{
    "term": "rain",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "water that falls from the sky in separate drops",
            "sensetop": "in the rain",
            "labels": "British English(North American English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There will be rain in all parts tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **rain was falling** more heavily now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rain is forecast for the weekend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't go out in the rain.",
                    "contextForm": "in the rain"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's **pouring with rain** *(= raining very hard)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**heavy/torrential/pouring/driving rain**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rain poured down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**It looks like rain** *(= as if it is going to rain)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A light rain began to fall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think I felt a drop of rain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Typically, we get nearly 5 **inches of rain** in June."
                },
                {
                    "text": "rain clouds/showers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I remember the sound of the rain on the tin roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sleet, snow, and rain lashed down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some people sheltered from the rain in shop doorways."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The forecast is for wind and light rain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Heavy rain drenched us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fine rain turned to mist in the early evening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We drove slowly through the driving rain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We found her sitting in the pouring rain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Black clouds threatened rain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With rain threatening, we headed home as fast as we could."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Come in out of the rain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rain came just as we set off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "None of us had proper rain gear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rain didn't let up all day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Overnight rain had freshened up the garden."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rain beat against the roof all night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She listened to the rain pattering against the window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rain dripped down his collar."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rain drove the players off the court."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rain had set in steadily by the time we got home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We could do with a spot of rain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We got caught in the rain on the way home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had three inches of rain last night."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["driving", "hard", "lashing"],
                "… of rain": ["drop", "inch", "shower"],
                "verb + rain": ["forecast", "look like", "threaten"],
                "rain + verb": ["come down", "fall", "pour down"],
                "rain + noun": ["cloud", "drop", "water"],
                "preposition": ["in the rain", "out of the rain", "through the rain"],
                "phrases": ["come rain or shine", "rain or shine"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the season of heavy continuous rain in tropical countries",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The rains come in September."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The monsoon rains started early this year."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["driving", "hard", "lashing"],
                "… of rain": ["drop", "inch", "shower"],
                "verb + rain": ["forecast", "look like", "threaten"],
                "rain + verb": ["come down", "fall", "pour down"],
                "rain + noun": ["cloud", "drop", "water"],
                "preposition": ["in the rain", "out of the rain", "through the rain"],
                "phrases": ["come rain or shine", "rain or shine"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a large number of things falling from the sky at the same time",
            "sensetop": "rain of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a rain of bullets"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The archers poured a rain of arrows on the enemy."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "whether there is rain or sun; whatever happens",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He goes jogging every morning, rain or shine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We work outside every day, rain or shine."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in excellent health or condition",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪn/",
                "audio": "ra/rain/rain__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪn/",
                "audio": "ra/rain/rain__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English regn (noun), regnian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch regen and German Regen."
}