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{
"term": "impressive",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "making you admire them, because they are very large, good, skilful, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an **impressive performance**"
},
{
"text": "an impressive array/list/collection"
},
{
"text": "an impressive display of skill"
},
{
"text": "He has an impressive record of 63 wins from 71 fights."
},
{
"text": "an impressive building with a huge tower"
},
{
"text": "one of the most impressive novels of recent years"
},
{
"text": "Several of the younger players also looked impressive."
},
{
"text": "She was very impressive in the interview."
},
{
"text": "A large portico provides a suitably impressive entrance to the chapel."
},
{
"text": "She was far from impressive in her semi-final against Osaka."
},
{
"text": "The fact that he is so young makes his achievements even more impressive."
},
{
"text": "The film is technically impressive, but lacks real excitement."
},
{
"text": "The scenery to the north of the lake is equally impressive."
},
{
"text": "The standard of cooking was pretty impressive."
},
{
"text": "The team are 12 points ahead after an impressive victory last night."
},
{
"text": "They gave a truly impressive performance."
}
],
"topics": ["Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpresɪv/",
"audio": "im/impressive/impressive__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpresɪv/",
"audio": "im/impressive/impressive__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}