{
    "term": "detest",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "detest",
            "heSheIt": "detests"
        },
        "pastSimple": "detested",
        "pastParticiple": "detested",
        "ingForm": ""
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to hate somebody/something very much",
            "sensetop": "detest somebody/somethingdetest doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They detested each other on sight.",
                    "contextForm": "detest somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They absolutely detest each other."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **loathe and detest** racism in any form."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He detests having his photograph taken.",
                    "contextForm": "detest doing something"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "loathe",
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtest/",
                "audio": "de/detest/detest__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtests/",
                "audio": "de/detest/detests__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtestɪd/",
                "audio": "de/detest/detested__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtestɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/detest/detesting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtest/",
                "audio": "de/detest/detest__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtests/",
                "audio": "de/detest/detests__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtestɪd/",
                "audio": "de/detest/detested__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtestɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/detest/detesting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Latin detestari, from de- ‘down’ + testari ‘witness, call upon to witness’ (from testis ‘a witness’)."
}