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{
"term": "overturn",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "overturn",
"heSheIt": "overturns"
},
"pastSimple": "overturned",
"pastParticiple": "overturned",
"ingForm": "overturning"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "if something overturns, or if somebody overturns it, it turns into a position in which the top of it is where the bottom of it normally is or on its side",
"sensetop": "overturn something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The car skidded and overturned."
},
{
"text": "He stood up quickly, overturning his chair.",
"contextForm": "overturn something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to officially decide that a legal decision, etc. is not correct, and to make it no longer legally recognized",
"sensetop": "overturn something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **overturn a decision/conviction/verdict**"
},
{
"text": "His sentence was overturned by the appeal court."
},
{
"text": "He hopes that councillors will overturn the decision."
}
],
"topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["completely"],
"verb + overturn": ["seek to", "try to", "fail to"],
"phrases": ["be easily overturned"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to show that a belief or an idea is not correct",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She completely overturned my preconceptions about film stars."
},
{
"text": "This argument seems convincing, but is easily overturned."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn/",
"audio": "ov/overturn/overturn__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːnz/",
"audio": "ov/overturn/overturns__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːnd/",
"audio": "ov/overturn/overturned__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːnɪŋ/",
"audio": "ov/overturn/overturning__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrn/",
"audio": "ov/overturn/overturn__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrnz/",
"audio": "ov/overturn/overturns__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrnd/",
"audio": "ov/overturn/overturned__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrnɪŋ/",
"audio": "ov/overturn/overturning__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}