{
    "term": "empower",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "empower",
            "heSheIt": "empowers"
        },
        "pastSimple": "empowered",
        "pastParticiple": "empowered",
        "ingForm": "empowering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to give somebody the power or authority to do something",
            "sensetop": "be empowered (to do something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The courts were empowered to impose the death sentence for certain crimes.",
                    "contextForm": "be empowered (to do something)"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to give somebody more control over their own life or the situation they are in",
            "sensetop": "empower somebody (to do something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The movement actively empowered women and gave them confidence in themselves."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊə(r)/",
                "audio": "em/empower/empower__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊəz/",
                "audio": "em/empower/empowers__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊəd/",
                "audio": "em/empower/empowered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "em/empower/empowering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊər/",
                "audio": "em/empower/empower__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊərz/",
                "audio": "em/empower/empowers__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊərd/",
                "audio": "em/empower/empowered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpaʊərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "em/empower/empowering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}