word-vault/dist/data/cards/ex/extraordinary.json

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{
    "term": "extraordinary",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "unexpected, surprising or strange",
            "sensetop": "it is extraordinary that…it is extraordinary how…",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What an extraordinary thing to say!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president took the extraordinary step of apologizing publicly for his behaviour!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are a normal family dealing with **extraordinary circumstances**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's extraordinary that he managed to sleep through the party.",
                    "contextForm": "it is extraordinary that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is extraordinary how little evidence supports this view.",
                    "contextForm": "it is extraordinary how…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What makes it so extraordinary is that the experts had all dismissed her theories as nonsense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The discussion was about the treatment of extraordinary items in the company accounts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It seems extraordinary that she could have got away with this for so long."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I find it extraordinary that anybody on a murder charge should be given bail."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "incredible",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["most", "really", "truly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not normal or ordinary; greater or better than usual",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an extraordinary achievement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was a truly extraordinary woman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They went to extraordinary lengths to explain their behaviour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film tells the extraordinary story of two people struggling to survive in the Arctic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The response from the public has been **quite extraordinary**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The portrait does not do justice to her extraordinary beauty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The festival offers an extraordinary range of artistic events."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She must have been an extraordinary artist to work with."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found an extraordinary number of errors in the document."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He did the work with extraordinary energy and good humour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He used the extraordinary powers granted to him by Parliament to introduce economic reforms."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "arranged for a special purpose and happening in addition to what normally or regularly happens",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "An extraordinary meeting was held to discuss the problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ruling Socialist Party held an extraordinary congress in July, two months before the annual congress."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "employed for a special purpose in addition to the usual staff",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an envoy extraordinary"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈstrɔːdnri/",
                "audio": "ex/extraordinary/extraordinary__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈstrɔːrdəneri/",
                "audio": "ex/extraordinary/extraordinary__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin extraordinarius, from extra ordinem ‘outside the normal course of events’."
}