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{
"term": "different",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "not the same as somebody/something; not like somebody/something else",
"sensetop": "different from somebody/somethingdifferent to somebody/somethingdifferent than somebody/something",
"labels": "(especially British English)(especially North American English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish English",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "American English is **significantly different** from British English.",
"contextForm": "different from somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "It's **slightly different** to what I'm used to.",
"contextForm": "different to somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "He's different than the rest.",
"contextForm": "different than somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "It's **completely different** now than it was a year ago."
},
{
"text": "People often give very different accounts of the same event."
},
{
"text": "My son's terribly untidy; my daughter's **no different**."
},
{
"text": "The room looks different without the furniture."
},
{
"text": "Now he spoke in a different and kinder voice."
},
{
"text": "Let's try a different approach."
},
{
"text": "Their customs are very different to ours."
},
{
"text": "Attitudes are quite different in England."
},
{
"text": "The tune returns in a subtly different guise."
},
{
"text": "This is a far different movie from his previous one."
},
{
"text": "This school is radically different from most others."
},
{
"text": "He's a different proposition from his father—much less tolerant."
},
{
"text": "It's very different to what I'm used to."
},
{
"text": "We must approach the problem from a different standpoint."
},
{
"text": "The movie's different than the original book."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["very", "far", "clearly"],
"preposition": ["from", "to", "than"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "separate and individual",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Each chapter deals with a **different type** of business."
},
{
"text": "She offered us five **different kinds** of cake."
},
{
"text": "We're helping society in many **different ways**."
},
{
"text": "The programme was about customs in different parts of the country."
},
{
"text": "They are sold in many different colours."
},
{
"text": "I looked it up in three different dictionaries."
},
{
"text": "This exquisite little hotel seemed to belong to a different age."
},
{
"text": "The three friends are all from different ethnic backgrounds."
},
{
"text": "We come from different worlds."
},
{
"text": "They use alternating bands of different coloured bricks."
},
{
"text": "The same colour may not have the same effect on different types of paper."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["very", "far", "clearly"],
"preposition": ["from", "to", "than"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "unusual; not like other people or things",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘Did you enjoy the play?’ ‘Well, it was certainly different!’"
},
{
"text": "Her methods are different, but no less effective for that."
},
{
"text": "I love playing in jazz bands because the music is so different."
},
{
"text": "a refreshingly different approach to language learning"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be very different",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I know which area they live in, but whether I can find their house is a different matter."
},
{
"text": "That's a whole different matter."
},
{
"text": "I don't mind lizards, but snakes are a different matter."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have information or evidence that the opposite is true",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He says he doesn't care about what the critics write, but I know different."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have different aims that cannot be achieved together without causing problems",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are different considerations, often pulling in different directions."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to change the way that a situation appears",
"examples": [
{
"text": "What you have told us puts a different complexion on the situation."
},
{
"text": "This puts a whole new complexion on the matter."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to change your opinion about somebody/something or your attitude towards somebody/something",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to give some information that is different from what you expect or have been told",
"examples": [
{
"text": "These drugs are widely believed to be effective medications. The data, however, tell a different story."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɪfrənt/",
"audio": "di/different/different__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɪfrənt/",
"audio": "di/different/different__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin different- ‘carrying away, differing’, from the verb differre, from dis- ‘from, away’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’."
}