{
    "term": "funny",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "making you laugh",
            "labels": "(ironic)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a funny story/joke"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a very funny guy as well as a kind person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's the funniest thing I've ever heard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie is full of funny moments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found the play funny and moving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not funny! Someone could have been hurt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was really embarrassed, but then I **saw the funny side of it**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Oh **very funny**! You expect me to believe that?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘**What's so funny**?’ she demanded."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His performance was hilariously funny."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie gets funnier nearer the end."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You should have seen it—it was terribly funny!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's not even remotely funny."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "difficult to explain or understand; strange and not as you expect",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A funny thing happened to me today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**It's funny how** things never happen the way you expect them to."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**That's funny**—he was here a moment ago and now he's gone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**The funny thing is** it never happened again after that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The engine's making a very funny noise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm pleased I didn't get that job, in a funny sort of way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This tea tastes funny."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Didn't it strike you as funny that Adam wasn't there?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't you find it a bit funny that she never mentions her husband?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Helen gave me a rather funny look."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a funny old world, isn't it?"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "strange, peculiar"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "seeming or likely to be wrong, illegal or dishonest",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I suspect there may be something funny going on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If there has been any **funny business**, we'll soon find out."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "humorous in a way that shows a lack of respect for somebody",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't you **get funny** with me!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "slightly ill",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I feel a bit funny today—I don't think I'll go to work."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "slightly crazy or strange",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That Dave's a funny chap, isn't he?"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "strange, peculiar"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "not working as it should",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My computer keeps **going funny**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that ‘funny’ is being used with the meaning of ‘making you laugh’",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that ‘funny’ is being used with the meaning of ‘strange’",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfʌni/",
                "audio": "fu/funny/funny__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfʌni/",
                "audio": "fu/funny/funny__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}