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{
"term": "lie",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "lie",
"heSheIt": "lies"
},
"pastSimple": "lied",
"pastParticiple": "lied",
"ingForm": "lying"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to say or write something that you know is not true",
"sensetop": "lie to somebodylie about somethinglie about doing something",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You could see from his face that he was lying."
},
{
"text": "Don't lie to me!",
"contextForm": "lie to somebody"
},
{
"text": "She lies about her age.",
"contextForm": "lie about something"
},
{
"text": "He lied about having a university degree.",
"contextForm": "lie about doing something"
},
{
"text": "The camera cannot lie *(= give a false impression)*."
},
{
"text": "She was unable to lie convincingly."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["convincingly", "easily", "constantly"],
"preposition": ["about", "to"],
"phrases": ["lie through your teeth", "lie under oath"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to say something that is not true at all",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The witness was clearly lying through his teeth."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to get yourself into or out of a situation by lying",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/laɪ/",
"audio": "li/lie/lie__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/laɪz/",
"audio": "li/lie/lies__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/laɪd/",
"audio": "li/lie/lied__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "ly/lie/lying__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/laɪ/",
"audio": "li/lie/lie__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/laɪz/",
"audio": "li/lie/lies__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/laɪd/",
"audio": "li/lie/lied__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "ly/lie/lying__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English lyge (noun), lēogan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liegen and German lügen."
}