{
    "term": "rave",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "rave",
            "heSheIt": "raves"
        },
        "pastSimple": "raved",
        "pastParticiple": "raved",
        "ingForm": "raving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to talk or write about something in a very enthusiastic way",
            "sensetop": "rave (about somebody/something)+ speech",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The critics raved about his performance in ‘Hamlet’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Luke was still raving about the beauty of the desert."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘He is the best American comedian since Jack Lemmon,’ raved Newsweek."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to shout in a loud and emotional way at somebody because you are angry with them; to talk or shout in a way that is not logical or sensible",
            "sensetop": "rave at somebodyrave on (at somebody) (about something)+ speech",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was shouting and raving at them.",
                    "contextForm": "rave at somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My parents both raved at me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wandered the streets raving at passers-by."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was still raving on about irresponsible youngsters.",
                    "contextForm": "rave on (at somebody) (about something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Never mind how he feels!’ Melissa raved.",
                    "contextForm": "+ speech"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to show that you are angry by shouting or complaining loudly for a long time",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was ranting and raving about our stupidity."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪv/",
                "audio": "ra/rave/rave__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪvz/",
                "audio": "ra/rave/raves__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪvd/",
                "audio": "ra/rave/raved__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ra/rave/raving__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪv/",
                "audio": "ra/rave/rave__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪvz/",
                "audio": "ra/rave/raves__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪvd/",
                "audio": "ra/rave/raved__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ra/rave/raving__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘show signs of madness’): probably from Old Northern French raver; related obscurely to (Middle) Low German reven ‘be senseless, rave’."
}