{
    "term": "deteriorate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "deteriorate",
            "heSheIt": "deteriorates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "deteriorated",
        "pastParticiple": "deteriorated",
        "ingForm": "deteriorating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to become worse",
            "sensetop": "deteriorate into something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had to cope with deteriorating weather conditions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The discussion quickly deteriorated into an angry argument.",
                    "contextForm": "deteriorate into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Relations between the two countries have deteriorated further this week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The situation is likely to deteriorate unless something is done now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The unrest rapidly deteriorated into civil war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The overall quality of rivers and canals has deteriorated."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["badly", "seriously", "severely"],
                "verb + deteriorate": ["begin to", "continue to", "be likely to"],
                "preposition": ["into"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtɪəriəreɪt/",
                "audio": "de/deteriorate/deteriorate__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtɪəriəreɪts/",
                "audio": "de/deteriorate/deteriorates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtɪəriəreɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "de/deteriorate/deteriorated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtɪəriəreɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/deteriorate/deteriorating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtɪriəreɪt/",
                "audio": "de/deteriorate/deteriorate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtɪriəreɪts/",
                "audio": "de/deteriorate/deteriorates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtɪriəreɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "de/deteriorate/deteriorated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈtɪriəreɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/deteriorate/deteriorating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make worse’): from late Latin deteriorat- ‘worsened’, from the verb deteriorare, from Latin deterior ‘worse’."
}