{
    "term": "river",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/co/countryside.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a natural flow of water that continues in a long line across land to the sea",
            "sensetop": "up/down riverin the riveron the river",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Eventually we came to the mouth of the River Thames."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Hudson River"
                },
                {
                    "text": "on the **banks of the river** *(= the ground at the side of a river)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to travel up/down river *(= in the opposite direction to/in the same direction as the way in which the river is flowing)*",
                    "contextForm": "up/down river"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the mouth of the river *(= where it enters the sea)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can we swim in the river?",
                    "contextForm": "in the river"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a boat on the river.",
                    "contextForm": "on the river"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have a house on the river *(= beside it)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An entire community sprouted up along the river *(= beside it)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ahead of them was a long, deserted **stretch of river**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a river valley/basin/delta"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bridge **crosses the river** just above the rapids."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He dived into the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How are we going to get across the river?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had decided to follow the river to my destination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's go down to the river at sunset."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bridge once spanned the river Serein."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The river had overflowed its banks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The river has risen with the rains."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The river is still high after the recent rain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The river rises in Bulgaria and flows through Greece to the Aegean."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The river was swollen after the floods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The river was too wide to swim across comfortably."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The river winds its way through the hills."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rocks and sandbanks make the river hard to navigate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a bridge across the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sailed down the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were waiting for us on the other side of the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're dredging the river to make it safer for larger boats."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They've bridged the river at four points."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This river dried up long ago."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This river flows into the Gulf of Mexico."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Trout live in this river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We crossed the river by boat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had to swim the river, which is deep and very rapid."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We walked along the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were sailing up the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wildlife groups are protesting against the proposal to dam the river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a river town in Borneo"
                },
                {
                    "text": "as smooth as river rocks"
                },
                {
                    "text": "major rivers such as the Congo"
                },
                {
                    "text": "plans to divert the river further north"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Ganges and other sacred rivers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the mighty River Nile"
                },
                {
                    "text": "when the river level is low"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were a few trees along the river bank."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They live in a houseboat on the river."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["broad", "great", "large"],
                "verb + river": ["cross", "ford", "get across"],
                "river + verb": ["flow", "run", "wind"],
                "river + noun": ["bank", "bed", "bottom"],
                "preposition": [
                    "across a/​the river",
                    "along a/​the river",
                    "down a/​the river"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "the banks, bottom, middle, side, surface, etc. of a river",
                    "the river’s edge",
                    "a bend in the river"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a large amount of liquid that is flowing in a particular direction",
            "sensetop": "river (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Rivers of molten lava flowed down the mountain."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to give poor or unfair treatment to somebody you have promised to help",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "synonyms": "betray"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrɪvə(r)/",
                "audio": "ri/river/river__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrɪvər/",
                "audio": "ri/river/river__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin riparius, from ripa ‘bank of a river’."
}