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{
"term": "weary",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "very tired, especially after you have been working hard or doing something for a long time",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Any chance of a drink? This weary traveller is about to collapse from thirst."
},
{
"text": "She suddenly felt old and weary."
},
{
"text": "He gave a long, weary sigh."
},
{
"text": "She looks a little weary."
},
{
"text": "This war has made us all weary."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "making you feel tired or bored",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a weary journey"
},
{
"text": "weary hours spent in negotiation"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "no longer interested in or enthusiastic about something",
"sensetop": "weary of something/of doing something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Students soon grow weary of listening to a parade of historical facts."
},
{
"text": "The people are weary of war."
},
{
"text": "I've grown rather weary of all your excuses."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["of"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɪəri/",
"audio": "we/weary/weary__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɪri/",
"audio": "we/weary/weary__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English wērig, wǣrig, of West Germanic origin."
}