{
    "term": "ensue",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "ensue",
            "heSheIt": "ensues"
        },
        "pastSimple": "ensued",
        "pastParticiple": "ensued",
        "ingForm": "ensuing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to happen after or as a result of another event",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "An argument ensued."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The riot police swooped in and chaos ensued."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "follow",
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsjuː/",
                "audio": "en/ensue/ensue__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsjuːz/",
                "audio": "en/ensue/ensues__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsjuːd/",
                "audio": "en/ensue/ensued__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsjuːɪŋ/",
                "audio": "en/ensue/ensuing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsuː/",
                "audio": "en/ensue/ensue__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsuːz/",
                "audio": "en/ensue/ensues__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsuːd/",
                "audio": "en/ensue/ensued__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈsuːɪŋ/",
                "audio": "en/ensue/ensuing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (formerly also as insue): from Old French ensivre, from Latin insequi, based on sequi ‘follow’."
}