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{
"term": "fascinating",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "extremely interesting and attractive",
"sensetop": "fascinating to doit is fascinating to do somethingfascinating to somebodyit is fascinating that…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **fascinating story**"
},
{
"text": "a fascinating subject/article/account"
},
{
"text": "Her letters offer a **fascinating insight** into early Victorian family life."
},
{
"text": "The book provides a fascinating glimpse into Moroccan life."
},
{
"text": "The results of the survey made fascinating reading."
},
{
"text": "I fail to see what women find so fascinating about him."
},
{
"text": "Your trip to Alaska sounds absolutely fascinating."
},
{
"text": "His performance is fascinating to watch.",
"contextForm": "fascinating to do"
},
{
"text": "It's fascinating to see how different people approach the problem.",
"contextForm": "it is fascinating to do something"
},
{
"text": "Animal behaviour is fascinating to most people.",
"contextForm": "fascinating to somebody"
},
{
"text": "It is fascinating that the bacteria can survive these extremely harsh conditions.",
"contextForm": "it is fascinating that…"
},
{
"text": "He's a fascinating character."
},
{
"text": "‘This is all very fascinating,’ said Wilcox,‘but I have a meeting in five minutes.’"
},
{
"text": "His testimony in court could prove fascinating."
},
{
"text": "I find him rather fascinating."
},
{
"text": "I find the natural world endlessly fascinating."
},
{
"text": "It just seemed really fascinating to me."
},
{
"text": "Renoir's later life is equally fascinating."
},
{
"text": "What was fascinating to me was the way the creatures moved."
},
{
"text": "a most fascinating book"
},
{
"text": "The exhibition tells the fascinating story of the jet age."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "prove"],
"adverb": ["deeply", "especially", "incredibly"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "fa/fascinating/fascinating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "fa/fascinating/fascinating__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}