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{
"term": "virtue",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "behaviour or attitudes that show high moral standards",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He led a life of virtue."
},
{
"text": "She was certainly no **paragon of virtue** *(= her moral standards were very far from perfect)*."
},
{
"text": "It would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel jealous."
},
{
"text": "She was seen as a paragon of domestic virtue."
},
{
"text": "She led a life of moral virtue."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["cardinal", "great", "important"],
"verb + virtue": ["have", "possess", "embody"],
"phrases": ["make a virtue of necessity", "a paragon of virtue"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a particular good quality or habit",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Patience is not one of her virtues, I'm afraid."
},
{
"text": "As a politician, he always emphasized the virtues of compromise and conciliation."
},
{
"text": "He taught his children to practise/practice the virtues of temperance and chastity."
},
{
"text": "He understands the traditional virtue of hard work."
},
{
"text": "Philippe embodies the French virtues of charm and grace."
},
{
"text": "He was convinced of the inherent virtue of hard work."
},
{
"text": "She has just one, negative virtue—she never tells lies."
},
{
"text": "the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["cardinal", "great", "important"],
"verb + virtue": ["have", "possess", "embody"],
"phrases": ["make a virtue of necessity", "a paragon of virtue"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an attractive or useful quality",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The plan **has the virtue of** simplicity."
},
{
"text": "He was extolling the virtues of the internet."
},
{
"text": "They could see **no virtue in** discussing it further."
},
{
"text": "There is no inherent virtue in having read all the latest books."
},
{
"text": "The brochure makes a positive virtue of the island's isolated position."
},
{
"text": "There is, of course, no inherent virtue in moderation."
},
{
"text": "a story celebrating the virtues of democracy"
},
{
"text": "He was going on about the virtues of the internet."
},
{
"text": "Her book has the cardinal virtue of simplicity."
}
],
"synonyms": "advantage",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["cardinal", "great", "important"],
"verb + virtue": ["have", "possess", "embody"],
"phrases": ["make a virtue of necessity", "a paragon of virtue"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "by means of or because of something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She got the job by virtue of her greater experience."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to manage to present as a good quality something that other people might consider to be bad",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are artists who make a virtue of repetition."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to manage to gain an advantage from something that you have to do and cannot avoid",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She decided to make a virtue of necessity and combined a business trip to Paris with a visit to her cousins there."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "willing to have sex with anyone",
"labels": "(old-fashioned, disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a woman of easy virtue"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the reward for acting in a moral or correct way is the knowledge that you have done so, and you should not expect more than this, for example praise from other people or payment",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvɜːtʃuː/",
"audio": "vi/virtue/virtue__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvɜːrtʃuː/",
"audio": "vi/virtue/virtue__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French vertu, from Latin virtus ‘valour, merit, moral perfection’, from vir ‘man’."
}