{
    "term": "condemn",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "condemn",
            "heSheIt": "condemns"
        },
        "pastSimple": "condemned",
        "pastParticiple": "condemned",
        "ingForm": "condemning"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to say very strongly that you think something is bad, usually for moral reasons",
            "sensetop": "condemn somebody/somethingcondemn somebody/something for/as something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The government issued a statement condemning the killings.",
                    "contextForm": "condemn somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The editor of the newspaper was condemned as lacking integrity.",
                    "contextForm": "condemn somebody/something for/as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She publicly condemned the deal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He publicly condemned the opposition leader."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The President specifically condemned the ads."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The action has been widely condemned by human rights groups."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They rightly condemn such opinions as racist."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["roundly", "strongly", "vehemently"],
                "preposition": ["for"],
                "phrases": ["be widely condemned"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to say what somebody’s punishment will be",
            "sensetop": "be condemned (to something)be condemned to do something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was condemned to death for murder and later hanged.",
                    "contextForm": "be condemned (to something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was condemned to hang for killing her husband.",
                    "contextForm": "be condemned to do something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to force somebody to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation",
            "sensetop": "be condemned to somethingbe condemned to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was condemned to a life of hardship.",
                    "contextForm": "be condemned to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were condemned to spend every holiday on a rainy campsite.",
                    "contextForm": "be condemned to do something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to say officially that something is not safe enough to be used",
            "sensetop": "be condemned (as something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The meat was condemned as unfit to eat.",
                    "contextForm": "be condemned (as something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a condemned building"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to show or suggest that somebody is guilty of something",
            "sensetop": "condemn somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She is condemned out of her own mouth *(= her own words show that she is guilty)*."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdem/",
                "audio": "xc/condemn/xcondemn__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdemz/",
                "audio": "xc/condemn/xcondemns__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdemd/",
                "audio": "xc/condemn/xcondemned__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdemɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/condemn/xcondemning__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdem/",
                "audio": "xc/condemn/xcondemn__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdemz/",
                "audio": "xc/condemn/xcondemns__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdemd/",
                "audio": "xc/condemn/xcondemned__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdemɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/condemn/xcondemning__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in senses (2) and (3)): from Old French condemner, from Latin condemnare, from con- (expressing intensive force) + damnare ‘inflict loss on’, from damnum ‘loss, damage’."
}