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{
"term": "tackle",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"image": "data/images/sp/sports_team.png",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "tackle",
"heSheIt": "tackles"
},
"pastSimple": "tackled",
"pastParticiple": "tackled",
"ingForm": "tackling"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make a determined effort to deal with a difficult problem or situation",
"sensetop": "tackle something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The government is determined to tackle inflation."
},
{
"text": "I think I'll tackle the repairs next weekend."
},
{
"text": "Firefighters tackled a blaze in a garage last night."
},
{
"text": "The drugs problem has to be tackled head-on."
},
{
"text": "The problem is being tackled with a range of measures."
},
{
"text": "We are failing to tackle the key issues."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["properly", "seriously", "directly"],
"verb + tackle": ["attempt to", "try to", "help (to)"],
"preposition": ["with"],
"phrases": [
"tackle somebody to the floor",
"tackle somebody to the ground"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to speak to somebody about a problem or difficult situation",
"sensetop": "tackle somebody (about something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I tackled him about the money he owed me."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to try and take the ball from an opponent",
"sensetop": "tackle (somebody)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was tackled just outside the penalty area."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["hard"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to make an opponent fall to the ground in order to stop them running",
"sensetop": "tackle (somebody)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He can run fast and tackle hard."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["hard"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to deal with somebody who is violent or threatening you",
"sensetop": "tackle somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He tackled a masked intruder at his home."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["properly", "seriously", "directly"],
"verb + tackle": ["attempt to", "try to", "help (to)"],
"preposition": ["with"],
"phrases": [
"tackle somebody to the floor",
"tackle somebody to the ground"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtækl/",
"audio": "ta/tackle/tackle__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtæklz/",
"audio": "ta/tackle/tackles__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtækld/",
"audio": "ta/tackle/tackled__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtæklɪŋ/",
"audio": "ta/tackle/tackling__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtækl/",
"audio": "ta/tackle/tackle__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtæklz/",
"audio": "ta/tackle/tackles__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtækld/",
"audio": "ta/tackle/tackled__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtæklɪŋ/",
"audio": "ta/tackle/tackling__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting equipment for a specific task): probably from Middle Low German takel, from taken ‘lay hold of’. Early senses of the verb (late Middle English) described the provision and handling of a ship's equipment."
}