{
    "term": "grief",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a very sad feeling, especially when somebody dies",
            "sensetop": "grief for somebody/somethinggrief over somethinggrief at something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was overcome with grief when her husband died."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were able to share their common joys and griefs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "her grief for her dead husband",
                    "contextForm": "grief for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "grief over the loss of friends",
                    "contextForm": "grief over something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He could not hide his grief at her death.",
                    "contextForm": "grief at something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He feels that he can't share his grief with anyone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her parents were stricken with grief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt awkward at intruding on their private grief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She understood my grief because she too had lost a child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are still struggling to come to terms with their grief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "grief over the loss of a friend's life"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "great", "inconsolable"],
                "verb + grief": [
                    "be consumed by",
                    "be consumed with",
                    "be overcome by"
                ],
                "grief + noun": [
                    "counselling/​counseling",
                    "counsellor/​counselor",
                    "process"
                ],
                "preposition": ["grief at", "grief for", "grief over"],
                "phrases": ["a feeling of grief", "a sense of grief"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that makes you feel very sad",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was a grief to them that they had no children."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "problems and worry",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He caused his parents a lot of grief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Such behaviour can cause considerable grief."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to end in total failure",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All his schemes for making money seem to come to grief."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be harmed in an accident",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Several pedestrians came to grief on the icy pavement."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be annoyed with somebody and criticize their behaviour",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to express surprise or shock",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Good grief! What a mess!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡriːf/",
                "audio": "gr/grief/grief__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡriːf/",
                "audio": "gr/grief/grief__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French grief, from grever ‘to burden’, based on Latin gravare, from gravis ‘heavy, grave’."
}