{
    "term": "wrong",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not right or correct",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I got all the answers wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was driving on the **wrong side** of the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sorry, I must have dialled the wrong number."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're holding the camera **the wrong way up**!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That picture is **the wrong way round**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I soon realised I'd taken a **wrong turn**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got all his calculations wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The information is just **plain wrong**."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "go"],
                "adverb": ["all", "badly", "disastrously"],
                "preposition": ["about", "for", "in"],
                "phrases": [
                    "there’s nothing wrong with something",
                    "you can’t go wrong (with something)"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not right about something/somebody",
            "sensetop": "wrong about something/somebodywrong to do something",
            "labels": "(informal)(informal)(informal)(informal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I think she lives at number 44, but I could be wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You were wrong about Tom; he's not married after all.",
                    "contextForm": "wrong about something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were wrong to assume that she'd agree.",
                    "contextForm": "wrong to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She would **prove him wrong** *(= prove that he was wrong)* whatever happened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Correct me if I'm wrong** *(= I may be wrong)* but didn't you say you two knew each other?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you think I'm happy, you're **dead wrong**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You think you've beaten me but **that's where you're wrong**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I thought this might interest you because I know you like boxing.’ ‘**You're not wrong** *(= you are absolutely right)*. I love boxing.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You were completely wrong about Maurice. He's not leaving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was able to prove him wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't I know you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The authors are just plain wrong in their assessments."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "go"],
                "adverb": ["all", "badly", "disastrously"],
                "preposition": ["about", "for", "in"],
                "phrases": [
                    "there’s nothing wrong with something",
                    "you can’t go wrong (with something)"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "causing problems or difficulties; not as it should be",
            "sensetop": "wrong with somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Is **anything wrong**? You look worried."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘**What's wrong**?’ ‘Oh, nothing.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's **something wrong** with the printer.",
                    "contextForm": "wrong with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **have something wrong with** my foot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor could find **nothing wrong** with him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was worried that there was something seriously wrong with her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've got something wrong with my foot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor could find nothing physically wrong with him."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "go"],
                "adverb": ["all", "badly", "disastrously"],
                "preposition": ["about", "for", "in"],
                "phrases": [
                    "there’s nothing wrong with something",
                    "you can’t go wrong (with something)"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not suitable, right or what you need",
            "sensetop": "wrong something for somethingwrong for somethingwrong something to do",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's the wrong person for the job.",
                    "contextForm": "wrong something for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's simply wrong for this job.",
                    "contextForm": "wrong for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I realized that it was the wrong thing to say.",
                    "contextForm": "wrong something to do"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most people think that the country is heading **in the wrong direction**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was his bad luck to be **in the wrong place at the wrong time** *(= so that he got involved in trouble without intending to)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We don't want this document **falling into the wrong hands**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's all wrong for you."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "not morally right or honest",
            "sensetop": "wrong to do somethingwrong of somebody (to do something)wrong with doing somethingwrong with somethingwrong that…",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This man has **done nothing wrong**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is wrong to tell lies.",
                    "contextForm": "wrong to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's **morally wrong** to kill somebody."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was wrong of me to get so angry.",
                    "contextForm": "wrong of somebody (to do something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's wrong with eating meat?",
                    "contextForm": "wrong with doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's nothing inherently wrong with this type of nostalgia.",
                    "contextForm": "wrong with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is wrong that he should not be punished for what he did.",
                    "contextForm": "wrong that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was wrong of me to lose my temper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is wrong that she wasn't punished for what she did."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He knows that he's done wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Paying people such low wages is simply wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's nothing wrong with eating meat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's wrong with leading a comfortable life?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "go"],
                "adverb": ["all", "badly", "disastrously"],
                "preposition": ["about", "for", "in"],
                "phrases": [
                    "there’s nothing wrong with something",
                    "you can’t go wrong (with something)"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to support somebody/something that is not successful",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have the wrong idea about how to get or achieve something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're barking up the wrong tree if you're expecting us to lend you any money."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "from or living in a poor area or part of town",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to start a relationship well/badly",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody pleased with you/annoyed with you",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in a bad mood for the whole day for no particular reason",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to understand something in the wrong way",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do, say or write something that is suitable/not suitable for a particular occasion",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It is a bizarre tale and the author hits just the right note of horror and disbelief."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unfortunately, the president struck the wrong note in his speech, ignoring the public mood."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "almost correct",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Your guess wasn't far out at all."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They weren't far out with their estimate of 100 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're not far wrong when you say he's the richest guy in town."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "younger or older than 40, 50, etc. years of age",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "thinking or behaving in the right/wrong way",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We haven’t found a cure yet—but we are on the right track."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new manager successfully got the team back onto the right track."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police were on the wrong track when they treated the case as a revenge killing."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in trouble with the police",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody annoyed or angry, often without intending to, by doing or saying something that offends them",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She tends to rub people up the wrong way."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be offended by a remark that was not intended to be offensive",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't take this the wrong way, but maybe you're trying a bit too hard."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɒŋ/",
                "audio": "wr/wrong/wrong__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɔːŋ/",
                "audio": "wr/wrong/wrong__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English wrang, from Old Norse rangr ‘awry, unjust’; related to wring."
}