{
    "term": "cheer",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "cheer",
            "heSheIt": "cheers"
        },
        "pastSimple": "cheered",
        "pastParticiple": "cheered",
        "ingForm": "cheering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to shout loudly, in order to show support or praise for somebody, or to encourage them",
            "sensetop": "cheer for somebody/somethingcheer somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We all cheered as the team came onto the field."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cheering crowds greeted their arrival."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fans cheered for their team.",
                    "contextForm": "cheer for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crowd cheered the president as he drove slowly by.",
                    "contextForm": "cheer somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crowd cheered loudly as he came on stage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crowd cheered loudly as the goalkeeper made a brilliant save."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["loudly", "wildly"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to encourage somebody or to give them hope or comfort",
            "sensetop": "be cheered (by something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was cheered by the news from home.",
                    "contextForm": "be cheered (by something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was cheered by the thought of seeing them again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was greatly cheered by this news."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["greatly", "a lot", "a bit"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɪə(r)/",
                "audio": "ch/cheer/cheer__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɪəz/",
                "audio": "ch/cheer/cheers__gb_5.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɪəd/",
                "audio": "ch/cheer/cheered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃɪərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/cheer/cheering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɪr/",
                "audio": "ch/cheer/cheer__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɪrz/",
                "audio": "ch/cheer/cheers__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɪrd/",
                "audio": "ch/cheer/cheered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃɪrɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/cheer/cheering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}