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{
"term": "skip",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "skip",
"heSheIt": "skips"
},
"pastSimple": "skipped",
"pastParticiple": "skipped",
"ingForm": "skipping"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to move forwards lightly and quickly making a little jump with each step",
"sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She skipped happily along beside me."
},
{
"text": "Lambs were skipping about in the fields."
},
{
"text": "Scott practically skipped home, he was so happy."
},
{
"text": "She skipped off to play with her friends."
},
{
"text": "She skipped to the door."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["lightly", "nimbly", "happily"],
"preposition": ["down", "up", "to"],
"phrases": ["somebody’s heart skips a beat"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to jump over a rope which is held at both ends by yourself or by two other people and is passed again and again over your head and under your feet",
"labels": "(British English)North American English",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He skips for about 20 minutes a day."
},
{
"text": "The girls were skipping in the playground."
},
{
"text": "She likes to skip rope as a warm-up."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to not do something that you usually do or should do",
"sensetop": "skip something",
"labels": "(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I often skip breakfast altogether."
},
{
"text": "She decided to **skip class** that afternoon."
}
],
"topics": ["Education"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to leave out something that would normally be the next thing that you would do, read, etc.",
"sensetop": "skip somethingskip over somethingskip to something",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can skip the next chapter if you have covered the topic in class.",
"contextForm": "skip something"
},
{
"text": "What I saw made my heart skip a beat."
},
{
"text": "I skipped over the last part of the book.",
"contextForm": "skip over something"
},
{
"text": "I suggest we skip to the last item on the agenda.",
"contextForm": "skip to something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to move from one place to another or from one subject to another very quickly",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She kept skipping from one topic of conversation to another."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to leave a place secretly or suddenly",
"sensetop": "skip something",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The bombers skipped the country shortly after the blast."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to make a flat stone jump across the surface of water",
"sensetop": "skip something (across, over, etc. something)",
"labels": "British English also",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The boys were skipping stones across the pond."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that somebody has a sudden feeling of fear, excitement, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "My heart missed a beat when I saw who it was."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to fail to appear at your trial after you have paid money to be allowed to go free until the trial",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He skipped bail and went on the run for two weeks."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to tell somebody rudely that you do not want to talk about something or repeat what you have said",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘What were you saying?’ ‘Oh, skip it!’"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/skɪp/",
"audio": "sk/skip/skip__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/skɪps/",
"audio": "sk/skip/skips__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/skɪpt/",
"audio": "sk/skip/skipped__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskɪpɪŋ/",
"audio": "sk/skip/skipping__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/skɪp/",
"audio": "sk/skip/skip__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/skɪps/",
"audio": "sk/skip/skips__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/skɪpt/",
"audio": "sk/skip/skipped__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskɪpɪŋ/",
"audio": "sk/skip/skipping__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "verb Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin."
}