{
    "term": "honest",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "always telling the truth, and never stealing or cheating",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an honest man/woman"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were honest, hard-working people, trying to farm their land."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "in", "with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "honest enough",
                    "to be honest (with you)",
                    "open and honest"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not hiding the truth about something",
            "sensetop": "honest about somethinghonest with somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Are you being **completely honest** about your feelings?",
                    "contextForm": "honest about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thank you for being so honest with me.",
                    "contextForm": "honest with somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Give me your **honest opinion**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave an **honest answer** to a difficult question."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to have more **open and honest** discussions about mental health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting was described as ‘a frank and honest exchange of views’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**To be honest** *(= what I really think is)*, it was one of the worst books I've ever read."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**I'll be honest**, I really don't agree with what she did."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Let's be honest**, this plan is not going to work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film has won accolades for being both **brutally honest** and very funny."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If I am **perfectly honest**, I wasn't expecting much from this album."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I just want **the honest truth**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "To be perfectly honest, this was the worst film I've ever seen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president failed to give an intellectually honest answer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll be honest, I've still got a soft spot in my heart for the guy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The manager gave an honest appraisal of the team's failings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "To be quite honest with you, I don't think he's the right person for the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's be brutally honest about this: you don't have a hope of succeeding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't think you've been altogether honest with me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My parents were always completely honest with me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was totally open and honest about her feelings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to be honest about how you feel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to give an honest answer."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "in", "with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "honest enough",
                    "to be honest (with you)",
                    "open and honest"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "showing an honest mind or attitude",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's got an honest face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seems honest enough."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He made an **honest mistake** and deserves a second chance."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "in", "with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "honest enough",
                    "to be honest (with you)",
                    "open and honest"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "earned or resulting from hard work",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He hasn't done **an honest day's work** in his life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's quite a struggle to make **an honest living**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She claimed she was just trying to **earn an honest penny**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that you are not lying",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I didn't mean it, honest!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that what you are saying is true",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Honest to God, Mary, I'm not joking."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to marry a woman after having had a sexual relationship with her, especially if she is pregnant",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, humorous)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɒnɪst/",
                "audio": "ho/honest/honest__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːnɪst/",
                "audio": "ho/honest/honest__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally in the sense ‘held in or deserving of honour’): via Old French from Latin honestus, from honos, honor."
}