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{
"term": "afford",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "afford",
"heSheIt": "affords"
},
"pastSimple": "afforded",
"pastParticiple": "afforded",
"ingForm": "affording"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to have enough money to be able to buy or do something",
"sensetop": "afford somethingafford to do somethingafford something to do something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Can we afford a new car?",
"contextForm": "afford something"
},
{
"text": "None of them could afford £50 for a ticket."
},
{
"text": "I’d give up work if I could afford it."
},
{
"text": "We can't afford to go abroad this summer.",
"contextForm": "afford to do something"
},
{
"text": "She never took a taxi, even though she could afford to."
},
{
"text": "She can well **afford to pay** for herself."
},
{
"text": "They couldn't **afford to buy** a house there."
},
{
"text": "We can't afford to have children."
},
{
"text": "He couldn't afford the money to go on the trip.",
"contextForm": "afford something to do something"
},
{
"text": "I couldn't possibly afford to eat in that restaurant."
},
{
"text": "We can afford to go to Miami this year."
}
],
"topics": ["Shopping"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["easily", "well", "barely"],
"verb + afford": ["be able to", "can", "be unable to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "if you say that you can’t afford to do something, you mean that you should not do it because it will cause problems for you if you do",
"sensetop": "afford to do somethingafford something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We cannot afford to ignore this warning.",
"contextForm": "afford to do something"
},
{
"text": "They could **ill afford** to lose any more staff."
},
{
"text": "The people who suffer most are those who can least **afford to lose**."
},
{
"text": "We simply can't afford to take any risks."
},
{
"text": "She felt she couldn't afford any more time off work.",
"contextForm": "afford something"
},
{
"text": "We cannot afford any more delays."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to provide somebody with something",
"sensetop": "afford somethingafford somebody something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The tree affords some shelter from the sun.",
"contextForm": "afford something"
},
{
"text": "The legislation aims to **afford protection** to employees."
},
{
"text": "Being a college professor **affords you the opportunity** simply to write and do research.",
"contextForm": "afford somebody something"
},
{
"text": "The programme affords young people the chance to gain work experience."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfɔːd/",
"audio": "af/afford/afford__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfɔːdz/",
"audio": "af/afford/affords__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfɔːdɪd/",
"audio": "af/afford/afforded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfɔːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "af/afford/affording__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfɔːrd/",
"audio": "af/afford/afford__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfɔːrdz/",
"audio": "af/afford/affords__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfɔːrdɪd/",
"audio": "af/afford/afforded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfɔːrdɪŋ/",
"audio": "af/afford/affording__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Old English geforthian, from ge- (prefix implying completeness) + forthian ‘to further’, from forth. The original sense was ‘promote, perform, accomplish’, later ‘manage, be in a position to do’."
}