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{
"term": "honest",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "always telling the truth, and never stealing or cheating",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an honest man/woman"
},
{
"text": "They were honest, hard-working people, trying to farm their land."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "in", "with"],
"phrases": [
"honest enough",
"to be honest (with you)",
"open and honest"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not hiding the truth about something",
"sensetop": "honest about somethinghonest with somebody",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Are you being **completely honest** about your feelings?",
"contextForm": "honest about something"
},
{
"text": "Thank you for being so honest with me.",
"contextForm": "honest with somebody"
},
{
"text": "Give me your **honest opinion**."
},
{
"text": "He gave an **honest answer** to a difficult question."
},
{
"text": "We need to have more **open and honest** discussions about mental health."
},
{
"text": "The meeting was described as ‘a frank and honest exchange of views’."
},
{
"text": "**To be honest** *(= what I really think is)*, it was one of the worst books I've ever read."
},
{
"text": "**I'll be honest**, I really don't agree with what she did."
},
{
"text": "**Let's be honest**, this plan is not going to work."
},
{
"text": "The film has won accolades for being both **brutally honest** and very funny."
},
{
"text": "If I am **perfectly honest**, I wasn't expecting much from this album."
},
{
"text": "I just want **the honest truth**."
},
{
"text": "To be perfectly honest, this was the worst film I've ever seen."
},
{
"text": "The president failed to give an intellectually honest answer."
},
{
"text": "I'll be honest, I've still got a soft spot in my heart for the guy."
},
{
"text": "The manager gave an honest appraisal of the team's failings."
},
{
"text": "To be quite honest with you, I don't think he's the right person for the job."
},
{
"text": "Let's be brutally honest about this: you don't have a hope of succeeding."
},
{
"text": "I don't think you've been altogether honest with me."
},
{
"text": "My parents were always completely honest with me."
},
{
"text": "She was totally open and honest about her feelings."
},
{
"text": "Try to be honest about how you feel."
},
{
"text": "Try to give an honest answer."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "in", "with"],
"phrases": [
"honest enough",
"to be honest (with you)",
"open and honest"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "showing an honest mind or attitude",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's got an honest face."
},
{
"text": "She seems honest enough."
},
{
"text": "He made an **honest mistake** and deserves a second chance."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "in", "with"],
"phrases": [
"honest enough",
"to be honest (with you)",
"open and honest"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "earned or resulting from hard work",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He hasn't done **an honest day's work** in his life."
},
{
"text": "It's quite a struggle to make **an honest living**."
},
{
"text": "She claimed she was just trying to **earn an honest penny**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize that you are not lying",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I didn't mean it, honest!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize that what you are saying is true",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Honest to God, Mary, I'm not joking."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to marry a woman after having had a sexual relationship with her, especially if she is pregnant",
"labels": "(old-fashioned, humorous)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɒnɪst/",
"audio": "ho/honest/honest__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɑːnɪst/",
"audio": "ho/honest/honest__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally in the sense ‘held in or deserving of honour’): via Old French from Latin honestus, from honos, honor."
}