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{
"term": "gaze",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "gaze",
"heSheIt": "gazes"
},
"pastSimple": "gazed",
"pastParticiple": "gazed",
"ingForm": "gazing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to look steadily at somebody/something for a long time, either because you are very interested or surprised, or because you are thinking of something else",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She gazed at him in amazement."
},
{
"text": "He sat for hours just **gazing into space**."
},
{
"text": "Every one gazed at her beautiful jewels."
},
{
"text": "He gazed absently at the passing crowd."
},
{
"text": "He gazed out over the lake."
},
{
"text": "They gazed in wonder at the mighty peaks."
}
],
"synonyms": "stare",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["intently", "steadily", "absently"],
"preposition": ["at", "in", "into"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡeɪz/",
"audio": "ga/gaze/gaze__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡeɪzɪz/",
"audio": "ga/gaze/gazes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡeɪzd/",
"audio": "ga/gaze/gazed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡeɪzɪŋ/",
"audio": "ga/gaze/gazing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡeɪz/",
"audio": "ga/gaze/gaze__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡeɪzɪz/",
"audio": "ga/gaze/gazes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡeɪzd/",
"audio": "ga/gaze/gazed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡeɪzɪŋ/",
"audio": "ga/gaze/gazing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: perhaps related to obsolete gaw ‘to gaze’, from Old Norse gá ‘heed’."
}