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{
"term": "stun",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "stun",
"heSheIt": "stuns"
},
"pastSimple": "stunned",
"pastParticiple": "stunned",
"ingForm": "stunning"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make a person or an animal unconscious for a short time, especially by hitting them on the head",
"sensetop": "stun somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The fall stunned me for a moment."
},
{
"text": "The animals are stunned before slaughter."
}
],
"synonyms": "knock out"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to surprise or shock somebody so much that they cannot think clearly or speak",
"sensetop": "stun somebody",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her words stunned me—I had no idea she felt that way."
},
{
"text": "The guests were stunned into silence."
},
{
"text": "The company stunned investors with its third profits warning in five months."
}
],
"synonyms": "astound",
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["briefly", "momentarily"],
"preposition": ["into"],
"phrases": ["stun somebody into silence"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to impress somebody very much",
"sensetop": "stun somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They were stunned by the view from the summit."
}
],
"synonyms": "amaze"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/stʌn/",
"audio": "st/stun/stun__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/stʌnz/",
"audio": "st/stun/stuns__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/stʌnd/",
"audio": "st/stun/stunned__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstʌnɪŋ/",
"audio": "st/stun/stunning__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/stʌn/",
"audio": "st/stun/stun__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/stʌnz/",
"audio": "st/stun/stuns__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/stʌnd/",
"audio": "st/stun/stunned__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstʌnɪŋ/",
"audio": "st/stun/stunning__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: shortening of Old French estoner ‘astonish’."
}