{
    "term": "blind",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjectivenoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not able to see",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Doctors think he will **go blind**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went blind at the age of ten."
                },
                {
                    "text": "blind and partially sighted people"
                },
                {
                    "text": "One of her parents is blind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has been legally blind since birth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accident left me blind in one eye."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Disability"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "be born", "be registered (as)"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "totally", "almost"],
                "phrases": ["as blind as a bat", "be blind in one eye"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "people who are blind",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "recorded books for the blind"
                },
                {
                    "text": "guide dogs for the blind"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "not noticing or realizing something",
            "sensetop": "blind (to something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She is blind to her best friend's faults."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I must have been blind not to realize the danger we were in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They seem to be totally blind to reality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is not blind to the fact that the national debt is increasing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His own problems have made him completely blind to the sufferings of others."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is the public wilfully blind to what is going on?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "totally", "wilfully/​willfully"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "seeming to be unreasonable, and accepted without question; seeming to be out of control",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**blind faith/obedience**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a moment of **blind panic**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "that cannot be controlled by reason",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "blind chance"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the blind force of nature"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "that a driver in a car cannot see, or cannot see around",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a blind driveway"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **blind bend/corner**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "that does not make a difference between people on the basis of the quality mentioned, or favour one group over another",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In a piece of **gender-blind** casting, Hamlet is played by British actress Maxine Peake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is very suspicious of anyone who claims to be **race-blind**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not able to see well",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She’s as blind as a bat without her glasses."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a situation in which people with almost no experience or knowledge give advice to others who also have no experience or knowledge",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "when you love somebody, you cannot see their faults",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not any",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He didn't **take a blind bit of notice** of me *(= he ignored me)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It won't **make the blindest bit of difference** *(= it will make no difference at all)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to pretend not to notice something bad that is happening, so you do not have to do anything about it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The authorities were either unaware of the problem or they turned a blind eye to it."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/blaɪnd/",
                "audio": "bl/blind/blind__gb_11.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/blaɪnd/",
                "audio": "bl/blind/blind__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German blind."
}