{
    "term": "sincere",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "showing what you really think or feel",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a sincere apology"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sincere attempt to resolve the problem"
                },
                {
                    "text": "sincere regret"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please accept our **sincere thanks**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We offer our **sincere sympathy** to the two families."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her protests seemed sincere enough."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We offer our most sincere apologies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "painfully sincere declarations of love"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the warm, deeply sincere note in her voice"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your care and concern during this past week."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "genuine",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "saying only what you really think or feel",
            "sensetop": "sincere in somethingsincere about something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He seemed sincere enough when he said he wanted to help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is never completely sincere in what she says about people.",
                    "contextForm": "sincere in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think he is sincere in his desire to keep the economy growing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "his refusal to be sincere about his feelings",
                    "contextForm": "sincere about something"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "honest",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪnˈsɪə(r)/",
                "audio": "si/sincere/sincere__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪnˈsɪr/",
                "audio": "si/sincere/sincere__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘not falsified, unadulterated’): from Latin sincerus ‘clean, pure’."
}