{
    "term": "recline",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "recline",
            "heSheIt": "reclines"
        },
        "pastSimple": "reclined",
        "pastParticiple": "reclined",
        "ingForm": "reclining"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to sit or lie in a relaxed way, with your body leaning backwards",
            "sensetop": "recline (against/in/on something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was reclining on a sofa."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a reclining figure *(= for example in a painting)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "when a seat reclines or when you recline a seat, the back of it moves into a comfortable, sloping position",
            "sensetop": "recline (something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a reclining chair"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪn/",
                "audio": "re/recline/recline__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪnz/",
                "audio": "re/recline/reclines__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪnd/",
                "audio": "re/recline/reclined__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/recline/reclining__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪn/",
                "audio": "re/recline/recline__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪnz/",
                "audio": "re/recline/reclines__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪnd/",
                "audio": "re/recline/reclined__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/recline/reclining__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘cause to lean back’): from Old French recliner or Latin reclinare ‘bend back, recline’, from re- ‘back’ + clinare ‘to bend’."
}