{
    "term": "discharge",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "discharge",
            "heSheIt": "discharges"
        },
        "pastSimple": "discharged",
        "pastParticiple": "discharged",
        "ingForm": "discharging"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to give somebody official permission to leave the police or the armed forces; to make somebody leave the police or the armed forces",
            "sensetop": "be discharged from something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was discharged from the army following his injury.",
                    "contextForm": "be discharged from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was discharged from the police force for bad conduct."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was found guilty and dishonourably discharged from the army."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["dishonourably/​dishonorably", "honourably/​honorably"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to allow somebody to leave hospital because they are well enough to leave",
            "sensetop": "be discharged (from something)discharge somebody/yourself (from something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Patients were being discharged from the hospital too early.",
                    "contextForm": "be discharged (from something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the people involved in the accident have now been discharged from hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had discharged herself against medical advice.",
                    "contextForm": "discharge somebody/yourself (from something)"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to allow somebody to leave prison or court",
            "sensetop": "be discharged",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was **conditionally discharged** after admitting the theft.",
                    "contextForm": "be discharged"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was formally discharged by the court."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["conditionally", "formally"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to allow a member of a jury to stop serving in a court case",
            "sensetop": "discharge somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If the jury cannot agree, it should be discharged."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge took the unusual step of discharging the entire jury halfway through the trial."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "when a gas or a liquid discharges or is discharged, or somebody discharges it, it flows somewhere",
            "sensetop": "discharge (into something)discharge something (from something) (into something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The river is diverted through the power station before discharging into the sea.",
                    "contextForm": "discharge (into something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The factory was fined for discharging chemicals into the river.",
                    "contextForm": "discharge something (from something) (into something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Raw sewage was discharged from the treatment plant directly into the river."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["directly"],
                "preposition": ["from", "into"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "if part of the body discharges something, a liquid such as pus comes out of it",
            "sensetop": "discharge something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The wound started discharging pus."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to release force or power",
            "sensetop": "discharge (something)",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Lightning is caused by clouds discharging electricity."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to do everything that is necessary to perform and complete a particular duty",
            "sensetop": "discharge something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **discharge your duties/responsibilities/obligations**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **discharge a debt** *(= to pay it)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I will faithfully discharge my duties."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His widow was unable to discharge the debt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My condition renders me unable to discharge my duties."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He could not properly discharge his duties."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["fully", "properly", "faithfully"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to fire a gun, etc.; (of a gun, etc.) to be fired",
            "sensetop": "discharge (something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The police officer accidentally discharged a firearm while unloading it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They gave a cheer and charged, discharging a volley of arrows as they came."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He knocked her hand down and the gun discharged into the floor."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["accidentally"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/",
                "audio": "di/discharge/discharge__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒɪz/",
                "audio": "di/discharge/discharges__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒd/",
                "audio": "di/discharge/discharged__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/discharge/discharging__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒ/",
                "audio": "di/discharge/discharge__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒɪz/",
                "audio": "di/discharge/discharges__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒd/",
                "audio": "di/discharge/discharged__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/discharge/discharging__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘relieve of (an obligation)’): from Old French descharger, from late Latin discarricare ‘unload’, from dis- (expressing reversal) + carricare, carcare ‘to load’, from Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’."
}