{
    "term": "torrent",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a large amount of water moving very quickly",
            "sensetop": "in torrents",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "After the winter rains, the stream becomes a **raging torrent**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rain was coming down in torrents.",
                    "contextForm": "in torrents"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["raging", "rushing"],
                "preposition": ["in torrents"],
                "phrases": ["a torrent of rain", "a torrent of water"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a large amount of something that comes suddenly and violently",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **torrent of abuse/criticism**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His torrent of words finally slowed as he calmed down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sight of her father unleashed a torrent of emotions."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "deluge",
            "collocations": {
                "verb + torrent": ["let loose", "release", "unleash"],
                "preposition": ["in a torrent", "torrent of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɒrənt/",
                "audio": "to/torrent/torrent__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɔːrənt/",
                "audio": "to/torrent/torrent__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from French, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrent- ‘boiling, roaring’, from torrere ‘parch, scorch’."
}