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{
"term": "redeem",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "redeem",
"heSheIt": "redeems"
},
"pastSimple": "redeemed",
"pastParticiple": "redeemed",
"ingForm": "redeeming"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make somebody/something seem less bad",
"sensetop": "redeem somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The excellent acting wasn't enough to redeem a weak plot."
},
{
"text": "The only **redeeming feature** of the job *(= good thing about it)* is the salary."
},
{
"text": "She seems to have no redeeming qualities *(= good aspects of her character)* at all."
},
{
"text": "In an attempt to redeem the situation, Jed offered to help sell tickets."
}
],
"synonyms": "compensate"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to do something to improve the opinion that people have of you, especially after you have done something bad",
"sensetop": "redeem yourself",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He has a chance to redeem himself after last week's mistakes."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to save somebody from the power of evil",
"sensetop": "redeem somebody",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Christians believe that Jesus Christ came to redeem us from sin."
},
{
"text": "He knew he was a sinner, redeemed by the grace of God."
}
],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to pay the full sum of money that you owe somebody; to pay a debt",
"sensetop": "redeem something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **redeem a loan/mortgage**"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to exchange something such as shares or vouchers for money or goods",
"sensetop": "redeem something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This voucher can be redeemed at any of our branches."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to get back a valuable object from somebody by paying them back the money you borrowed from them in exchange for the object",
"sensetop": "redeem something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was able to redeem his watch from the pawnshop."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to do what you have promised that you will do",
"sensetop": "redeem a pledge/promise",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːm/",
"audio": "re/redeem/redeem__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːmz/",
"audio": "re/redeem/redeems__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːmd/",
"audio": "re/redeem/redeemed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːmɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/redeem/redeeming__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːm/",
"audio": "re/redeem/redeem__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːmz/",
"audio": "re/redeem/redeems__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːmd/",
"audio": "re/redeem/redeemed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːmɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/redeem/redeeming__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘buy back’): from Old French redimer or Latin redimere, from re- ‘back’ + emere ‘buy’."
}