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{
"term": "noble",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having or showing fine personal qualities that people admire, such as courage, honesty and care for others",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a noble leader"
},
{
"text": "noble ideals"
},
{
"text": "He died for a noble cause."
},
{
"text": "She died in a noble cause."
},
{
"text": "It was very noble of you to go so far to take him home."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "belonging to a family of high social rank (= belonging to the nobility)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was a young man of noble birth."
},
{
"text": "one of the noblest families in Portugal"
},
{
"text": "Intermarriage between the noble families means that all the counts are related."
}
],
"synonyms": "aristocratic",
"topics": ["People in society"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "very impressive in size or quality",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a noble building"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnəʊbl/",
"audio": "no/noble/noble__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnəʊblə(r)/",
"audio": "no/noble/nobler__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnəʊblɪst/",
"audio": "no/noble/noblest__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnəʊbl/",
"audio": "no/noble/noble__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnəʊblər/",
"audio": "no/noble/nobler__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnəʊblɪst/",
"audio": "no/noble/noblest__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from Latin (g)nobilis ‘noted, high-born’, from an Indo-European root shared by know."
}