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{
"term": "interesting",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "attracting your attention because it is/they are special, exciting or unusual",
"sensetop": "it is interesting to do somethinginteresting (that)…it is interesting (that)…interesting about something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The article raises several **interesting questions**."
},
{
"text": "The speaker made some **interesting points**."
},
{
"text": "The documentary explores some **interesting ideas** about diet and health."
},
{
"text": "She sounds like a **really interesting** person."
},
{
"text": "Our survey produced some **very interesting** results."
},
{
"text": "He had a lot of **interesting things** to say."
},
{
"text": "It will be interesting to see what happens.",
"contextForm": "it is interesting to do something"
},
{
"text": "It is particularly interesting to compare the two versions."
},
{
"text": "It would be interesting to know what he really believed."
},
{
"text": "I **find it interesting that** she claims not to know him.",
"contextForm": "interesting (that)…"
},
{
"text": "It is interesting that you mention that.",
"contextForm": "it is interesting (that)…"
},
{
"text": "What is interesting about the speech is how modern it sounds.",
"contextForm": "interesting about something"
},
{
"text": "The project does **sound interesting**."
},
{
"text": "Some of the titles **look interesting**."
},
{
"text": "Then things started to **get interesting**."
},
{
"text": "She puts enough detail into the story to **make it interesting**."
},
{
"text": "Can't we do something more interesting?"
},
{
"text": "Her account makes interesting reading."
},
{
"text": "I find her ideas really interesting."
},
{
"text": "It was always interesting to hear his stories."
},
{
"text": "It's not very interesting for visitors."
},
{
"text": "None of them had anything remotely interesting to say."
},
{
"text": "So far, my trip has proved interesting."
},
{
"text": "Some topics appeared interesting enough to merit more detailed investigation."
},
{
"text": "This is a genuinely interesting article."
},
{
"text": "This subject is intrinsically interesting and worthy of study in its own right."
},
{
"text": "architecturally interesting buildings"
},
{
"text": "You seem to know a lot of very interesting people."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["for", "to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪntrəstɪŋ//ˈɪntrestɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/interesting/interesting__gb_6.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪntrəstɪŋ//ˈɪntrestɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/interesting/interesting__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}