{
    "term": "overturn",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "overturn",
            "heSheIt": "overturns"
        },
        "pastSimple": "overturned",
        "pastParticiple": "overturned",
        "ingForm": "overturning"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "if something overturns, or if somebody overturns it, it turns into a position in which the top of it is where the bottom of it normally is or on its side",
            "sensetop": "overturn something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The car skidded and overturned."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He stood up quickly, overturning his chair.",
                    "contextForm": "overturn something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to officially decide that a legal decision, etc. is not correct, and to make it no longer legally recognized",
            "sensetop": "overturn something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **overturn a decision/conviction/verdict**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His sentence was overturned by the appeal court."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He hopes that councillors will overturn the decision."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely"],
                "verb + overturn": ["seek to", "try to", "fail to"],
                "phrases": ["be easily overturned"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to show that a belief or an idea is not correct",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She completely overturned my preconceptions about film stars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This argument seems convincing, but is easily overturned."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn/",
                "audio": "ov/overturn/overturn__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːnz/",
                "audio": "ov/overturn/overturns__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːnd/",
                "audio": "ov/overturn/overturned__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ov/overturn/overturning__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrn/",
                "audio": "ov/overturn/overturn__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrnz/",
                "audio": "ov/overturn/overturns__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrnd/",
                "audio": "ov/overturn/overturned__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ov/overturn/overturning__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}