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{
"term": "infect",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "infect",
"heSheIt": "infects"
},
"pastSimple": "infected",
"pastParticiple": "infected",
"ingForm": "infecting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make a disease or an illness spread to a person, an animal or a plant",
"sensetop": "infect somebody/something (with something)(be) infected with something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It is not possible to infect another person through kissing.",
"contextForm": "infect somebody/something (with something)"
},
{
"text": "people infected with the virus",
"contextForm": "(be) infected with something"
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make a substance contain harmful bacteria that can spread disease",
"sensetop": "be infected (with something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The eggs were infected with salmonella.",
"contextForm": "be infected (with something)"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make a computer virus spread to another computer or program",
"sensetop": "infect something (with something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Computers"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to make somebody share a particular feeling",
"sensetop": "infect somebody (with something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She infected the children with her enthusiasm for music."
},
{
"text": "The whole room was soon infected by his laughter."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfekt/",
"audio": "in/infect/infect__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfekts/",
"audio": "in/infect/infects__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfektɪd/",
"audio": "in/infect/infected__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfektɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/infect/infecting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfekt/",
"audio": "in/infect/infect__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfekts/",
"audio": "in/infect/infects__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfektɪd/",
"audio": "in/infect/infected__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfektɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/infect/infecting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin infect- ‘tainted’, from the verb inficere, from in- ‘into’ + facere ‘put, do’."
}