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{ "term": "sweet", "partOfSpeech": "adjective", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "containing, or tasting as if it contains, a lot of sugar", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a cup of hot sweet tea" }, { "text": "sweet food" }, { "text": "I had a craving for something sweet." }, { "text": "roast duck with a sweet and sour sauce" }, { "text": "sweet sherry" }, { "text": "This wine is too sweet for me." }, { "text": "I found the dessert a bit sweet for my taste." } ], "topics": ["Cooking and eating"], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "smell", "taste"], "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "having a pleasant smell", "examples": [ { "text": "a sweet-smelling rose" }, { "text": "The air was sweet with incense." }, { "text": "The air smelled sweet and clean." }, { "text": "an overpowering, sickly sweet smell" } ], "synonyms": "fragrant", "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "smell", "taste"], "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "having a pleasant sound", "examples": [ { "text": "a sweet voice" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "pleasant and not containing any harmful substances", "examples": [ { "text": "the sweet air of a mountain village" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "making you feel happy and/or satisfied", "examples": [ { "text": "Goodnight. **Sweet dreams**." }, { "text": "I can't tell you how sweet this victory is." }, { "text": "He played a sweet shot onto the final green *(= in golf)*." }, { "text": "an act of sweet revenge" } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"], "adverb": ["awfully", "really", "terribly"], "preposition": ["to"], "phrases": ["dear sweet…", "short and sweet", "sweet and innocent"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "attractive", "labels": "(especially British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "His sister's a sweet young thing." }, { "text": "You look sweet in this photograph." }, { "text": "We stayed in a sweet little hotel on the seafront." }, { "text": "a rather sweet little cottage" }, { "text": "What a sweet little dog!" } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"], "adverb": ["awfully", "really", "terribly"], "preposition": ["to"], "phrases": ["dear sweet…", "short and sweet", "sweet and innocent"] } }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "having or showing a kind character", "sensetop": "it is sweet of somebody to do something", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "She gave him her sweetest smile." }, { "text": "He's one of the sweetest people I know." }, { "text": "It was sweet of them to offer to help.", "contextForm": "it is sweet of somebody to do something" }, { "text": "He’s not what you’d call sweet-tempered!" }, { "text": "a sickeningly sweet smile" }, { "text": "She was really sweet to me." }, { "text": "She looked so sweet and innocent." } ], "topics": ["Personal qualities"], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"], "adverb": ["awfully", "really", "terribly"], "preposition": ["to"], "phrases": ["dear sweet…", "short and sweet", "sweet and innocent"] } }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "used to show that you approve of something", "labels": "(especially North American English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Free tickets? Sweet!" } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"], "adverb": ["awfully", "really", "terribly"], "preposition": ["to"], "phrases": ["dear sweet…", "short and sweet", "sweet and innocent"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to like somebody very much in a romantic way", "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)", "examples": [], "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to like food that contains a lot of sugar", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [], "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say how pleasant your home is (especially when you really mean that it is not pleasant at all)", "labels": "(often ironic)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "how and when you want to, even though this might annoy other people", "examples": [ { "text": "He always does the work, but in his own sweet time." }, { "text": "She just ignores all the criticism and continues in her own sweet way." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to say or do pleasant things in order to keep somebody in a good mood so that they will agree to do something for you", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "You’d better keep her sweet if you want her to lend you the money." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "what is important is what people or things are, not what they are called", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "everything is all right", "labels": "(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "pleasant but not lasting a long time", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "We haven't much time so I'll keep it short and sweet." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "nothing at all. People say ‘sweet FA’ to avoid saying ‘fuck all’.", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "romantic words", "examples": [ { "text": "to whisper sweet nothings in somebody’s ear" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the pleasant feeling of being successful", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [], "topics": ["Success"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/swiːt/", "audio": "sw/sweet/sweet__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/swiːt/", "audio": "sw/sweet/sweet__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English swēte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zoet, German süss, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin suavis and Greek hēdus." }