{
    "term": "vital",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "necessary or essential in order for something to succeed or exist",
            "sensetop": "vital for somebody/somethingvital to somethingit is vital that…it is vital to do somethingit is vital for somebody/something to do something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the vitamins that are vital for health",
                    "contextForm": "vital for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Patience and a cool head are vital for investors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Good financial accounts are vital to the success of any enterprise.",
                    "contextForm": "vital to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Reading is **of vital importance** in language learning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police play **a vital role** in our society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Small chemist shops are a **vital part** of many local communities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "'We are prepared to use force to protect our vital interests in the region,' he said"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The website provides vital information for tourists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is vital that you keep accurate records when you are self-employed.",
                    "contextForm": "it is vital that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was vital to show that he was not afraid.",
                    "contextForm": "it is vital to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is **absolutely vital** for cities to have public green spaces.",
                    "contextForm": "it is vital for somebody/something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These nutrients are absolutely vital to good health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "fostering team spirit, which is vital for success"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the strategically vital industrial zone"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bean sprouts contain many of the vitamins that are vital for health."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["particularly", "really", "very"],
                "preposition": ["for", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with or necessary for staying alive",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **vital organs** *(= the brain, heart, lungs, etc.)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "full of energy and enthusiasm",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "synonyms": "dynamic",
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪtl/",
                "audio": "vi/vital/vital__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪtl/",
                "audio": "vi/vital/vital__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (describing the animating principle of living beings, also in sense (3)): via Old French from Latin vitalis, from vita ‘life’. The sense ‘essential’ dates from the early 17th cent."
}