{
    "term": "stuff",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to refer to a substance, material, group of objects, etc. when you do not know the name, when the name is not important or when it is obvious what you are talking about",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's all that sticky stuff on the carpet?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chairs were covered in some sort of plastic stuff."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This hot sauce is good stuff."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't know how you can eat that stuff!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sell stationery **and stuff (like that)**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where's all my stuff *(= my possessions)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Could you move all that stuff off the table?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I want to buy some expensive tech stuff."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to refer in a general way to things that people do, say, think, etc.",
            "labels": "(informal)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Peter's article had lots of **interesting stuff **in it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's still a lot of **cool stuff **happening in Manchester."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've got loads of stuff to do today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I like reading **and stuff**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The band did some **great stuff** on their first album."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is all **good stuff**. Well done!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't believe in **all that stuff** about ghosts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's all this ‘Mrs Smith’ stuff? Call me Anna."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's done **so much stuff **and been so many interesting places."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've read a whole **bunch of stuff** by different people over the past few days."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the most important feature of something; something that something else is based on or is made from",
            "sensetop": "stuff (of something)",
            "labels": "(formal or literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The trip was magical; the stuff of which dreams are made."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Parades and marches were **the very stuff of** politics in the region."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Connor's story is the **stuff of legend**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **stuff of dreams/nightmares**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let’s see what stuff you’re made of *(= what sort of person you are)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have a stronger character and to be more determined in dealing with problems than other people",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Many would have given up, but Tim was made of sterner stuff."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody not to worry about small details or things that are not important",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do what you are good at or what you have been trained to do",
            "labels": "(informal)(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some members of the team are just not doing their stuff *(= doing as well as they should)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The medicine has clearly done its stuff."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "something that is so easy to do or understand that it is thought to be not very serious or only suitable for children",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That was kids' stuff compared with what lies ahead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie is pure kids' stuff from beginning to end."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to know a lot about a particular subject or job",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to not care at all about something",
            "labels": "(British English, slang)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to proudly show your ability, especially at dancing or performing",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "strutting your stuff to the latest chart hits"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that something is stupid or not true",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stʌf/",
                "audio": "st/stuff/stuff__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stʌf/",
                "audio": "st/stuff/stuff__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting material for making clothes): shortening of Old French estoffe ‘material, furniture’, estoffer ‘equip, furnish’, from Greek stuphein ‘draw together’."
}