{
    "term": "fascinating",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely interesting and attractive",
            "sensetop": "fascinating to doit is fascinating to do somethingfascinating to somebodyit is fascinating that…",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **fascinating story**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fascinating subject/article/account"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her letters offer a **fascinating insight** into early Victorian family life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book provides a fascinating glimpse into Moroccan life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results of the survey made fascinating reading."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I fail to see what women find so fascinating about him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your trip to Alaska sounds absolutely fascinating."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His performance is fascinating to watch.",
                    "contextForm": "fascinating to do"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's fascinating to see how different people approach the problem.",
                    "contextForm": "it is fascinating to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Animal behaviour is fascinating to most people.",
                    "contextForm": "fascinating to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is fascinating that the bacteria can survive these extremely harsh conditions.",
                    "contextForm": "it is fascinating that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a fascinating character."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘This is all very fascinating,’ said Wilcox,‘but I have a meeting in five minutes.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His testimony in court could prove fascinating."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I find him rather fascinating."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I find the natural world endlessly fascinating."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It just seemed really fascinating to me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Renoir's later life is equally fascinating."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What was fascinating to me was the way the creatures moved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a most fascinating book"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exhibition tells the fascinating story of the jet age."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "prove"],
                "adverb": ["deeply", "especially", "incredibly"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fa/fascinating/fascinating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fa/fascinating/fascinating__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}