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{
"term": "innocent",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "not guilty of a crime, etc.; not having done something wrong",
"sensetop": "innocent of somethinginnocent of doing something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They have imprisoned an innocent man."
},
{
"text": "She was found innocent of any crime.",
"contextForm": "innocent of something"
},
{
"text": "I was convinced that he was innocent of taking the money.",
"contextForm": "innocent of doing something"
},
{
"text": "He was the **innocent party** *(= person)* in the dispute."
},
{
"text": "There must be an innocent explanation for her behaviour."
},
{
"text": "He pleaded innocent to the charges."
},
{
"text": "I am totally innocent of this crime."
},
{
"text": "I had always believed her innocent."
},
{
"text": "The accused person should always be presumed innocent until proved guilty."
},
{
"text": "The court found her innocent of the crime."
},
{
"text": "She tried to sound all innocent as she asked the question."
},
{
"text": "Stop playing innocent and answer my questions, please."
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "plead", "believe somebody"],
"adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"],
"preposition": ["of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "suffering harm or being killed because of a crime, war, etc. although not directly involved in it",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an **innocent bystander**"
},
{
"text": "**innocent victims** of the bomb blast"
},
{
"text": "Thousands of **innocent civilians** have been killed in this conflict."
},
{
"text": "He expressed outrage at the loss of innocent lives."
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "having little experience of the world, especially of sexual matters, or of evil or unpleasant things",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "At the time I was still an innocent young child."
},
{
"text": "She is very naive and innocent."
},
{
"text": "He looked so sweet and innocent."
},
{
"text": "She was sixteen and sweetly innocent."
},
{
"text": "He came across as deceptively innocent and childlike."
},
{
"text": "the strangely innocent world of her childhood"
}
],
"synonyms": "naive",
"topics": ["Life stages"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["act", "appear", "be"],
"adverb": ["very", "sweetly", "deceptively"],
"phrases": ["sweet and innocent"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "not intended to cause harm or upset somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was all innocent fun."
},
{
"text": "It was a perfectly innocent remark."
},
{
"text": "The circumstance could be altogether innocent, but suspicions have been raised."
}
],
"synonyms": "harmless",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["act", "appear", "be"],
"adverb": ["very", "all", "perfectly"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪnəsnt/",
"audio": "in/innocent/innocent__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪnəsnt/",
"audio": "in/innocent/innocent__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin innocent- ‘not harming’, from in- ‘not’ + nocere ‘to hurt’."
}