{
    "term": "revive",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "revive",
            "heSheIt": "revives"
        },
        "pastSimple": "revived",
        "pastParticiple": "revived",
        "ingForm": "reviving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to become, or to make somebody/something become, conscious or healthy and strong again",
            "sensetop": "revive somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The flowers soon revived in water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The economy is beginning to revive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The paramedics couldn't revive her.",
                    "contextForm": "revive somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This movie is intended to revive her flagging career."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Attempts to revive him failed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Attempts to revive her failed and she was dead on arrival at the hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The good harvest helped revive the economic fortunes of the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They revived him with cold water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "attempts to revive falling sales"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the country's readiness to help revive the economic fortunes of its neighbours"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + revive": ["try to"],
                "preposition": ["with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an attempt to revive somebody",
                    "an effort to revive somebody"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make something start being used or done again",
            "sensetop": "revive something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This quaint custom should be revived."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has been trying to revive the debate over equal pay."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The poor trade figures have revived fears of higher interest rates."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hospitality industry is keen to revive business activities after the pandemic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are trying to revive some of the old customs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an initiative aimed at reviving talks on the country's political future"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["quickly", "recently"],
                "verb + revive": ["try to", "help (to)", "help somebody (to)"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an attempt to revive something",
                    "an effort to revive something",
                    "be aimed at reviving something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to produce again a play, etc. that has not been performed for some time",
            "sensetop": "revive something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This 1930s musical is being revived at the National Theatre."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪv/",
                "audio": "re/revive/revive__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪvz/",
                "audio": "re/revive/revives__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪvd/",
                "audio": "re/revive/revived__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/revive/reviving__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪv/",
                "audio": "re/revive/revive__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪvz/",
                "audio": "re/revive/revives__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪvd/",
                "audio": "re/revive/revived__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈvaɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/revive/reviving__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French revivre or late Latin revivere, from Latin re- ‘back’ + vivere ‘live’."
}