{
    "term": "calibrate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "calibrate",
            "heSheIt": "calibrates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "calibrated",
        "pastParticiple": "calibrated",
        "ingForm": "calibrating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to mark units of measurement on an instrument such as a thermometer so that it can be used for measuring something accurately",
            "sensetop": "calibrate something",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪt/",
                "audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪts/",
                "audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪt/",
                "audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪts/",
                "audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkælɪbreɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ca/calibrate/calibrating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: from calibre + -ate."
}