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{
"term": "gentle",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "calm and kind; doing things in a quiet and careful way",
"sensetop": "gentle with somebody/something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a kind and gentle man"
},
{
"text": "Terry was a **gentle soul**."
},
{
"text": "He looks scary but he's really a **gentle giant**."
},
{
"text": "She was the gentlest of nurses."
},
{
"text": "a gentle voice/laugh/touch"
},
{
"text": "a gentle reminder that your next payment is due on Friday"
},
{
"text": "He lived in a gentler age than ours."
},
{
"text": "Be gentle with her!",
"contextForm": "gentle with somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "He was very gentle with the children."
},
{
"text": "‘Don't worry, just relax,’ Louise's voice was gentle."
},
{
"text": "He was a young man with a quiet, gentle manner."
},
{
"text": "The professor gave a gentle smile."
},
{
"text": "She agreed to come, after a little gentle persuasion."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["on", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not strong or extreme",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **gentle breeze**"
},
{
"text": "the gentle swell of the sea"
},
{
"text": "Cook over a gentle heat."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "having only a small effect; not strong or violent",
"sensetop": "gentle on something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We went for a gentle stroll."
},
{
"text": "The doctor recommended a little gentle exercise."
},
{
"text": "This soap is very gentle on the hands.",
"contextForm": "gentle on something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["on", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "not steep or sharp",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a gentle slope/curve"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdʒentl/",
"audio": "ge/gentle/gentle__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdʒentlə(r)/",
"audio": "ge/gentle/gentler__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdʒentlɪst/",
"audio": "ge/gentle/gentlest__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdʒentl/",
"audio": "ge/gentle/gentle__us_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdʒentlər/",
"audio": "ge/gentle/gentler__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdʒentlɪst/",
"audio": "ge/gentle/gentlest__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French gentil ‘high-born, noble’, from Latin gentilis ‘of the same clan’, from gens, gent- ‘family, race’, from the root of gignere ‘beget’. The original sense was ‘nobly born’, hence ‘courteous, chivalrous’, later ‘mild, moderate in action or disposition’ (mid 16th cent.)."
}