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{
"term": "overwhelm",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "overwhelm",
"heSheIt": "overwhelms"
},
"pastSimple": "overwhelmed",
"pastParticiple": "overwhelmed",
"ingForm": "overwhelming"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to have such a strong emotional effect on somebody that it is difficult for them to resist or know how to react",
"sensetop": "overwhelm somebody",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was overwhelmed by feelings of guilt."
},
{
"text": "The beauty of the landscape overwhelmed me."
},
{
"text": "She felt completely overwhelmed."
},
{
"text": "We were totally overwhelmed by the response to our appeal."
}
],
"synonyms": "overcome",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "totally"],
"verb + overwhelm": ["threaten to"],
"preposition": ["with"],
"phrases": [
"overwhelmed by something",
"absolutely overwhelmed",
"completely overwhelmed"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to defeat somebody completely",
"sensetop": "overwhelm somebody",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The army was overwhelmed by the rebels."
},
{
"text": "He totally overwhelmed the Spaniard, 6–2, 6–3,6–2, in the final."
}
],
"synonyms": "overpower"
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to be so bad or so great that a person cannot deal with it; to give too much of a thing to a person",
"sensetop": "overwhelm somebody",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We were overwhelmed by requests for information."
},
{
"text": "The children pressed around him eagerly, overwhelming him with questions."
},
{
"text": "She thinks she knows all the answers and always overwhelms me with advice."
},
{
"text": "The office was overwhelmed by the volume of work that was required."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "totally"],
"verb + overwhelm": ["threaten to"],
"preposition": ["with"],
"phrases": [
"overwhelmed by something",
"absolutely overwhelmed",
"completely overwhelmed"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to cover somebody/something completely",
"sensetop": "overwhelm somebody/something",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The wave broke through the wall and overwhelmed the town."
}
],
"synonyms": "flood"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈwelm/",
"audio": "ov/overwhelm/overwhelm__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈwelmz/",
"audio": "ov/overwhelm/overwhelms__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈwelmd/",
"audio": "ov/overwhelm/overwhelmed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ/",
"audio": "ov/overwhelm/overwhelming__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈwelm/",
"audio": "ov/overwhelm/overwhelm__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈwelmz/",
"audio": "ov/overwhelm/overwhelms__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈwelmd/",
"audio": "ov/overwhelm/overwhelmed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈwelmɪŋ/",
"audio": "ov/overwhelm/overwhelming__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}