{
    "term": "pulse",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the regular beat of the heart as it sends blood around the body, that can be felt in different places, especially on the inside part of the wrist; the number of times the heart beats in a minute",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **strong/weak pulse**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an abnormally high pulse rate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor **took/felt my pulse**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fear sent her **pulse racing** *(= made it beat very quickly)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My at-rest pulse rate is usually about 80 beats per minute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt her pulse quicken as she recognized the voice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He reached in through the driver's broken window and checked for a pulse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was little to quicken the pulse in his dull routine."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Body"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fast", "racing", "rapid"],
                "verb + pulse": ["check", "feel", "take"],
                "pulse + verb": ["beat", "quicken", "race"],
                "pulse + noun": ["rate"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a strong regular beat in music",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the throbbing pulse of the drums"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a single short increase in the amount of light, sound or electricity produced by a machine, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "pulse waves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "sound pulses"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the seeds of some plants that are eaten as food, such as peas and lentils",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Pulses are a good source of protein."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food", "Farming"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to always be aware of the most recent developments in a particular situation",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pʌls/",
                "audio": "pu/pulse/pulse__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pʌls/",
                "audio": "pu/pulse/pulse__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 3 late Middle English: from Latin pulsus ‘beating’, from pellere ‘to drive, beat’. noun sense 4 Middle English: from Old French pols, from Latin puls ‘porridge of meal or pulse’; related to pollen."
}