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{
"term": "blind",
"partOfSpeech": "adjectivenoun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "not able to see",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Doctors think he will **go blind**."
},
{
"text": "She went blind at the age of ten."
},
{
"text": "blind and partially sighted people"
},
{
"text": "One of her parents is blind."
},
{
"text": "She has been legally blind since birth."
},
{
"text": "The accident left me blind in one eye."
}
],
"topics": ["Disability"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "be born", "be registered (as)"],
"adverb": ["completely", "totally", "almost"],
"phrases": ["as blind as a bat", "be blind in one eye"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "people who are blind",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "recorded books for the blind"
},
{
"text": "guide dogs for the blind"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "not noticing or realizing something",
"sensetop": "blind (to something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She is blind to her best friend's faults."
},
{
"text": "I must have been blind not to realize the danger we were in."
},
{
"text": "They seem to be totally blind to reality."
},
{
"text": "The government is not blind to the fact that the national debt is increasing."
},
{
"text": "His own problems have made him completely blind to the sufferings of others."
},
{
"text": "Is the public wilfully blind to what is going on?"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["completely", "totally", "wilfully/willfully"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "seeming to be unreasonable, and accepted without question; seeming to be out of control",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**blind faith/obedience**"
},
{
"text": "It was a moment of **blind panic**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "that cannot be controlled by reason",
"examples": [
{
"text": "blind chance"
},
{
"text": "the blind force of nature"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "that a driver in a car cannot see, or cannot see around",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a blind driveway"
},
{
"text": "a **blind bend/corner**"
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "that does not make a difference between people on the basis of the quality mentioned, or favour one group over another",
"examples": [
{
"text": "In a piece of **gender-blind** casting, Hamlet is played by British actress Maxine Peake."
},
{
"text": "She is very suspicious of anyone who claims to be **race-blind**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "not able to see well",
"labels": "(humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She’s as blind as a bat without her glasses."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a situation in which people with almost no experience or knowledge give advice to others who also have no experience or knowledge",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "when you love somebody, you cannot see their faults",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "not any",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He didn't **take a blind bit of notice** of me *(= he ignored me)*."
},
{
"text": "It won't **make the blindest bit of difference** *(= it will make no difference at all)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to pretend not to notice something bad that is happening, so you do not have to do anything about it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The authorities were either unaware of the problem or they turned a blind eye to it."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/blaɪnd/",
"audio": "bl/blind/blind__gb_11.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/blaɪnd/",
"audio": "bl/blind/blind__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German blind."
}