{
    "term": "allege",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "allege",
            "heSheIt": "alleges"
        },
        "pastSimple": "alleged",
        "pastParticiple": "alleged",
        "ingForm": "alleging"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to state something as a fact but without giving proof",
            "sensetop": "allege (that)…it is alleged (that)…be alleged to be, have, etc. somethingallege something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The prosecution alleges (that) she was driving carelessly.",
                    "contextForm": "allege (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is alleged that he mistreated the prisoners.",
                    "contextForm": "it is alleged (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is alleged to have mistreated the prisoners.",
                    "contextForm": "be alleged to be, have, etc. something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This procedure should be followed in cases where dishonesty has been alleged.",
                    "contextForm": "allege something"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈledʒ/",
                "audio": "al/allege/allege__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈledʒɪz/",
                "audio": "al/allege/alleges__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈledʒd/",
                "audio": "al/allege/alleged__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈledʒɪŋ/",
                "audio": "al/allege/alleging__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈledʒ/",
                "audio": "al/allege/allege__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈledʒɪz/",
                "audio": "al/allege/alleges__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈledʒd/",
                "audio": "al/allege/alleged__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈledʒɪŋ/",
                "audio": "al/allege/alleging__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘declare on oath’): from Old French esligier, based on Latin lis, lit- ‘lawsuit’; confused in sense with Latin allegare ‘allege’."
}