{
    "term": "rectify",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "rectify",
            "heSheIt": "rectifies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "rectified",
        "pastParticiple": "rectified",
        "ingForm": "rectifying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to put right something that is wrong",
            "sensetop": "rectify something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to rectify a fault"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We must take steps to rectify the situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mistake can easily be rectified."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not too late to rectify matters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were some errors in the report, but these were easy to rectify."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "correct"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪ/",
                "audio": "re/rectify/rectify__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪz/",
                "audio": "re/rectify/rectifies__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪd/",
                "audio": "re/rectify/rectified__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/rectify/rectifying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪ/",
                "audio": "re/rectify/rectify__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪz/",
                "audio": "re/rectify/rectifies__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪd/",
                "audio": "re/rectify/rectified__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrektɪfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/rectify/rectifying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French rectifier, from medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus ‘right’."
}