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{
"term": "whisper",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "whisper",
"heSheIt": "whispers"
},
"pastSimple": "whispered",
"pastParticiple": "whispered",
"ingForm": "whispering"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to speak very quietly to somebody so that other people cannot hear what you are saying",
"sensetop": "whisper about somethingwhisper + speechwhisper to somebody + speechwhisper somethingwhisper something to somebodywhisper to somebody that…whisper that…",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don't you know it's rude to whisper?"
},
{
"text": "What are you two whispering about?",
"contextForm": "whisper about something"
},
{
"text": "‘Can you meet me tonight?’ he whispered.",
"contextForm": "whisper + speech"
},
{
"text": "'I'm sorry,' he whispered softly."
},
{
"text": "‘Let's go,' she whispered to Anne.",
"contextForm": "whisper to somebody + speech"
},
{
"text": "She leaned over and **whispered** something **in his ear**.",
"contextForm": "whisper something"
},
{
"text": "I whispered words of comfort to him.",
"contextForm": "whisper something to somebody"
},
{
"text": "He whispered to me that he was afraid.",
"contextForm": "whisper to somebody that…"
},
{
"text": "She whispered that she would tell me all about it later.",
"contextForm": "whisper that…"
},
{
"text": "‘Come on,’ he whispered urgently."
},
{
"text": "‘Hush!’ he whispered against her hair."
},
{
"text": "‘No!’ he whispered through gritted teeth."
},
{
"text": "‘Yes, ’ I whispered back."
},
{
"text": "He could only whisper in reply."
},
{
"text": "He held her and whispered sweet nothings in her ear."
},
{
"text": "I felt that everyone was whispering about me."
},
{
"text": "She heard him whisper her name."
}
],
"synonyms": "murmur",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["gently", "quietly", "softly"],
"verb + whisper": ["can only", "hear somebody"],
"preposition": ["about", "against", "through"],
"phrases": [
"whisper something in somebody’s ear",
"whisper something into somebody’s ear"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to say or suggest something about somebody/something in a private or secret way",
"sensetop": "it is whispered that…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was whispered that he would soon die and he did.",
"contextForm": "it is whispered that…"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make a soft, quiet sound",
"sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A warm breeze whispered through the trees."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɪspə(r)/",
"audio": "wh/whisper/whisper__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɪspəz/",
"audio": "wh/whisper/whispers__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɪspəd/",
"audio": "wh/whisper/whispered__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɪspərɪŋ/",
"audio": "wh/whisper/whispering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɪspər/",
"audio": "wh/whisper/whisper__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɪspərz/",
"audio": "wh/whisper/whispers__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɪspərd/",
"audio": "wh/whisper/whispered__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɪspərɪŋ/",
"audio": "wh/whisper/whispering__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English hwisprian, of Germanic origin; related to German wispeln, from the imitative base of whistle."
}