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{
"term": "kneel",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "kneel",
"heSheIt": "kneels"
},
"pastSimple": "knelt",
"pastParticiple": "knelt",
"ingForm": "kneeling"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be in or move into a position where your body is supported on your knee or knees",
"sensetop": "kneel (down)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a kneeling figure"
},
{
"text": "People sometimes kneel to pray."
},
{
"text": "We knelt (down) on the ground to examine the tracks.",
"contextForm": "kneel (down)"
},
{
"text": "The people knelt down and prayed."
},
{
"text": "We knelt on the floor."
},
{
"text": "He knelt and prayed for guidance."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/niːl/",
"audio": "kn/kneel/kneel__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/niːlz/",
"audio": "kn/kneel/kneels__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/nelt/",
"audio": "kn/kneel/knelt__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/niːld/",
"audio": "kn/kneel/kneeled__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈniːlɪŋ/",
"audio": "kn/kneel/kneeling__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/niːl/",
"audio": "kn/kneel/kneel__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/niːlz/",
"audio": "kn/kneel/kneels__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/nelt/",
"audio": "kn/kneel/knelt__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/niːld/",
"audio": "kn/kneel/kneeled__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈniːlɪŋ/",
"audio": "kn/kneel/kneeling__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English cnēowlian, from cnēow, of Germanic origin (see knee)."
}