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{
"term": "fetch",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "fetch",
"heSheIt": "fetches"
},
"pastSimple": "fetched",
"pastParticiple": "fetched",
"ingForm": "fetching"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to go to where somebody/something is and bring them/it back",
"sensetop": "fetch somebody/somethingfetch somebody something",
"labels": "(especially British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to fetch help/a doctor",
"contextForm": "fetch somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The inhabitants have to walk a mile to fetch water."
},
{
"text": "She's gone to fetch the kids from school."
},
{
"text": "Could you fetch me my bag?",
"contextForm": "fetch somebody something"
},
{
"text": "Could you fetch my bag for me?"
},
{
"text": "He fetched a couple of towels from the bathroom."
},
{
"text": "He ran to fetch help."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to be sold for a particular price",
"sensetop": "fetch something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The painting is expected to fetch $10 000 at auction."
}
],
"synonyms": "sell for"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to do a lot of little jobs for somebody as if you were their servant",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Most of her day was spent fetching and carrying for her family."
},
{
"text": "She expected him to do all the fetching and carrying."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fetʃ/",
"audio": "fe/fetch/fetch__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfetʃɪz/",
"audio": "fe/fetch/fetches__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/fetʃt/",
"audio": "fe/fetch/fetched__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfetʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "fe/fetch/fetching__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fetʃ/",
"audio": "fe/fetch/fetch__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfetʃɪz/",
"audio": "fe/fetch/fetches__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/fetʃt/",
"audio": "fe/fetch/fetched__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfetʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "fe/fetch/fetching__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian, probably related to fatian ‘grasp’, of Germanic origin and related to German fassen."
}