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{
"term": "rescue",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "rescue",
"heSheIt": "rescues"
},
"pastSimple": "rescued",
"pastParticiple": "rescued",
"ingForm": "rescuing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to save somebody/something from a dangerous or harmful situation",
"sensetop": "rescue somebody/something from something/somebodyrescue somebody/something from doing somethingrescue somebody/somethingrescue somebody/something + adj.",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The coastguard rescued six people from the sinking boat.",
"contextForm": "rescue somebody/something from something/somebody"
},
{
"text": "The woman was rescued from her burning home by firefighters."
},
{
"text": "You rescued me from an embarrassing situation."
},
{
"text": "The house was rescued from demolition."
},
{
"text": "He rescued a child from drowning.",
"contextForm": "rescue somebody/something from doing something"
},
{
"text": "The hostages were rescued and brought to safety.",
"contextForm": "rescue somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The shelter rescues stray dogs."
},
{
"text": "She had despaired of ever being rescued alive.",
"contextForm": "rescue somebody/something + adj."
},
{
"text": "The bank rescued the company from bankruptcy."
},
{
"text": "They were eventually rescued by helicopter."
},
{
"text": "He died while trying to rescue his children from the blaze."
},
{
"text": "Police officers helped to rescue motorists stranded by the floods."
},
{
"text": "The little boy had to be rescued by firemen."
},
{
"text": "He was drowned in an attempt to rescue the child."
},
{
"text": "The pony had been rescued from near starvation by a kindly old lady."
},
{
"text": "They were rescued by a passing cruise ship."
}
],
"topics": ["Danger", "War and conflict"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuː/",
"audio": "re/rescue/rescue__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuːz/",
"audio": "re/rescue/rescues__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuːd/",
"audio": "re/rescue/rescued__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuːɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/rescue/rescuing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuː/",
"audio": "re/rescue/rescue__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuːz/",
"audio": "re/rescue/rescues__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuːd/",
"audio": "re/rescue/rescued__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈreskjuːɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/rescue/rescuing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French rescoure from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + excutere ‘shake out, discard’."
}