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{
"term": "leap",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "leap",
"heSheIt": "leaps"
},
"pastSimple": "leapt",
"pastParticiple": "leapt",
"ingForm": "leaping"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to jump high or a long way",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.leap something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A dolphin leapt out of the water.",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "We leaped over the stream."
},
{
"text": "The horse leapt a five-foot wall.",
"contextForm": "leap something"
},
{
"text": "She leaped across the puddles."
},
{
"text": "He leaped clear of the water."
},
{
"text": "The horse leaped over high fences."
},
{
"text": "A dolphin suddenly leapt out of the water."
},
{
"text": "The horse galloped on, leaping fences and hedges as it came to them."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "practically"],
"verb + leap": ["seem to", "be about to", "be ready to"],
"preposition": ["across", "from", "into"],
"phrases": ["leap to your feet"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to move or do something suddenly and quickly",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She leapt out of bed."
},
{
"text": "He leaped across the room to answer the door."
},
{
"text": "I **leapt to my feet** *(= stood up quickly)*."
},
{
"text": "They **leapt into action** immediately."
},
{
"text": "She was quick to **leap to my defence** *(= speak in support of me)*."
},
{
"text": "The photo seemed to **leap off the page** *(= it got your attention immediately)*."
},
{
"text": "His name **leapt out at me** *(= I saw it immediately)*."
},
{
"text": "Don't be so nervous—anyone would think I was about to leap on you."
},
{
"text": "He almost leaped down the stairs when he heard who it was."
},
{
"text": "She leaped down from the ladder and ran over to him."
},
{
"text": "He leapt onto his horse and rode off."
},
{
"text": "I leapt out of bed when I heard the burglar alarm."
},
{
"text": "Rose immediately leapt to her feet."
},
{
"text": "children leaping about with excitement"
},
{
"text": "The people on the shore were leaping up and down and shouting."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "practically"],
"verb + leap": ["seem to", "be about to", "be ready to"],
"preposition": ["across", "from", "into"],
"phrases": ["leap to your feet"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to increase suddenly and by a large amount",
"sensetop": "leap (in something) (from…) (to…)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The shares leapt in value from 476p to close at 536p."
},
{
"text": "The company saw pre-tax profits leap to £14.5 million in 2004."
}
],
"synonyms": "shoot up",
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that somebody has a sudden feeling of happiness or excitement",
"examples": [
{
"text": "My heart leapt at the news."
},
{
"text": "Her heart leaped with joy."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make a decision about somebody/something too quickly, before you know or have thought about all the facts",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There I go again—jumping to conclusions."
},
{
"text": "Don't jump to conclusions."
},
{
"text": "We don't want to jump to the wrong conclusion."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to advise somebody to think about the possible results or dangers of something before doing it",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Danger"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/liːp/",
"audio": "le/leap/leap__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/liːps/",
"audio": "le/leap/leaps__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/lept/",
"audio": "le/leap/leapt__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/liːpt/",
"audio": "le/leap/leaped__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈliːpɪŋ/",
"audio": "le/leap/leaping__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/liːp/",
"audio": "le/leap/leap__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/liːps/",
"audio": "le/leap/leaps__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/lept/",
"audio": "le/leap/leapt__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/liːpt/",
"audio": "le/leap/leaped__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈliːpɪŋ/",
"audio": "le/leap/leaping__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English hlēapan (verb), hlȳp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lopen, German laufen (verb), and Dutch loop, German Lauf (noun), all meaning ‘run’, also to lope."
}