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{
"term": "recycle",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "recycle",
"heSheIt": "recycles"
},
"pastSimple": "recycled",
"pastParticiple": "recycled",
"ingForm": "recycling"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to treat things that have already been used so that they can be used again",
"sensetop": "recycle somethingrecycle something into somethingrecycle something from something",
"labels": "(especially British English)(especially North American English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to recycle waste/rubbish"
},
{
"text": "Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper."
},
{
"text": "recycled materials"
},
{
"text": "recycled plastic/glass/paper"
},
{
"text": "Salt water is recycled using a special filter."
},
{
"text": "The bottles were being recycled into a lower-quality product.",
"contextForm": "recycle something into something"
},
{
"text": "He makes his own fuel from used grease recycled from local restaurants.",
"contextForm": "recycle something from something"
},
{
"text": "These materials are recycled into other packaging products."
},
{
"text": "made of plastic recycled from old packaging material"
}
],
"topics": ["The environment"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["endlessly"],
"preposition": ["from", "into"],
"phrases": ["can be recycled", "recycled waste, paper, materials, etc."]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to use the same ideas, methods, jokes, etc. again",
"sensetop": "recycle something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He recycled all his old jokes."
},
{
"text": "They endlessly recycle the same worn-out arguments."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["endlessly"],
"preposition": ["from", "into"],
"phrases": ["can be recycled", "recycled waste, paper, materials, etc."]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪkl/",
"audio": "re/recycle/recycle__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪklz/",
"audio": "re/recycle/recycles__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪkld/",
"audio": "re/recycle/recycled__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪklɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/recycle/recycling__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪkl/",
"audio": "re/recycle/recycle__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪklz/",
"audio": "re/recycle/recycles__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪkld/",
"audio": "re/recycle/recycled__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪklɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/recycle/recycling__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}