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{
"term": "terrific",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "excellent; wonderful",
"labels": "(informal)(ironic)(informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English, informal)(informal, especially North American English)(informal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I feel absolutely terrific today!"
},
{
"text": "She's doing a terrific job."
},
{
"text": "You look terrific in that dress."
},
{
"text": "He was really terrific when I was in trouble."
},
{
"text": "That’s terrific news!"
},
{
"text": "So nobody’s coming. Terrific!"
},
{
"text": "To win one of our terrific prizes, answer these three questions."
},
{
"text": "We came back from holiday feeling terrific."
},
{
"text": "He's terrific with animals."
},
{
"text": "She's terrific at chess."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "very large; very great",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've got a terrific amount of work to do."
},
{
"text": "We drove along at a terrific speed."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/təˈrɪfɪk/",
"audio": "te/terrific/terrific__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/təˈrɪfɪk/",
"audio": "te/terrific/terrific__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (originally referring to something that causes terror): from Latin terrificus, from terrere ‘frighten’."
}