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{
"term": "funny",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "making you laugh",
"labels": "(ironic)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a funny story/joke"
},
{
"text": "He was a very funny guy as well as a kind person."
},
{
"text": "That's the funniest thing I've ever heard."
},
{
"text": "The movie is full of funny moments."
},
{
"text": "I found the play funny and moving."
},
{
"text": "It's not funny! Someone could have been hurt."
},
{
"text": "I was really embarrassed, but then I **saw the funny side of it**."
},
{
"text": "Oh **very funny**! You expect me to believe that?"
},
{
"text": "‘**What's so funny**?’ she demanded."
},
{
"text": "His performance was hilariously funny."
},
{
"text": "The movie gets funnier nearer the end."
},
{
"text": "You should have seen it—it was terribly funny!"
},
{
"text": "He's not even remotely funny."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "difficult to explain or understand; strange and not as you expect",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "A funny thing happened to me today."
},
{
"text": "**It's funny how** things never happen the way you expect them to."
},
{
"text": "**That's funny**—he was here a moment ago and now he's gone."
},
{
"text": "**The funny thing is** it never happened again after that."
},
{
"text": "The engine's making a very funny noise."
},
{
"text": "I'm pleased I didn't get that job, in a funny sort of way."
},
{
"text": "This tea tastes funny."
},
{
"text": "Didn't it strike you as funny that Adam wasn't there?"
},
{
"text": "Don't you find it a bit funny that she never mentions her husband?"
},
{
"text": "Helen gave me a rather funny look."
},
{
"text": "It's a funny old world, isn't it?"
}
],
"synonyms": "strange, peculiar"
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "seeming or likely to be wrong, illegal or dishonest",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I suspect there may be something funny going on."
},
{
"text": "If there has been any **funny business**, we'll soon find out."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "humorous in a way that shows a lack of respect for somebody",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don't you **get funny** with me!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "slightly ill",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I feel a bit funny today—I don't think I'll go to work."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "slightly crazy or strange",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "That Dave's a funny chap, isn't he?"
}
],
"synonyms": "strange, peculiar"
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "not working as it should",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "My computer keeps **going funny**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show that ‘funny’ is being used with the meaning of ‘making you laugh’",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show that ‘funny’ is being used with the meaning of ‘strange’",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfʌni/",
"audio": "fu/funny/funny__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfʌni/",
"audio": "fu/funny/funny__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}