{
    "term": "climb",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "climb",
            "heSheIt": "climbs"
        },
        "pastSimple": "climbed",
        "pastParticiple": "climbed",
        "ingForm": "climbing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to go up something towards the top",
            "sensetop": "climb (up) somethingclimb (up)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **climb a mountain/tree**",
                    "contextForm": "climb (up) something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **climbed** up **the stairs**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to climb a ladder/wall"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They climbed the steps to the front door."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car slowly climbed the hill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The boarding party began to climb up the side of the ship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As they climbed higher, the air became cooler.",
                    "contextForm": "climb (up)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can **climb to the top** of the tower and take in the view."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He climbed up and inspected the damage to the roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't climb too high."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He climbed slowly up the ladder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We climbed right to the top of the mountain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I loved climbing trees when I was a kid."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["high", "slowly", "nimbly"],
                "preposition": ["up", "onto", "into"],
                "phrases": ["climb to the top", "go climbing"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to go up mountains or climb rocks as a hobby or sport",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He likes to go climbing most weekends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He goes climbing every summer."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports", "Hobbies"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["high", "slowly", "nimbly"],
                "preposition": ["up", "onto", "into"],
                "phrases": ["climb to the top", "go climbing"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to move somewhere, especially with difficulty or effort, using hands as well as feet",
            "sensetop": "climb + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I climbed through the window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She opened the passenger door and climbed in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The boys climbed over the wall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sue climbed into bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you climb down?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He finished digging the grave and climbed out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two boys climbed onto the roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He climbed into the truck and drove off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I climbed over the fence into the meadow."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["high", "slowly", "nimbly"],
                "preposition": ["up", "onto", "into"],
                "phrases": ["climb to the top", "go climbing"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to increase in value or amount",
            "sensetop": "climb + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The death toll from the devastating floods continues to climb."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Interest rates climbed to 8 per cent.",
                    "contextForm": "climb + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The temperature had climbed above 30 degrees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prices have climbed sharply in recent months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dollar has been climbing all week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Membership is climbing steadily."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The vaccination rate began to climb slowly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment has climbed from two million to three million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment is still climbing."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["quickly", "rapidly", "sharply"],
                "preposition": ["above", "from", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to move to a higher position in a chart, table, society or organization",
            "sensetop": "climb to somethingclimb something",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The team has now climbed to fourth in the league.",
                    "contextForm": "climb to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In a few years he had climbed to the top of his profession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The song also climbed the charts in North America.",
                    "contextForm": "climb something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **climb the** corporate/career **ladder**"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["high", "slowly", "nimbly"],
                "preposition": ["up", "onto", "into"],
                "phrases": ["climb to the top", "go climbing"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to go higher in the sky",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The plane climbed to 33 000 feet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sun climbed higher in the sky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane took off and climbed to 20 000 feet."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["gradually", "slowly", "steadily"],
                "verb + climb": ["begin to"],
                "preposition": ["from", "to", "up"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to slope upwards",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "From here the path climbs steeply to the summit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The path began to climb quite steeply."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The path climbs steeply up the mountainside."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The road gradually climbs up from the town."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["gradually", "slowly", "steadily"],
                "verb + climb": ["begin to"],
                "preposition": ["from", "to", "up"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to grow up a wall or frame",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a climbing rose"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to join others in doing something that is becoming fashionable because you hope to become popular or successful yourself",
            "labels": "(informal, disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "politicians eager to jump on the environmental bandwagon"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/klaɪm/",
                "audio": "cl/climb/climb__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/klaɪmz/",
                "audio": "cl/climb/climbs__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/klaɪmd/",
                "audio": "cl/climb/climbed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklaɪmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "cl/climb/climbing__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/klaɪm/",
                "audio": "cl/climb/climb__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/klaɪmz/",
                "audio": "cl/climb/climbs__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/klaɪmd/",
                "audio": "cl/climb/climbed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklaɪmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "cl/climb/climbing__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English climban, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German klimmen, also to cleave ‘to stick close to something’."
}