{
    "term": "accuse",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "accuse",
            "heSheIt": "accuses"
        },
        "pastSimple": "accused",
        "pastParticiple": "accused",
        "ingForm": "accusing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say that somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something",
            "sensetop": "accuse somebody of somethingaccuse somebody of doing somethingbe accused of something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **accuse somebody of murder/a crime**",
                    "contextForm": "accuse somebody of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She accused him of lying.",
                    "contextForm": "accuse somebody of doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government was accused of incompetence.",
                    "contextForm": "be accused of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be **falsely/wrongly/unjustly accused** of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **stand accused** of crimes against humanity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His critics accused his work of lacking in realism."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No one could ever accuse this government of not caring about the poor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He practically accused me of starting the fire!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They openly accused her of dishonesty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't accuse me of being selfish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A man accused of murder has been remanded in custody for a month by magistrates."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["falsely", "unjustly", "wrongfully"],
                "verb + accuse": ["cannot"],
                "preposition": ["of"],
                "phrases": ["stand accused of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkjuːz/",
                "audio": "ac/accuse/accuse__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkjuːzɪz/",
                "audio": "ac/accuse/accuses__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkjuːzd/",
                "audio": "ac/accuse/accused__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkjuːzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ac/accuse/accusing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkjuːz/",
                "audio": "ac/accuse/accuse__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkjuːzɪz/",
                "audio": "ac/accuse/accuses__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkjuːzd/",
                "audio": "ac/accuse/accused__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkjuːzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ac/accuse/accusing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French acuser, from Latin accusare ‘call to account’, from ad- ‘towards’ + causa ‘reason, motive, lawsuit’."
}