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{
"term": "fond",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having warm or loving feelings for somebody, especially somebody you have known for a long time",
"sensetop": "fond of somebody",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Over the years, I have **grown quite fond of** her."
},
{
"text": "I’ve always been very fond of your mother."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "finding something pleasant, especially something you have liked or enjoyed for a long time",
"sensetop": "fond of (doing) something",
"labels": "British English",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "fond of music/cooking"
},
{
"text": "We had **grown fond of** the house and didn't want to leave."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "liking to do something that other people find annoying or unpleasant, and doing it often",
"sensetop": "fond of (doing) something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sheila's very fond of telling other people what to do."
},
{
"text": "He's rather too fond of the sound of his own voice *(= he talks too much)*."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "kind and loving",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **fond look/embrace/farewell**"
},
{
"text": "She waved a fond farewell to her parents and sister."
},
{
"text": "I have very **fond memories** of my time in Spain *(= I remember it with affection and pleasure)*."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a hope about something that is not likely to happen",
"sensetop": "fond hope",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I waited all day **in the fond hope that** she would change her mind."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fɒnd/",
"audio": "fo/fond/fond__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fɑːnd/",
"audio": "fo/fond/fond__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘infatuated, foolish’): from obsolete fon ‘a fool, be foolish’, of unknown origin. Compare with fun."
}