{
    "term": "awesome",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "very impressive or very difficult and perhaps rather frightening",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an awesome sight"
                },
                {
                    "text": "awesome beauty/power"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had an awesome task ahead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As night fell, the volcano presented an awesome sight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are scenes of awesome beauty in the film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is a region of awesome gorges and spectacular peaks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stillness of the evening was shattered by the most awesome sound."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["really", "simply", "totally"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very good, great fun, etc.",
            "labels": "(especially North American English, informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English, informal)(informal, especially North American English)(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I just bought this awesome new game!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wow! That's totally awesome!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hey, come look at this! It's awesome!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The show was just awesome."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["really", "simply", "totally"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːsəm/",
                "audio": "aw/awesome/awesome__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːsəm/",
                "audio": "aw/awesome/awesome__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘filled with awe’): from awe + -some."
}