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{
"term": "proclaim",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "proclaim",
"heSheIt": "proclaims"
},
"pastSimple": "proclaimed",
"pastParticiple": "proclaimed",
"ingForm": "proclaiming"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to publicly and officially tell people about something important",
"sensetop": "proclaim somethingproclaim that…proclaim somebody/something/yourself + nounproclaim somebody/something/yourself to be/have somethingproclaim how, what, etc…+ speech",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The president proclaimed a state of emergency.",
"contextForm": "proclaim something"
},
{
"text": "The day was proclaimed a public holiday."
},
{
"text": "The charter proclaimed that all states would have their own government.",
"contextForm": "proclaim that…"
},
{
"text": "He proclaimed himself emperor.",
"contextForm": "proclaim somebody/something/yourself + noun"
},
{
"text": "Steve checked the battery and proclaimed it to be dead.",
"contextForm": "proclaim somebody/something/yourself to be/have something"
},
{
"text": "The senator proclaimed how shocked he was at the news.",
"contextForm": "proclaim how, what, etc…"
},
{
"text": "‘We will succeed,’ she proclaimed.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
},
{
"text": "Charles II was proclaimed King in May 1660."
},
{
"text": "They continue to proclaim their innocence."
},
{
"text": "She repeatedly proclaimed her devotion to the cause."
},
{
"text": "The district unilaterally proclaimed its independence from the national government."
},
{
"text": "She boldly proclaimed that her goal was to win the championship."
}
],
"synonyms": "declare",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["loudly", "formally", "officially"],
"verb + proclaim": ["seem to", "continue to"],
"preposition": ["as", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to show something clearly; to be a sign of something",
"sensetop": "proclaim somethingproclaim somebody/something + nounproclaim somebody/something to be/have something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This building, more than any other, proclaims the character of the town.",
"contextForm": "proclaim something"
},
{
"text": "His boyish looks seemed to proclaim his inexperience."
},
{
"text": "His accent proclaimed him a Scot.",
"contextForm": "proclaim somebody/something + noun"
},
{
"text": "His accent proclaimed him to be a Scot.",
"contextForm": "proclaim somebody/something to be/have something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["loudly", "formally", "officially"],
"verb + proclaim": ["seem to", "continue to"],
"preposition": ["as", "to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪm/",
"audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaim__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪmz/",
"audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaims__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪmd/",
"audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaimed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪmɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaiming__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪm/",
"audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaim__us_1_rr.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪmz/",
"audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaims__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪmd/",
"audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaimed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪmɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaiming__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English proclame, from Latin proclamare ‘cry out’, from pro- ‘forth’ + clamare ‘to shout’. The change in the second syllable was due to association with the verb claim."
}