{
    "term": "wonder",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "wonder",
            "heSheIt": "wonders"
        },
        "pastSimple": "wondered",
        "pastParticiple": "wondered",
        "ingForm": "wondering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to think about something and try to decide what is true, what will happen, what you should do, etc.",
            "sensetop": "wonder who, where, etc…wonder about somebody/something+ speech",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Why do you want to know?’ ‘No particular reason. I was **just wondering**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wonder who she is.",
                    "contextForm": "wonder who, where, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was just **beginning to wonder** where you were."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You **have to wonder** just what he sees in her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **can't help wondering** whether I'm missing something here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you **ever wondered** what your cat really thinks of you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **always wondered** why you never got married."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm still wondering how that could have happened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I sometimes wonder where all this is going to end."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I often wonder what became of him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were wondering about next April for the wedding.",
                    "contextForm": "wonder about somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Where's Natasha?’ he **wondered aloud**.",
                    "contextForm": "+ speech"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Why do you ask?’ ‘I just wondered.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wonder why he left his job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘What should I do now?’ she wondered."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's behaving so strangely. It makes you wonder whether he's in trouble somehow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His obvious hunger made her wonder how long he had been up and about."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't help wondering if he lost on purpose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I sometimes wonder who's crazier, him or me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wondered uneasily if anything had happened to the children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wondered vaguely whether Robert could be the murderer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're probably wondering what all the fuss is about."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By the end you are left wondering what on earth the film is trying to say."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'd wondered about you as a possible team member."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["idly", "vaguely", "briefly"],
                "verb + wonder": ["begin to", "start to", "cannot help but"],
                "preposition": ["about"],
                "phrases": ["can’t help wondering", "keep wondering"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used as a polite way of asking a question or asking somebody to do something",
            "sensetop": "wonder if, whether…",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wonder if you can help me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was wondering whether you'd like to come to a party."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to be very surprised by something",
            "sensetop": "wonder (at something)wonder (that)…",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She wondered at her own stupidity.",
                    "contextForm": "wonder (at something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's gone and left us to do all the work, **I shouldn't wonder** *(= I wouldn't be surprised if he had)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wonder (that) he didn’t hurt himself jumping over that wall.",
                    "contextForm": "wonder (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**I don't wonder** you're tired. You've had a busy day."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndə(r)/",
                "audio": "wo/wonder/wonder__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndəz/",
                "audio": "wo/wonder/wonders__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndəd/",
                "audio": "wo/wonder/wondered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "wo/wonder/wondering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndər/",
                "audio": "wo/wonder/wonder__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndərz/",
                "audio": "wo/wonder/wonders__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndərd/",
                "audio": "wo/wonder/wondered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwʌndərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "wo/wonder/wondering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wundor (noun), wundrian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wonder and German Wunder, of unknown ultimate origin."
}