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{
"term": "delight",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a feeling of great pleasure",
"sensetop": "with delightto the delight of somebodyto somebody's delightdelight in doing somethingdelight in somethingdelight at somethingdelight at doing something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a feeling of **sheer/pure delight**"
},
{
"text": "The children squealed with delight when they saw the puppy.",
"contextForm": "with delight"
},
{
"text": "She won the game easily, to the delight of all her fans.",
"contextForm": "to the delight of somebodyto somebody's delight"
},
{
"text": "He **takes (great) delight in** *(= enjoys)* proving others wrong.",
"contextForm": "delight in doing something"
},
{
"text": "She took a simple delight in joys that we could all share.",
"contextForm": "delight in something"
},
{
"text": "She couldn't hide her delight at the news.",
"contextForm": "delight at something"
},
{
"text": "He expressed his delight at seeing us all again.",
"contextForm": "delight at doing something"
},
{
"text": "His mind was reeling with an almost aesthetic delight at the beauty of the thing."
},
{
"text": "I find a perverse delight in listening to traffic."
},
{
"text": "Much to the delight of the crowd, the band came back and did three encores."
},
{
"text": "She gave a whoop of delight and dived into the water."
},
{
"text": "She took evident delight in frightening the children with horror stories."
},
{
"text": "The news was greeted with great delight."
},
{
"text": "To my great delight, they offered me the job."
},
{
"text": "We danced around with childish delight."
},
{
"text": "Flowering trees provide shade as well as visual delight."
}
],
"synonyms": "joy",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "absolute", "utter"],
"verb + delight": ["express", "find", "take"],
"preposition": ["in delight", "with delight", "of delight"],
"phrases": [
"a cry, gasp, squeal, etc. of delight",
"much to somebody’s delight"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "something that gives you great pleasure",
"sensetop": "delight of doing something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This guitar is a delight to play."
},
{
"text": "Sample the culinary delights of Morocco."
},
{
"text": "the delights of living in the country",
"contextForm": "delight of doing something"
},
{
"text": "He became deeply religious and turned away from earthly delights."
},
{
"text": "The baby was a constant delight and source of amazement."
},
{
"text": "The old lady's reminiscences were a continual delight to Constance."
},
{
"text": "It was a delight to see him so fit and healthy."
}
],
"synonyms": "joy",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["real", "constant", "unexpected"],
"verb + delight": ["explore", "sample", "enjoy"],
"preposition": ["delight to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈlaɪt/",
"audio": "de/delight/delight__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈlaɪt/",
"audio": "de/delight/delight__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French delitier (verb), delit (noun), from Latin delectare ‘to charm’, frequentative of delicere. The -gh- was added in the 16th cent. by association with the verb light."
}