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{
"term": "recline",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "recline",
"heSheIt": "reclines"
},
"pastSimple": "reclined",
"pastParticiple": "reclined",
"ingForm": "reclining"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to sit or lie in a relaxed way, with your body leaning backwards",
"sensetop": "recline (against/in/on something)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was reclining on a sofa."
},
{
"text": "a reclining figure *(= for example in a painting)*"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "when a seat reclines or when you recline a seat, the back of it moves into a comfortable, sloping position",
"sensetop": "recline (something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a reclining chair"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪn/",
"audio": "re/recline/recline__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪnz/",
"audio": "re/recline/reclines__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪnd/",
"audio": "re/recline/reclined__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/recline/reclining__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪn/",
"audio": "re/recline/recline__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪnz/",
"audio": "re/recline/reclines__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪnd/",
"audio": "re/recline/reclined__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/recline/reclining__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘cause to lean back’): from Old French recliner or Latin reclinare ‘bend back, recline’, from re- ‘back’ + clinare ‘to bend’."
}