{
    "term": "stun",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "stun",
            "heSheIt": "stuns"
        },
        "pastSimple": "stunned",
        "pastParticiple": "stunned",
        "ingForm": "stunning"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make a person or an animal unconscious for a short time, especially by hitting them on the head",
            "sensetop": "stun somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The fall stunned me for a moment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The animals are stunned before slaughter."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "knock out"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to surprise or shock somebody so much that they cannot think clearly or speak",
            "sensetop": "stun somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her words stunned me—I had no idea she felt that way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The guests were stunned into silence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company stunned investors with its third profits warning in five months."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "astound",
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["briefly", "momentarily"],
                "preposition": ["into"],
                "phrases": ["stun somebody into silence"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to impress somebody very much",
            "sensetop": "stun somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were stunned by the view from the summit."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "amaze"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stʌn/",
                "audio": "st/stun/stun__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stʌnz/",
                "audio": "st/stun/stuns__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stʌnd/",
                "audio": "st/stun/stunned__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstʌnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "st/stun/stunning__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stʌn/",
                "audio": "st/stun/stun__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stʌnz/",
                "audio": "st/stun/stuns__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stʌnd/",
                "audio": "st/stun/stunned__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstʌnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "st/stun/stunning__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: shortening of Old French estoner ‘astonish’."
}