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{
"term": "ruin",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "ruin",
"heSheIt": "ruins"
},
"pastSimple": "ruined",
"pastParticiple": "ruined",
"ingForm": "ruining"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to damage something so badly that it loses all its value, pleasure, etc.",
"sensetop": "ruin something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The bad weather ruined our trip."
},
{
"text": "That one mistake ruined his chances of getting the job."
},
{
"text": "My new shoes **got ruined** in the mud."
},
{
"text": "The crops were ruined by the late frost."
},
{
"text": "A knee injury threatened to ruin her Olympic hopes."
},
{
"text": "She's ruined everything."
},
{
"text": "Years of drinking had ruined his health."
},
{
"text": "You've ruined my whole life!"
}
],
"synonyms": "spoil (1), wreck",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["completely", "totally", "nearly"],
"verb + ruin": ["threaten to", "be going to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make somebody/something lose all their money, their position, etc.",
"sensetop": "ruin somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "If she loses the court case it will ruin her."
},
{
"text": "The country was ruined by the war."
},
{
"text": "They accused the government of ruining the economy."
},
{
"text": "The long legal battle ruined him financially."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["completely", "totally", "nearly"],
"verb + ruin": ["threaten to", "be going to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪn/",
"audio": "ru/ruin/ruin__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪnz/",
"audio": "ru/ruin/ruins__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪnd/",
"audio": "ru/ruin/ruined__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "ru/ruin/ruining__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪn/",
"audio": "ru/ruin/ruin__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪnz/",
"audio": "ru/ruin/ruins__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪnd/",
"audio": "ru/ruin/ruined__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "ru/ruin/ruining__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘collapse of a building’): from Old French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere ‘to fall’."
}