{
    "term": "hilarious",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely funny",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a hilarious joke/story"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lynn found the whole situation hilarious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you know Pete? He's hilarious."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hɪˈleəriəs/",
                "audio": "hi/hilarious/hilarious__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hɪˈleriəs/",
                "audio": "hi/hilarious/hilarious__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from Latin hilaris (from Greek hilaros ‘cheerful’) + -ous. The sense ‘exceedingly amusing’ dates from the 1920s."
}