word-vault/dist/data/cards/un/unbelievable.json

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{
    "term": "unbelievable",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to emphasize how good, bad or extreme something is",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We had an unbelievable *(= very good)* time in Paris."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Conditions in the prison camp were unbelievable *(= very bad)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We get through an unbelievable amount of food each week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cold was unbelievable *(= it was extremely cold)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**It's unbelievable that** *(= very shocking)* they have permitted this trial to go ahead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've had three unbelievable years with the team."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It whizzed through the air at an unbelievable speed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's an unbelievable place to spend the summer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The murders were carried out with unbelievable brutality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pain was unbelievable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stress on the family is unbelievable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's unbelievable that he was allowed to escape."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "incredible",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["really", "absolutely", "completely"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very difficult to believe and unlikely to be true",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I found the whole story bizarre, not to say unbelievable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found the ending of the novel a bit unbelievable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It seemed unbelievable, but it was true."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The collapse of the company would have been thought completely unbelievable only a few months ago."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "incredible",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["really", "absolutely", "completely"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl/",
                "audio": "un/unbelievable/unbelievable__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl/",
                "audio": "un/unbelievable/unbelievable__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}