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{
"term": "arrest",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "arrest",
"heSheIt": "arrests"
},
"pastSimple": "arrested",
"pastParticiple": "arrested",
"ingForm": "arresting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "if the police arrest somebody, the person is taken to a police station and kept there because the police believe they may be guilty of a crime",
"sensetop": "arrest somebodyarrest somebody for somethingarrest somebody for doing something",
"labels": "(especially North American English)(especially US English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "A man has been **arrested in connection with** the robbery.",
"contextForm": "arrest somebody"
},
{
"text": "Two youths have since been **arrested on suspicion of** murder."
},
{
"text": "Police arrested three suspects."
},
{
"text": "He was arrested on corruption charges."
},
{
"text": "She was **arrested and charged** with arson."
},
{
"text": "She was arrested for drug-related offences.",
"contextForm": "arrest somebody for something"
},
{
"text": "You could **get arrested** for doing that.",
"contextForm": "arrest somebody for doing something"
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to stop a process or a development",
"sensetop": "arrest something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They failed to arrest the company's decline."
},
{
"text": "The spread of the disease can be arrested with drugs."
},
{
"text": "Steps need to be taken quickly to arrest the deterioration in the countries' relationship."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make somebody notice something and pay attention to it",
"sensetop": "arrest something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "An unusual noise **arrested his attention**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "if somebody arrests, their heart stops beating",
"labels": "(medical)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He arrested on the way to the hospital."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈrest/",
"audio": "ar/arrest/arrest__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈrests/",
"audio": "ar/arrest/arrests__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈrestɪd/",
"audio": "ar/arrest/arrested__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈrestɪŋ/",
"audio": "ar/arrest/arresting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈrest/",
"audio": "ar/arrest/arrest__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈrests/",
"audio": "ar/arrest/arrests__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈrestɪd/",
"audio": "ar/arrest/arrested__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈrestɪŋ/",
"audio": "ar/arrest/arresting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French arester, based on Latin ad- ‘at, to’ + restare ‘remain, stop’."
}