{
    "term": "endless",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "very large in size or amount and seeming to have no end",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "endless patience"
                },
                {
                    "text": "endless opportunities for making money"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The possibilities are endless."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an endless list of things to do"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We don't have an endless supply of money, you know."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've had enough of their endless arguing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a seemingly endless list of repairs to be carried out"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had endless arguments with his father about it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were endless meetings to attend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a potentially endless sequence of repeated shapes"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "limitless",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "practically"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "continuing for a long time and seeming to have no end",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an endless round of parties and visits"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The journey seemed endless."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was like that endless moment between the lightning flash and the thunder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a seemingly endless eight weeks before the letter arrived."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was getting bored with the endless round of parties."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "practically"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "having the ends joined together so it forms one piece",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an endless loop of tape"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈendləs/",
                "audio": "en/endless/endless__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈendləs/",
                "audio": "en/endless/endless__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English endelēas (see end, -less)."
}