{
    "term": "frighten",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "frighten",
            "heSheIt": "frightens"
        },
        "pastSimple": "frightened",
        "pastParticiple": "frightened",
        "ingForm": "frightening"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody suddenly feel afraid",
            "sensetop": "frighten (somebody)it frightens somebody to think, see, hear, etc…it frightens somebody that…",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.",
                    "contextForm": "frighten (somebody)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He used to **frighten me to death** *(= a lot)*, zooming about on his go-cart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's not easily frightened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **doesn't frighten easily** *(= it is not easy to make her afraid)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It really frightens me to think how this might have ended.",
                    "contextForm": "it frightens somebody to think, see, hear, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It frightened him that she could see so easily into his private thoughts.",
                    "contextForm": "it frightens somebody that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't creep around like that! You frightened the life out of me!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prospect of war really frightens me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stop it! You're frightening me!"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["really", "almost", "easily"],
                "verb + frighten": ["want to", "not mean to", "try to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "frighten somebody to death",
                    "frighten the life out of somebody"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to frighten somebody very much",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to frighten somebody very much",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to frighten somebody very much",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Spiders frighten him to death."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtn/",
                "audio": "fr/frighten/frighten__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnz/",
                "audio": "fr/frighten/frightens__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnd/",
                "audio": "fr/frighten/frightened__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fr/frighten/frightening__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtn/",
                "audio": "fr/frighten/frighten__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnz/",
                "audio": "fr/frighten/frightens__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnd/",
                "audio": "fr/frighten/frightened__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fr/frighten/frightening__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}