See take lightly on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "takes lightly",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "taking lightly",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "took lightly",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "taken lightly",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "take<,,took,taken> lightly"
},
"expansion": "take lightly (third-person singular simple present takes lightly, present participle taking lightly, simple past took lightly, past participle taken lightly)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "take seriously"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English negative polarity items",
"parents": [
"Negative polarity items",
"Terms by semantic function"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 February 12, Mark Orlovac, “England 59-13 Italy”, in BBC",
"text": "Following England's opening-day win over Wales in Cardiff, Martin Johnson's men headed into the Twickenham contest full of confidence but with a warning from their manager not to take the Italians lightly.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To treat casually, without seriousness or worry."
],
"id": "en-take_lightly-en-verb-BKnliG2Z",
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, transitive, chiefly in the negative) To treat casually, without seriousness or worry."
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the negative"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "take easy"
},
{
"word": "tread lightly"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "make light of"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "ciddiyə almamaq"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "tage let på"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"note": "not take seriously",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "ikke tage på alvor"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "licht opvatten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "ottaa kevyesti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "prendre à la légère"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "auf die leichte Schulter nehmen"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "ta lett på"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"note": "not take seriously",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "ikke ta på alvor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "approach casually",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "lekceważyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "approach casually",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zlekceważyć"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "tomar a la ligera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "ta lätt på"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"audio": "En-au-take lightly.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/En-au-take_lightly.ogg/En-au-take_lightly.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/En-au-take_lightly.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "take lightly"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "takes lightly",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "taking lightly",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "took lightly",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "taken lightly",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "take<,,took,taken> lightly"
},
"expansion": "take lightly (third-person singular simple present takes lightly, present participle taking lightly, simple past took lightly, past participle taken lightly)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "take easy"
},
{
"word": "tread lightly"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "take seriously"
}
],
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English negative polarity items",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"English verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 February 12, Mark Orlovac, “England 59-13 Italy”, in BBC",
"text": "Following England's opening-day win over Wales in Cardiff, Martin Johnson's men headed into the Twickenham contest full of confidence but with a warning from their manager not to take the Italians lightly.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To treat casually, without seriousness or worry."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, transitive, chiefly in the negative) To treat casually, without seriousness or worry."
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the negative"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "make light of"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-take lightly.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/En-au-take_lightly.ogg/En-au-take_lightly.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/En-au-take_lightly.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "ciddiyə almamaq"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "tage let på"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"note": "not take seriously",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "ikke tage på alvor"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "licht opvatten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "ottaa kevyesti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "prendre à la légère"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "auf die leichte Schulter nehmen"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "ta lett på"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"note": "not take seriously",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "ikke ta på alvor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "approach casually",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "lekceważyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "approach casually",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zlekceważyć"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "tomar a la ligera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "approach casually",
"word": "ta lätt på"
}
],
"word": "take lightly"
}
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