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{
"term": "curiosity",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a strong desire to know about something",
"sensetop": "curiosity (about something)curiosity (to do something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Children show curiosity about everything."
},
{
"text": "I felt a certain curiosity to see what would happen next."
},
{
"text": "The letter wasn't addressed to me but I opened it **out of curiosity**."
},
{
"text": "His answer did not **satisfy my curiosity** at all."
},
{
"text": "Sophie's **curiosity was aroused** by the mysterious phone call."
},
{
"text": "intellectual curiosity"
},
{
"text": "‘Why do you ask?’ ‘Oh, just **idle curiosity**’ *(= no particular reason)*."
},
{
"text": "Harry's curiosity got the better of him and he unlocked the cupboard"
},
{
"text": "I needed to satisfy my curiosity about what it was like to make records."
},
{
"text": "Kaylee stood staring with open curiosity."
},
{
"text": "School should awaken a child's natural curiosity."
},
{
"text": "She has an insatiable curiosity about life."
},
{
"text": "The children watched us with mild curiosity."
},
{
"text": "Their curiosity was aroused by his strange behaviour."
},
{
"text": "We went to the show out of curiosity more than anything else."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "intense", "insatiable"],
"verb + curiosity": ["have", "arouse", "awaken"],
"curiosity + verb": [
"get the better of somebody",
"overcome somebody",
"take over"
],
"preposition": [
"out of curiosity",
"with curiosity",
"curiosity about"
],
"phrases": ["a sense of curiosity"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an unusual and interesting thing",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The museum is full of historical curiosities."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to tell somebody not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not involve them",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti/",
"audio": "cu/curiosity/curiosity__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkjʊriˈɑːsəti/",
"audio": "cu/curiosity/curiosity__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French curiousete, from Latin curiositas, from curiosus ‘careful’, from cura ‘care’."
}