{
    "term": "authorize",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "authorize",
            "heSheIt": "authorizes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "authorized",
        "pastParticiple": "authorized",
        "ingForm": "authorizing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to give official permission for something, or for somebody to do something",
            "sensetop": "authorize somethingauthorize somebody to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can authorize payments up to £5 000.",
                    "contextForm": "authorize something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have authorized him to act for me while I am away.",
                    "contextForm": "authorize somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The soldiers were authorized to shoot at will."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Taxes must be authorized by an Act of Parliament."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The manager had expressly authorized the goods to be removed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tried to break into a security file for which she was not authorized."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The King authorized his press secretary to demand an apology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police were authorized to record his phone conversations."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːθəraɪz/",
                "audio": "au/authorize/authorize__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːθəraɪzɪz/",
                "audio": "au/authorize/authorizes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːθəraɪzd/",
                "audio": "au/authorize/authorized__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːθəraɪzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "au/authorize/authorizing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːθəraɪz/",
                "audio": "au/authorize/authorize__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːθəraɪzɪz/",
                "audio": "au/authorize/authorizes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːθəraɪzd/",
                "audio": "au/authorize/authorized__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːθəraɪzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "au/authorize/authorizing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French autoriser, from medieval Latin auctorizare, from auctor, from augere ‘increase, originate, promote’."
}