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{
"term": "calibrate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "calibrate",
"heSheIt": "calibrates"
},
"pastSimple": "calibrated",
"pastParticiple": "calibrated",
"ingForm": "calibrating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to mark units of measurement on an instrument such as a thermometer so that it can be used for measuring something accurately",
"sensetop": "calibrate something",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪt/",
"audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrate__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪts/",
"audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪtɪd/",
"audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪt/",
"audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪts/",
"audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪtɪd/",
"audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: from calibre + -ate."
}