{
    "term": "beloved",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "loved very much",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "in memory of our dearly beloved son, John"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were glad to be back in their beloved Ireland."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["dearly", "much"],
                "preposition": ["by", "of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "loved very much by somebody; very popular with somebody",
            "sensetop": "beloved by/of somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the deep purple flowers so beloved by artists"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was beloved by all who knew her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The question, ‘What is History?’, beloved of university examiners, has no definitive answer."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["dearly", "much"],
                "preposition": ["by", "of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈlʌvɪd/",
                "audio": "be/beloved/beloved__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈlʌvd/",
                "audio": "be/beloved/beloved__gb_5.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈlʌvɪd/",
                "audio": "be/beloved/beloved__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈlʌvd/",
                "audio": "be/beloved/beloved__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: past participle of obsolete belove ‘be pleasing’, later ‘love’."
}