{
    "term": "stare",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "stare",
            "heSheIt": "stares"
        },
        "pastSimple": "stared",
        "pastParticiple": "stared",
        "ingForm": "staring"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to look at somebody/something for a long time",
            "sensetop": "stare at somebody/somethingstare up/down at somebody/something",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I screamed and everyone stared."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I stared blankly at the paper in front of me.",
                    "contextForm": "stare at somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They stared up at the hole in the ceiling.",
                    "contextForm": "stare up/down at somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He sat **staring into space** *(= looking at nothing)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was staring into her beautiful blue eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She looked at them with dark staring eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone in the room turned to stare at her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For a long moment they just stared at each other."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were staring intently at a computer screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He'd wait there all day, staring out the window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He just stared at her with disbelief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He stared at me bleakly and said nothing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He stared straight ahead and did not move."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was still staring at himself in the mirror."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His party was staring into the abyss."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I could see a man staring at me intently."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I sat staring at the ruins of the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I stared at him open-mouthed, unable to speak."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I stared in horror at his bloody mouth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was too cold to stand and stare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She could only stare at him with pain in her eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stalked off, leaving them all staring after her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stared at him stonily as he came in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stared back at him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stared blankly at the brick wall in front of her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was just sitting there, staring into space."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He sat for hours just staring into space."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Peter stared in disbelief at the message on the screen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The builder stared up at the crack in the ceiling with a thoughtful expression."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The passengers stared wide-eyed as the hijacker took out a grenade."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["fixedly", "hard", "intently"],
                "verb + stare": ["seem to", "continue to", "turn to"],
                "preposition": ["at", "across", "around"],
                "phrases": ["sit staring", "stand staring", "sit and stare"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to describe something that you have failed to see, even though it was obvious and should have been easy to see",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The answer was staring us in the face but we never saw it until it was too late."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be certain to happen",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Defeat was staring them in the face."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be unable to avoid something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were staring defeat in the face."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/steə(r)/",
                "audio": "st/stare/stare__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/steəz/",
                "audio": "st/stare/stares__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/steəd/",
                "audio": "st/stare/stared__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsteərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "st/stare/staring__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ster/",
                "audio": "st/stare/stare__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sterz/",
                "audio": "st/stare/stares__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sterd/",
                "audio": "st/stare/stared__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsterɪŋ/",
                "audio": "st/stare/staring__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English starian, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be rigid’."
}