way?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you finished already? That was quick!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His quick thinking saved her life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fired three shots **in quick succession**."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["at"],
                "phrases": ["quick and easy"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "moving or doing something fast",
            "sensetop": "quick to do something",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a quick learner"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kids were quick to learn.",
                    "contextForm": "quick to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **quick** *(= too quick)* **to point out** the mistakes I'd made."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't be too quick to dismiss science fiction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't be so quick to judge unless you know all the facts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her quick hands suddenly stopped moving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to **be quick**! We're late already."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Once again, his **quick wits** *(= ability to think quickly)* got him out of an awkward situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a **quick study** *(= he learns quickly)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was getting quite quick at decorating."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'd better be quick."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a very quick worker."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["at"],
                "phrases": ["quick and easy"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "happening very soon or without delay",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We need to make a quick decision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company wants quick results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor said she'd make a quick recovery."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["at"],
                "phrases": ["quick and easy"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be quick to understand or react in a new situation",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can't fool him—he's always quick on the draw."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be quick at pulling out a gun in order to shoot it",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be quick/slow to understand something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Is he always this slow on the uptake?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to become angry easily",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to earn money quickly and easily",
            "labels": "(informal, often disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is a long-term project. We are not out to make a quick buck."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to describe something that is usually complicated, but is being done quickly and simply in this case",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Read our quick-and-dirty guide to creating a website."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "fast/slow in reacting to a situation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If you’re quick off the mark in answering these questions, you could win a prize."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government was slow off the mark in responding to the crisis."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kwɪk/",
                "audio": "qu/quick/quick__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kwɪk/",
                "audio": "qu/quick/quick__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English cwic, cwicu ‘alive, animated, alert’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kwiek ‘sprightly’ and German keck ‘saucy’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vivus ‘alive’ and Greek bios, zōē ‘life’."
}