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{
"term": "rave",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "rave",
"heSheIt": "raves"
},
"pastSimple": "raved",
"pastParticiple": "raved",
"ingForm": "raving"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to talk or write about something in a very enthusiastic way",
"sensetop": "rave (about somebody/something)+ speech",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The critics raved about his performance in ‘Hamlet’."
},
{
"text": "Luke was still raving about the beauty of the desert."
},
{
"text": "‘He is the best American comedian since Jack Lemmon,’ raved Newsweek."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to shout in a loud and emotional way at somebody because you are angry with them; to talk or shout in a way that is not logical or sensible",
"sensetop": "rave at somebodyrave on (at somebody) (about something)+ speech",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was shouting and raving at them.",
"contextForm": "rave at somebody"
},
{
"text": "My parents both raved at me."
},
{
"text": "He wandered the streets raving at passers-by."
},
{
"text": "He was still raving on about irresponsible youngsters.",
"contextForm": "rave on (at somebody) (about something)"
},
{
"text": "‘Never mind how he feels!’ Melissa raved.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to show that you are angry by shouting or complaining loudly for a long time",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was ranting and raving about our stupidity."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/reɪv/",
"audio": "ra/rave/rave__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/reɪvz/",
"audio": "ra/rave/raves__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/reɪvd/",
"audio": "ra/rave/raved__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreɪvɪŋ/",
"audio": "ra/rave/raving__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/reɪv/",
"audio": "ra/rave/rave__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/reɪvz/",
"audio": "ra/rave/raves__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/reɪvd/",
"audio": "ra/rave/raved__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreɪvɪŋ/",
"audio": "ra/rave/raving__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘show signs of madness’): probably from Old Northern French raver; related obscurely to (Middle) Low German reven ‘be senseless, rave’."
}