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{
"term": "mumble",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "mumble",
"heSheIt": "mumbles"
},
"pastSimple": "mumbled",
"pastParticiple": "mumbled",
"ingForm": "mumbling"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to speak or say something in a quiet voice in a way that is not clear",
"sensetop": "mumble (to somebody/yourself)mumble something (to somebody/yourself)+ speechmumble that…mumble about something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I could hear him mumbling to himself.",
"contextForm": "mumble (to somebody/yourself)"
},
{
"text": "She mumbled an apology and left.",
"contextForm": "mumble something (to somebody/yourself)"
},
{
"text": "‘Sorry,’ she mumbled.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
},
{
"text": "She mumbled that she was sorry.",
"contextForm": "mumble that…"
},
{
"text": "I couldn't understand what he was mumbling about.",
"contextForm": "mumble about something"
},
{
"text": "George mumbled incoherently to himself."
},
{
"text": "She mumbled something into her pillow."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["incoherently", "quietly", "softly"],
"preposition": ["about", "into", "to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmbl/",
"audio": "mu/mumble/mumble__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmblz/",
"audio": "mu/mumble/mumbles__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmbld/",
"audio": "mu/mumble/mumbled__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmblɪŋ/",
"audio": "mu/mumble/mumbling__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmbl/",
"audio": "mu/mumble/mumble__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmblz/",
"audio": "mu/mumble/mumbles__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmbld/",
"audio": "mu/mumble/mumbled__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌmblɪŋ/",
"audio": "mu/mumble/mumbling__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: frequentative of mum (adjective)."
}