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{
"term": "click",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "click",
"heSheIt": "clicks"
},
"pastSimple": "clicked",
"pastParticiple": "clicked",
"ingForm": "clicking"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to choose a particular function or item on a computer screen, etc., by pressing one of the buttons on a mouse or touchpad",
"sensetop": "click somethingclick on somethingclick for something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**Click here** to add your opinion to the survey."
},
{
"text": "**Click the** OK **button** to start.",
"contextForm": "click something"
},
{
"text": "Just **click the link** below."
},
{
"text": "I **clicked on the link** to the next page of the website.",
"contextForm": "click on something"
},
{
"text": "Click for more images.",
"contextForm": "click for something"
}
],
"topics": ["Computers"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make or cause something to make a short sharp sound",
"sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)+ adj.click something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The cameras clicked away.",
"contextForm": "(+ adv./prep.)"
},
{
"text": "The bolt clicked into place."
},
{
"text": "The door **clicked shut**.",
"contextForm": "+ adj."
},
{
"text": "He **clicked his fingers** at the waiter.",
"contextForm": "click something"
},
{
"text": "Polly **clicked her tongue** in annoyance."
},
{
"text": "The corporal clicked his heels."
},
{
"text": "The police officer clicked a pair of handcuffs around his wrists."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to suddenly become clear or understood",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Suddenly **it clicked**—we'd been talking about different people."
},
{
"text": "It all **clicked into place**."
},
{
"text": "Pieces of the puzzle suddenly clicked together."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to become friends with somebody at once; to become popular with somebody",
"sensetop": "click with somebody",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We met at a party and clicked immediately."
},
{
"text": "He's never really clicked with his students.",
"contextForm": "click with somebody"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to work well together",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The team don't seem to have clicked yet."
},
{
"text": "We have clicked well together recently."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/klɪk/",
"audio": "cl/click/click__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/klɪks/",
"audio": "cl/click/clicks__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/klɪkt/",
"audio": "cl/click/clicked__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈklɪkɪŋ/",
"audio": "cl/click/clicking__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/klɪk/",
"audio": "cl/click/click__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/klɪks/",
"audio": "cl/click/clicks__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/klɪkt/",
"audio": "cl/click/clicked__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈklɪkɪŋ/",
"audio": "cl/click/clicking__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (as a verb): imitative."
}