{
    "term": "tackle",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/sp/sports_team.png",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "tackle",
            "heSheIt": "tackles"
        },
        "pastSimple": "tackled",
        "pastParticiple": "tackled",
        "ingForm": "tackling"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make a determined effort to deal with a difficult problem or situation",
            "sensetop": "tackle something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The government is determined to tackle inflation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think I'll tackle the repairs next weekend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Firefighters tackled a blaze in a garage last night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drugs problem has to be tackled head-on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The problem is being tackled with a range of measures."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are failing to tackle the key issues."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["properly", "seriously", "directly"],
                "verb + tackle": ["attempt to", "try to", "help (to)"],
                "preposition": ["with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "tackle somebody to the floor",
                    "tackle somebody to the ground"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to speak to somebody about a problem or difficult situation",
            "sensetop": "tackle somebody (about something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I tackled him about the money he owed me."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to try and take the ball from an opponent",
            "sensetop": "tackle (somebody)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was tackled just outside the penalty area."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["hard"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to make an opponent fall to the ground in order to stop them running",
            "sensetop": "tackle (somebody)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He can run fast and tackle hard."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["hard"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to deal with somebody who is violent or threatening you",
            "sensetop": "tackle somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He tackled a masked intruder at his home."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["properly", "seriously", "directly"],
                "verb + tackle": ["attempt to", "try to", "help (to)"],
                "preposition": ["with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "tackle somebody to the floor",
                    "tackle somebody to the ground"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtækl/",
                "audio": "ta/tackle/tackle__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtæklz/",
                "audio": "ta/tackle/tackles__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtækld/",
                "audio": "ta/tackle/tackled__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtæklɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ta/tackle/tackling__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtækl/",
                "audio": "ta/tackle/tackle__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtæklz/",
                "audio": "ta/tackle/tackles__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtækld/",
                "audio": "ta/tackle/tackled__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtæklɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ta/tackle/tackling__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting equipment for a specific task): probably from Middle Low German takel, from taken ‘lay hold of’. Early senses of the verb (late Middle English) described the provision and handling of a ship's equipment."
}