{
    "term": "obsession",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the state in which a person’s mind is completely filled with thoughts of one particular thing or person in a way that is not reasonable or normal",
            "sensetop": "obsession with somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her fear of flying is bordering on obsession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a national obsession with celebrity in England.",
                    "contextForm": "obsession with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The media's obsession with the young prince continues."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't understand television's current obsession with cookery programmes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was in the grip of an obsession and would not listen to reason."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has an unhealthy obsession with his diet."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dangerous", "unhealthy", "current"],
                "verb + obsession": ["become", "have"],
                "preposition": ["obsession with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person or thing that somebody thinks about too much",
            "sensetop": "obsession (with somebody)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Fitness has become an obsession with him."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dangerous", "unhealthy", "current"],
                "verb + obsession": ["become", "have"],
                "preposition": ["obsession with"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əbˈseʃn/",
                "audio": "ob/obsession/obsession__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əbˈseʃn/",
                "audio": "ob/obsession/obsession__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘siege’): from Latin obsessio(n-), from the verb obsidere, from ob- ‘opposite’ + sedere ‘sit’."
}