{
    "term": "disappoint",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "disappoint",
            "heSheIt": "disappoints"
        },
        "pastSimple": "disappointed",
        "pastParticiple": "disappointed",
        "ingForm": "disappointing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make somebody feel sad because something that they hope for or expect to happen does not happen or is not as good as they hoped",
            "sensetop": "disappoint (somebody)it disappoints somebody that…",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans.",
                    "contextForm": "disappoint (somebody)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hate to disappoint you, but I'm just not interested."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie had disappointed her *(= it wasn't as good as she had expected)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hate to disappoint the children when they've been looking forward to it so much."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His latest novel does not disappoint."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It disappointed me that nobody bothered to say thank you.",
                    "contextForm": "it disappoints somebody that…"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to prevent something that somebody hopes for from becoming a reality",
            "sensetop": "disappoint something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new government had soon disappointed the hopes of many of its supporters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If he agrees to the deal he will disappoint the expectations of many colleagues."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/",
                "audio": "di/disappoint/disappoint__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnts/",
                "audio": "di/disappoint/disappoints__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/",
                "audio": "di/disappoint/disappointed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/disappoint/disappointing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/",
                "audio": "di/disappoint/disappoint__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnts/",
                "audio": "di/disappoint/disappoints__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/",
                "audio": "di/disappoint/disappointed__us_5.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/disappoint/disappointing__us_5.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘deprive of a position’): from Old French desappointer."
}