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{
"term": "rectify",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "rectify",
"heSheIt": "rectifies"
},
"pastSimple": "rectified",
"pastParticiple": "rectified",
"ingForm": "rectifying"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to put right something that is wrong",
"sensetop": "rectify something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to rectify a fault"
},
{
"text": "We must take steps to rectify the situation."
},
{
"text": "The mistake can easily be rectified."
},
{
"text": "It's not too late to rectify matters."
},
{
"text": "There were some errors in the report, but these were easy to rectify."
}
],
"synonyms": "correct"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪ/",
"audio": "re/rectify/rectify__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪz/",
"audio": "re/rectify/rectifies__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪd/",
"audio": "re/rectify/rectified__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/rectify/rectifying__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪ/",
"audio": "re/rectify/rectify__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪz/",
"audio": "re/rectify/rectifies__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪd/",
"audio": "re/rectify/rectified__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/rectify/rectifying__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French rectifier, from medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus ‘right’."
}