{
    "term": "affection",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the feeling of liking or loving somebody/something very much and caring about them",
            "sensetop": "affection for somebody/something",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(informal)(informal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Children need lots of love and affection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He didn't **show** his wife any **affection**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was held in deep affection by all her students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mr Darcy’s affection for his sister",
                    "contextForm": "affection for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have a great affection for New York."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He just wants a bit of affection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He'll be remembered with genuine affection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't go in for public displays of affection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had developed a real affection for him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had tried hard to win his affection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The teacher showed affection to all her students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a strong feeling of affection"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings", "Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person’s feelings of love",
            "labels": "(formal or literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Anne had two men trying to win her affections."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The object of her affections was a young man named Paul."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈfekʃn/",
                "audio": "af/affection/affection__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈfekʃn/",
                "audio": "af/affection/affection__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin affectio(n-), from afficere ‘to influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’."
}