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{
"term": "loom",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "loom",
"heSheIt": "looms"
},
"pastSimple": "loomed",
"pastParticiple": "loomed",
"ingForm": "looming"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to appear as a large shape that is not clear, especially in a frightening way",
"sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A dark shape loomed up ahead of us."
},
{
"text": "Ghostly shapes loomed out of the fog in front of him."
},
{
"text": "He loomed above her."
},
{
"text": "The tower loomed over the city."
},
{
"text": "A figure loomed in the doorway."
},
{
"text": "Dizzying walls of rock loomed on either side of them."
},
{
"text": "Something huge and black loomed out of the mist."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to appear serious and likely to happen soon",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There was a crisis looming."
},
{
"text": "A new threat is now looming on the horizon."
},
{
"text": "Further problems loomed ahead of us."
},
{
"text": "The day of the election loomed ever closer."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be frightening and make you worried because something seems hard to avoid",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The prospect of war loomed large."
},
{
"text": "The issue looms large in political campaigns nationwide."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/luːm/",
"audio": "lo/loom/loom__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/luːmz/",
"audio": "lo/loom/looms__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/luːmd/",
"audio": "lo/loom/loomed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈluːmɪŋ/",
"audio": "lo/loom/looming__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/luːm/",
"audio": "lo/loom/loom__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/luːmz/",
"audio": "lo/loom/looms__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/luːmd/",
"audio": "lo/loom/loomed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈluːmɪŋ/",
"audio": "lo/loom/looming__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "verb mid 16th cent.: probably from Low German or Dutch; compare with East Frisian lōmen ‘move slowly’, Middle High German lüemen ‘be weary’."
}