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{
"term": "lonely",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "unhappy because you have no friends or people to talk to",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She lives alone and often **feels lonely**."
},
{
"text": "He was desperately lonely at school."
},
{
"text": "She felt oddly lonely without her books."
},
{
"text": "The support they give to lonely old people is invaluable."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "sad and spent alone",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "all those lonely nights at home watching TV"
},
{
"text": "a lonely childhood"
},
{
"text": "She contemplated the lonely walk home."
},
{
"text": "These characters live sad, lonely lives."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "where only a few people ever come or visit",
"labels": "North American English",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a lonely beach"
},
{
"text": "a lonely mountain road"
},
{
"text": "It gets pretty lonely here in winter."
}
],
"synonyms": "isolated",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈləʊnli/",
"audio": "lo/lonely/lonely__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈləʊnli/",
"audio": "lo/lonely/lonely__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from lone + -ly."
}