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{
"term": "awesome",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "very impressive or very difficult and perhaps rather frightening",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an awesome sight"
},
{
"text": "awesome beauty/power"
},
{
"text": "They had an awesome task ahead."
},
{
"text": "As night fell, the volcano presented an awesome sight."
},
{
"text": "There are scenes of awesome beauty in the film."
},
{
"text": "It is a region of awesome gorges and spectacular peaks."
},
{
"text": "The stillness of the evening was shattered by the most awesome sound."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem"],
"adverb": ["really", "simply", "totally"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "very good, great fun, etc.",
"labels": "(especially North American English, informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English, informal)(informal, especially North American English)(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I just bought this awesome new game!"
},
{
"text": "Wow! That's totally awesome!"
},
{
"text": "Hey, come look at this! It's awesome!"
},
{
"text": "The show was just awesome."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem"],
"adverb": ["really", "simply", "totally"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːsəm/",
"audio": "aw/awesome/awesome__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːsəm/",
"audio": "aw/awesome/awesome__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘filled with awe’): from awe + -some."
}