{
    "term": "leap",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "leap",
            "heSheIt": "leaps"
        },
        "pastSimple": "leapt",
        "pastParticiple": "leapt",
        "ingForm": "leaping"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to jump high or a long way",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.leap something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A dolphin leapt out of the water.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We leaped over the stream."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The horse leapt a five-foot wall.",
                    "contextForm": "leap something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She leaped across the puddles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He leaped clear of the water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The horse leaped over high fences."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A dolphin suddenly leapt out of the water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The horse galloped on, leaping fences and hedges as it came to them."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "practically"],
                "verb + leap": ["seem to", "be about to", "be ready to"],
                "preposition": ["across", "from", "into"],
                "phrases": ["leap to your feet"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to move or do something suddenly and quickly",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She leapt out of bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He leaped across the room to answer the door."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **leapt to my feet** *(= stood up quickly)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **leapt into action** immediately."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was quick to **leap to my defence** *(= speak in support of me)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The photo seemed to **leap off the page** *(= it got your attention immediately)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His name **leapt out at me** *(= I saw it immediately)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't be so nervous—anyone would think I was about to leap on you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He almost leaped down the stairs when he heard who it was."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She leaped down from the ladder and ran over to him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He leapt onto his horse and rode off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I leapt out of bed when I heard the burglar alarm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rose immediately leapt to her feet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "children leaping about with excitement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The people on the shore were leaping up and down and shouting."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "practically"],
                "verb + leap": ["seem to", "be about to", "be ready to"],
                "preposition": ["across", "from", "into"],
                "phrases": ["leap to your feet"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to increase suddenly and by a large amount",
            "sensetop": "leap (in something) (from…) (to…)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The shares leapt in value from 476p to close at 536p."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company saw pre-tax profits leap to £14.5 million in 2004."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "shoot up",
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody has a sudden feeling of happiness or excitement",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My heart leapt at the news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her heart leaped with joy."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make a decision about somebody/something too quickly, before you know or have thought about all the facts",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There I go again—jumping to conclusions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't jump to conclusions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We don't want to jump to the wrong conclusion."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to advise somebody to think about the possible results or dangers of something before doing it",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Danger"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/liːp/",
                "audio": "le/leap/leap__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/liːps/",
                "audio": "le/leap/leaps__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lept/",
                "audio": "le/leap/leapt__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/liːpt/",
                "audio": "le/leap/leaped__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈliːpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "le/leap/leaping__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/liːp/",
                "audio": "le/leap/leap__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/liːps/",
                "audio": "le/leap/leaps__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lept/",
                "audio": "le/leap/leapt__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/liːpt/",
                "audio": "le/leap/leaped__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈliːpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "le/leap/leaping__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hlēapan (verb), hlȳp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lopen, German laufen (verb), and Dutch loop, German Lauf (noun), all meaning ‘run’, also to lope."
}