word-vault/dist/data/cards/ve/very.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "very",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used before adjectives, adverbs and determiners to mean ‘in a high degree’ or ‘extremely’",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Very few people know that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have very little information at present on the incident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thanks very much."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm **not very** *(= not at all)* impressed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm **very very** grateful."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Things could have been **so very** different."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Australia has a **very good** reputation for producing high-quality grain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a **very important** part of our marketing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "very small"
                },
                {
                    "text": "very quickly"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Do you like it?’ ‘Yeah, I do. **Very much**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Is it what you expected?’ ‘Oh yes, **very much so**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My children are **still very** young."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Are you busy?’ ‘Not very.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new building has been very much admired."
                },
                {
                    "text": "very hard/difficult"
                },
                {
                    "text": "very popular/happy/successful"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These results are very worrying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were obviously very pleased with the outcome."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I find the film very upsetting to watch."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to emphasize a superlative adjective or before own",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They wanted the **very best** quality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Be there by six **at the very latest**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At last he had his **very own** car *(= belonging to him and to nobody else)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's the **very worst** time to be trying to sell your house."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "exactly the same",
            "sensetop": "the very same",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Mario said the very same thing."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈveri/",
                "audio": "ve/very/very__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈveri/",
                "audio": "ve/very/very__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘real, genuine’): from Old French verai, based on Latin verus ‘true’."
}