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{
"term": "plead",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "plead",
"heSheIt": "pleads"
},
"pastSimple": "pleaded",
"pastParticiple": "pleaded",
"ingForm": "pleading"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to ask somebody for something in a very strong and serious way",
"sensetop": "plead (with somebody) (to do something)plead (with somebody) (for something)plead to do something+ speech",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She pleaded with him not to go.",
"contextForm": "plead (with somebody) (to do something)"
},
{
"text": "I was forced to plead for my child's life.",
"contextForm": "plead (with somebody) (for something)"
},
{
"text": "pleading eyes"
},
{
"text": "He pleaded to be allowed to see his mother one more time.",
"contextForm": "plead to do something"
},
{
"text": "‘Do something!’ she pleaded.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
},
{
"text": "His eyes silently pleaded with her."
},
{
"text": "The teacher was today desperately pleading for news of her son who has disappeared."
},
{
"text": "They pleaded for mercy."
}
],
"synonyms": "beg",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["almost", "silently", "successfully"],
"preposition": ["for", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to state in court that you are guilty or not guilty of a crime",
"sensetop": "(+ adj.)plead something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **plead guilty/not guilty**",
"contextForm": "(+ adj.)"
},
{
"text": "How do you plead? *(= said by the judge at the start of the trial)*"
},
{
"text": "The accused was deemed unfit to plead."
},
{
"text": "He tried to plead insanity *(= say that he was seriously mentally ill and therefore not responsible for his actions)* but the court convicted him.",
"contextForm": "plead something"
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"phrases": ["plead guilty", "plead not guilty"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to present a case to a court",
"sensetop": "plead something",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They hired a top lawyer to plead their case."
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to argue in support of somebody/something",
"sensetop": "plead somethingplead for somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She appeared on television to plead the cause of political prisoners everywhere.",
"contextForm": "plead something"
},
{
"text": "The United Nations has pleaded for a halt to the bombing.",
"contextForm": "plead for somebody/something"
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to give something as an explanation or excuse for something",
"sensetop": "plead something (for something)plead that…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He pleaded family problems for his lack of concentration."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pliːd/",
"audio": "pl/plead/plead__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pliːdz/",
"audio": "pl/plead/pleads__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpliːdɪd/",
"audio": "pl/plead/pleaded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pled/",
"audio": "pl/plead/pled__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpliːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "pl/plead/pleading__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pliːd/",
"audio": "pl/plead/plead__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pliːdz/",
"audio": "pl/plead/pleads__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpliːdɪd/",
"audio": "pl/plead/pleaded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pled/",
"audio": "pl/plead/pled__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpliːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "pl/plead/pleading__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘to wrangle’): from Old French plaidier ‘go to law’, from plaid ‘discussion’, from Latin placitum ‘a decree’, neuter past participle of placere ‘to please’."
}