{
    "term": "gaze",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "gaze",
            "heSheIt": "gazes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "gazed",
        "pastParticiple": "gazed",
        "ingForm": "gazing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to look steadily at somebody/something for a long time, either because you are very interested or surprised, or because you are thinking of something else",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She gazed at him in amazement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He sat for hours just **gazing into space**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Every one gazed at her beautiful jewels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gazed absently at the passing crowd."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gazed out over the lake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They gazed in wonder at the mighty peaks."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "stare",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["intently", "steadily", "absently"],
                "preposition": ["at", "in", "into"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡeɪz/",
                "audio": "ga/gaze/gaze__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡeɪzɪz/",
                "audio": "ga/gaze/gazes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡeɪzd/",
                "audio": "ga/gaze/gazed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡeɪzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ga/gaze/gazing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡeɪz/",
                "audio": "ga/gaze/gaze__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡeɪzɪz/",
                "audio": "ga/gaze/gazes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡeɪzd/",
                "audio": "ga/gaze/gazed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡeɪzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ga/gaze/gazing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: perhaps related to obsolete gaw ‘to gaze’, from Old Norse gá ‘heed’."
}