{
    "term": "recycle",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "recycle",
            "heSheIt": "recycles"
        },
        "pastSimple": "recycled",
        "pastParticiple": "recycled",
        "ingForm": "recycling"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to treat things that have already been used so that they can be used again",
            "sensetop": "recycle somethingrecycle something into somethingrecycle something from something",
            "labels": "(especially British English)(especially North American English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to recycle waste/rubbish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "recycled materials"
                },
                {
                    "text": "recycled plastic/glass/paper"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Salt water is recycled using a special filter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bottles were being recycled into a lower-quality product.",
                    "contextForm": "recycle something into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He makes his own fuel from used grease recycled from local restaurants.",
                    "contextForm": "recycle something from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These materials are recycled into other packaging products."
                },
                {
                    "text": "made of plastic recycled from old packaging material"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["endlessly"],
                "preposition": ["from", "into"],
                "phrases": ["can be recycled", "recycled waste, paper, materials, etc."]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to use the same ideas, methods, jokes, etc. again",
            "sensetop": "recycle something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He recycled all his old jokes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They endlessly recycle the same worn-out arguments."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["endlessly"],
                "preposition": ["from", "into"],
                "phrases": ["can be recycled", "recycled waste, paper, materials, etc."]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪkl/",
                "audio": "re/recycle/recycle__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪklz/",
                "audio": "re/recycle/recycles__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪkld/",
                "audio": "re/recycle/recycled__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪklɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/recycle/recycling__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪkl/",
                "audio": "re/recycle/recycle__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪklz/",
                "audio": "re/recycle/recycles__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪkld/",
                "audio": "re/recycle/recycled__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌriːˈsaɪklɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/recycle/recycling__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}