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{
"term": "misfortune",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "bad luck",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He has known great misfortune in his life."
},
{
"text": "We **had the misfortune to** run into a violent storm."
},
{
"text": "I had the misfortune to share a room with someone who snored loudly."
},
{
"text": "Misfortune struck before they had even left port."
},
{
"text": "The expedition was dogged by misfortune."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "personal"],
"verb + misfortune": ["be dogged by", "have", "suffer"],
"misfortune + verb": ["befall somebody", "strike"],
"phrases": ["be somebody’s misfortune"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an accident, condition or event caused by bad luck",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She bore her misfortunes bravely."
}
],
"synonyms": "blow, disaster",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "personal"],
"verb + misfortune": ["be dogged by", "have", "suffer"],
"misfortune + verb": ["befall somebody", "strike"],
"phrases": ["be somebody’s misfortune"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌmɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/",
"audio": "mi/misfortune/misfortune__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌmɪsˈfɔːrtʃən/",
"audio": "mi/misfortune/misfortune__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}