{
    "term": "manipulate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "manipulate",
            "heSheIt": "manipulates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "manipulated",
        "pastParticiple": "manipulated",
        "ingForm": "manipulating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to control or influence somebody/something, often in a dishonest way so that they do not realize it",
            "sensetop": "manipulate somebody/somethingmanipulate somebody into something/into doing something",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She uses her charm to manipulate people.",
                    "contextForm": "manipulate somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a politician, he knows how to manipulate public opinion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They managed to manipulate us into agreeing to help.",
                    "contextForm": "manipulate somebody into something/into doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They believe that voters can be easily manipulated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The organization had been manipulated into bankruptcy."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["easily", "successfully", "deftly"],
                "verb + manipulate": ["be able to", "can", "attempt to"],
                "phrases": ["the ability to manipulate somebody/​something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to control, use or change something with skill",
            "sensetop": "manipulate something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to manipulate the gears and levers of a machine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Computers are very efficient at manipulating information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "genetically manipulated organisms"
                },
                {
                    "text": "digitally manipulated images"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["easily", "successfully", "deftly"],
                "verb + manipulate": ["be able to", "can", "attempt to"],
                "phrases": ["the ability to manipulate somebody/​something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to move a person’s bones or joints into the correct position",
            "sensetop": "manipulate something",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈnɪpjuleɪt/",
                "audio": "ma/manipulate/manipulate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈnɪpjuleɪts/",
                "audio": "ma/manipulate/manipulates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈnɪpjuleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ma/manipulate/manipulated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈnɪpjuleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ma/manipulate/manipulating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈnɪpjuleɪt/",
                "audio": "ma/manipulate/manipulate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈnɪpjuleɪts/",
                "audio": "ma/manipulate/manipulates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈnɪpjuleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ma/manipulate/manipulated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈnɪpjuleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ma/manipulate/manipulating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: back-formation from manipulation."
}