{
    "term": "fond",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having warm or loving feelings for somebody, especially somebody you have known for a long time",
            "sensetop": "fond of somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Over the years, I have **grown quite fond of** her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I’ve always been very fond of your mother."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "finding something pleasant, especially something you have liked or enjoyed for a long time",
            "sensetop": "fond of (doing) something",
            "labels": "British English",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "fond of music/cooking"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had **grown fond of** the house and didn't want to leave."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "liking to do something that other people find annoying or unpleasant, and doing it often",
            "sensetop": "fond of (doing) something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sheila's very fond of telling other people what to do."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's rather too fond of the sound of his own voice *(= he talks too much)*."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "kind and loving",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **fond look/embrace/farewell**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She waved a fond farewell to her parents and sister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have very **fond memories** of my time in Spain *(= I remember it with affection and pleasure)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a hope about something that is not likely to happen",
            "sensetop": "fond hope",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I waited all day **in the fond hope that** she would change her mind."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɒnd/",
                "audio": "fo/fond/fond__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɑːnd/",
                "audio": "fo/fond/fond__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘infatuated, foolish’): from obsolete fon ‘a fool, be foolish’, of unknown origin. Compare with fun."
}