{
    "term": "chat",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "chat",
            "heSheIt": "chats"
        },
        "pastSimple": "chatted",
        "pastParticiple": "chatted",
        "ingForm": "chatting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to talk in a friendly, informal way to somebody",
            "sensetop": "chat to/with somebodychat awaychat away to/with somebodychat about something/somebody",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm sorry I can't stop to chat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two of us **got chatting** *(= started chatting)* at the bus stop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends.",
                    "contextForm": "chat to/with somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Within minutes of being introduced they were chatting away like old friends.",
                    "contextForm": "chat away"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone here chats away to you as though they've known you for decades.",
                    "contextForm": "chat away to/with somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What were you chatting about?",
                    "contextForm": "chat about something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "George was in the kitchen chatting to some friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I spent a happy half-hour chatting with a friend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They chatted away to each other."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We chatted briefly about the weather."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You will have a chance to circulate and chat informally."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["briefly", "amiably", "amicably"],
                "preposition": ["about", "to", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to exchange messages with somebody on the internet, when you can see and reply to messages immediately and have a written conversation",
            "sensetop": "chat (to/with somebody)chat about something/somebody",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've been chatting online with my best friend.",
                    "contextForm": "chat (to/with somebody)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I use social media to chat about stuff as well.",
                    "contextForm": "chat about something/somebody"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["briefly", "amiably", "amicably"],
                "preposition": ["about", "to", "with"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃæt/",
                "audio": "ch/chat/chat__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃæts/",
                "audio": "ch/chat/chats__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃætɪd/",
                "audio": "ch/chat/chatted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃætɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/chat/chatting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃæt/",
                "audio": "ch/chat/chat__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃæts/",
                "audio": "ch/chat/chats__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃætɪd/",
                "audio": "ch/chat/chatted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃætɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/chat/chatting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: shortening of chatter."
}