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{
"term": "frighten",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "frighten",
"heSheIt": "frightens"
},
"pastSimple": "frightened",
"pastParticiple": "frightened",
"ingForm": "frightening"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make somebody suddenly feel afraid",
"sensetop": "frighten (somebody)it frightens somebody to think, see, hear, etc…it frightens somebody that…",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.",
"contextForm": "frighten (somebody)"
},
{
"text": "He used to **frighten me to death** *(= a lot)*, zooming about on his go-cart."
},
{
"text": "She's not easily frightened."
},
{
"text": "She **doesn't frighten easily** *(= it is not easy to make her afraid)*."
},
{
"text": "It really frightens me to think how this might have ended.",
"contextForm": "it frightens somebody to think, see, hear, etc…"
},
{
"text": "It frightened him that she could see so easily into his private thoughts.",
"contextForm": "it frightens somebody that…"
},
{
"text": "Don't creep around like that! You frightened the life out of me!"
},
{
"text": "The prospect of war really frightens me."
},
{
"text": "Stop it! You're frightening me!"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["really", "almost", "easily"],
"verb + frighten": ["want to", "not mean to", "try to"],
"phrases": [
"frighten somebody to death",
"frighten the life out of somebody"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to frighten somebody very much",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to frighten somebody very much",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to frighten somebody very much",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Spiders frighten him to death."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtn/",
"audio": "fr/frighten/frighten__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnz/",
"audio": "fr/frighten/frightens__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnd/",
"audio": "fr/frighten/frightened__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/",
"audio": "fr/frighten/frightening__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtn/",
"audio": "fr/frighten/frighten__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnz/",
"audio": "fr/frighten/frightens__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnd/",
"audio": "fr/frighten/frightened__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/",
"audio": "fr/frighten/frightening__us_2_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}