{
    "term": "proclaim",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "proclaim",
            "heSheIt": "proclaims"
        },
        "pastSimple": "proclaimed",
        "pastParticiple": "proclaimed",
        "ingForm": "proclaiming"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to publicly and officially tell people about something important",
            "sensetop": "proclaim somethingproclaim that…proclaim somebody/something/yourself + nounproclaim somebody/something/yourself to be/have somethingproclaim how, what, etc…+ speech",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The president proclaimed a state of emergency.",
                    "contextForm": "proclaim something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The day was proclaimed a public holiday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The charter proclaimed that all states would have their own government.",
                    "contextForm": "proclaim that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He proclaimed himself emperor.",
                    "contextForm": "proclaim somebody/something/yourself + noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Steve checked the battery and proclaimed it to be dead.",
                    "contextForm": "proclaim somebody/something/yourself to be/have something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The senator proclaimed how shocked he was at the news.",
                    "contextForm": "proclaim how, what, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘We will succeed,’ she proclaimed.",
                    "contextForm": "+ speech"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Charles II was proclaimed King in May 1660."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They continue to proclaim their innocence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She repeatedly proclaimed her devotion to the cause."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The district unilaterally proclaimed its independence from the national government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She boldly proclaimed that her goal was to win the championship."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "declare",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["loudly", "formally", "officially"],
                "verb + proclaim": ["seem to", "continue to"],
                "preposition": ["as", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to show something clearly; to be a sign of something",
            "sensetop": "proclaim somethingproclaim somebody/something + nounproclaim somebody/something to be/have something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This building, more than any other, proclaims the character of the town.",
                    "contextForm": "proclaim something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His boyish looks seemed to proclaim his inexperience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His accent proclaimed him a Scot.",
                    "contextForm": "proclaim somebody/something + noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His accent proclaimed him to be a Scot.",
                    "contextForm": "proclaim somebody/something to be/have something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["loudly", "formally", "officially"],
                "verb + proclaim": ["seem to", "continue to"],
                "preposition": ["as", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪm/",
                "audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaim__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪmz/",
                "audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaims__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪmd/",
                "audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaimed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaiming__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪm/",
                "audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaim__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪmz/",
                "audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaims__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪmd/",
                "audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaimed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈkleɪmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/proclaim/proclaiming__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English proclame, from Latin proclamare ‘cry out’, from pro- ‘forth’ + clamare ‘to shout’. The change in the second syllable was due to association with the verb claim."
}