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{
"term": "hesitate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "hesitate",
"heSheIt": "hesitates"
},
"pastSimple": "hesitated",
"pastParticiple": "hesitated",
"ingForm": "hesitating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to be slow to speak or act because you feel uncertain or nervous",
"sensetop": "hesitate about/over somethinghesitate about/over doing somethinghesitate about/over whether, how, etc…+ speech",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She hesitated before replying."
},
{
"text": "He seemed to hesitate a second."
},
{
"text": "When she hesitated over her order, the waiter gave her an impatient look.",
"contextForm": "hesitate about/over something"
},
{
"text": "I didn't hesitate for a moment about taking the job.",
"contextForm": "hesitate about/over doing something"
},
{
"text": "She stood there, hesitating over whether or not to tell him the truth.",
"contextForm": "hesitate about/over whether, how, etc…"
},
{
"text": "‘I'm not sure,’ she hesitated.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
},
{
"text": "Something about his smile made her hesitate."
},
{
"text": "I barely hesitated before saying yes."
},
{
"text": "I didn't hesitate about working with Craig."
},
{
"text": "He was hesitating between the noodles and the salad."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["a little", "slightly", "briefly"],
"verb + hesitate": ["appear to", "seem to", "make somebody"],
"preposition": ["about", "between", "over"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to be worried about doing something, especially because you are not sure that it is right or appropriate",
"sensetop": "hesitate to do something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Please **do not hesitate to** contact me if you have any queries."
},
{
"text": "If you'd like me to send you the book, then please don't hesitate to ask."
},
{
"text": "She never hesitated to speak her mind."
}
],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if you delay in doing something you may lose a good opportunity",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhezɪteɪt/",
"audio": "he/hesitate/hesitate__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhezɪteɪts/",
"audio": "he/hesitate/hesitates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhezɪteɪtɪd/",
"audio": "he/hesitate/hesitated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhezɪteɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "he/hesitate/hesitating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhezɪteɪt/",
"audio": "he/hesitate/hesitate__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhezɪteɪts/",
"audio": "he/hesitate/hesitates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhezɪteɪtɪd/",
"audio": "he/hesitate/hesitated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhezɪteɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "he/hesitate/hesitating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin haesitat- ‘stuck fast, left undecided’, from the verb haesitare, from haerere ‘stick, stay’."
}