{
    "term": "dump",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "dump",
            "heSheIt": "dumps"
        },
        "pastSimple": "dumped",
        "pastParticiple": "dumped",
        "ingForm": "dumping"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to get rid of something you do not want, especially in a place that is not suitable",
            "sensetop": "dump something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dead body was just dumped by the roadside."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Any vessel dumping at sea without a licence will be prosecuted."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["illegally", "legally", "unceremoniously"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to get rid of somebody/something or leave them for somebody else to deal with",
            "sensetop": "dump somebody/something (on somebody)",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's got no right to keep dumping his problems on me."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to get rid of goods by selling them at a very low price, often in another country",
            "sensetop": "dump something",
            "labels": "(business)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to put something/somebody down in a careless or untidy way",
            "sensetop": "dump something/somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Just dump your stuff over there—we'll sort it out later."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He dumped the boxes down in the kitchen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They carried him down to the beach and dumped him unceremoniously in the freezing water."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["illegally", "legally", "unceremoniously"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to end a romantic relationship with somebody",
            "sensetop": "dump somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Did you hear he's dumped his girlfriend?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to copy information and move it somewhere to store it",
            "sensetop": "dump something",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make something the responsibility of another person",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They dropped the problem firmly back in my lap."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌmp/",
                "audio": "du/dump/dump__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌmps/",
                "audio": "du/dump/dumps__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌmpt/",
                "audio": "du/dump/dumped__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʌmpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "du/dump/dumping__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌmp/",
                "audio": "du/dump/dump__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌmps/",
                "audio": "du/dump/dumps__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌmpt/",
                "audio": "du/dump/dumped__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʌmpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "du/dump/dumping__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: perhaps from Old Norse; related to Danish dumpe and Norwegian dumpa ‘fall suddenly’ (the original sense in English); in later use partly imitative; compare with thump."
}