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{
"term": "torrent",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a large amount of water moving very quickly",
"sensetop": "in torrents",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "After the winter rains, the stream becomes a **raging torrent**."
},
{
"text": "The rain was coming down in torrents.",
"contextForm": "in torrents"
}
],
"topics": ["Weather"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["raging", "rushing"],
"preposition": ["in torrents"],
"phrases": ["a torrent of rain", "a torrent of water"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a large amount of something that comes suddenly and violently",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **torrent of abuse/criticism**"
},
{
"text": "His torrent of words finally slowed as he calmed down."
},
{
"text": "The sight of her father unleashed a torrent of emotions."
}
],
"synonyms": "deluge",
"collocations": {
"verb + torrent": ["let loose", "release", "unleash"],
"preposition": ["in a torrent", "torrent of"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtɒrənt/",
"audio": "to/torrent/torrent__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtɔːrənt/",
"audio": "to/torrent/torrent__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from French, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrent- ‘boiling, roaring’, from torrere ‘parch, scorch’."
}