{
    "term": "strange",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "unusual or surprising, especially in a way that is difficult to understand",
            "sensetop": "strange (that)…strange how…",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A **strange thing** happened this morning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had a strange feeling that he had seen her somewhere before."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This may **seem strange** but it's the truth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It’s strange (that) we haven’t heard from him.",
                    "contextForm": "strange (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's strange how childhood impressions linger.",
                    "contextForm": "strange how…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**That's strange**—the front door's open."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was **something strange** about her eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was looking at me in a very strange way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm looking forward to the exam, **strange as it may seem**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Strange to say**, I don't really enjoy television."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's nice, but a little strange."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His actions were regarded as very strange."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their accent was strange to her ears."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Suddenly I heard a strange noise."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"],
                "phrases": ["strange and wonderful"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not familiar because you have not been there before or met the person before",
            "sensetop": "strange to somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I am still a stranger in a strange land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She woke up in a strange bed in a strange room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Never accept lifts from strange men."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At first the place was strange to me.",
                    "contextForm": "strange to somebody"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"],
                "phrases": ["strange and wonderful"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to not feel comfortable in a situation; to have an unpleasant physical feeling",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She felt strange sitting at her father's desk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was terribly hot and I started to feel strange."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that ‘funny’ is being used with the meaning of ‘strange’",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that things that actually happen are often more surprising than stories that are invented",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/streɪndʒ/",
                "audio": "st/strange/strange__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/streɪndʒ/",
                "audio": "st/strange/strange__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: shortening of Old French estrange, from Latin extraneus ‘external, strange’."
}