{
    "term": "slim",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "thin, in a way that is attractive",
            "labels": "(approving)(figurative)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a slim figure/body/waist"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was tall and slim."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How do you manage to stay so slim?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many companies are a lot slimmer than they used to be *(= have fewer workers)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Step exercises can help make you slim."
                },
                {
                    "text": "dieters who get slim using these methods"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "phrases": ["tall and slim"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "thinner than usual",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **slim volume** of poetry"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "not as big as you would like or expect",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **slim chance** of success"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party was returned to power with a **slim majority**."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "small"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slɪm/",
                "audio": "sl/slim/slim__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slɪm/",
                "audio": "sl/slim/slim__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from Low German or Dutch (from a base meaning ‘slanting, cross, bad’), of Germanic origin."
}