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{
"term": "beloved",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "loved very much",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "in memory of our dearly beloved son, John"
},
{
"text": "They were glad to be back in their beloved Ireland."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be"],
"adverb": ["dearly", "much"],
"preposition": ["by", "of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "loved very much by somebody; very popular with somebody",
"sensetop": "beloved by/of somebody",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the deep purple flowers so beloved by artists"
},
{
"text": "She was beloved by all who knew her."
},
{
"text": "The question, ‘What is History?’, beloved of university examiners, has no definitive answer."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be"],
"adverb": ["dearly", "much"],
"preposition": ["by", "of"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈlʌvɪd/",
"audio": "be/beloved/beloved__gb_4.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈlʌvd/",
"audio": "be/beloved/beloved__gb_5.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈlʌvɪd/",
"audio": "be/beloved/beloved__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈlʌvd/",
"audio": "be/beloved/beloved__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: past participle of obsolete belove ‘be pleasing’, later ‘love’."
}