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{
"term": "passion",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a very strong feeling of love, hate, anger, enthusiasm, etc.",
"sensetop": "with passion",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I admire the passion and commitment shown by the players."
},
{
"text": "She argued her case with considerable passion.",
"contextForm": "with passion"
},
{
"text": "a **crime of passion** *(= caused by strong feelings of sexual )*"
},
{
"text": "**Passions were running high** *(= people were angry and emotional)* at the meeting."
},
{
"text": "He's a man of violent passions."
},
{
"text": "That passion drove me to get to the top."
},
{
"text": "The team has been playing with renewed passion this season."
},
{
"text": "There were moments of high passion in the game."
},
{
"text": "This issue always arouses passion."
},
{
"text": "a speech full of passion"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["grand", "great", "all-consuming"],
"… of passion": ["surge", "wave"],
"verb + passion": ["arouse", "awaken", "ignite"],
"passion + verb": ["cool", "wane", "drive somebody"],
"preposition": ["with passion", "passion between", "passion for"],
"phrases": [
"a crime of passion",
"full of passion",
"a night of passion"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a very strong feeling of liking something; a hobby, an activity, etc. that you like very much",
"sensetop": "passion for somethingpassion for doing something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Music is his true passion."
},
{
"text": "She left her job to **pursue her** lifelong **passion** for painting.",
"contextForm": "passion for something"
},
{
"text": "He was a quiet man with a passion for writing poetry.",
"contextForm": "passion for doing something"
},
{
"text": "They **shared a passion** for Italian food."
},
{
"text": "Music is a passion with him."
},
{
"text": "The English have a passion for gardens."
},
{
"text": "Elliot and Nina discovered a shared passion for poetry."
},
{
"text": "He developed a real passion for acting."
},
{
"text": "She had very little time to indulge her passion for painting."
},
{
"text": "his lifelong passion for aeroplanes"
},
{
"text": "his renewed passion for the game"
}
],
"topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a very strong feeling of sexual love",
"sensetop": "passion (for somebody)",
"cefr": "b1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His passion for her made him blind to everything else."
},
{
"text": "No one had ever aroused his passion as much as Sandra."
},
{
"text": "She didn't believe in grand passion or love at first sight."
},
{
"text": "He was her first great passion."
},
{
"text": "The passion between them had cooled."
},
{
"text": "They kissed with passion."
},
{
"text": "They spent a night of passion in a hotel."
},
{
"text": "Who is the object of his passion this time?"
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships", "Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["grand", "great", "all-consuming"],
"… of passion": ["surge", "wave"],
"verb + passion": ["arouse", "awaken", "ignite"],
"passion + verb": ["cool", "wane", "drive somebody"],
"preposition": ["with passion", "passion between", "passion for"],
"phrases": [
"a crime of passion",
"full of passion",
"a night of passion"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a state of being very angry",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She **flies into a passion** if anyone even mentions his name."
}
],
"synonyms": "rage",
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the suffering and death of Jesus Christ",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if you love, hate, etc. somebody/something with a passion, you love, hate, etc. them/it very much",
"examples": [
{
"text": "To do this job you have to love architecture with a passion."
},
{
"text": "She hated him with a passion."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpæʃn/",
"audio": "pa/passion/passion__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpæʃn/",
"audio": "pa/passion/passion__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin passio(n-) (chiefly a term in Christian theology), from Latin pati ‘suffer’."
}