{
    "term": "ventilate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "ventilate",
            "heSheIt": "ventilates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "ventilated",
        "pastParticiple": "ventilated",
        "ingForm": "ventilating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to allow fresh air to enter and move around a room, building, etc.",
            "sensetop": "be ventilated (by something)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bathroom is ventilated by means of an extractor fan.",
                    "contextForm": "be ventilated (by something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The building is naturally ventilated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a well-ventilated room"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["adequately", "properly", "well"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to express your feelings or opinions publicly",
            "sensetop": "ventilate something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈventɪleɪt/",
                "audio": "ve/ventilate/ventilate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈventɪleɪts/",
                "audio": "ve/ventilate/ventilates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈventɪleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ve/ventilate/ventilated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈventɪleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ve/ventilate/ventilating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈventɪleɪt/",
                "audio": "ve/ventilate/ventilate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈventɪleɪts/",
                "audio": "ve/ventilate/ventilates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈventɪleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ve/ventilate/ventilated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈventɪleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ve/ventilate/ventilating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘winnow, scatter’): from Latin ventilat- ‘blown, winnowed’, from the verb ventilare, from ventus ‘wind’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 18th cent."
}