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{
"term": "sincere",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "showing what you really think or feel",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a sincere apology"
},
{
"text": "a sincere attempt to resolve the problem"
},
{
"text": "sincere regret"
},
{
"text": "Please accept our **sincere thanks**."
},
{
"text": "We offer our **sincere sympathy** to the two families."
},
{
"text": "Her protests seemed sincere enough."
},
{
"text": "We offer our most sincere apologies."
},
{
"text": "painfully sincere declarations of love"
},
{
"text": "the warm, deeply sincere note in her voice"
},
{
"text": "I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your care and concern during this past week."
}
],
"synonyms": "genuine",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "saying only what you really think or feel",
"sensetop": "sincere in somethingsincere about something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He seemed sincere enough when he said he wanted to help."
},
{
"text": "She is never completely sincere in what she says about people.",
"contextForm": "sincere in something"
},
{
"text": "I think he is sincere in his desire to keep the economy growing."
},
{
"text": "his refusal to be sincere about his feelings",
"contextForm": "sincere about something"
}
],
"synonyms": "honest",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "in"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪnˈsɪə(r)/",
"audio": "si/sincere/sincere__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪnˈsɪr/",
"audio": "si/sincere/sincere__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘not falsified, unadulterated’): from Latin sincerus ‘clean, pure’."
}