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{
"term": "detest",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "detest",
"heSheIt": "detests"
},
"pastSimple": "detested",
"pastParticiple": "detested",
"ingForm": ""
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to hate somebody/something very much",
"sensetop": "detest somebody/somethingdetest doing something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They detested each other on sight.",
"contextForm": "detest somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "They absolutely detest each other."
},
{
"text": "I **loathe and detest** racism in any form."
},
{
"text": "He detests having his photograph taken.",
"contextForm": "detest doing something"
}
],
"synonyms": "loathe",
"topics": ["Feelings"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtest/",
"audio": "de/detest/detest__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtests/",
"audio": "de/detest/detests__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtestɪd/",
"audio": "de/detest/detested__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtestɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/detest/detesting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtest/",
"audio": "de/detest/detest__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtests/",
"audio": "de/detest/detests__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtestɪd/",
"audio": "de/detest/detested__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈtestɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/detest/detesting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Latin detestari, from de- ‘down’ + testari ‘witness, call upon to witness’ (from testis ‘a witness’)."
}