{
    "term": "neglect",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "neglect",
            "heSheIt": "neglects"
        },
        "pastSimple": "neglected",
        "pastParticiple": "neglected",
        "ingForm": "neglecting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to fail to take care of somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "neglect somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She denies neglecting her baby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The buildings had been neglected for years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don’t neglect your health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local communities have been neglected in favour of private sector interests."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure", "Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["grossly", "seriously", "completely"],
                "verb + neglect": ["tend to", "cannot afford to"],
                "preposition": ["in favour/​favor of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to not give enough attention to something",
            "sensetop": "neglect something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Dance has been neglected by television."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has neglected her studies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are **neglecting their duty** as elected representatives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These are subjects generally neglected by historians."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This sector is one of the major growth areas and we cannot afford to neglect it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an aspect of the problem conspicuously neglected by social scientists"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They conveniently neglected their responsibilities."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["grossly", "seriously", "completely"],
                "verb + neglect": ["tend to", "cannot afford to"],
                "preposition": ["in favour/​favor of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to fail or forget to do something that you ought to do",
            "sensetop": "neglect to do something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You neglected to mention the name of your previous employer."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "omit"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nɪˈɡlekt/",
                "audio": "ne/neglect/neglect__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nɪˈɡlekts/",
                "audio": "ne/neglect/neglects__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nɪˈɡlektɪd/",
                "audio": "ne/neglect/neglected__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nɪˈɡlektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ne/neglect/neglecting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nɪˈɡlekt/",
                "audio": "ne/neglect/neglect__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nɪˈɡlekts/",
                "audio": "ne/neglect/neglects__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nɪˈɡlektɪd/",
                "audio": "ne/neglect/neglected__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nɪˈɡlektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ne/neglect/neglecting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: from Latin neglect- ‘disregarded’, from the verb neglegere, from neg- ‘not’ + legere ‘choose, pick up’."
}