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{
"term": "demon",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an evil spirit",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The people believed the girl was possessed by demons."
},
{
"text": "demons torturing the sinners in Hell"
},
{
"text": "an ancient ritual to exorcise demons"
},
{
"text": "tales of travellers attacked by evil demons"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["evil", "inner", "personal"],
"verb + demon": ["be possessed by", "cast out", "exorcize"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "something that causes a person to worry and makes them unhappy",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the demons of jealousy"
},
{
"text": "She's had to battle her personal demons throughout her adult life."
},
{
"text": "He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["evil", "inner", "personal"],
"verb + demon": ["be possessed by", "cast out", "exorcize"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a person who does something very well or with a lot of energy",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He skis like a demon."
},
{
"text": "He’s a demon: he gets up early, he works out, he goes home early, he studies, he works out again…"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "alcoholic drink",
"labels": "(British English, humorous)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdiːmən/",
"audio": "de/demon/demon__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdiːmən/",
"audio": "de/demon/demon__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from medieval Latin, from Latin daemon, from Greek daimōn ‘deity, genius’; in sense (1) also from Latin daemonium ‘lesser or evil spirit’, from Greek daemonion, diminutive of daimōn."
}