{
    "term": "curious",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having a strong desire to know about something",
            "sensetop": "curious about somebody/somethingcurious as to somethingcurious to do something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He is such a curious boy, always asking questions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs.",
                    "contextForm": "curious about somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone was curious as to why Mark was leaving.",
                    "contextForm": "curious as to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was curious to find out what she had said.",
                    "contextForm": "curious to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her secretive manner had made me curious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was curious about how she would react."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was intensely curious to know more about him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm just curious to know what you think."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Puppies are naturally curious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was curious as to why he was there."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "inquisitive",
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "as to"],
                "phrases": ["curious to find out, know, see, etc. somebody/​something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "strange and unusual",
            "sensetop": "it is curious that…",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was a curious mixture of people in the audience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a curious feeling, as though we were floating on air."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was curious that she didn't tell anyone.",
                    "contextForm": "it is curious that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a slightly curious statement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tea tasted rather curious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She ignored the curious looks from passers-by."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I find it very curious that you did not tell anyone."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkjʊəriəs/",
                "audio": "cu/curious/curious__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkjʊriəs/",
                "audio": "cu/curious/curious__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French curios, from Latin curiosus ‘careful’, from cura ‘care’. Sense (2) dates from the early 18th cent."
}