{
    "term": "scare",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "scare",
            "heSheIt": "scares"
        },
        "pastSimple": "scared",
        "pastParticiple": "scared",
        "ingForm": "scaring"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to frighten somebody",
            "sensetop": "scare somebodyit scares somebody to do something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You scared me.",
                    "contextForm": "scare somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It scared me to think I was alone in the building.",
                    "contextForm": "it scares somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The very thought of flying scares me stiff."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You don't scare me with your threats!"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["really", "easily", "away"],
                "verb + scare": ["try to", "want to", "start to"],
                "preposition": ["into", "with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "scare somebody silly",
                    "scare somebody stiff",
                    "scare somebody to death"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to become frightened",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He doesn't scare easily."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["really", "easily", "away"],
                "verb + scare": ["try to", "want to", "start to"],
                "preposition": ["into", "with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "scare somebody silly",
                    "scare somebody stiff",
                    "scare somebody to death"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to frighten somebody very much",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to frighten somebody very much",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to frighten somebody very much",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Spiders frighten him to death."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to frighten somebody very much",
            "labels": "(taboo, slang)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skeə(r)/",
                "audio": "sc/scare/scare__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skeəz/",
                "audio": "sc/scare/scares__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skeəd/",
                "audio": "sc/scare/scared__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskeərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sc/scare/scaring__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sker/",
                "audio": "sc/scare/scare__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skerz/",
                "audio": "sc/scare/scares__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skerd/",
                "audio": "sc/scare/scared__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskerɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sc/scare/scaring__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Norse skirra ‘frighten’, from skjarr ‘timid’."
}