{
    "term": "license",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "license",
            "heSheIt": "licenses"
        },
        "pastSimple": "licensed",
        "pastParticiple": "licensed",
        "ingForm": "licensing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to give somebody official permission to do, own, or use something",
            "sensetop": "license somethinglicense somebody/something to do something",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US.",
                    "contextForm": "license something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "licensing hours *(= the times when alcohol can be sold at a pub, etc.)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had licensed the firm to produce the drug.",
                    "contextForm": "license somebody/something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company plans to license the technology to others."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drug is not licensed for long-term use."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪsns/",
                "audio": "li/license/license__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪsnsɪz/",
                "audio": "li/license/licenses__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪsnst/",
                "audio": "li/license/licensed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪsnsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "li/license/licensing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪsns/",
                "audio": "li/license/license__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪsnsɪz/",
                "audio": "li/license/licenses__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪsnst/",
                "audio": "li/license/licensed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪsnsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "li/license/licensing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from licence. The spelling -se arose by analogy with pairs such as practice, practise."
}