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{
"term": "empower",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "empower",
"heSheIt": "empowers"
},
"pastSimple": "empowered",
"pastParticiple": "empowered",
"ingForm": "empowering"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to give somebody the power or authority to do something",
"sensetop": "be empowered (to do something)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The courts were empowered to impose the death sentence for certain crimes.",
"contextForm": "be empowered (to do something)"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to give somebody more control over their own life or the situation they are in",
"sensetop": "empower somebody (to do something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The movement actively empowered women and gave them confidence in themselves."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊə(r)/",
"audio": "em/empower/empower__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊəz/",
"audio": "em/empower/empowers__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊəd/",
"audio": "em/empower/empowered__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊərɪŋ/",
"audio": "em/empower/empowering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊər/",
"audio": "em/empower/empower__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊərz/",
"audio": "em/empower/empowers__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊərd/",
"audio": "em/empower/empowered__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊərɪŋ/",
"audio": "em/empower/empowering__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}