{
    "term": "lower",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "lower",
            "heSheIt": "lowers"
        },
        "pastSimple": "lowered",
        "pastParticiple": "lowered",
        "ingForm": "lowering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to reduce something or to become less in value, quality, etc.",
            "sensetop": "lower something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He lowered his voice to a whisper.",
                    "contextForm": "lower something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This drug is used to lower blood pressure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **lower the rate/cost/price/level** of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her voice lowered as she spoke."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company may be forced to lower prices in order to stay competitive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a proposal to lower the voting age to 16"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has lowered its expectations for profits this year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are not prepared to lower our academic standards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mild exercise three times a week significantly lowers your risk of cancer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drives were allowed to idle until the temperatures lowered and stabilized."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "gently", "gradually"],
                "preposition": ["into", "onto", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to let or make something/somebody go down",
            "sensetop": "lower somethinglower something/somebody + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had to lower his head to get through the door.",
                    "contextForm": "lower something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lowered her newspaper and looked around."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They lowered him down the cliff on a rope.",
                    "contextForm": "lower something/somebody + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The coffin is lowered into the grave and covered with earth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cristina blushed and quickly lowered her eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He carefully lowered the sleeping child onto the bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lowered herself into the driver's seat."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "gently", "gradually"],
                "preposition": ["into", "onto", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to set a new, lower standard of quality or performance",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In the current economic climate we may need to lower the bar on quotas."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to behave in a way that makes other people respect you less",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wouldn't lower myself by working for him."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "demean"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to expect more/less from a situation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If they can’t afford such a big house, they’ll just have to lower their sights a little."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After failing to get into university, he lowered his sights and got a job in a shop."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to increase/decrease the amount of excitement, emotion, etc. in a situation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His angry refusal to agree raised the temperature of the meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government tried to lower the political temperature by agreeing to some of the demands."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈləʊə(r)/",
                "audio": "lo/lower/lower__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈləʊəz/",
                "audio": "lo/lower/lowers__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈləʊəd/",
                "audio": "lo/lower/lowered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈləʊərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "lo/lower/lowering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈləʊər/",
                "audio": "lo/lower/lower__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈləʊərz/",
                "audio": "lo/lower/lowers__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈləʊərd/",
                "audio": "lo/lower/lowered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈləʊərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "lo/lower/lowering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}