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{
"term": "tired",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "feeling that you would like to sleep or rest; needing rest",
"sensetop": "tired from somethingtired from doing something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **be/look/feel tired**"
},
{
"text": "I'm too tired even to think."
},
{
"text": "They were cold, hungry and **tired out** *(= very tired)*."
},
{
"text": "He still felt really tired and wanted to stay in bed."
},
{
"text": "I'm still a bit tired from the journey.",
"contextForm": "tired from something"
},
{
"text": "I take the bus when my legs get tired from walking.",
"contextForm": "tired from doing something"
},
{
"text": "We were both so dead tired that we kept falling asleep."
},
{
"text": "She was tired after a long day at the office."
},
{
"text": "tired feet"
},
{
"text": "Of course I'm not ill. I'm just tired."
},
{
"text": "Polly suddenly felt awfully tired."
},
{
"text": "The walk left me quite tired out."
},
{
"text": "The words danced on the page before his tired eyes."
}
],
"synonyms": "weary",
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["from"],
"phrases": ["tired and drawn"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "feeling that you have had enough of somebody/something because you no longer find them/it interesting or because they make you angry or unhappy",
"sensetop": "tired of somebody/somethingtired of doing somethingtired of somebody doing something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm **sick and tired** of all the arguments.",
"contextForm": "tired of somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "She **had grown** heartily **tired** of his company."
},
{
"text": "She was tired of hearing about their trip to India.",
"contextForm": "tired of doing something"
},
{
"text": "I'm really tired of people complaining about us.",
"contextForm": "tired of somebody doing something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"phrases": ["sick and tired"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "boring because it is too familiar or has been used too much",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He always comes out with the same tired old jokes."
},
{
"text": "It's a tired cliché-ridden definition of leadership."
},
{
"text": "It's the same tired advice that was given to my mother."
},
{
"text": "The word ‘empowering’ is tired and overused."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪəd/",
"audio": "ti/tired/tired__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪərd/",
"audio": "ti/tired/tired__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}