word-vault/dist/data/cards/ge/generous.json

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{
    "term": "generous",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "giving or willing to give freely; given freely",
            "sensetop": "generous with somethinggenerous to somebodygenerous in somethinggenerous in doing somethingit is generous of somebodyit is generous of somebody to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The gallery was named after its most generous benefactor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a generous donation/gift/offer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You've been incredibly generous with your time.",
                    "contextForm": "generous with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was generous to his friends and family.",
                    "contextForm": "generous to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was generous in her praise for her co-stars.",
                    "contextForm": "generous in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were very generous in giving help",
                    "contextForm": "generous in doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thank you for your donation. It was very generous of you.",
                    "contextForm": "it is generous of somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was extremely generous of him to offer to pay for us both.",
                    "contextForm": "it is generous of somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were very generous with the food!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's quite generous with her praise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have been extremely generous to the church."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a kind and generous man."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The director thanked the chairman for his generous gift."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["of", "to", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "more than is necessary; large",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a generous helping of meat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car has a generous amount of space."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The review panel criticized the payments as overly generous."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "lavish",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["of", "to", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "kind in the way you treat people; willing to see what is good about somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a generous mind"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wrote a very generous assessment of my work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her generous spirit shone through in everything she did."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["of", "to", "with"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʒenərəs/",
                "audio": "ge/generous/generous__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʒenərəs/",
                "audio": "ge/generous/generous__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: via Old French from Latin generosus ‘noble, magnanimous’, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’. The original sense was ‘of noble birth’, hence ‘characteristic of noble birth, courageous, magnanimous, not mean’ (a sense already present in Latin)."
}