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{
"term": "hurt",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "hurt",
"heSheIt": "hurts"
},
"pastSimple": "hurt",
"pastParticiple": "hurt",
"ingForm": "hurting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to cause physical pain to somebody/yourself; to injure somebody/yourself",
"sensetop": "hurt somethinghurt yourselfhurt (somebody)",
"labels": "(especially British English)(informal)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(North American English)(formal)(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He hurt his back playing squash.",
"contextForm": "hurt something"
},
{
"text": "Strong light hurts my eyes."
},
{
"text": "Did you hurt yourself?",
"contextForm": "hurt yourself"
},
{
"text": "Stop it. You're hurting me.",
"contextForm": "hurt (somebody)"
},
{
"text": "No one was **seriously hurt** in the accident."
},
{
"text": "My back is really hurting me today."
},
{
"text": "My shoes hurt—they're too tight."
},
{
"text": "I was shaken, but not actually hurt."
},
{
"text": "She fell and hurt her leg quite badly."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["badly", "seriously", "actually"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to feel painful",
"sensetop": "it hurts when/if…it hurts to do something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "My feet hurt."
},
{
"text": "My head hurts."
},
{
"text": "Ouch! That hurt!"
},
{
"text": "It hurts when I bend my knee.",
"contextForm": "it hurts when/if…"
},
{
"text": "It hurts if I move my neck."
},
{
"text": "It hurts to breathe.",
"contextForm": "it hurts to do something"
},
{
"text": "My ankle still hurts quite badly."
},
{
"text": "Ouch! It really hurts."
},
{
"text": "I knew it was going to hurt—but not that much!"
},
{
"text": "Does it hurt a lot?"
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["badly", "a lot", "really"],
"verb + hurt": ["be going to", "begin to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make somebody unhappy or upset",
"sensetop": "hurt somebody/somethingit hurts to do somethingit hurts somebody to do something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "What **really hurt** was that he never answered my calls."
},
{
"text": "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you.",
"contextForm": "hurt somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "I didn't want to **hurt his feelings**."
},
{
"text": "It always hurts to lose, especially in the final.",
"contextForm": "it hurts to do something"
},
{
"text": "It hurt me to think that he would lie to me.",
"contextForm": "it hurts somebody to do something"
},
{
"text": "They never told me why and that really hurt."
},
{
"text": "Are you deliberately trying to hurt me?"
},
{
"text": "Her remarks hurt him deeply."
},
{
"text": "I never meant to hurt anyone."
},
{
"text": "Why would I want to hurt her?"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["badly", "deeply", "really"],
"verb + hurt": ["attempt to", "try to", "want to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to feel unhappy or upset",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I know you're hurting and I want to help you."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to have a bad effect on somebody/something",
"sensetop": "hurt somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Hard work never hurt anyone."
},
{
"text": "Many people on low incomes will be hurt by the government's plans."
},
{
"text": "High interest rates are hurting the local economy."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to be in a difficult situation because you need something, especially money",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His campaign is already hurting for money."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to affect somebody where they will feel it most",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that somebody should do a particular thing",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It wouldn't hurt you to help with the housework occasionally."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be kind and gentle and unwilling to cause unhappiness",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/hɜːt/",
"audio": "hu/hurt/hurt__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/hɜːts/",
"audio": "hu/hurt/hurts__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhɜːtɪŋ/",
"audio": "hu/hurt/hurting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/hɜːrt/",
"audio": "hu/hurt/hurt__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/hɜːrts/",
"audio": "hu/hurt/hurts__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhɜːrtɪŋ/",
"audio": "hu/hurt/hurting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally in the senses ‘ to strike’ and ‘a blow’): from Old French hurter (verb), hurt (noun), perhaps ultimately of Germanic origin."
}