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{
"term": "subside",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "subside",
"heSheIt": "subsides"
},
"pastSimple": "subsided",
"pastParticiple": "subsided",
"ingForm": "subsiding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to become calmer, quieter or less intense",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She waited nervously for his anger to subside."
},
{
"text": "When the rain had subsided we continued our walk."
},
{
"text": "I took an aspirin and the pain gradually subsided."
},
{
"text": "He waited until the laughter had subsided before continuing his story."
},
{
"text": "The storm gradually subsided."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["quickly", "rapidly", "soon"],
"verb + subside": ["begin to", "start to"],
"preposition": ["into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to go back to a normal level",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The flood waters gradually subsided."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to sink to a lower level; to sink lower into the ground",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Weak foundations caused the house to subside."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪd/",
"audio": "su/subside/subside__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪdz/",
"audio": "su/subside/subsides__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪdɪd/",
"audio": "su/subside/subsided__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "su/subside/subsiding__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪd/",
"audio": "su/subside/subside__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪdz/",
"audio": "su/subside/subsides__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪdɪd/",
"audio": "su/subside/subsided__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "su/subside/subsiding__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: from Latin subsidere, from sub- ‘below’ + sidere ‘settle’ (related to sedere ‘sit’)."
}