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{
"term": "hazy",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "not clear because of haze",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **hazy afternoon/sky**"
},
{
"text": "**hazy light/sunshine**"
},
{
"text": "The mountains were hazy in the distance."
},
{
"text": "The room was hazy with smoke."
},
{
"text": "The summers were hazy with pollution."
},
{
"text": "There will be a dry start to the day with some hazy sunshine in the east."
}
],
"topics": ["Weather"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "become"],
"adverb": ["very", "a little", "rather"],
"preposition": ["with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not clear because of a lack of memory, understanding or detail",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **hazy memory/idea**"
},
{
"text": "The dividing line is somewhat hazy."
},
{
"text": "What happened next is all very hazy."
},
{
"text": "I have only a very hazy idea about how the economy works."
}
],
"synonyms": "vague",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "uncertain or confused about something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm a little hazy about what to do next."
},
{
"text": "I'm a bit hazy about my family history."
},
{
"text": "I'm still slightly hazy about the details of what happened."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈheɪzi/",
"audio": "ha/hazy/hazy__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈheɪzi/",
"audio": "ha/hazy/hazy__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (in nautical use in the sense ‘foggy’): of unknown origin."
}