{
    "term": "infect",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "infect",
            "heSheIt": "infects"
        },
        "pastSimple": "infected",
        "pastParticiple": "infected",
        "ingForm": "infecting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make a disease or an illness spread to a person, an animal or a plant",
            "sensetop": "infect somebody/something (with something)(be) infected with something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It is not possible to infect another person through kissing.",
                    "contextForm": "infect somebody/something (with something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "people infected with the virus",
                    "contextForm": "(be) infected with something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make a substance contain harmful bacteria that can spread disease",
            "sensetop": "be infected (with something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The eggs were infected with salmonella.",
                    "contextForm": "be infected (with something)"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make a computer virus spread to another computer or program",
            "sensetop": "infect something (with something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to make somebody share a particular feeling",
            "sensetop": "infect somebody (with something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She infected the children with her enthusiasm for music."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The whole room was soon infected by his laughter."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfekt/",
                "audio": "in/infect/infect__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfekts/",
                "audio": "in/infect/infects__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfektɪd/",
                "audio": "in/infect/infected__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/infect/infecting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfekt/",
                "audio": "in/infect/infect__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfekts/",
                "audio": "in/infect/infects__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfektɪd/",
                "audio": "in/infect/infected__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/infect/infecting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin infect- ‘tainted’, from the verb inficere, from in- ‘into’ + facere ‘put, do’."
}