{
    "term": "enthusiastic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "feeling or showing a lot of excitement and interest about somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "enthusiastic about somebody/somethingenthusiastic about doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an enthusiastic supporter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "enthusiastic applause"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They gave her an enthusiastic reception."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You don't sound very enthusiastic about the idea.",
                    "contextForm": "enthusiastic about somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Party members were less than enthusiastic about the candidates on offer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was still really enthusiastic about going to Spain.",
                    "contextForm": "enthusiastic about doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Film critics are largely enthusiastic about the thriller."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was quite enthusiastic about the idea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mrs Neil did not seem particularly enthusiastic about her job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's all enthusiastic about America now that she's been there."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The audience was wildly enthusiastic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were enthusiastic in our support of him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I love playing to such an enthusiastic audience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The men returned to an enthusiastic welcome."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪk/",
                "audio": "en/enthusiastic/enthusiastic__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˌθuːziˈæstɪk/",
                "audio": "en/enthusiastic/enthusiastic__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Greek enthousiastikos, from enthous ‘possessed by a god’ (based on theos ‘god’)."
}