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{
"term": "lower",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "lower",
"heSheIt": "lowers"
},
"pastSimple": "lowered",
"pastParticiple": "lowered",
"ingForm": "lowering"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to reduce something or to become less in value, quality, etc.",
"sensetop": "lower something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He lowered his voice to a whisper.",
"contextForm": "lower something"
},
{
"text": "This drug is used to lower blood pressure."
},
{
"text": "to **lower the rate/cost/price/level** of something"
},
{
"text": "Her voice lowered as she spoke."
},
{
"text": "The company may be forced to lower prices in order to stay competitive."
},
{
"text": "a proposal to lower the voting age to 16"
},
{
"text": "The company has lowered its expectations for profits this year."
},
{
"text": "We are not prepared to lower our academic standards."
},
{
"text": "Mild exercise three times a week significantly lowers your risk of cancer."
},
{
"text": "The drives were allowed to idle until the temperatures lowered and stabilized."
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "gently", "gradually"],
"preposition": ["into", "onto", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to let or make something/somebody go down",
"sensetop": "lower somethinglower something/somebody + adv./prep.",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He had to lower his head to get through the door.",
"contextForm": "lower something"
},
{
"text": "She lowered her newspaper and looked around."
},
{
"text": "They lowered him down the cliff on a rope.",
"contextForm": "lower something/somebody + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "The coffin is lowered into the grave and covered with earth."
},
{
"text": "Cristina blushed and quickly lowered her eyes."
},
{
"text": "He carefully lowered the sleeping child onto the bed."
},
{
"text": "She lowered herself into the driver's seat."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "gently", "gradually"],
"preposition": ["into", "onto", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to set a new, lower standard of quality or performance",
"examples": [
{
"text": "In the current economic climate we may need to lower the bar on quotas."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to behave in a way that makes other people respect you less",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I wouldn't lower myself by working for him."
}
],
"synonyms": "demean"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to expect more/less from a situation",
"examples": [
{
"text": "If they can’t afford such a big house, they’ll just have to lower their sights a little."
},
{
"text": "After failing to get into university, he lowered his sights and got a job in a shop."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to increase/decrease the amount of excitement, emotion, etc. in a situation",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His angry refusal to agree raised the temperature of the meeting."
},
{
"text": "The government tried to lower the political temperature by agreeing to some of the demands."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈləʊə(r)/",
"audio": "lo/lower/lower__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈləʊəz/",
"audio": "lo/lower/lowers__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈləʊəd/",
"audio": "lo/lower/lowered__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈləʊərɪŋ/",
"audio": "lo/lower/lowering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈləʊər/",
"audio": "lo/lower/lower__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈləʊərz/",
"audio": "lo/lower/lowers__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈləʊərd/",
"audio": "lo/lower/lowered__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈləʊərɪŋ/",
"audio": "lo/lower/lowering__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}