{
    "term": "subside",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "subside",
            "heSheIt": "subsides"
        },
        "pastSimple": "subsided",
        "pastParticiple": "subsided",
        "ingForm": "subsiding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to become calmer, quieter or less intense",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She waited nervously for his anger to subside."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the rain had subsided we continued our walk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I took an aspirin and the pain gradually subsided."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He waited until the laughter had subsided before continuing his story."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The storm gradually subsided."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["quickly", "rapidly", "soon"],
                "verb + subside": ["begin to", "start to"],
                "preposition": ["into"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to go back to a normal level",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The flood waters gradually subsided."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to sink to a lower level; to sink lower into the ground",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Weak foundations caused the house to subside."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪd/",
                "audio": "su/subside/subside__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪdz/",
                "audio": "su/subside/subsides__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "su/subside/subsided__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "su/subside/subsiding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪd/",
                "audio": "su/subside/subside__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪdz/",
                "audio": "su/subside/subsides__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "su/subside/subsided__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "su/subside/subsiding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: from Latin subsidere, from sub- ‘below’ + sidere ‘settle’ (related to sedere ‘sit’)."
}