{
    "term": "delight",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a feeling of great pleasure",
            "sensetop": "with delightto the delight of somebodyto somebody's delightdelight in doing somethingdelight in somethingdelight at somethingdelight at doing something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a feeling of **sheer/pure delight**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children squealed with delight when they saw the puppy.",
                    "contextForm": "with delight"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She won the game easily, to the delight of all her fans.",
                    "contextForm": "to the delight of somebodyto somebody's delight"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **takes (great) delight in** *(= enjoys)* proving others wrong.",
                    "contextForm": "delight in doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She took a simple delight in joys that we could all share.",
                    "contextForm": "delight in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She couldn't hide her delight at the news.",
                    "contextForm": "delight at something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He expressed his delight at seeing us all again.",
                    "contextForm": "delight at doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His mind was reeling with an almost aesthetic delight at the beauty of the thing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I find a perverse delight in listening to traffic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Much to the delight of the crowd, the band came back and did three encores."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave a whoop of delight and dived into the water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She took evident delight in frightening the children with horror stories."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news was greeted with great delight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "To my great delight, they offered me the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We danced around with childish delight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Flowering trees provide shade as well as visual delight."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "joy",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "absolute", "utter"],
                "verb + delight": ["express", "find", "take"],
                "preposition": ["in delight", "with delight", "of delight"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a cry, gasp, squeal, etc. of delight",
                    "much to somebody’s delight"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that gives you great pleasure",
            "sensetop": "delight of doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This guitar is a delight to play."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sample the culinary delights of Morocco."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the delights of living in the country",
                    "contextForm": "delight of doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He became deeply religious and turned away from earthly delights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The baby was a constant delight and source of amazement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The old lady's reminiscences were a continual delight to Constance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a delight to see him so fit and healthy."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "joy",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["real", "constant", "unexpected"],
                "verb + delight": ["explore", "sample", "enjoy"],
                "preposition": ["delight to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈlaɪt/",
                "audio": "de/delight/delight__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈlaɪt/",
                "audio": "de/delight/delight__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French delitier (verb), delit (noun), from Latin delectare ‘to charm’, frequentative of delicere. The -gh- was added in the 16th cent. by association with the verb light."
}