{
    "term": "forge",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "forge",
            "heSheIt": "forges"
        },
        "pastSimple": "forged",
        "pastParticiple": "forged",
        "ingForm": "forging"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to put a lot of effort into making something successful or strong so that it will last",
            "sensetop": "forge something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a move to forge new links between management and workers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Strategic alliances are being forged with major European companies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She forged a new career in the music business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They forged a lead in the first 30 minutes of the game."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make an illegal copy of something in order to cheat people",
            "sensetop": "forge something",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to forge a passport/banknote/document"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's getting good at forging his mother's signature."
                },
                {
                    "text": "New digital techniques can spot paintings that have been forged."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to shape metal by heating it in a fire and hitting it with a hammer; to make an object in this way",
            "sensetop": "forge something (from something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "swords forged from steel"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to move forward in a steady but powerful way",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He forged through the crowds to the front of the stage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She forged into the lead *(= in a competition, race, etc.)*."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɔːdʒ/",
                "audio": "fo/forge/forge__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːdʒɪz/",
                "audio": "fo/forge/forges__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɔːdʒd/",
                "audio": "fo/forge/forged__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːdʒɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fo/forge/forging__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɔːrdʒ/",
                "audio": "fo/forge/forge__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːrdʒɪz/",
                "audio": "fo/forge/forges__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fɔːrdʒd/",
                "audio": "fo/forge/forged__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːrdʒɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fo/forge/forging__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb senses 1 to 3 Middle English (also in the general sense ‘make, construct’): from Old French forger, from Latin fabricare ‘fabricate’, from fabrica ‘manufactured object, workshop’. The noun is via Old French from Latin fabrica. verb sense 4 mid 18th cent.: perhaps an aberrant pronunciation of force."
}