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{
"term": "revive",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "revive",
"heSheIt": "revives"
},
"pastSimple": "revived",
"pastParticiple": "revived",
"ingForm": "reviving"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to become, or to make somebody/something become, conscious or healthy and strong again",
"sensetop": "revive somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The flowers soon revived in water."
},
{
"text": "The economy is beginning to revive."
},
{
"text": "The paramedics couldn't revive her.",
"contextForm": "revive somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "This movie is intended to revive her flagging career."
},
{
"text": "Attempts to revive him failed."
},
{
"text": "Attempts to revive her failed and she was dead on arrival at the hospital."
},
{
"text": "The good harvest helped revive the economic fortunes of the country."
},
{
"text": "They revived him with cold water."
},
{
"text": "attempts to revive falling sales"
},
{
"text": "the country's readiness to help revive the economic fortunes of its neighbours"
}
],
"topics": ["Healthcare"],
"collocations": {
"verb + revive": ["try to"],
"preposition": ["with"],
"phrases": [
"an attempt to revive somebody",
"an effort to revive somebody"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make something start being used or done again",
"sensetop": "revive something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This quaint custom should be revived."
},
{
"text": "She has been trying to revive the debate over equal pay."
},
{
"text": "The poor trade figures have revived fears of higher interest rates."
},
{
"text": "The hospitality industry is keen to revive business activities after the pandemic."
},
{
"text": "They are trying to revive some of the old customs."
},
{
"text": "an initiative aimed at reviving talks on the country's political future"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["quickly", "recently"],
"verb + revive": ["try to", "help (to)", "help somebody (to)"],
"phrases": [
"an attempt to revive something",
"an effort to revive something",
"be aimed at reviving something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to produce again a play, etc. that has not been performed for some time",
"sensetop": "revive something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This 1930s musical is being revived at the National Theatre."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪv/",
"audio": "re/revive/revive__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪvz/",
"audio": "re/revive/revives__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪvd/",
"audio": "re/revive/revived__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪvɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/revive/reviving__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪv/",
"audio": "re/revive/revive__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪvz/",
"audio": "re/revive/revives__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪvd/",
"audio": "re/revive/revived__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪvɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/revive/reviving__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French revivre or late Latin revivere, from Latin re- ‘back’ + vivere ‘live’."
}