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{
"term": "endless",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "very large in size or amount and seeming to have no end",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "endless patience"
},
{
"text": "endless opportunities for making money"
},
{
"text": "The possibilities are endless."
},
{
"text": "an endless list of things to do"
},
{
"text": "We don't have an endless supply of money, you know."
},
{
"text": "I've had enough of their endless arguing."
},
{
"text": "a seemingly endless list of repairs to be carried out"
},
{
"text": "He had endless arguments with his father about it."
},
{
"text": "There were endless meetings to attend."
},
{
"text": "a potentially endless sequence of repeated shapes"
}
],
"synonyms": "limitless",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem"],
"adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "practically"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "continuing for a long time and seeming to have no end",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an endless round of parties and visits"
},
{
"text": "The journey seemed endless."
},
{
"text": "It was like that endless moment between the lightning flash and the thunder."
},
{
"text": "It was a seemingly endless eight weeks before the letter arrived."
},
{
"text": "She was getting bored with the endless round of parties."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem"],
"adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "practically"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "having the ends joined together so it forms one piece",
"labels": "(specialist)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an endless loop of tape"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈendləs/",
"audio": "en/endless/endless__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈendləs/",
"audio": "en/endless/endless__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English endelēas (see end, -less)."
}