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{ "term": "discharge", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox5000": true, "cefr": "c1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "discharge", "heSheIt": "discharges" }, "pastSimple": "discharged", "pastParticiple": "discharged", "ingForm": "discharging" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to give somebody official permission to leave the police or the armed forces; to make somebody leave the police or the armed forces", "sensetop": "be discharged from something", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "He was discharged from the army following his injury.", "contextForm": "be discharged from something" }, { "text": "She was discharged from the police force for bad conduct." }, { "text": "He was found guilty and dishonourably discharged from the army." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["dishonourably/dishonorably", "honourably/honorably"], "preposition": ["from"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to allow somebody to leave hospital because they are well enough to leave", "sensetop": "be discharged (from something)discharge somebody/yourself (from something)", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "Patients were being discharged from the hospital too early.", "contextForm": "be discharged (from something)" }, { "text": "All the people involved in the accident have now been discharged from hospital." }, { "text": "She had discharged herself against medical advice.", "contextForm": "discharge somebody/yourself (from something)" } ], "topics": ["Healthcare"] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to allow somebody to leave prison or court", "sensetop": "be discharged", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "He was **conditionally discharged** after admitting the theft.", "contextForm": "be discharged" }, { "text": "She was formally discharged by the court." } ], "topics": ["Law and justice"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["conditionally", "formally"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to allow a member of a jury to stop serving in a court case", "sensetop": "discharge somebody/something", "examples": [ { "text": "If the jury cannot agree, it should be discharged." }, { "text": "The judge took the unusual step of discharging the entire jury halfway through the trial." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "when a gas or a liquid discharges or is discharged, or somebody discharges it, it flows somewhere", "sensetop": "discharge (into something)discharge something (from something) (into something)", "examples": [ { "text": "The river is diverted through the power station before discharging into the sea.", "contextForm": "discharge (into something)" }, { "text": "The factory was fined for discharging chemicals into the river.", "contextForm": "discharge something (from something) (into something)" }, { "text": "Raw sewage was discharged from the treatment plant directly into the river." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["directly"], "preposition": ["from", "into"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "if part of the body discharges something, a liquid such as pus comes out of it", "sensetop": "discharge something", "examples": [ { "text": "The wound started discharging pus." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to release force or power", "sensetop": "discharge (something)", "labels": "(specialist)", "examples": [ { "text": "Lightning is caused by clouds discharging electricity." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to do everything that is necessary to perform and complete a particular duty", "sensetop": "discharge something", "examples": [ { "text": "to **discharge your duties/responsibilities/obligations**" }, { "text": "to **discharge a debt** *(= to pay it)*" }, { "text": "I will faithfully discharge my duties." }, { "text": "His widow was unable to discharge the debt." }, { "text": "My condition renders me unable to discharge my duties." }, { "text": "He could not properly discharge his duties." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["fully", "properly", "faithfully"] } }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "to fire a gun, etc.; (of a gun, etc.) to be fired", "sensetop": "discharge (something)", "examples": [ { "text": "The police officer accidentally discharged a firearm while unloading it." }, { "text": "They gave a cheer and charged, discharging a volley of arrows as they came." }, { "text": "He knocked her hand down and the gun discharged into the floor." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["accidentally"] } } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/", "audio": "di/discharge/discharge__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒɪz/", "audio": "di/discharge/discharges__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒd/", "audio": "di/discharge/discharged__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒɪŋ/", "audio": "di/discharge/discharging__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒ/", "audio": "di/discharge/discharge__us_1_rr.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒɪz/", "audio": "di/discharge/discharges__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒd/", "audio": "di/discharge/discharged__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒɪŋ/", "audio": "di/discharge/discharging__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘relieve of (an obligation)’): from Old French descharger, from late Latin discarricare ‘unload’, from dis- (expressing reversal) + carricare, carcare ‘to load’, from Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’." }