{
    "term": "inhibit",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "inhibit",
            "heSheIt": "inhibits"
        },
        "pastSimple": "inhibited",
        "pastParticiple": "inhibited",
        "ingForm": "inhibiting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to prevent something from happening or make it happen more slowly or less frequently than normal",
            "sensetop": "inhibit something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A lack of oxygen may inhibit brain development in the unborn child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Financial considerations are inhibiting access to higher education."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Alcohol significantly inhibits the action of the drug."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["greatly", "markedly", "seriously"],
                "verb + inhibit": ["tend to"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make somebody nervous or embarrassed so that they are unable to do something",
            "sensetop": "inhibit somebody (from something/from doing something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The managing director's presence inhibited them from airing their problems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fear of dismissal inhibited employees from raising problems."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["greatly", "markedly", "seriously"],
                "verb + inhibit": ["tend to"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈhɪbɪt/",
                "audio": "in/inhibit/inhibit__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈhɪbɪts/",
                "audio": "in/inhibit/inhibits__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈhɪbɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "in/inhibit/inhibited__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈhɪbɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/inhibit/inhibiting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈhɪbɪt/",
                "audio": "in/inhibit/inhibit__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈhɪbɪts/",
                "audio": "in/inhibit/inhibits__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈhɪbɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "in/inhibit/inhibited__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈhɪbɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/inhibit/inhibiting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘forbid (a person) to do something’): from Latin inhibere ‘hinder’, from in- ‘in’ + habere ‘hold’."
}