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{
"term": "wonder",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "wonder",
"heSheIt": "wonders"
},
"pastSimple": "wondered",
"pastParticiple": "wondered",
"ingForm": "wondering"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to think about something and try to decide what is true, what will happen, what you should do, etc.",
"sensetop": "wonder who, where, etc…wonder about somebody/something+ speech",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘Why do you want to know?’ ‘No particular reason. I was **just wondering**.’"
},
{
"text": "I wonder who she is.",
"contextForm": "wonder who, where, etc…"
},
{
"text": "I was just **beginning to wonder** where you were."
},
{
"text": "You **have to wonder** just what he sees in her."
},
{
"text": "I **can't help wondering** whether I'm missing something here."
},
{
"text": "Have you **ever wondered** what your cat really thinks of you?"
},
{
"text": "I **always wondered** why you never got married."
},
{
"text": "I'm still wondering how that could have happened."
},
{
"text": "I sometimes wonder where all this is going to end."
},
{
"text": "I often wonder what became of him."
},
{
"text": "We were wondering about next April for the wedding.",
"contextForm": "wonder about somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "‘Where's Natasha?’ he **wondered aloud**.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
},
{
"text": "‘Why do you ask?’ ‘I just wondered.’"
},
{
"text": "I wonder why he left his job."
},
{
"text": "‘What should I do now?’ she wondered."
},
{
"text": "He's behaving so strangely. It makes you wonder whether he's in trouble somehow."
},
{
"text": "His obvious hunger made her wonder how long he had been up and about."
},
{
"text": "I can't help wondering if he lost on purpose."
},
{
"text": "I couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking."
},
{
"text": "I sometimes wonder who's crazier, him or me."
},
{
"text": "I wondered uneasily if anything had happened to the children."
},
{
"text": "I wondered vaguely whether Robert could be the murderer."
},
{
"text": "You're probably wondering what all the fuss is about."
},
{
"text": "By the end you are left wondering what on earth the film is trying to say."
},
{
"text": "We'd wondered about you as a possible team member."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["idly", "vaguely", "briefly"],
"verb + wonder": ["begin to", "start to", "cannot help but"],
"preposition": ["about"],
"phrases": ["can’t help wondering", "keep wondering"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used as a polite way of asking a question or asking somebody to do something",
"sensetop": "wonder if, whether…",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I wonder if you can help me."
},
{
"text": "I was wondering whether you'd like to come to a party."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to be very surprised by something",
"sensetop": "wonder (at something)wonder (that)…",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She wondered at her own stupidity.",
"contextForm": "wonder (at something)"
},
{
"text": "He's gone and left us to do all the work, **I shouldn't wonder** *(= I wouldn't be surprised if he had)*."
},
{
"text": "I wonder (that) he didn’t hurt himself jumping over that wall.",
"contextForm": "wonder (that)…"
},
{
"text": "**I don't wonder** you're tired. You've had a busy day."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndə(r)/",
"audio": "wo/wonder/wonder__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndəz/",
"audio": "wo/wonder/wonders__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndəd/",
"audio": "wo/wonder/wondered__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndərɪŋ/",
"audio": "wo/wonder/wondering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndər/",
"audio": "wo/wonder/wonder__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndərz/",
"audio": "wo/wonder/wonders__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndərd/",
"audio": "wo/wonder/wondered__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndərɪŋ/",
"audio": "wo/wonder/wondering__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English wundor (noun), wundrian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wonder and German Wunder, of unknown ultimate origin."
}