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{
"term": "curious",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having a strong desire to know about something",
"sensetop": "curious about somebody/somethingcurious as to somethingcurious to do something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He is such a curious boy, always asking questions."
},
{
"text": "They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs.",
"contextForm": "curious about somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Everyone was curious as to why Mark was leaving.",
"contextForm": "curious as to something"
},
{
"text": "I was curious to find out what she had said.",
"contextForm": "curious to do something"
},
{
"text": "Her secretive manner had made me curious."
},
{
"text": "I was curious about how she would react."
},
{
"text": "I was intensely curious to know more about him."
},
{
"text": "I'm just curious to know what you think."
},
{
"text": "Puppies are naturally curious."
},
{
"text": "She was curious as to why he was there."
}
],
"synonyms": "inquisitive",
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "seem"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "as to"],
"phrases": ["curious to find out, know, see, etc. somebody/something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "strange and unusual",
"sensetop": "it is curious that…",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There was a curious mixture of people in the audience."
},
{
"text": "It was a curious feeling, as though we were floating on air."
},
{
"text": "It was curious that she didn't tell anyone.",
"contextForm": "it is curious that…"
},
{
"text": "a slightly curious statement."
},
{
"text": "The tea tasted rather curious."
},
{
"text": "She ignored the curious looks from passers-by."
},
{
"text": "I find it very curious that you did not tell anyone."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkjʊəriəs/",
"audio": "cu/curious/curious__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkjʊriəs/",
"audio": "cu/curious/curious__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French curios, from Latin curiosus ‘careful’, from cura ‘care’. Sense (2) dates from the early 18th cent."
}