{
    "term": "tempt",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "tempt",
            "heSheIt": "tempts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "tempted",
        "pastParticiple": "tempted",
        "ingForm": "tempting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to attract somebody or make somebody want to do or have something, even if they know it is wrong",
            "sensetop": "tempt somebodytempt somebody into (doing) somethingtempt somebody to do something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was tempted by the dessert menu.",
                    "contextForm": "tempt somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't tempt thieves by leaving valuables clearly visible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was tempted into a life of crime.",
                    "contextForm": "tempt somebody into (doing) something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was tempted to take the day off.",
                    "contextForm": "tempt somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you ever feel tempted to cheat?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was almost tempted to strip off and plunge straight into the pool."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was sorely tempted to tell him what she really thought."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + tempt": ["could", "may", "might"],
                "preposition": ["into", "with"],
                "phrases": ["be almost tempted", "be half tempted", "be tempted"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to persuade or try to persuade somebody to do something that you want them to do, for example by offering them something",
            "sensetop": "tempt somebody (into something/into doing something)tempt somebody to do something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How can we tempt young people into engineering?",
                    "contextForm": "tempt somebody (into something/into doing something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nothing would tempt me to live here.",
                    "contextForm": "tempt somebody to do something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + tempt": ["could", "may", "might"],
                "preposition": ["into", "with"],
                "phrases": ["be almost tempted", "be half tempted", "be tempted"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do something too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She felt it would be tempting fate to try the difficult climb a second time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would be tempting fate to say that we will definitely win the game."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tempt/",
                "audio": "te/tempt/tempt__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tempts/",
                "audio": "te/tempt/tempts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtemptɪd/",
                "audio": "te/tempt/tempted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtemptɪŋ/",
                "audio": "te/tempt/tempting__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tempt/",
                "audio": "te/tempt/tempt__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tempts/",
                "audio": "te/tempt/tempts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtemptɪd/",
                "audio": "te/tempt/tempted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtemptɪŋ/",
                "audio": "te/tempt/tempting__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French tempter ‘to test’, from Latin temptare ‘handle, test, try’."
}