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{ "term": "climb", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "climb", "heSheIt": "climbs" }, "pastSimple": "climbed", "pastParticiple": "climbed", "ingForm": "climbing" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to go up something towards the top", "sensetop": "climb (up) somethingclimb (up)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **climb a mountain/tree**", "contextForm": "climb (up) something" }, { "text": "She **climbed** up **the stairs**." }, { "text": "to climb a ladder/wall" }, { "text": "They climbed the steps to the front door." }, { "text": "The car slowly climbed the hill." }, { "text": "The boarding party began to climb up the side of the ship." }, { "text": "As they climbed higher, the air became cooler.", "contextForm": "climb (up)" }, { "text": "You can **climb to the top** of the tower and take in the view." }, { "text": "He climbed up and inspected the damage to the roof." }, { "text": "Don't climb too high." }, { "text": "He climbed slowly up the ladder." }, { "text": "We climbed right to the top of the mountain." }, { "text": "I loved climbing trees when I was a kid." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["high", "slowly", "nimbly"], "preposition": ["up", "onto", "into"], "phrases": ["climb to the top", "go climbing"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to go up mountains or climb rocks as a hobby or sport", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He likes to go climbing most weekends." }, { "text": "He goes climbing every summer." } ], "topics": ["Sports: other sports", "Hobbies"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["high", "slowly", "nimbly"], "preposition": ["up", "onto", "into"], "phrases": ["climb to the top", "go climbing"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to move somewhere, especially with difficulty or effort, using hands as well as feet", "sensetop": "climb + adv./prep.", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I climbed through the window." }, { "text": "She opened the passenger door and climbed in." }, { "text": "The boys climbed over the wall." }, { "text": "Sue climbed into bed." }, { "text": "Can you climb down?" }, { "text": "He finished digging the grave and climbed out." }, { "text": "Two boys climbed onto the roof." }, { "text": "He climbed into the truck and drove off." }, { "text": "I climbed over the fence into the meadow." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["high", "slowly", "nimbly"], "preposition": ["up", "onto", "into"], "phrases": ["climb to the top", "go climbing"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to increase in value or amount", "sensetop": "climb + adv./prep.", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The death toll from the devastating floods continues to climb." }, { "text": "Interest rates climbed to 8 per cent.", "contextForm": "climb + adv./prep." }, { "text": "The temperature had climbed above 30 degrees." }, { "text": "Prices have climbed sharply in recent months." }, { "text": "The dollar has been climbing all week." }, { "text": "Membership is climbing steadily." }, { "text": "The vaccination rate began to climb slowly." }, { "text": "Unemployment has climbed from two million to three million." }, { "text": "Unemployment is still climbing." } ], "topics": ["Change, cause and effect", "Money"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["quickly", "rapidly", "sharply"], "preposition": ["above", "from", "to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to move to a higher position in a chart, table, society or organization", "sensetop": "climb to somethingclimb something", "labels": "(figurative)", "examples": [ { "text": "The team has now climbed to fourth in the league.", "contextForm": "climb to something" }, { "text": "In a few years he had climbed to the top of his profession." }, { "text": "The song also climbed the charts in North America.", "contextForm": "climb something" }, { "text": "to **climb the** corporate/career **ladder**" } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["high", "slowly", "nimbly"], "preposition": ["up", "onto", "into"], "phrases": ["climb to the top", "go climbing"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to go higher in the sky", "examples": [ { "text": "The plane climbed to 33 000 feet." }, { "text": "The sun climbed higher in the sky." }, { "text": "The plane took off and climbed to 20 000 feet." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["gradually", "slowly", "steadily"], "verb + climb": ["begin to"], "preposition": ["from", "to", "up"] } }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to slope upwards", "examples": [ { "text": "From here the path climbs steeply to the summit." }, { "text": "The path began to climb quite steeply." }, { "text": "The path climbs steeply up the mountainside." }, { "text": "The road gradually climbs up from the town." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["gradually", "slowly", "steadily"], "verb + climb": ["begin to"], "preposition": ["from", "to", "up"] } }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to grow up a wall or frame", "examples": [ { "text": "a climbing rose" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to join others in doing something that is becoming fashionable because you hope to become popular or successful yourself", "labels": "(informal, disapproving)", "examples": [ { "text": "politicians eager to jump on the environmental bandwagon" } ], "topics": ["Success"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/klaɪm/", "audio": "cl/climb/climb__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/klaɪmz/", "audio": "cl/climb/climbs__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/klaɪmd/", "audio": "cl/climb/climbed__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈklaɪmɪŋ/", "audio": "cl/climb/climbing__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/klaɪm/", "audio": "cl/climb/climb__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/klaɪmz/", "audio": "cl/climb/climbs__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/klaɪmd/", "audio": "cl/climb/climbed__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈklaɪmɪŋ/", "audio": "cl/climb/climbing__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English climban, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German klimmen, also to cleave ‘to stick close to something’." }