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{
"term": "numerous",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "existing in large numbers",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He has been late **on numerous occasions**."
},
{
"text": "The advantages of this system are too numerous to mention."
},
{
"text": "I tried numerous times to talk to Chris."
},
{
"text": "Numerous studies have shown this to be true."
},
{
"text": "Dr Malcolm has won numerous awards."
},
{
"text": "The related publications are far too numerous to list individually."
},
{
"text": "She wrote numerous articles on social issues."
},
{
"text": "He claimed that he could provide numerous other examples of her incompetence."
}
],
"synonyms": "many",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become"],
"adverb": ["especially", "particularly", "very"],
"phrases": ["too numerous to list", "too numerous to mention"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnjuːmərəs/",
"audio": "nu/numerous/numerous__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnuːmərəs/",
"audio": "nu/numerous/numerous__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin numerosus, from numerus ‘a number’."
}