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{
"term": "chat",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "chat",
"heSheIt": "chats"
},
"pastSimple": "chatted",
"pastParticiple": "chatted",
"ingForm": "chatting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to talk in a friendly, informal way to somebody",
"sensetop": "chat to/with somebodychat awaychat away to/with somebodychat about something/somebody",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm sorry I can't stop to chat."
},
{
"text": "The two of us **got chatting** *(= started chatting)* at the bus stop."
},
{
"text": "My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends.",
"contextForm": "chat to/with somebody"
},
{
"text": "Within minutes of being introduced they were chatting away like old friends.",
"contextForm": "chat away"
},
{
"text": "Everyone here chats away to you as though they've known you for decades.",
"contextForm": "chat away to/with somebody"
},
{
"text": "What were you chatting about?",
"contextForm": "chat about something/somebody"
},
{
"text": "George was in the kitchen chatting to some friends."
},
{
"text": "I spent a happy half-hour chatting with a friend."
},
{
"text": "They chatted away to each other."
},
{
"text": "We chatted briefly about the weather."
},
{
"text": "You will have a chance to circulate and chat informally."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["briefly", "amiably", "amicably"],
"preposition": ["about", "to", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to exchange messages with somebody on the internet, when you can see and reply to messages immediately and have a written conversation",
"sensetop": "chat (to/with somebody)chat about something/somebody",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've been chatting online with my best friend.",
"contextForm": "chat (to/with somebody)"
},
{
"text": "I use social media to chat about stuff as well.",
"contextForm": "chat about something/somebody"
}
],
"topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["briefly", "amiably", "amicably"],
"preposition": ["about", "to", "with"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃæt/",
"audio": "ch/chat/chat__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃæts/",
"audio": "ch/chat/chats__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃætɪd/",
"audio": "ch/chat/chatted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃætɪŋ/",
"audio": "ch/chat/chatting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃæt/",
"audio": "ch/chat/chat__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃæts/",
"audio": "ch/chat/chats__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃætɪd/",
"audio": "ch/chat/chatted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃætɪŋ/",
"audio": "ch/chat/chatting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: shortening of chatter."
}