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{
"term": "disappoint",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "disappoint",
"heSheIt": "disappoints"
},
"pastSimple": "disappointed",
"pastParticiple": "disappointed",
"ingForm": "disappointing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make somebody feel sad because something that they hope for or expect to happen does not happen or is not as good as they hoped",
"sensetop": "disappoint (somebody)it disappoints somebody that…",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans.",
"contextForm": "disappoint (somebody)"
},
{
"text": "I hate to disappoint you, but I'm just not interested."
},
{
"text": "The movie had disappointed her *(= it wasn't as good as she had expected)*."
},
{
"text": "I hate to disappoint the children when they've been looking forward to it so much."
},
{
"text": "His latest novel does not disappoint."
},
{
"text": "It disappointed me that nobody bothered to say thank you.",
"contextForm": "it disappoints somebody that…"
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to prevent something that somebody hopes for from becoming a reality",
"sensetop": "disappoint something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The new government had soon disappointed the hopes of many of its supporters."
},
{
"text": "If he agrees to the deal he will disappoint the expectations of many colleagues."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/",
"audio": "di/disappoint/disappoint__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnts/",
"audio": "di/disappoint/disappoints__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/",
"audio": "di/disappoint/disappointed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/",
"audio": "di/disappoint/disappointing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/",
"audio": "di/disappoint/disappoint__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnts/",
"audio": "di/disappoint/disappoints__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/",
"audio": "di/disappoint/disappointed__us_5.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/",
"audio": "di/disappoint/disappointing__us_5.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘deprive of a position’): from Old French desappointer."
}