{
    "term": "sceptical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "having doubts that a claim or statement is true or that something will happen",
            "sensetop": "sceptical about somethingsceptical of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She looked highly sceptical."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am sceptical about his chances of winning.",
                    "contextForm": "sceptical about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The public remain sceptical of these claims.",
                    "contextForm": "sceptical of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They remain understandably sceptical about her promises of improvement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many were sceptical as to whether the plan would succeed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "in a mildly sceptical tone of voice"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "as to", "of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskeptɪkl/",
                "audio": "sc/sceptical/sceptical__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskeptɪkl/",
                "audio": "sc/sceptical/sceptical__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}