{
    "term": "overwhelming",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very great or very strong; so powerful that you cannot resist it or decide how to react",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The evidence against him was overwhelming."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **overwhelming majority** of those present were in favour of the plan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **overwhelming sense of** loss"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him the truth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You may find it somewhat overwhelming at first."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was overwhelming support for our policies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The urge to look was almost overwhelming."
                },
                {
                    "text": "seemingly overwhelming obstacles"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "quite", "almost"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ov/overwhelming/overwhelming__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈwelmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ov/overwhelming/overwhelming__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}