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{
"term": "silent",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "where there is little or no sound; making little or no sound",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "At last the traffic **fell silent**."
},
{
"text": "The streets were silent and deserted."
},
{
"text": "The new bus is virtually silent."
},
{
"text": "As darkness began to fall, the cannon fell silent."
}
],
"synonyms": "quiet",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "dead"],
"preposition": ["about", "on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not speaking",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **remain/stay/keep silent**"
},
{
"text": "As the curtain rose, the audience **fell silent**."
},
{
"text": "He gave me **the silent treatment** *(= did not speak to me because he was angry)*."
},
{
"text": "Half the room **went silent** and turned to see what was happening."
},
{
"text": "They huddled together in silent groups."
},
{
"text": "The mayor was silent for a moment."
},
{
"text": "Len remained obstinately silent."
},
{
"text": "She sat silent throughout the meal."
},
{
"text": "I could not keep silent any longer."
},
{
"text": "The room grew silent as the men entered."
},
{
"text": "We were asked to remain silent for two minutes."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "dead"],
"preposition": ["about", "on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "not expressed with words or sound",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a silent prayer/protest"
},
{
"text": "They nodded in silent agreement."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "written but not pronounced",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The ‘b’ in ‘lamb’ is silent."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "with pictures but no sound",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **silent film/movie**"
},
{
"text": "stars of the **silent screen**"
}
],
"topics": ["Film and theatre"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "not talking very much",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's the **strong silent type**."
}
],
"synonyms": "quiet"
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "not giving information about something; refusing to speak about something",
"sensetop": "silent (on/about something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The report is strangely silent on this issue."
},
{
"text": "the right to **remain silent** *(= the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested)*"
},
{
"text": "They had kept remarkably silent about their intentions."
},
{
"text": "This is a subject about which the official documents are ominously silent."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "dead"],
"preposition": ["about", "on"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsaɪlənt/",
"audio": "si/silent/silent__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsaɪlənt/",
"audio": "si/silent/silent__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘not speaking’): from Latin silent- ‘being silent’, from the verb silere."
}