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{
"term": "affection",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the feeling of liking or loving somebody/something very much and caring about them",
"sensetop": "affection for somebody/something",
"labels": "(especially North American English)(informal)(informal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Children need lots of love and affection."
},
{
"text": "He didn't **show** his wife any **affection**."
},
{
"text": "She was held in deep affection by all her students."
},
{
"text": "Mr Darcy’s affection for his sister",
"contextForm": "affection for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "I have a great affection for New York."
},
{
"text": "He just wants a bit of affection."
},
{
"text": "He'll be remembered with genuine affection."
},
{
"text": "I don't go in for public displays of affection."
},
{
"text": "She had developed a real affection for him."
},
{
"text": "She had tried hard to win his affection."
},
{
"text": "The teacher showed affection to all her students."
},
{
"text": "a strong feeling of affection"
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings", "Personal qualities"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person’s feelings of love",
"labels": "(formal or literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Anne had two men trying to win her affections."
},
{
"text": "The object of her affections was a young man named Paul."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfekʃn/",
"audio": "af/affection/affection__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfekʃn/",
"audio": "af/affection/affection__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin affectio(n-), from afficere ‘to influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’."
}