{
    "term": "imprison",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "imprison",
            "heSheIt": "imprisons"
        },
        "pastSimple": "imprisoned",
        "pastParticiple": "imprisoned",
        "ingForm": "imprisoning"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to put somebody in a prison or another place from which they cannot escape",
            "sensetop": "be imprisoned (for something)be imprisoned (+ adv./prep.)",
            "labels": "(figurative)(especially North American English)(especially US English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit.",
                    "contextForm": "be imprisoned (for something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I feel imprisoned in my own home.",
                    "contextForm": "be imprisoned (+ adv./prep.)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was imprisoned in a dungeon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We work on behalf of people who have been wrongly imprisoned."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her fear virtually imprisoned her in her home."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "jail",
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["falsely", "unjustly", "wrongfully"],
                "preposition": ["for", "in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈprɪzn/",
                "audio": "im/imprison/imprison__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈprɪznz/",
                "audio": "im/imprison/imprisons__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈprɪznd/",
                "audio": "im/imprison/imprisoned__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈprɪznɪŋ/",
                "audio": "im/imprison/imprisoning__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈprɪzn/",
                "audio": "im/imprison/imprison__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈprɪznz/",
                "audio": "im/imprison/imprisons__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈprɪznd/",
                "audio": "im/imprison/imprisoned__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈprɪznɪŋ/",
                "audio": "im/imprison/imprisoning__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English emprison, from Old French emprisoner, from em- ‘in’ + prison."
}