{
    "term": "passionate",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having or showing strong feelings of sexual love or of anger, etc.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to have a passionate nature"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His guitar playing was passionate and extremely skilful."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a passionate kiss/​embrace/​affair/​lover"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships", "Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "having or showing strong feelings of enthusiasm for something or belief in something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a passionate interest in music"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a passionate defender of civil liberties"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He makes no secret of his passionate commitment to the nationalist cause."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is passionate about her work."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæʃənət/",
                "audio": "pa/passionate/passionate__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæʃənət/",
                "audio": "pa/passionate/passionate__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (also in the senses ‘easily moved to passion’ and ‘enraged’): from medieval Latin passionatus ‘full of passion’, from passio (chiefly a term in Christian theology), from Latin pati ‘suffer’."
}