{
    "term": "exert",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "exert",
            "heSheIt": "exerts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "exerted",
        "pastParticiple": "exerted",
        "ingForm": "exerting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to use power or influence to affect somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "exert something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He exerted all his authority to make them accept the plan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The moon exerts a force on the earth that causes the tides."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make a big physical or mental effort",
            "sensetop": "exert yourself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In order to be successful he would have to exert himself."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɜːt/",
                "audio": "ex/exert/exert__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɜːts/",
                "audio": "ex/exert/exerts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɜːtɪd/",
                "audio": "ex/exert/exerted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɜːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/exert/exerting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɜːrt/",
                "audio": "ex/exert/exert__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɜːrts/",
                "audio": "ex/exert/exerts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɜːrtɪd/",
                "audio": "ex/exert/exerted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɜːrtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/exert/exerting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘perform, practise’): from Latin exserere ‘put forth’, from ex- ‘out’ + serere ‘bind’."
}