{
    "term": "ruin",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "ruin",
            "heSheIt": "ruins"
        },
        "pastSimple": "ruined",
        "pastParticiple": "ruined",
        "ingForm": "ruining"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to damage something so badly that it loses all its value, pleasure, etc.",
            "sensetop": "ruin something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bad weather ruined our trip."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That one mistake ruined his chances of getting the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My new shoes **got ruined** in the mud."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crops were ruined by the late frost."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A knee injury threatened to ruin her Olympic hopes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's ruined everything."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Years of drinking had ruined his health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You've ruined my whole life!"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "spoil (1), wreck",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "totally", "nearly"],
                "verb + ruin": ["threaten to", "be going to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make somebody/something lose all their money, their position, etc.",
            "sensetop": "ruin somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If she loses the court case it will ruin her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country was ruined by the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They accused the government of ruining the economy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The long legal battle ruined him financially."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "totally", "nearly"],
                "verb + ruin": ["threaten to", "be going to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪn/",
                "audio": "ru/ruin/ruin__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪnz/",
                "audio": "ru/ruin/ruins__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪnd/",
                "audio": "ru/ruin/ruined__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ru/ruin/ruining__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪn/",
                "audio": "ru/ruin/ruin__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪnz/",
                "audio": "ru/ruin/ruins__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪnd/",
                "audio": "ru/ruin/ruined__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈruːɪnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ru/ruin/ruining__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘collapse of a building’): from Old French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere ‘to fall’."
}