{
    "term": "lie",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "lie",
            "heSheIt": "lies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "lied",
        "pastParticiple": "lied",
        "ingForm": "lying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say or write something that you know is not true",
            "sensetop": "lie to somebodylie about somethinglie about doing something",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You could see from his face that he was lying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't lie to me!",
                    "contextForm": "lie to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lies about her age.",
                    "contextForm": "lie about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He lied about having a university degree.",
                    "contextForm": "lie about doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The camera cannot lie *(= give a false impression)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was unable to lie convincingly."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["convincingly", "easily", "constantly"],
                "preposition": ["about", "to"],
                "phrases": ["lie through your teeth", "lie under oath"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say something that is not true at all",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The witness was clearly lying through his teeth."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to get yourself into or out of a situation by lying",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/laɪ/",
                "audio": "li/lie/lie__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/laɪz/",
                "audio": "li/lie/lies__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/laɪd/",
                "audio": "li/lie/lied__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ly/lie/lying__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/laɪ/",
                "audio": "li/lie/lie__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/laɪz/",
                "audio": "li/lie/lies__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/laɪd/",
                "audio": "li/lie/lied__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ly/lie/lying__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English lyge (noun), lēogan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liegen and German lügen."
}