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{
"term": "invade",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "invade",
"heSheIt": "invades"
},
"pastSimple": "invaded",
"pastParticiple": "invaded",
"ingForm": "invading"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to enter a country, town, etc. using military force in order to take control of it",
"sensetop": "invade something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Troops invaded on August 9th that year."
},
{
"text": "When did the Romans invade Britain?",
"contextForm": "invade something"
}
],
"topics": ["War and conflict"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to enter a place in large numbers, especially in a way that causes damage or problems",
"sensetop": "invade something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Demonstrators invaded the government buildings."
},
{
"text": "As the final whistle blew, fans began invading the pitch."
},
{
"text": "The cancer cells may invade other parts of the body."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to affect something in an unpleasant or annoying way",
"sensetop": "invade something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Do the press have the right to **invade her privacy** in this way?"
},
{
"text": "You feel tense with worrying thoughts constantly invading your sleep."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈveɪd/",
"audio": "in/invade/invade__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈveɪdz/",
"audio": "in/invade/invades__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈveɪdɪd/",
"audio": "in/invade/invaded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈveɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/invade/invading__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈveɪd/",
"audio": "in/invade/invade__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈveɪdz/",
"audio": "in/invade/invades__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈveɪdɪd/",
"audio": "in/invade/invaded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈveɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/invade/invading__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘attack or assault (a person)’): from Latin invadere, from in- ‘into’ + vadere ‘go’."
}