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{
"term": "impressed",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "admiring somebody/something because you think they are particularly good, interesting, etc.",
"sensetop": "impressed by somebody/somethingimpressed with somethingimpressed at somethingimpressed to see, hear, find, etc.impressed that…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I must admit I am impressed."
},
{
"text": "We were all impressed by her enthusiasm.",
"contextForm": "impressed by somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "He was **particularly impressed** by her essay."
},
{
"text": "She was **suitably impressed** *(= as impressed as somebody had hoped)* with the painting.",
"contextForm": "impressed with something"
},
{
"text": "He was impressed at the way the team had played.",
"contextForm": "impressed at something"
},
{
"text": "We were impressed to see how well they'd done already.",
"contextForm": "impressed to see, hear, find, etc."
},
{
"text": "I was impressed that she remembered my name.",
"contextForm": "impressed that…"
},
{
"text": "He was very impressed with her house."
},
{
"text": "I was not overly impressed by the proposals."
},
{
"text": "My wife was impressed enough to commission a portrait from the artist."
},
{
"text": "Others seemed equally impressed with his work."
},
{
"text": "She was impressed at how well Stephen could dance."
},
{
"text": "The manager was clearly impressed by Jo's work."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["at", "by", "with"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈprest/",
"audio": "im/impressed/impressed__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈprest/",
"audio": "im/impressed/impressed__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}