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{
"term": "cute",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "pretty and attractive",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a cute little baby"
},
{
"text": "She's so cute!"
},
{
"text": "an unbearably cute picture of two kittens *(= it seems )*"
},
{
"text": "How cute!"
},
{
"text": "She had a cute little nose."
},
{
"text": "You were such a cute baby."
}
],
"topics": ["Appearance"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "sexually attractive",
"labels": "(especially North American English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Check out those cute guys over there!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "clever, sometimes in an annoying way because a person is trying to get an advantage for himself or herself",
"labels": "(especially North American English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She had a really cute idea."
},
{
"text": "Don't get cute with me!"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kjuːt/",
"audio": "cu/cute/cute__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kjuːt/",
"audio": "cu/cute/cute__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 18th cent. (in the sense ‘clever, shrewd’): shortening of acute."
}