{
    "term": "striking",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "interesting and unusual enough to attract attention",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a striking feature"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She bears **a striking resemblance** to her older sister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**In striking contrast to** their brothers, the girls were both intelligent and charming."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The similarities between the two cases are striking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The picture was striking in its simplicity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What is immediately striking is how resourceful the children are."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The painting is a striking example of nineteenth-century portraiture."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very attractive, often in an unusual way",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "striking good looks"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was undoubtedly a very striking young woman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That hat looks very striking."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstraɪkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "st/striking/striking__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstraɪkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "st/striking/striking__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}