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{
"image":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"a visual representation of something such as",
"a likeness of an object produced on a photographic material",
"a picture produced on an electronic display (such as a television or computer screen)",
"the optical counterpart of an object produced by an optical device (such as a lens or mirror) or an electronic device",
"a mental picture or impression of something",
"a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation",
"idea , concept",
"a popular conception (as of a person, institution, or nation) projected especially through the mass media",
"exact likeness semblance",
"a person strikingly like another person",
"a tangible or visible representation incarnation",
"an illusory form apparition",
"a vivid or graphic representation or description",
"a reproduction or imitation of the form of a person or thing",
"an imitation in solid form statue",
"figure of speech",
"a set of values given by a mathematical function (such as a homomorphism) that corresponds to a particular subset of the domain",
"to create a representation of",
"to form an image of",
"to represent symbolically",
"to call up a mental picture of imagine",
"to describe or portray in language especially in a vivid manner",
"reflect , mirror",
"to make appear project",
"to make a disk image of",
"a picture or reflection of something produced by a device (as a mirror or lens)",
"someone who looks very much like another",
"the thought of how something looks",
"a representation (as a picture or statue) of something",
"an idea of what someone or something is like",
"the optical counterpart of an object produced by an optical device (as a lens or mirror) or an electronic device \u2014 see real image , virtual image",
"a likeness of an object produced on a photographic material",
"a mental picture or impression of something",
"as",
"a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation",
"an idealized conception of a person and especially a parent that is formed by an infant or child, is retained in the unconscious, and influences behavior in later life",
"the memory of a perception in psychology that is modified by subsequent experience",
"the representation of the source of a stimulus on a receptor mechanism",
"to call up a mental picture of imagine",
"to create a representation of",
"to form an image of",
"to form an image"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8i-mij",
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
"antonyms":[
"depict",
"picture",
"portray",
"represent"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Her post soon gathered attention on LinkedIn and spread to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as people reposted the image and the story behind it. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"The probe is the latest potential blow to Wells Fargo\u2019s public image . \u2014 Dan Reichl, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"While the United States\u2019 involvement in Vietnam was already coming to an end (all troops would leave the country by 1973), the image became an indelible symbol of the horrors of war. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
"In the eastern city of Goma, where Francis had been due to spend the day on July 4, thousands of posters with Francis\u2019 image already had been put up to advertise the visit. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"Sportswashing \u2014 the use of sports to launder a country or company\u2019s image \u2014 even has an official entry in most dictionaries now, which is about 2,800 years late. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Foreman\u2019s upset loss to Ali was held in 1974 in Zaire, funded by dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, who wanted to improve his country\u2019s image . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"In one image , the musician rested her head against Manley's as the reality star captured their snapshot in a restaurant mirror. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"The image below shows a summary of all of the malware\u2019s evasions techniques. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"There would be no way for a single telescope to image more than one planet, or one star system with several interesting worlds, at a time. \u2014 Allison Gasparini, Scientific American , 25 May 2022",
"Using tools on the surface, researchers were able to image far below the ice. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 7 May 2022",
"The company can image Ukraine daily, Mr. Greenley said, and the images can be ready to view in some cases in less than 15 minutes. \u2014 Robert Wall, WSJ , 1 May 2022",
"What if industrial designers could see inside a bicycle or a running shoe with the same precision that doctors can image their patients\u2019 internal organs? \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The team managed to get enough of those telescopes pointed at the repeating source to image five individual FRBs. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Starship\u2014and the SLS\u2014could also launch a large telescope custom-built to image Earth-like exoplanets around other stars, as recommended to NASA by the National Academies\u2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey in November 2021. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Using a portable fundus camera to image the eye, or even a smartphone camera, an algorithm could identify the signs of problems like diabetic retinopathy early enough to intervene. \u2014 Katie Palmer, STAT , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Venus is the target of several upcoming missions later this decade like VERITAS and DAVINCI that will image and sample the Venusian atmosphere and create a new higher-resolution map of the surface in infrared light. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163744"
},
"imaginative":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or characterized by imagination",
": devoid of truth : false",
": given to imagining : having a lively imagination",
": of or relating to images",
": showing a command of imagery",
": relating to or showing imagination",
": having a lively imagination"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8maj-n\u0259-tiv",
"-\u02c8ma-j\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101-",
"-n\u0259-",
"i-\u02c8ma-j\u0259-n\u0259-tiv"
],
"synonyms":[
"clever",
"creative",
"ingenious",
"innovational",
"innovative",
"innovatory",
"inventive",
"original",
"originative",
"Promethean"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncreative",
"unimaginative",
"uninventive",
"unoriginal"
],
"examples":[
"She wrote an imaginative story about life on the planet Venus.",
"The restaurant's menu is quite imaginative .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last question, every year whenever the Durag Festival happens, people head over to the IG page to see what crazy and imaginative durag has been showcased. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 18 June 2022",
"These were often set into yellow gold but white metal seems to be making a comeback set with an expressive and imaginative mix of different fancy cut diamonds. \u2014 Beth Bernstein, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Utilizing bits and pieces of wires and motherboards, costume designer Cedric Mizero and hair/makeup creative director Tanya Melendez craft a beautiful, inventive and imaginative look for the warriors. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"This informative and imaginative show includes photographs of the other statues and recounts the intertwined stories of two of them. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"The menu, like the Berkeley itself, is fun, colorful, and imaginative . \u2014 Maria Geyman, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
"Even after all these years in Tijuana, I was taken aback by Misi\u00f3n 19\u2019s sleek decor and imaginative menu. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"For all the flair and excitement the movie brings, these cameos ultimately feel like fan service (saved by the brutal and imaginative way in which Raimi allows Wanda to take them all out). \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 11 May 2022",
"For teens, that can mean helping your older kids rediscover their passions and find ways to be creative and imaginative outside of their phones. \u2014 Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping , 6 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ymaginatif \"employing mental images, curious, inventive,\" borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French, \"of the imagination, having a strong imagination, shrewd,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin im\u0101gin\u0101t\u012bvus \"of the imagination,\" from Latin im\u0101gin\u0101tus, past participle of im\u0101gin\u0101r\u012b \"to imagine \" + -\u012bvus -ive ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230507"
},
"imbecility":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish utter foolishness",
"futility",
"something that is foolish or nonsensical",
"the condition of being affected with moderate intellectual disability"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02ccim-b\u0259-\u02c8si-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"b\u00eatise",
"fatuity",
"folly",
"foolery",
"foppery",
"idiocy",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"stupidity"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was arrested for the sheer imbecility of speeding down a dark road with no headlights on",
"we were stunned by the imbecility of the ideas presented by this once-respected biologist"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English imbecillite \"weakness of a body part, infirmity,\" borrowed from Middle French and Latin; Middle French imbecillit\u00e9 \"weakness, feebleness, intellectual deficiency,\" borrowed from Latin imb\u0113cillit\u0101t-, imb\u0113cillit\u0101s \"physical or intellectual weakness,\" from imb\u0113cillus \"physically weak, feeble\" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity \u2014 more at imbecile entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162321"
},
"imbibe":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": drink",
": to take in or up",
": to receive into the mind and retain",
": to assimilate or take into solution",
": soak , steep",
": drink sense 2",
": to take in liquid",
": to absorb or assimilate moisture, gas, light, or heat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8b\u012bb"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt (down)",
"drink",
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"hoist",
"knock back",
"pound (down)",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slug (down)",
"slurp",
"sup",
"swig",
"swill",
"toss (down "
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She imbibed vast quantities of coffee.",
"She never imbibes but isn't offended when others do.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The study also revealed that travelers like to imbibe local flavors\u2014beverages produced in the destination\u2014to get a true taste of the place. \u2014 Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Portable, ready to imbibe , and no contact required. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 July 2020",
"This history is evident throughout the property, and visitors who imbibe in the underground cellar experience will learn even more about the longtime winemaker. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 2 June 2022",
"China was now the weaker nation, and Chinese began to visit Tokyo to imbibe the scientific, political, intellectual, and military knowledge needed for their own modernization. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"In October 2021, The Washington Post reported that those wanting to imbibe champers during their holiday celebrations should stock up ahead of time. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 17 Jan. 2022",
"People imbibe these things -- think of your morning cup of coffee. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 11 Oct. 2021",
"For The Times) There are many ways to imbibe in Vegas. \u2014 Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 11 July 2021",
"In the meantime, there is already a great wine selection to imbibe at Hazel Hill. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 6 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English enbiben to absorb, cause to absorb, from Latin imbibere to drink in, absorb, from in- + bibere to drink \u2014 more at potable ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192640"
},
"imbroglio":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding",
": scandal sense 1a",
": a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation : embroilment",
": an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel)",
": a confused mass"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8br\u014dl-(\u02cc)y\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"battle royal",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"donnybrook",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"set-to",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a celebrated imbroglio involving some big names in the New York literary scene",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The imbroglio over the bananas was becoming increasingly desperate for One Banana. \u2014 John Francis Peters, ProPublica , 16 June 2022",
"Despite that ongoing legal imbroglio , GTA has flourished in Everett over the past four years, collecting nearly $8 million on city contracts for paving, landscaping, and more water main replacements. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Social media picked up the imbroglio , and the bar\u2019s reputation plummeted. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The conflict may have involved a mundane debate over carpet versus tile, but in statistical terms was more likely to result in an imbroglio with home contractors or builders. \u2014 Jeffrey Steele, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"For Zubrin, the entire Ukraine imbroglio is a black-and-white phenomenon: Either Ukraine emerges victorious, or the U.S. watches as a Chinese surrogate, otherwise known as Putin\u2019s Russia, dominates the Eurasian continent. \u2014 Daniel Depetris, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022",
"In an effort to glean definitive proof of the hoax, the hosts and a former Birmingham-school volunteer fly to Perth, Australia, to try to appeal to a key witness in the resignation-letters imbroglio . \u2014 Sarah Larson, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2022",
"By first declining to take a public stand \u2014 only to later say the company opposed the legislation all along \u2014 Chapek found himself in his biggest imbroglio since becoming chief executive of the Burbank entertainment giant two years ago. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Fortune has been covering the geopolitical imbroglio 's impact on business, from the plunging Russian stock market and sanctions against Russian oligarchs to soaring energy prices and uncertainty in the global markets. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 25 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Italian, from imbrogliare to entangle, from Middle French embrouiller \u2014 more at embroil ",
"first_known_use":[
"1750, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204543"
},
"imbue":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": endow sense 3",
": to permeate or influence as if by dyeing",
": to tinge or dye deeply"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8by\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[
"endue",
"indue",
"inculcate",
"infuse",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"inoculate",
"invest",
"steep",
"suffuse"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"A feeling of optimism imbues her works.",
"her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yoon manages to imbue these small activities with dramatic tension that works in two very different ways. \u2014 Ilana Masad, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"The right one can banish the ambivalent scent of body wash and pod coffee and imbue your cubicle and conference room with a sense of intention. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 18 May 2022",
"Oliver similarly does her best to imbue Frances with some interiority, but can\u2019t make up for the script\u2019s overall inability to do the same. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"To be fair, the build only has a few enemy types, all with moronic AI, and perhaps a final version would have beefed up both the firearms and the foes to imbue its open zones with more spirit. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 12 May 2022",
"The school was founded at the height of the civil rights era, and its founders wanted an education that would imbue students with a sense of civic responsibility. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"That\u2019s according to a group of researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) who have been modeling the coffee-carrying phenomenon in an attempt to imbue robots with the same finesse. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 2 May 2022",
"At its best, then, the series only uses the void to imbue its more grounded themes \u2014 grief, loneliness, faith, longing \u2014 with a palpable eeriness (not in small part thanks to Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans\u2019 off-kilter score). \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022",
"As the designer aimed to imbue the Baron with an abundance of unsettling, pervasive menace, Marlon Brando was an initial reference point. \u2014 Scott Huver, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin imbuere ",
"first_known_use":[
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192658"
},
"imitable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": capable or worthy of being imitated or copied"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8i-m\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"classic",
"definitive",
"exemplary",
"model",
"paradigmatic",
"quintessential",
"textbook"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"most readers of classic English literature could recognize Jane Austen's imitable style instantly"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1550, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200330"
},
"imitative":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by imitation",
": reproducing or representing a natural sound : onomatopoeic",
": exhibiting mimicry",
": inclined to imitate",
": imitating something superior : counterfeit",
": made or done to be like something or someone else"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8i-m\u0259-\u02cct\u0101-tiv",
"especially British",
"\u02c8i-m\u0259-\u02cct\u0101-tiv"
],
"synonyms":[
"apish",
"canned",
"emulative",
"epigonic",
"epigonous",
"formulaic",
"mimetic",
"mimic",
"slavish",
"unoriginal"
],
"antonyms":[
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"original"
],
"examples":[
"The architecture is imitative of a Japanese temple.",
"your writing style tends to be imitative of whichever author you've recently read",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our children see this, and learn to imitate it; for man is an imitative animal. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"In other words, this vehicle for producer-star Rebel Wilson isn\u2019t organic even as a genre homage; its Frankensteinian assemblage always feels more imitative than inspired. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"The imitative relationship between life and art is at the core of Small\u2019s recovery, though in a more literal way. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But those efforts, like so many film adaptations before them, distill essentially only the basic ingredients of their stage sources \u2014 plot, character, music \u2014 and as a result feel more imitative than transformative. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"So central to our culture and so often mocked \u2014 made the emblem of television at its least imaginative and most imitative , at its tritest and tiredest. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2021",
"The consequences for Black communities of this imitative gesture were devastating. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 2 Mar. 2021",
"Her singing sounds very much like Holiday but retains its own personality, rather than feeling imitative . \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Her presence is a series of postures and imitative voice techniques that serve only to further etch the image of junkie mess into this portrait of a great artist who changed an art form. \u2014 Hilton Als, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Late Latin imit\u0101t\u012bvus, from Latin imit\u0101tus, past participle of imit\u0101r\u012b \"to follow as a pattern, imitate \" + -\u012bvus -ive ",
"first_known_use":[
"1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175231"
},
"imitator":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to follow as a pattern, model, or example",
": mimic , counterfeit",
": to be or appear like : resemble",
": to produce a copy of : reproduce",
": to follow as a pattern, model, or example",
": to be or appear like : resemble",
": to copy exactly : mimic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8i-m\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t",
"\u02c8i-m\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"ape",
"copy",
"copycat",
"emulate",
"mime",
"mimic"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her style has been imitated by many other writers.",
"He's very good at imitating his father's voice.",
"She can imitate the calls of many different birds.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jackson would perfectly imitate David Ortiz\u2019s hand movements in the batter\u2019s box. \u2014 Jacob Unruh, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"Stalin spoke of an internal colonization, in which peasants would be exploited so that the Soviet economy could imitate \u2014and then overtake\u2014capitalism. \u2014 Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Art does not imitate life in this case, because IRL the actors can't keep their hands off each another. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The influence of these people in the tech industry has been so strong, that a lot of young founders try to imitate the successful ones, and a lot of investors are looking for people that fit the mold of the charismatic, visionary leader. \u2014 Abdo Riani, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Michael Gandolfini wisely doesn\u2019t try to imitate his father\u2019s performance. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Michael Gandolfini wisely doesn\u2019t try to imitate his father\u2019s performance. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 27 Sep. 2021",
"But the best remakes don't try to imitate , and there are plenty of ways to approach a retelling of this story \u2014 such as in the format of a prestige miniseries, \u00e0 la HBO's Mildred Pierce. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 27 May 2021",
"Local Ukrainian warlords rushed to imitate the system, and adopted elements of Polish culture, including Western Christianity and the Polish language. \u2014 Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin imit\u0101tus, past participle of imit\u0101r\u012b \"to follow as a pattern, copy,\" frequentative derivative of a presumed verb *im\u0101- \"make a copy,\" perhaps going back to Indo-European *h 2 im-, whence also Hittite hima-, himma- \"substitute, replica, toy\"",
"first_known_use":[
"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175716"
},
"immaculate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": spotlessly clean",
": having or containing no flaw or error",
": having no stain or blemish : pure",
": having no colored spots or marks",
": perfectly clean",
": having no flaw or error"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8ma-ky\u0259-l\u0259t",
"i-\u02c8ma-ky\u0259-l\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaste",
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"modest",
"pure",
"vestal",
"virgin",
"virginal"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"immodest",
"impure",
"indecent",
"obscene",
"smutty",
"unchaste",
"unclean",
"vulgar"
],
"examples":[
"\u2026 they seemed as remote from metaphysics as their lunch bags and knapsacks. Yet weren't they all heading for those immaculate country snowfields to talk of God? \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , Atlantic , May 1997",
"\u2026 and added to this was the fact that this Soviet Army Colonel had a service record that was as immaculate as a field of freshly fallen snow \u2026 \u2014 Tom Clancy , The Cardinal of the Kremlin , (1988) 1989",
"I was expecting some giant to emerge, but in came a tiny, immaculate , white-haired man. \u2014 Anna Russell , I'm Not Making This Up, You Know , 1985",
"She had an immaculate record of service.",
"somehow managed to keep the white carpet immaculate",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2020, Bouguettaya was named the Detroit Free Press/Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers first Chef of the Year for the immaculate pastries Detroiters have come to know and love. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"As the three friends grapple for the remote, the large ego-ed Scissors suddenly turns up with a huge shark with immaculate white teeth to get his way. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"This immaculate little diner, made in 1941 by the Silk City Diner Company in Paterson, N.J., has been a family operation for more than a half-century. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The timeless 110-footer, which Edmiston has just listed for $5.6 million (\u20ac5.2 million), underwent a multimillion-dollar refit in the late 2000s and is presented in immaculate condition. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
"To complete this immaculate vibe, try a spicy Caesar salad ($12). \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"After recording just three hits over the first five innings, Texas finally plated a run in the top of the sixth when outfielder Douglas Hodo dropped an immaculate bunt toward the mound. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 25 May 2022",
"Kraljevich said the original 1840 case and solid gold Daniel Morgan at Cowpens Medal that was sent to his office from the auction house were in immaculate condition, with the medal grading 63 SP (Specimen) on a scale of 60 to 70. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Over thirty years old and in immaculate condition, the car was perfect. \u2014 Thomas Page, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English immaculat , from Latin immaculatus , from in- + maculatus stained \u2014 more at maculate ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": spotlessly clean",
": having or containing no flaw or error",
": having no stain or blemish : pure",
": having no colored spots or marks",
": perfectly clean",
": having no flaw or error"
],
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"i-\u02c8ma-ky\u0259-l\u0259t",
"i-\u02c8ma-ky\u0259-l\u0259t"
],
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"chaste",
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"modest",
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"coarse",
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"obscene",
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"unchaste",
"unclean",
"vulgar"
],
"examples":[
"\u2026 they seemed as remote from metaphysics as their lunch bags and knapsacks. Yet weren't they all heading for those immaculate country snowfields to talk of God? \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , Atlantic , May 1997",
"\u2026 and added to this was the fact that this Soviet Army Colonel had a service record that was as immaculate as a field of freshly fallen snow \u2026 \u2014 Tom Clancy , The Cardinal of the Kremlin , (1988) 1989",
"I was expecting some giant to emerge, but in came a tiny, immaculate , white-haired man. \u2014 Anna Russell , I'm Not Making This Up, You Know , 1985",
"She had an immaculate record of service.",
"somehow managed to keep the white carpet immaculate",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2020, Bouguettaya was named the Detroit Free Press/Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers first Chef of the Year for the immaculate pastries Detroiters have come to know and love. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"As the three friends grapple for the remote, the large ego-ed Scissors suddenly turns up with a huge shark with immaculate white teeth to get his way. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"This immaculate little diner, made in 1941 by the Silk City Diner Company in Paterson, N.J., has been a family operation for more than a half-century. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The timeless 110-footer, which Edmiston has just listed for $5.6 million (\u20ac5.2 million), underwent a multimillion-dollar refit in the late 2000s and is presented in immaculate condition. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
"To complete this immaculate vibe, try a spicy Caesar salad ($12). \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"After recording just three hits over the first five innings, Texas finally plated a run in the top of the sixth when outfielder Douglas Hodo dropped an immaculate bunt toward the mound. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 25 May 2022",
"Kraljevich said the original 1840 case and solid gold Daniel Morgan at Cowpens Medal that was sent to his office from the auction house were in immaculate condition, with the medal grading 63 SP (Specimen) on a scale of 60 to 70. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Over thirty years old and in immaculate condition, the car was perfect. \u2014 Thomas Page, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215145"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": indwelling , inherent",
": being within the limits of possible experience or knowledge \u2014 compare transcendent"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8i-m\u0259-n\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"built-in",
"constitutional",
"constitutive",
"essential",
"hardwired",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"indigenous",
"ingrain",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inherent",
"innate",
"integral",
"intrinsic",
"native",
"natural"
],
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"adventitious",
"extraneous",
"extrinsic"
],
"examples":[
"a question as to whether altruism is immanent in all individuals or is instead acquired from without"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin immanent-, immanens , present participle of imman\u0113re to remain in place, from Latin in- + man\u0113re to remain \u2014 more at mansion ",
"first_known_use":[
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215354"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of no substantial consequence : unimportant",
": not consisting of matter : incorporeal",
": not important : insignificant",
": not essential, pertinent, or of consequence",
"\u2014 compare irrelevant"
],
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"\u02cci-m\u0259-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259l",
"\u02cci-m\u0259-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259l",
"\u02cci-m\u0259-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259l"
],
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"bodiless",
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"nonphysical",
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"unbodied",
"unsubstantial"
],
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"bodily",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
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],
"examples":[
"Whether or not he intended to cause problems is immaterial .",
"The fact that she is a woman is immaterial and irrelevant.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gone is the idea of a porous human self, vulnerable to immaterial forces beyond his control. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Promises and Miracles is a docu-series exploring the promises made to immaterial beings when a miracle is granted through their intercession. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"Descartes\u2019s vision of the self as an immaterial ghost inside a biological machine has long been out of fashion, Ms. Arikha notes, but his ghoul still haunts our thinking. \u2014 Julian Baggini, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
"She\u2019s pushing the Sardinia administration to create a registry of immaterial inheritances, a sort of catalogue listing and describing fading traditions such as su filindeu. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Warren dismissed as immaterial the fact that no evidence had been found by the FBI or military authorities that any such surveillance, much less sabotage, had occurred. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Whether the left turn driver is in the right is somewhat immaterial . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Prosecutors and judges rejected those claims as belied by his medical record and deemed his health problems immaterial to the legal reasons for his detention. \u2014 Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Oct. 2021",
"What if a taxpayer made an errant, but immaterial disclosure or omission in a tax filing from years ago? \u2014 Boris Ryvkin, National Review , 8 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English immaterial , from Late Latin immaterialis , from Latin in- + Late Latin materialis material",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223637"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": incapable of being measured",
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": very great in size or amount"
],
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"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8mezh-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
"-\u02c8m\u0101zh-",
"-\u02c8me-zh\u0259-r\u0259-",
"-\u02c8m\u0101-",
"-zh\u0259r-b\u0259l",
"i-\u02c8me-zh\u0259-r\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"bottomless",
"boundless",
"endless",
"fathomless",
"horizonless",
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"immensurable",
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"bounded",
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"finite",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"examples":[
"The war has caused immeasurable damage.",
"The new medicine has brought about an immeasurable improvement in her life.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The value of simply knowing that the obstacles one is encountering are not due to some unique personal failing\u2013but that others are experiencing the same difficulties and challenges\u2013is immeasurable . \u2014 Duane Cranston, Fortune , 9 May 2022",
"While chronic pain may flummox the usual scans and tests, the condition is very much real, causing immeasurable suffering. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Every year, more than a million people unwillingly become part of this group, forced to cope with immeasurable loss while fumbling for clarity. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez is the American League Player of the Week, and his impact on Cleveland\u2019s lineup after two weeks of games is immeasurable . \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022",
"These solutions have already had an immeasurable impact on restaurant operations, and today, 55% of these companies say digital payments are critical to their future. \u2014 Bob Summers, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"There is no way to measure Coach K\u2019s immeasurable impact on college basketball and American sporting culture as a whole without bringing up Wooden, who remains the GOAT inside many hearts and minds, especially in Southern California. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Jacqueline was an amazing woman, wife, mother and philanthropist and a 55 year resident of Beverly Hills who has made an immeasurable positive impact on the arts community. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 3 Mar. 2022",
"But Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, who coached Nowitzki for 11 seasons with the Mavericks and won the franchise's lone championship alongside him in 2011, is certain that the German 7-footer had an immeasurable impact on the game as well. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 5 Jan. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211624"
},
"immediate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": occurring, acting, or accomplished without loss or interval of time : instant",
": near to or related to the present",
": of or relating to the here and now : current",
": existing without intervening space or substance",
": being near at hand",
": being next in line or relation",
": acting or being without the intervention of another object, cause, or agency : direct",
": present to the mind independently of other states or factors",
": involving or derived from a single premise",
": directly touching or concerning a person or thing",
": happening without any delay",
": occurring or existing now",
": having importance now",
": not far away in time or space",
": being next in line or nearest in relationship",
": having nothing between",
": acting or being without the intervention of another object, cause, or agency : being direct",
": present to the mind independently of other states or factors",
": made or done at once"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8m\u0113-d\u0113-\u0259t",
"British often",
"i-\u02c8m\u0113-d\u0113-\u0259t",
"im-\u02c8\u0113d-\u0113-\u0259t,"
],
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"instant",
"instantaneous",
"split-second",
"straightaway"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Park rangers closed the immediate area, interviewed the father and other campers and collected site information such as bear tracks and other identifying markers. \u2014 Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News , 14 June 2022",
"At issue is whether Geoffrey Sager can build a three-story apartment complex almost directly across Route 4 from UConn Health, the first large-scale, high-density housing project in that immediate area. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022",
"There is probably a lot happening in your immediate area, and you are perfectly tuned into it as the Moon zips through your 3rd House of Socializing. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The former state legislator also pledged that the shelter would be for those in the immediate area, and not a spot for people sleeping in other cities. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"All trains in the immediate area were temporarily stopped, Caltrain officials said. \u2014 Lauren Hern\u00e1ndez, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
"Visitor center and immediate area free; day-use fee $15 for hikers and $20 for bikers, climbers and horseback riders. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"The officers found six more guns in the immediate area and arrested three more men on gun charges and took three people into custody on charges of assault and battery on a police officer, according to the statement. \u2014 Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Officials advise to expect traffic restrictions in the immediate area of the scene. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 29 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English immediat , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin immediatus , from Latin in- + Late Latin mediatus intermediate \u2014 more at mediate ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204751"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": marked by greatness especially in size or degree",
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": supremely good",
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],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8men(t)s",
"i-\u02c8mens"
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"astronomical",
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"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
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"cosmic",
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"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
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"titanic",
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"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
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"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
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"microscopic",
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"midget",
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"minute",
"pocket",
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"teensy",
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"teeny",
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"tiny",
"wee"
],
"examples":[
"He inherited an immense fortune.",
"She is an artist of immense talent.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That the First World War caused immense devastation in Tanganyika and Zanzibar is the first thing that Gurnah makes clear. \u2014 Nadifa Mohamed, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"The defense also has asked for a change of venue in this case, arguing their clients cannot get a fair trial in Oakland County due to the immense media coverage and pain that the community has been through. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Jumbo\u2019s demise comes at a time of immense upheaval in Hong Kong, one that began when antigovernment protests convulsed the city for months in 2019. \u2014 Mike Ives, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"That Bogart film High Sierra has some terrifying stunt work of men falling down immense Sierra slopes. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 20 June 2022",
"With its growth trajectory and immense upside, the company has attracted $122.3 million in funding to date with its most recent $73.3 million series C round in March of 2022 led by XN and Mark Cuban, and a valuation approaching $1 billion. \u2014 Bruce Rogers, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Tanou\u2019s immense thirst for his father\u2019s recognition and approval, his attempt to find common ground, is the emotional engine that powers the novel, and roots its intellectual concerns in an unfolding of character. \u2014 Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"In return, Chinese officials have gained access to immense amounts of data, turning the app into a de-facto surveillance tool for the autocratic regime. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Child-rearing is an immense task consisting of many mind-numbing moments. \u2014 Oliver Munday, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin immensus immeasurable, from in- + mensus , past participle of metiri to measure \u2014 more at measure ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200245"
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": to a very great or immense degree or extent : exceedingly , enormously"
],
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"i-\u02c8men(t)s-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
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"awfully",
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"wildly"
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"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Huesera, premiering at the Tribe TRIBE2 -1.3%ca Film Festival, showcases both in a tense tale that uses horror to explore feelings that are very real and immensely hard to explore on film. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"When bringing his breakout Stranger Things character to life for the fourth season of the immensely popular Netflix series, the English actor used a variety of sources as references. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022",
"The famous Biltmore Estate, meanwhile, offers three lodging options \u2014 a wallet-friendly hotel, a high-end inn, and luxury cottages \u2014 all immensely popular. \u2014 Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"Begun in 2012 as a grass-roots movement in the Siberian city of Tomsk, the ritual became immensely popular as a way of bringing to life a fading generation. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"We are heartbroken, but also immensely grateful for the amazing work our cast, crew, and writers have contributed to the little show that could. \u2014 Amber Dowling, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"Barban has helped Gary immensely , especially in IndyCar. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 19 May 2022",
"Peterson's college career as a pole vaulter helped her immensely as her jockey career began, as well. \u2014 Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal , 11 May 2022",
"In Puzo\u2019s novel, a singer-actor called Johnny Fontane has his career helped immensely thanks to the Mafia, namely his actual godfather, Don Vito Corleone. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"1651, in the meaning defined above"
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},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": immeasurable"
],
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"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8men(t)s-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
"-\u02c8men(t)sh-",
"-\u02c8men(t)-s\u0259-",
"-sh\u0259-"
],
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"bottomless",
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"endless",
"fathomless",
"horizonless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
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"bounded",
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"definite",
"finite",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"examples":[
"a man who displayed immensurable courage even in the face of overwhelming adversity"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin immensurabilis , from Latin in- + Late Latin mensurabilis measurable, from mensurare to measure, from Latin mensura measure \u2014 more at measure ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200654"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to plunge into something that surrounds or covers",
": to plunge or dip into a fluid",
": engross , absorb",
": to baptize by immersion",
": to plunge into something (as a fluid) that surrounds or covers",
": to become completely involved with"
],
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"i-\u02c8m\u0259rs",
"i-\u02c8m\u0259rs"
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"absorb",
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"busy",
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"engross",
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"intrigue",
"involve",
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],
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"examples":[
"Immerse the fabric completely in the dye.",
"She had immersed herself in writing short stories.",
"He immersed himself in the culture of the island.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That led to a gig at Coachella, and soon the woman who\u2019d been on the fence about attending LiB at all was working at 10-12 festivals a year while also bartending at venues like the Hollywood Palladium to further immerse herself in music culture. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"What better way to celebrate our country than to immerse yourself in its history? \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"Staring up at the road sign for Cambridge, Ng\u0169g\u0129 recalled that T. S. Eliot, an American, fled to England to immerse himself in the works of European writers in order to better understand and master literature. \u2014 Dw Gibson, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
"The metaverse is an open ecosystem of tools that allow users to immerse themselves in digital environments and experience the world in new, impactful ways. \u2014 Amber Allen, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"After a few years of honing her craft, Xu moved to Shanghai to immerse herself in its dynamic, diverse creative environment developing a mastery of color, texture, and subversion by way of nail art. \u2014 Echo Chen, Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The metaverse enables users to immerse themselves in the internet \u2014 perhaps sitting in a virtual office before heading out to enjoy the virtual beach. \u2014 CBS News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Head to the store to purchase a king cake, or whip one up from scratch to immerse yourself in the joy of the holiday. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Oceanfront campsites also make Assateague Island one of the most scenic places to camp in the U.S., so bring a tent and your camping supplies to fully immerse yourself in the great outdoors for a weekend. \u2014 Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure , 8 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin immersus , past participle of immergere , from in- + mergere to merge",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the act of immersing or the state of being immersed : such as",
": absorbing involvement",
": instruction based on extensive exposure to surroundings or conditions that are native or pertinent to the object of study",
": foreign language instruction in which only the language being taught is used",
": baptism by complete submersion of the person in water"
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"i-\u02c8m\u0259r-zh\u0259n",
"-sh\u0259n"
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"absorption",
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"engrossment",
"enthrallment"
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"inattention"
],
"examples":[
"We were surprised by his complete immersion in the culture of the island.",
"He learned French through immersion .",
"I'm taking an immersion course in German.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Years later, Lambert\u2019s daughter comes to the same language immersion school in Kotzebue, learning to speak I\u00f1upiaq as well as cut caribou meat, pickle herring eggs and train dogs for mushing. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 1 May 2022",
"Consider, then, when traveling to a destination that warrants a longer flight or getting involved with the aforementioned activities, to opt for extended visits that allow for genuine community immersion . \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"Paddlers should always be ready for a sudden cold-water immersion . \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 20 May 2022",
"This isn\u2019t the year the Kings will win the Cup again, but simply reaching the playoffs would be a triumph because their young players will learn so much by immersion . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"For those on the East Coast, rest assured that cross-country travel is not a requisite for full immersion in the lounging-around-gorgeous-vineyards lifestyle. \u2014 Celine Bossart, Travel + Leisure , 1 Mar. 2022",
"For total immersion , lessons are conducted in the target language and feature interactive real-life scenarios and pronunciation feedback. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Cities are great for solo travelers because there are plenty of options for cultural immersion or to more easily engage with locals or other travelers, if that\u2019s of interest. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
"But tech executives say specialized glasses\u2014similar to but less bulky and more comfortable than the virtual-reality headsets on the market today\u2014will allow for greater immersion . \u2014 Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ , 7 Oct. 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":[
"verb"
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": to catch or entangle in or as if in meshes"
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"i(m)-\u02c8mesh"
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"noun"
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": something imminent",
": impending evil or danger",
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"\u02c8i-m\u0259-n\u0259n(t)s"
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"danger",
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"pitfall",
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"trouble"
],
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"examples":[
"since the end of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation has seemed to be a less likely imminence",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet a video of an internal Alaska pilot meeting shows Alaska executives, two weeks before the meltdown on April 1, were keenly aware of the imminence of an acute pilot shortage and the threat of chaos. \u2014 Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Amid this atmosphere of imminence , the conservative Senator Josh Hawley, of Missouri, last week wrote a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken arguing that the United States should re\u00ebvaluate its position. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Despite the growing evidence to the contrary, many diplomats, officials, and analysts refused to seriously believe the American and British intelligence warnings about the imminence of an attack. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 25 Feb. 2022",
"In observing how Sunday signaled the sunny imminence of spring, such contrary indicators as the breezy chill of the day ought not be dismissed. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Biden spoke to a number of European leaders on Friday to underscore the concerns raised by U.S. intelligence about the potential imminence of a Russian invasion. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
"This was the White House position on the imminence of a potential attack last week, which Ukrainians pushed back strongly against. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 2 Feb. 2022",
"What finally jolts him out of his deadening routine is the imminence of actual death. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Jan. 2022",
"On what used to be referred to as the far right, but perhaps should now simply be called the armed wing of the Republican Party, the imminence of civil war is a given. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The Atlantic , 16 Dec. 2021"
],
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"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"type":[
"verb"
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": blend , intermingle"
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"amalgamate",
"blend",
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"commingle",
"commix",
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"immix",
"incorporate",
"integrate",
"interfuse",
"intermingle",
"intermix",
"meld",
"merge",
"mingle",
"mix"
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"break down",
"break up",
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"unmix"
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"the immingled cries and groans of the dying soldiers were forever etched in his memory"
],
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"1606, in the meaning defined above"
],
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"adjective",
"noun",
"noun,"
],
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": not moving : motionless",
": incapable of being moved : fixed",
": unable to move or be moved",
": incapable of being moved",
": not moving"
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"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8m\u014d-b\u0259l",
"-\u02ccb\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"also",
"i-\u02c8m\u014d-b\u0259l",
"(\u02c8)im-\u02c8(m)\u014d-b\u0259l",
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"nonmoving",
"standing",
"static",
"stationary"
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"mobile",
"movable",
"moveable",
"moving",
"nonstationary"
],
"examples":[
"The tranquilizer made the animal immobile .",
"The accident left her immobile .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His version of fatherhood is one that must transcend the limitations of a body that is immobile from the chest down. \u2014 Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Now, unable to bend his leg, Kameron is immobile for at least the summer. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 15 June 2022",
"This is nearly impossible with a blog, which is largely immobile and cannot be engaged with agilely. \u2014 Borya Shakhnovich, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Kyle Lowry, yet to overcome the hamstring strain suffered in the opening round, was largely immobile , without a point or assist. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"That wasn\u2019t possible in this case because residents were immobile \u2013 one, for example, was paralyzed, another missing a limb \u2013 and all required a walker or wheelchair. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
"More video apparently recorded through the airplane window showed an immobile man being taken by wheeled stretcher to a waiting ambulance. \u2014 Paul Leblanc, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Debates rage on about the quality of life afforded to people who are conscious but immobile and on life support. \u2014 Meghana Keshavan, STAT , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Aminatta had come to Kissy from a crowded low-income neighborhood in the city, mute and immobile with a depression that had never been treated. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English in-mobill , from Latin immobilis , from in- + mobilis mobile",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224838"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make immobile : such as",
": to reduce or eliminate motion of (the body or a part) by mechanical means or by strict bed rest",
": to prevent freedom of movement or effective use of",
": to withhold (money or capital) from circulation",
": to keep from moving : make immovable",
": to make immobile",
": to fix (as a body part) so as to reduce or eliminate motion usually by means of a cast or splint, by strapping, or by strict bed rest",
": to make immobile",
": to turn (movable property) into immovable property (as by incorporating it into a building)"
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"i-\u02c8m\u014d-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
"im-\u02c8\u014d-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz",
"i-\u02c8m\u014d-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
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"paralyze",
"prostrate"
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"examples":[
"Doctors immobilized her wrist by putting it in a cast.",
"I was immobilized by fear.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These, like the Nuremberg Rally, were designed to enflame, flatter, awe, and otherwise immobilize or reward the public sufficiently to win its custom. \u2014 David Mamet, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"On Monday, the U.S. further tightened its sanctions to immobilize any assets of the Russian Central Bank in the United States or held by Americans. \u2014 Fatima Hussein, ajc , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Western nations blocked some Russian banks from a global payments system, and the Treasury Department announced new sanctions that could immobilize any assets of the Russian central bank. \u2014 Stan Choe, USA TODAY , 28 Feb. 2022",
"But the economic squeeze got tighter when the U.S. announced more sanctions later Monday to immobilize any assets of the Russian central bank in the United States or held by Americans. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Some people have removed the tires of vehicles or bled brakes to immobilize them. \u2014 Miriam Berger And Amanda Coletta, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Immediately after finding out his diagnosis, Jones bought the stiffest pair of hiking boots, added a carbon insert, and taped up his foot to immobilize it. \u2014 Jennifer Kuhns, Outside Online , 5 Feb. 2021",
"Little mechanical bugs can shoot right into your skin and immobilize you before killing you, slowly. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 3 Sep. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1871, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225610"
},
"immoral":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": not moral",
": conflicting with generally or traditionally held moral principles",
": not following principles of right and wrong : wicked , bad"
],
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"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259l",
"-\u02c8m\u00e4r-",
"i-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259l"
],
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"bad",
"dark",
"evil",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"rotten",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unlawful",
"unrighteous",
"unsavory",
"vicious",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
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"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"examples":[
"Don't condemn her: there was nothing immoral about what she did.",
"It was immoral of her to tell lies like that.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If stockpiling often seems immoral , that\u2019s in part because an unconscionable number of people have always grappled with genuine scarcity. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 26 May 2022",
"These people might look closely or even suspiciously at any projects and businesses related to Russia -- because supporting the aggressor's economy with money is not only immoral , but simply shortsighted. \u2014 Stanislav Kucher, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"Finally, the world looked on in horror on February 22, 2022, as Vladimir Putin unleashed a brutal, immoral , and relentless military assault on the people of Ukraine. \u2014 Paul Laudicina, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Allowing sanctions avoidance is immoral and unnecessary for business purposes because there is plenty of untapped availability in North America. \u2014 WSJ , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In August 2019, the DPI ruled that there was no probable cause to believe Lichte engaged in immoral conduct. \u2014 Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Dec. 2021",
"In an equitable world, actions like these would be immoral and unethical. \u2014 Tahir Amin, STAT , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Decrying the law as immoral and antisemitic, Lapid recalled Israel\u2019s top diplomat in Warsaw. \u2014 Fox News , 4 Sep. 2021",
"Perhaps more than their counterparts anywhere on earth, and perhaps with excellent reason, German artists peer into how respectable burghers can make the kinds of immoral choices that lead their nation astray. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1660, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183556"
},
"immorality":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being immoral",
": unchastity",
": an immoral act or practice",
": the quality or state of being without principles of right and wrong"
],
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"\u02cci-(\u02cc)m\u022f-\u02c8ra-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02cci-m\u0259-",
"\u02cci-m\u022f-\u02c8ra-l\u0259-t\u0113"
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"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
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"libertinism",
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"profligacy",
"sin",
"vice"
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"morality",
"virtue"
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"examples":[
"religious denominations that regard drinking, smoking, and even dancing as examples of immorality",
"a sermon about modern society's casual acceptance of or indifference to immorality",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, Philip\u2019s mother Myra rants about the immorality of Liam\u2019s mother having shacked up with their lodger. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Reasons for removal could include abuse of power, neglect, gross immorality , drunkenness, misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance, according to Ohio law. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 9 May 2022",
"And the politicians of these countries have put their citizens in this situation of immorality , because the only choice the citizens have is to observe online, in real time, how city after city of Ukraine is destroyed. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The immorality , jobbery and mismanagement Cornwallis contended with in India can hardly be exaggerated. \u2014 Maxwell Carter, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
"These left-wing trends will only grow in popularity if conservatives embody the caricature progressives would draw of them by declining to recognize the immorality of racial hatreds in all places and times, including Congress in 2021. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Other birds engage in kleptoparasitism, but the violent glory of the bald\u2019s midair robberies earned it a reputation for laziness and immorality . \u2014 Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The sequel to this story might entice Ethan to rejoin his brother Joel on a murky Coen brothers immorality tale. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
"But in addition to the immorality of inflicting death on civilians, errant strikes and collateral damage come with a terrorism risk. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 17 Sep. 2021"
],
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"circa 1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192054"
},
"immortal":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exempt from death",
": exempt from oblivion : imperishable",
": connected with or relating to immortality",
": able or tending to divide indefinitely",
": one exempt from death",
": the gods of the Greek and Roman pantheon",
": a person whose fame is lasting",
": any of the 40 members of the Acad\u00e9mie Fran\u00e7aise",
": living or lasting forever",
": a being that lives forever : a god or goddess",
": a person of lasting fame"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)i-\u02c8m\u022fr-t\u1d4al",
"i-\u02c8m\u022fr-t\u1d4al"
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"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
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"perpetual",
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"unending"
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"impermanent",
"mortal",
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],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the age-old quest for immortal fame",
"vowed that his hatred of that family was immortal and that someday he'd get his revenge",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Marine researchers from all over the world have long been fascinated by the immortal jellyfish and its ability to transform itself, at any life stage, back to its earliest stage of development, effectively reverting its aging cells into stem cells. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Zeus strips him of his immortal powers, giving him seven days to find and return the love potion. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 27 May 2022",
"For many Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and others, cremation is believed to release the immortal soul from the physical body, enabling it to continue on its journey. \u2014 Shareen Joshi, CNN , 2 June 2021",
"Kudos to the Shadow and Bone villain for helping the messiah-like mapmaker find her inner light, but the age-gap discourse alone that comes with falling in love with a seemingly immortal being is probably enough to root against this pairing. \u2014 Marcus Jones, EW.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Danson, who played an immortal being and bureaucrat who operates the Good Place, said Schur brought seriousness and intensity to the set, an atmosphere that was unusual for a show that also trafficked in bathroom humor and physical comedy. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The 43-year-old actress, whose intensely youthful looks belie her years, portrays Makkari, a snarky yet compassionate otherworldly immortal being who has occupied Earth for 7 centuries. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Scientology postulates that every person is a Thetan\u2014an immortal spiritual being that lives through countless lifetimes. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"In the immortal words of NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens: Getcha popcorn ready. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Incredibly, this specific question even once came up regarding optioning her 1997 novel My Soul to Keep, in which the protagonist is a 500-year-old immortal , who, as such, experienced enslavement in the Antebellum south. \u2014 Essence , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The film also stars Luca Marinelli (Trust, Martin Eden) as Nicky and Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, Doctor Strange) as Copley, who seeks to capture the immortals so they can be weaponized. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 21 May 2020",
"Learn from millennia of aspiring immortals , syphilitics, and sushi over-consumers, and just say no. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 19 Feb. 2020",
"Created by Celestials, the Eternals are a team of godlike immortals with special powers who come out of hiding when their mortal enemies threaten the safety of the Earth. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 13 Feb. 2020",
"And the hallowed golf immortals \u2014like U.S. Open champs Nicklaus, Watson and Woods\u2014that shadow your every shot? \u2014 David Weiss, WSJ , 22 Jan. 2020",
"The forthcoming superhero movie is due for release on November 6, 2020, and follows a group of immortals with superpowers called the Eternals and their evil counterparts, the Deviants. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 Oct. 2019",
"Now, Marvel's forthcoming film about a group of powerful immortals , aptly titled Eternals, has joined Jolie's mix. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Sep. 2019",
"They are not venerated immortals in our cultural memory, but relegated to history books as warnings, reminding us not to repeat the past. \u2014 Dp Opinion, The Denver Post , 1 Sep. 2019"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214742"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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": to enclose within or as if within walls",
": imprison",
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"scientists at the research station in Alaska are immured by the frozen wastelands that surround them",
"immured by a controlling, possessive mother, the young woman had no outside social life"
],
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"1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210106"
},
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"type":[
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": to enclose within or as if within walls",
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"scientists at the research station in Alaska are immured by the frozen wastelands that surround them",
"immured by a controlling, possessive mother, the young woman had no outside social life"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Medieval Latin immurare , from Latin in- + murus wall \u2014 more at munition ",
"first_known_use":[
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215021"
},
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": a small demon : fiend",
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"\u02c8imp",
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"Noun",
"scooped up the little imp and took him to bed",
"a story about a crumbling mansion infested with a brood of imps",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Together, the five \u2013- plus an extra character, a pet imp named Beans \u2013 completed the Dire Dogs. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"In South African mythology, the tokoloshe is a malicious imp that preys on its victims at night. \u2014 Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The show's sixth and final season pits Supergirl and her Super Friends against Nyxly (Peta Sergeant), a vengeful Fifth Dimensional imp who is desperately searching for seven magical totems that, when combined, will give her ultimate power. \u2014 EW.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The stories about its little, red-haired imp and his pranks still retain cult status today. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Presiding above it all is Pesce himself, an imp in Issey Miyake, delighting in his creations, wonky and Wonka. \u2014 Matthew Schneier, Curbed , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Hell on Earth is imminent, and Coy Blackler\u2019s only real ally is Harper, a fellow test pilot/guinea pig whose symbiotic relationship with a cherubim-ish imp also is highly unstable. \u2014 al , 23 July 2021",
"In a sense, Keough gets to play the film\u2019s presiding artist, an imp of the perverse who sets things in motion just to see what might happen. \u2014 Lidija Haas, The New Republic , 29 June 2021",
"Are Descartes\u2019 almost perfect illusionist, Laplace\u2019s nearly omniscient intelligence and Maxwell\u2019s entropy-resistant imp really as tangible as a microchip or a shock wave? \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Imping , her father had called this sort of frenzied picking. \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 27 Mar. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220557"
},
"impair":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse",
": to lessen in function, ability, or quality : weaken or make worse",
": to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse",
": to damage or make worse by or as if by diminishing",
": to diminish the value of (property or property rights)",
": to diminish the value of (legal contractual obligations) to the point that a party loses the benefit of the contract or the contract otherwise becomes invalid",
"\u2014 see also contract clause"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8per",
"im-\u02c8per",
"im-\u02c8pa(\u0259)r, -\u02c8pe(\u0259)r",
"im-\u02c8per"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"bloody",
"break",
"compromise",
"crab",
"cripple",
"cross (up)",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"endamage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"vitiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"examples":[
"Smoking can impair your health.",
"Drinking impairs a person's ability to think clearly.",
"His memory was so impaired by age that he often forgot where he was.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Researchers of the University of Sydney, Australia, found that high doses of CBD don't impair driving. \u2014 Dario Sabaghi, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Rather, effective collective bargaining can address the many conflicts that commonly impair organizational performance (and company growth by extension). \u2014 Harry C. Katz, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
"But most people may not stop and think about all the other substances that can impair driving. \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 19 Oct. 2020",
"Strains to infrastructure will impair Ukraine\u2019s ability to export its coming grain harvest, as the country tries to work around Russia\u2019s Black Sea blockade, likely depriving the world of more than 8% of all cereal exports. \u2014 WSJ , 31 May 2022",
"Interruptions anywhere along this articulation pathway can impair the utterance, and create something like a stutter. \u2014 Karen Hopkin, Scientific American , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Moreover, suspending the gas tax would impair funding for our nation\u2019s infrastructure. \u2014 Faiz Shakir, The New Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The sanctions imposed on Russia this week will further impair the country's economy, which very likely will result in deeper cuts for the country's civil space program. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Cannabis can impair a person\u2019s ability to drive up to 4 hours after the drug is used, according to a recent study. \u2014 Amy Mcgorry, Fox News , 31 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English empeiren , from Anglo-French empeirer , from Vulgar Latin *impejorare , from Latin in- + Late Latin pejorare to make worse \u2014 more at pejorative ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195558"
},
"impaired":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": being in an imperfect or weakened state or condition: such as",
": diminished in function or ability : lacking full functional or structural integrity",
": unable to function normally or safely (as when operating a motor vehicle) because of intoxication by alcohol or drugs",
": lessened in function or ability",
": being in an imperfect or weakened state or condition: as",
": diminished in function or ability : lacking full functional or structural integrity",
": unable to function normally or safely (as when operating a motor vehicle) because of intoxication by alcohol or drugs"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8perd",
"im-\u02c8perd"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
],
"examples":[
"driving while impaired is against the law",
"special devices for sight- impaired visitors",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Impacting both animals and humans, such rapidly progressive diseases result in abnormal physical and impaired mental functioning within months of diagnosis until death. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Visually impaired and relying on government welfare, Yui had to take out significant loans to cover her gender confirmation surgery in Thailand instead. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"An Elyria man was arrested at 3:48 p.m. May 10 for operating a motor vehicle while impaired and possession of marijuana after he was pulled over for numerous traffic violations. \u2014 Brian Lisik, cleveland , 30 May 2022",
"This includes cardiac problems, the use of blood thinners or impaired liver or kidney function. \u2014 Andrew Williams, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Scars from burns and skin grafts can cause disfigurement, impaired mobility and psychological distress. \u2014 Kellen Chen, The Conversation , 23 May 2022",
"The streaming giant is dedicated to expanding access for impaired users, meeting them at the intersection of diversity and ability in ways previously overlooked by the entertainment industry. \u2014 Essence , 19 May 2022",
"Health officials have recommended booster shots for everyone 12 and older and said people 50 and older, or those with impaired immune systems, can consider getting a second booster. \u2014 Laurie Mcginley, Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News , 16 May 2022",
"The impaired woman\u2019s 11-year-old daughter was with her in the car when the crash occurred. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 14 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1582, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193241"
},
"impalpable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": incapable of being felt by touch : intangible",
": so finely divided that no grains or grit can be felt",
": not readily discerned by the mind",
": incapable of being felt by touch",
": so finely divided that no grains or grit can be felt"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pal-p\u0259-b\u0259l",
"(\u02c8)im-\u02c8pal-p\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"intangible"
],
"antonyms":[
"palpable",
"tactile",
"tangible",
"touchable"
],
"examples":[
"the rich colors used in the wall coverings and furniture give the room an impalpable warmth",
"any difference between the two sound systems is impalpable to all but the most discerning audiophiles",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is the primordial key point, the impalpable idea that will finally turn out to be the engine of your business. \u2014 Xavier Preterit, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"And so, with 24 regular-season games remaining for the Utah Jazz after the All-Star break, hard-and-fast conclusions about this team remain frustratingly elusive and impalpable . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Feb. 2022",
"But there\u2019s an argument to be made that the colorless, soundless, impalpable structures of symbols and relationships of science are far more revealing. \u2014 Kc Cole, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Afterward, as in Vienna, property relations were forever altered, which had an impalpable but unmistakable effect on attitudes. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2021",
"The full album as well features similar, almost impalpable , differences. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 13 Apr. 2021",
"In these distant and impalpable moments, I am touched. \u2014 Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone , 18 Mar. 2021",
"Appearing in all four games this season, Grossman has displayed an impalpable ability for generating first downs on crucial drives for UAB this season. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 5 Oct. 2019",
"The confused and nebulous forces of right and wrong, which, for most of us, hung impalpable over the battlefields in the early days of Armageddon, have shaped themselves unmistakably now. \u2014 Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic , 5 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195004"
},
"impart":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store",
": to communicate the knowledge of : disclose",
": to give or grant from or as if from a supply",
": to make known"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8p\u00e4rt",
"im-\u02c8p\u00e4rt"
],
"synonyms":[
"communicate",
"conduct",
"convey",
"give",
"spread",
"transfer",
"transfuse",
"transmit"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her presence imparted a sense of importance to the meeting.",
"The oil imparts a distinctive flavor to the sauce.",
"The chemicals imparted a bluish color to the paper.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Speed-Hamilton also got to impart some wisdom on the cast members who ended up tying the knot in the season 2 finale episode. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Tune in on Thursday to watch Vogue Beauty Director Celia Ellenberg impart her wisdom for pulling off a blockbuster after-dark look. \u2014 Vogue , 9 June 2022",
"The Puncheon cask malt whiskies impart their subtle notes essential to the delicate base of the Yamazaki Single Malt. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Might Stenson impart some gladiator spirit onto his team? \u2014 Andrew Dampf, ajc , 30 May 2022",
"But come next spring, Grammy-winner Lupe Fiasco is going to try to impart the art (and science) of rapping to students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. \u2014 Dana Gerber, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
"But that doesn\u2019t automatically mean that listening to a translation of a 3-D protein structure as a sequence of tones could impart the antiviral properties of the original protein, for example. \u2014 Sofia Quaglia, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 May 2022",
"Last month, Baldelli and Falvey were relaxing in the manager\u2019s office at Fenway Park when Buxton popped in, just to chat ball, to discuss the clubhouse dynamics, to impart the team\u2019s temperature to its field boss and its president. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"This sea salt spray uses hydrating castor oil to lock down any flyaways and impart necessary hydration back to your strands. \u2014 ELLE , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French empartir , from Latin impartire , from in- + partire to divide, part",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203629"
},
"impartial":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally",
": not favoring one side over another : fair",
": not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u00e4r-sh\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8p\u00e4r-sh\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8p\u00e4r-sh\u0259l"
],
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"candid",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"square",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
],
"antonyms":[
"biased",
"ex parte",
"inequitable",
"nonobjective",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"parti pris",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unjust"
],
"examples":[
"an impartial analysis of the case",
"an impartial evaluation of the job applicant's qualifications that does not consider age, gender, or race",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Since the parade attack affected so many people in Waukesha County and drew national attention, Perri argued that jurors from within the county could not be impartial . \u2014 Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"The same went for another screening question, about whether our views of the police would keep us from being impartial in weighing their testimony. \u2014 Alec Macgillis, ProPublica , 4 June 2022",
"Law Director Mark Griffin said the law will require panel members to be impartial , and the city will require them to behave accordingly. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"Sixty-eight percent of Democrats think the committee is conducting a fair and impartial investigation; a similar seven in 10 Republicans say it\u2019s not doing so. \u2014 Sofi Sinozich, ABC News , 3 May 2022",
"As a Justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court, my job will be to apply the law to the facts and circumstances of each case in a fair and impartial way. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Independent, impartial , constantly innovating and serving all. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"At the same time, both liberal and conservative justices have discussed the importance of the court retaining its credibility as an impartial institution as Washington becomes increasingly partisan. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Sometimes, disputes between friends or partners need an impartial moderator, and that\u2019s where Judge John Hodgman comes in. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1587, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-180535"
},
"impassable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted",
": impossible to pass, cross, or travel"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pa-s\u0259-b\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8pa-s\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impervious",
"impregnable"
],
"antonyms":[
"negotiable",
"passable",
"penetrable",
"permeable"
],
"examples":[
"The roads were made impassable by the flood.",
"the road was impassable until snowplows cleared it",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its decay has for years left much of it impassable , repelling criminal land grabbers and helping to preserve an area scientists say is vital to the survival of the entire forest. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the fall of 2019, the area around La Ventana was deluged with rain, which made the desert lush and green but also left roads impassable in some places. \u2014 Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online , 30 Jan. 2020",
"The Jalisco cartel began an aggressive drive to overrun small cities and towns in western parts of Michoac\u00e1n in 2020, cutting off vital roads and stretches of highway, making much of the state impassable . \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Was the path ahead impassable on wheels, so infants had to be carried? \u2014 Peter Maass, The New Republic , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Muntean puts these ethical considerations seamlessly into play with various logistical setbacks, as the Jeep rattles into impassable terrain and bogs down on an especially muddy road. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Early console games were full of impassable walls that fully impeded a player's progress. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Means, whose scholarship has focused on Black women in the judiciary, notes that the path to the Supreme Court, narrow for any individual, is almost impassable for Black women. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Airstrikes and gunfire ceased, and highways that were mostly impassable for years due to roadside bombs reopened. \u2014 WSJ , 22 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1562, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-180019"
},
"impassiveness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless",
": unsusceptible to or destitute of emotion : apathetic",
": unsusceptible to physical feeling : insensible",
": unsusceptible to pain",
": not feeling or showing emotion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pa-siv",
"im-\u02c8pa-siv"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"apathetic",
"cold-blooded",
"emotionless",
"impassible",
"numb",
"passionless",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
],
"antonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"passional",
"passionate",
"vehement"
],
"examples":[
"Her face remained impassive throughout the trial.",
"she remained impassive as the officers informed her of her son's death",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In contrast the features of his white subjects tend be impassive and undifferentiated when they are seen at all. \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In many ways, Kafuku is the archetypal Murakami protagonist, a sophisticated and coolly impassive observer, one who is moved by powerful emotions despite his outward appearance of passivity. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Mar. 2022",
"For two hours, von Neumann listened to the scientists, his head in his hands, his face impassive . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, The New Republic , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Vuillard\u2019s mother looks impassive and menacing next to her daughter, who is in a wedding dress. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"German lawmakers were not alone in being seduced by this man of impassive features and implacable intent, honed as an intelligence operative. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"As Laura, Collette is impassive , opaque, even cold. \u2014 ELLE , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The pulley grips the rope and starts hauling it in, flinging sea gunk in every direction, including onto Werder\u2019s impassive face, where a cigarette still dangles from his lips. \u2014 Julia Rosen, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The scene turns into an impassive collection of jokes about her appearance instead of a drama worth emotionally investing in. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 2c"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194424"
},
"impeccable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": free from fault or blame : flawless",
": not capable of sinning or liable to sin",
": free from fault or error"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pe-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8pe-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"ideal",
"immaculate",
"indefectible",
"irreproachable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"picture-book",
"picture-perfect",
"seamless",
"unblemished"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiss",
"bad",
"censurable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"reproachable"
],
"examples":[
"Grandfather found a reason to slip in every five minutes. The empty soda cans had to be removed, the bowl of potato chips refreshed. He was sure that he moved unnoticed, like an impeccable waiter of the old school \u2026 \u2014 Darryl Pinckney , High Cotton , 1992",
"His English was impeccable but halting, like a well-tooled but slightly rusted machine. \u2014 John Updike , New Yorker , 20 Apr. 1987",
"In order to ensure that at least one verifiable Spaniard participate in this critical venture, Mendoza asked Bishop Zum\u00e1rraga to nominate as second-in-command a younger friar with impeccable credentials, and the cleric selected a Fransiscan in whom he had great faith \u2026 \u2014 James A. Michener , Texas , 1985",
"She has impeccable taste in music.",
"the etiquette expert was celebrated for her absolutely impeccable manners",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even her most casual outfits manage to be impeccable . \u2014 Seventeen , 26 May 2022",
"This is a play that hurls a lot of biographical information at the audience, but Reiter's diction and delivery are impeccable and nary a word is lost. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"Only the Animals, the technical credits are impeccable , from Patrick Ghiringhelli\u2019s lensing to a score by Olivier Marguerit (Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle) that keeps the suspense level high. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"Interior design is by famed designer Thierry Despont, who brings an impeccable pedigree for transforming landmark buildings including The Getty Centre, Maison Cartier, The Carlyle and the Statue of Liberty. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The Made in Italy logo serves as a sort of emblem, touted by a community proud of its impeccable pedigree, its Almanac of Gotha resounding with names of family dynasties: Armani, Versace, Ferragamo, Missoni. \u2014 Tiziana Cardini, Vogue , 3 Dec. 2020",
"Surviving a 20-inning offensive desert to win a series can be chalked up to impeccable bat-swinging timing as much as anything. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"Encore Musical Theatre seems to have impeccable timing these days. \u2014 Jenn Mckee, Detroit Free Press , 21 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s impeccable balance here, juicy acidity, fine tannin structure and a long, satisfying finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin impeccabilis , from in- + peccare to sin",
"first_known_use":[
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203817"
},
"impecunious":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-pi-\u02c8ky\u00fc-ny\u0259s",
"-n\u0113-\u0259s"
],
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"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"examples":[
"they were so impecunious that they couldn't afford to give one another even token Christmas gifts",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, the amateurs Tracksmith has in mind are not so much the impecunious would-be professionals of the past but today\u2019s hardcore hobbyists\u2014the bane of every relaxed camping trip. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 11 Jan. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Dalton\u2019s impassioned singing style \u2014 as if Billie Holiday took up residence in an impecunious Southern misfit \u2014 has made fans out a range of contemporaries, from the art-rock auteur Nick Cave to the harpist Joanna Newsom. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":" in- entry 1 + obsolete English pecunious rich, from Middle English, from Latin pecuniosus , from pecunia money \u2014 more at fee ",
"first_known_use":[
"1596, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205635"
},
"impede":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to interfere with or slow the progress of",
": to interfere with the movement or progress of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8p\u0113d",
"im-\u02c8p\u0113d"
],
"synonyms":[
"clog",
"cramp",
"embarrass",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"handicap",
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"examples":[
"He claims that economic growth is being impeded by government regulations.",
"The soldiers could not impede the enemy's advance.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When approaching the intersection from the west, there is a small ridge and vegetation that can impede a driver's vision, Panozzo said. \u2014 Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
"Since Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the Court in October 2020, the justices have issued a series of unprecedented decisions that have reshaped health law and policy in ways that will impede the health of all Americans. \u2014 Wendy E. Parmet, Scientific American , 17 May 2022",
"In a vertical merger case against Microsoft, regulators would look at whether the deal could result in the denial of a crucial product to competitors that would impede their ability to compete effectively. \u2014 Clare Duffy, CNN , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Some in education and legal scholars criticized UIC\u2019s actions, calling it an overreaction and a witch hunt that could create a chill that would impede their ability to teach. \u2014 William Lee, chicagotribune.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The permit would allow loggers to remove small saplings, growth that might impede the overall well-being of the forest, as well as sick or dead trees. \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"But Becker and Tiriac are aiming for the long-term volley that a career sidetrack could impede . \u2014 Angela Gaudioso, SPIN , 22 May 2022",
"For example, allowing caregivers, who are predominantly women, the flexibility to work from home could exclude them from important aspects of office life that could impede their careers. \u2014 Ali Vitali, NBC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Harford County officials have previously raised concerns about those protocols, suggesting the involvement of state officials could impede local law enforcement\u2019s ability to investigate crimes. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun , 24 Apr. 2022"
],
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"noun"
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": an impairment (such as a stutter or a lisp) that interferes with the proper articulation of speech",
": a bar or hindrance (such as lack of sufficient age) to a lawful marriage",
": something that interferes with movement or progress",
": a condition that makes it difficult to speak normally",
": something that impedes",
": an impairment (as a stutter or a lisp) that interferes with the proper articulation of speech",
": something that prevents or interferes with a process, power, or right",
": a bar to the formation of a valid contract or marriage \u2014 compare nullity"
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"im-\u02c8pe-d\u0259-m\u0259nt",
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"hurdle",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
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"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
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"examples":[
"tough going for the burros on the canyon trail, even without the added impediment of heavy loads",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even in quieter times, the prospect of union negotiations at some of the world\u2019s busiest ports presents the legitimate possibility of a significant impediment to world trade. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The single largest impediment to reducing gun violence right now is partisan politics, according to Abt. \u2014 Ray Sanchez, CNN , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Following the high court\u2019s action, there is no legal impediment to turning over the documents, which are held by the National Archives and Records Administration. \u2014 Mark Sherman, chicagotribune.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Following the high court's action, there is no legal impediment to turning over the documents, which are held by the National Archives and Records Administration. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Difficult, even painful stories are no impediment to great musicals. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Contrary to what is often said about American audiences, subtitles were no impediment \u2013 what mattered most was just good story telling. \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
"And marketing departments, who were in charge of pricing decisions, often saw a higher price as an impediment to sales. \u2014 Billy Kenber, STAT , 14 May 2022",
"More likely, Musk sees Twitter\u2019s censorship as an impediment to its growth, which has lagged well behind its social media rivals. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
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": to urge or force into action"
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"im-\u02c8pel",
"im-\u02c8pel"
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"examples":[
"His interest in the American Civil War impelled him to make repeated visits to Gettysburg.",
"She felt impelled to give a speech after the performance.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For months, the countries have introduced tough new measure after tough new measure\u2014at times, within hours of one another\u2014to impel citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19, or face the consequences. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Of course, the high-profile role of public officials should impel them to be sticklers about following their own rules. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 3 Aug. 2021",
"Symptoms include severe mood swings and deep despondency as well as impulses that can impel a mother to harm herself or her child. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2021",
"David Sedaris\u2019 essays impel me to read aloud and laugh communally \u2013 at the beach, on a road trip, and sometimes at the dinner table. \u2014 Staff, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 June 2021",
"The purpose of this verbal sleight of hand is to humanize trees, and thereby impel the reader to extend greater care to them. \u2014 Robert Moor, The New Yorker , 10 June 2021",
"But even that predicament didn\u2019t impel Tehran to abandon its essential nuclear assets. \u2014 Ray Takeyh, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2020",
"Coping with scarcity in space might impel settlers to reconsider some of the basic tentpoles of Western society. \u2014 Clive Thompson, The New Republic , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The mystery of the experience\u2014the idea of bringing to life another human being, the possibility of exploring a new realm of human relationship\u2014these are the forces which impel many women to conceive, no matter how full their lives may already be. \u2014 Dorothy Dunbar Bromley, Harper's Magazine , 24 Nov. 2020"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202628"
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"type":[
"verb"
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": to be about to occur",
": to hover threateningly : menace",
": to hang suspended"
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"im-\u02c8pend"
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"brew",
"loom"
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"examples":[
"for confirmed pessimists some disaster always seems to be impending",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, stories speculating about an impending baby boom caused by bored couples stuck at home during quarantine were filling news feeds. \u2014 Monique Brouillette, Wired , 28 May 2020",
"As the pilot interrupted to inform us of our impending landing, a landmass appeared in the window to my right. \u2014 Natasha Bazika, Travel + Leisure , 24 May 2020",
"Emori condemning an innocent Grounder to death All that remained of humanity was desperate to live when word of the impending Praimfaya spread. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 20 May 2020",
"The Missouri Attorney General's Office earlier this month asked a court to reject Barton's petition over his impending execution after the state Supreme Court already denied his request for a hearing last month. \u2014 NBC News , 15 May 2020",
"Delaying the implementation of the act would hurt our children and working families by further exacerbating our state\u2019s impending budget crisis. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 May 2020",
"Though there\u2019s no indication that Neom could face cuts, an impending global recession is likely to complicate efforts to secure finance and attract investors. \u2014 Vivian Nereim, Bloomberg.com , 8 May 2020",
"City Communications and Marketing Director Julie McGovern Voyzey said the resident survey being conducted through Friday (May 8) will also help inform the city\u2019s impending decisions on modified summer recreation activities. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 4 May 2020",
"Since 2018, news of an impending insect apocalypse has circulated widely and faced criticism. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":"Latin impend\u0113re , from in- + pend\u0113re to hang \u2014 more at pendant ",
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"1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211807"
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"adjective"
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": occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming",
": happening or likely to happen soon"
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"im-\u02c8pen-di\u014b",
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": of, relating to, or constituting the grammatical mood that expresses the will to influence the behavior of another",
": expressive of a command, entreaty , or exhortation",
": having power to restrain , control, and direct",
": something that is imperative (see imperative entry 1 ): such as",
": command , order",
": rule , guide",
": an obligatory act or duty",
": an obligatory judgment or proposition",
": the grammatical mood that expresses the will to influence the behavior of another or a verb form or verbal phrase expressing it",
": expressing a command, request, or strong encouragement",
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": eliciting a motor response"
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"im-\u02c8per-\u0259-tiv",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Although the first is imperative , the latter option must be taken off the table. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"With four kids \u2014 three of whom are now driving \u2014 finding a home with a garage was imperative . \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 2 June 2022",
"His most urgent imperative is reuniting a Republican Party fractured by the divisive primary. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"It\u2019s also imperative to get educated about your family medical history, which can more deliberately direct the steps on your health care journey. \u2014 Lia Miller, Essence , 18 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s therefore imperative that Biden acts cautiously to avoid escalating the conflict \u2013 even if that means facing criticism here at home. \u2014 Kirsten Powers, CNN , 12 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s also imperative that leadership is vocal about enforcing these changes, rather than relying on the government to call the shots. \u2014 Dan Reilly, Fortune , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Because Reich\u2019s offenses have always had a prominent role for a satellite back \u2014 the third-down role Nyheim Hines plays \u2014 it\u2019s not always imperative to feature the team\u2019s top ball-carrier in the passing game. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 30 Oct. 2021",
"This may sound like a tall order, but it\u2019s also imperative , given that current marketing success rates have long remained stagnant. \u2014 Lance Knight, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But there can also be joy in that survival, as well as a playful sense of subterfuge \u2014 a willingness to defy norms and break rules that Haroun pointedly frames not as a wrong but as a moral imperative . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"They\u2019re employed by ReGen, a megacorporation that sees restoring the planet not as a moral imperative , but as a juicy opportunity for a tax break. \u2014 Geoffrey Bunting, Wired , 5 Feb. 2022",
"But as technology evolves into a strategic imperative for all firms, IT professionals are being called on to play a growing role in planning, budgeting and business strategy. \u2014 Mark Schlesinger, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
"For Democrats and Biden, the legislation is a political imperative . \u2014 Brian Slodysko, ajc , 13 Jan. 2022",
"For Democrats and Biden, the legislation is a political imperative . \u2014 Brian Slodysko, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Jan. 2022",
"For Democrats and Biden, the legislation is a political imperative . \u2014 Brian Slodysko, chicagotribune.com , 13 Jan. 2022",
"But for the sake of his own credibility after a period when his approval ratings tumbled, as the pandemic dragged on and inflation rose, the President had a political imperative to show fight and boldness at this moment. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Even if there\u2019s an imperative to show progress toward profitability, is Talkspace playing to win? \u2014 Mohana Ravindranath, STAT , 9 May 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-012442"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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": not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle",
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"\u02ccim-p\u0259r-\u02c8sep-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"sensible"
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"examples":[
"These changes will be imperceptible to most people.",
"a slight difference in hue between the two glasses that's imperceptible unless they're placed side by side",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The owner stopped, stood still, and muttered an almost imperceptible command. \u2014 Kate Siber, Outside Online , 11 May 2021",
"Theorists in the 1960s posited that particle mass arose from an imperceptible field permeating all of space: the more a particle interacts with this field, the greater its mass. \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This tiny, shimmering liquid jewel is delicately nestled at the base of a leaf after a tropical storm, almost imperceptible to the human eye. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 14 Apr. 2022",
"There is something of Ozu\u2019s restraint in the way this movie dramatizes a sad moment of change, a transformation that impacts a family not through noisy eruptions of melodrama but through small, almost imperceptible ripples of emotional disturbance. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"In some places, though, the barriers were almost imperceptible . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022",
"At first all that holds these disparate threads together is the sense that something is off, an almost imperceptible tear in the fabric of time. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The iPhone 13 brought a few almost imperceptible changes. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Even so, there are imperceptible gravitational waves generated before the collision that are hitting us right now. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 5 Mar. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210233"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": not perceptive"
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"\u02ccim-p\u0259r-\u02c8sep-tiv"
],
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"discerning",
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"perceptive",
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"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient"
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"imperceptive critics who failed to see that it was much more than another mindless action movie"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172504"
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"type":[
"adjective",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170300"
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"type":[
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u0259r-fikt",
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"It's an imperfect solution to a difficult problem.",
"He had an imperfect understanding of the task.",
"In \u201cHe was singing when I came in,\u201d \u201cwas singing\u201d is in the imperfect tense.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Lizzo exemplifies that the process of growth is flawed and imperfect . \u2014 Denise Brodey, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Most Asean countries are either not democracies, like Vietnam, or are imperfect and often backsliding ones, like the Philippines. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"At the same time, polling offers only a limited and imperfect snapshot of public sentiment. \u2014 al , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Her perfectly imperfect vases, bowls, and incense holders are not just beautiful but sought after, once sold at Barneys New York and collected from coast to coast by the likes of Lisa Eisner, Lauren Santo Domingo, Muriel Brandolini, and Jann Wenner. \u2014 Marisa Meltzer, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
"True to form, the band kept it all perfectly imperfect . \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Though Garbo has attempted to fix many of the problems with background checks, the system remains imperfect , some criminal justice experts said. \u2014 Ann-marie Alc\u00e1ntara, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Informal agreements are ubiquitous in part because pop-ups are so swift and scrappy, but also, contracts are an imperfect tool that require time and money to enforce\u2014scarce resources for vendors. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Even the builders who rely on 40B acknowledge it\u2019s an imperfect tool. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Musically, the album is an imperfect yet revealing mosaic of Cabello\u2019s Cuban-Mexican heritage\u2013of growing up on cumbia, salsa, and mariachi, while embracing modern pop and experimental sounds. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Her own transition experience convinced her that testosterone requirements are a necessary, if imperfect , way to preserve fair competition in elite women\u2019s sports. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The National Coalition for the Homeless tracks violent hate crimes against homeless people using media reports and information from homeless advocates and service providers, an imperfect system that doesn\u2019t capture all the incidents. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Jan. 2022",
"And second, its finding that harm is likely to result from these tools runs counter to the prevailing assumption that, even if imperfect , using such algorithms to inform risk is better than nothing. \u2014 Katie Palmer, STAT , 9 Apr. 2022",
"For those who argue that Google and Facebook algorithms are blunt, deeply flawed instruments for policing discourse, Rumble offers a welcome alternative, albeit an imperfect one. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Some might be recycled, but recycling is an imperfect option \u2014 recyclable items still end up in landfills. \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"But after the war ended in 1945, the victorious powers established a system of international organizations and laws that, while imperfect , have tended to clamp down on the most naked forms of aggression. \u2014 Politifact Staff, Detroit Free Press , 2 Mar. 2022",
"This explanation means the public health response to the pandemic, though obviously imperfect , was not about spiritual poverty or political radicalism. \u2014 Addison Del Mastro, The Week , 7 Oct. 2021"
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"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
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": of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor",
": of or relating to the United Kingdom as distinguished from the constituent parts",
": of or relating to the Commonwealth of Nations and British Empire",
": sovereign",
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": of superior or unusual size or excellence",
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": an adherent or soldier of the Holy Roman emperor",
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a member of the imperial family",
"envisioned an imperial city that would rival the capitals of Europe for beauty and magnificence",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In an address to Russian entrepreneurs Thursday \u2014 the 350th anniversary of Peter\u2019s birth \u2014 Putin appeared to link his bloody invasion of Ukraine and Russia\u2019s imperial past. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
"Putin has long tried to appropriate Russia\u2019s imperial past to shape a modern national identity, Villanova University Russian history professor Lynne Hartnett wrote in The Washington Post. \u2014 Amy Cheng And Reis Thebault, Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
"But in Britain\u2019s former colonies, many see her as an anchor to an imperial past whose damage still lingers. \u2014 Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 May 2022",
"But in Britain\u2019s former colonies, many see her as an anchor to an imperial past whose damage still lingers. \u2014 Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"Western museums have steadfastly refused to return five missing statues looted from a zodiac fountain in a Qing dynasty-era imperial residence. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Tawada has often mocked its austerity, especially its telling of how deities conceived the sun goddess\u2014and, through her, the imperial family. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"These rare images offer new insights into how Russian imperial family, royalty and their court, along with their European royal family members and friends, adorned themselves. \u2014 Kyle Roderick, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
"September 6, 2006 - Birth of his first grandson, Prince Hisahito, the first male heir born into the imperial family in 40 years. \u2014 CNN , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Intentionally or not, Nichols\u2019s imagery shows us that the intimate and the imperial in the American West were one and the same. \u2014 Sarah Blackwood, The New Yorker , 18 July 2021",
"Stouts, porters and imperials are also staples in winter and mainstays on craft beer menus. \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 9 Dec. 2019",
"The seasoning is a must for steamed crabs and perfect for crab cakes, crab imperials , and the like. \u2014 Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com , 12 May 2017"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184502"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":[
": to bring into peril : endanger",
": to place in great danger"
],
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"im-\u02c8per-\u0259l",
"-\u02c8pe-r\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8per-\u0259l"
],
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"adventure",
"compromise",
"endanger",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"jeopard",
"jeopardize",
"menace",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
],
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"examples":[
"The toxic fumes imperiled the lives of the trapped miners.",
"The financial health of the company was imperiled by a string of bad investments.",
"a list of imperiled species",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With control of a Senate that's now split 50-50 on the line, losses in any combination of those states could imperil Republicans' hopes in what should otherwise be a good midterm for the party in the current political environment. \u2014 Eric Bradner, CNN , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Western sanctions indirectly imperil even workers in domestic firms. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 16 May 2022",
"Asking artists to disavow Mr. Putin\u2019s war in order to carry on creatively can imperil their safety. \u2014 Suzanne Nossel, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Greitens has little regard for his Republican opponents and those who worry that his candidacy will imperil the party\u2019s chance to take back the Senate this year. \u2014 Ali Zaslav, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to health risks, natural gas burning stoves also imperil the planet by releasing methane. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Feb. 2022",
"According to the airlines, the C-Band rollout will imperil the performance of radio altimeters, which help planes judge their altitude. \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Unfortunately, his selection would imperil small-business creation and freelancing in the U.S . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 16 Jan. 2022",
"These temperature rises would likely trigger more extreme weather, and lead to rising seas that will imperil low-lying countries and cities, according to experts. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English inperiled, from in- in- entry 2 + peril peril entry 1 + -ed -ed entry 1 ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182439"
},
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"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"not perishable or subject to decay",
"enduring or occurring forever"
],
"pronounciation":"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8per-i-sh\u0259-b\u0259l",
"synonyms":[
"indestructible",
"inextinguishable"
],
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"destructible",
"extinguishable",
"perishable"
],
"examples":[
"the belief that through military glory one could achieve imperishable fame",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, Ron stays still, marooned in the crowd, and trapped between his duty as an officer of the law and his deep, imperishable faith in the black cause. \u2014 Richard Brod, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
"But this imperishable moment is sometimes caused by a phenomenon slightly rarer than a setting sun hundreds of thousands of starlings gathering to accentuate the inevitable darkness of nightfall in a flying formation called a murmuration. \u2014 Lauryn Hill, Wired , 5 Feb. 2021",
"Two ancient skeletons that have become a symbol of imperishable love have both been identified as men. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 12 Sep. 2019",
"The imperishable rock legend Iggy Pop is back with his eighteenth studio album, Free. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Today that sentiment is as forgettable as Rachmaninoff is imperishable . \u2014 Joseph Horowitz, WSJ , 17 Sep. 2018",
"These imperishable readings document standards of singing and operatic orchestral performance unattainable today. \u2014 Joseph Horowitz, WSJ , 23 Aug. 2018",
"The cozy, timbered room exists in a permanent state of imperishable romance. \u2014 Robert Simonson, New York Times , 12 Apr. 2018",
"The 96-year-old Scotsman who wrested imperishable beauty out of San Francisco\u2019s sprawling sand dunes, died last night at Park Lodge, the brownstone structure guarding Golden Gate Park. \u2014 Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Jan. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": supreme power or absolute dominion : control",
": empire sense 1",
": empire sense 2",
": the right to command or to employ the force of the state : sovereignty"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pir-\u0113-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascendance",
"ascendence",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"dominance",
"domination",
"dominion",
"hegemony",
"predominance",
"predominancy",
"preeminence",
"reign",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy"
],
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"examples":[
"a nation whose economic imperium waned after the war",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each one sat in silence in the atrium of his own house, on the ivory throne that symbolized his high office, his hands holding the insignia of imperium \u2014high command. \u2014 Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books , 23 Mar. 2022",
"While America itself continues to struggle with its own sense of decline, its dominions in Europe are choosing to suspend their disbelief in the imperium all over again. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Yet the Damons and the Cruises, despite their continuing appeal, do not and cannot cut heroic figures along the lines of Douglas, whose presence from film to film, like that of Gary Cooper or John Wayne, constituted a kind of imperium . \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 6 Feb. 2020",
"In all those eras of past glory, Russia and Belarus were part of a single imperium : neither man will have missed that point. \u2014 Erasmus, The Economist , 21 July 2019",
"China is already cultivating its economic imperium via the Belt and Road Initiative, a plan to build infrastructure for trade and to invest heavily in resource-rich developing economies. \u2014 The Economist , 23 June 2018",
"Yet the emerging imperium is more a result of the Communist Party\u2019s exercise of hard power, including economic coercion, than the product of a gravitational pull of Chinese ideas or contemporary culture. \u2014 Edward Wong, New York Times , 5 Jan. 2018",
"President Xi Jinping is the avatar of the new imperium . \u2014 Edward Wong, New York Times , 5 Jan. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin \u2014 more at empire ",
"first_known_use":[
"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210951"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to assume or act the character of : personate",
": to pretend to be another person",
": to assume (another's or a fictitious identity) without authority and with fraudulent intent"
],
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"im-\u02c8p\u0259r-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"im-\u02c8p\u0259r-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"im-\u02c8p\u0259r-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
],
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"act",
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"personate",
"play",
"pose (as)"
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"examples":[
"He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.",
"a comedian with a talent for impersonating famous politicians and actors",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rich, who is charged with impersonating a federal officer and conspiracy to impersonate a federal officer, was released under the supervision of U.S. Pretrial Services. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 24 May 2022",
"These survey type scams can impersonate banks, a wireless carrier and others, too. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 25 Feb. 2022",
"For years, there\u2019s been a cottage industry in Japan and South Korea of renting strangers to impersonate friends, family members or other acquaintances, as a way to save face at social functions where plus-ones are expected. \u2014 Michelle Ye Hee Lee And Julia Mio Inuma, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Others have involved pornographic images, while criminals have used deepfakes to impersonate company officials for the purposes of fraud. \u2014 Emma Woollacott, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"This gives her a great chance to impersonate McKinnon, Strong, Villase\u00f1or and more. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 8 May 2022",
"Recently, a scammer created an Instagram account to impersonate me. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
"For years, there\u2019s been a cottage industry in Japan and South Korea of renting strangers to impersonate friends, family members or other acquaintances, as a way to save face at social functions where plus-ones are expected. \u2014 Michelle Ye Hee Lee And Julia Mio Inuma, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The contestants impersonate celebrities in Snatch Game. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1715, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205144"
},
"impertinency":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": impertinence"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u0259r-t\u0259-n\u0259n(t)-s\u0113",
"-\u02c8p\u0259rt-n\u0259n(t)-"
],
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"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
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"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
],
"examples":[
"the shameless impertinency of the teenagers at the beach"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1589, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210736"
},
"imperturbability":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene",
": hard to disturb or upset : very calm"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-p\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0259r-b\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02ccim-p\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0259r-b\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable"
],
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"perturbable",
"shakable",
"shakeable"
],
"examples":[
"Although he seems outwardly imperturbable , he can get very angry at times.",
"the chef was absolutely imperturbable \u2014even when the kitchen caught on fire",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Inquisitive and imperturbable , Nelly is our guide through the story, which somehow unfolds on her initiative. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The fat man was still sitting with the same imperturbable calm. \u2014 Vladimir Sorokin, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
"And the flexibility of the imperturbable Audi mill allows a fifth-gear drive from near idle to redline, a trait reminiscent of the early Lamborghini GTs and one which makes the Spyker a pussycat to drive around town. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The Emmy winner stars as Del Harris, the imperturbable police chief in the languishing Rust Belt town of Buell, Pennsylvania. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 10 Sep. 2021",
"The slow movement was infused with an imperturbable serenity, perhaps the single most elusive state to achieve in the Hollywood Bowl. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Aug. 2021",
"And, alone among the leading founders, the great imperturbable James Madison thought the country would likely do just fine. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 2 July 2021",
"But Wilson is like an imperturbable boulder in the middle of a rushing river. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 8 June 2021",
"Whether dressed up with a shirt and tie or worn with imperturbable casual flair. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 5 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin imperturbabilis , from Latin in- + perturbare to perturb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225553"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene",
": hard to disturb or upset : very calm"
],
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"\u02ccim-p\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0259r-b\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02ccim-p\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0259r-b\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"nerveless",
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"unshakable"
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"perturbable",
"shakable",
"shakeable"
],
"examples":[
"Although he seems outwardly imperturbable , he can get very angry at times.",
"the chef was absolutely imperturbable \u2014even when the kitchen caught on fire",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Inquisitive and imperturbable , Nelly is our guide through the story, which somehow unfolds on her initiative. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The fat man was still sitting with the same imperturbable calm. \u2014 Vladimir Sorokin, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
"And the flexibility of the imperturbable Audi mill allows a fifth-gear drive from near idle to redline, a trait reminiscent of the early Lamborghini GTs and one which makes the Spyker a pussycat to drive around town. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The Emmy winner stars as Del Harris, the imperturbable police chief in the languishing Rust Belt town of Buell, Pennsylvania. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 10 Sep. 2021",
"The slow movement was infused with an imperturbable serenity, perhaps the single most elusive state to achieve in the Hollywood Bowl. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Aug. 2021",
"And, alone among the leading founders, the great imperturbable James Madison thought the country would likely do just fine. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 2 July 2021",
"But Wilson is like an imperturbable boulder in the middle of a rushing river. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 8 June 2021",
"Whether dressed up with a shirt and tie or worn with imperturbable casual flair. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 5 May 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185029"
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"impetus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a driving force : impulse",
": incentive , stimulus",
": stimulation or encouragement resulting in increased activity",
": the property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its mass and its motion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-p\u0259-t\u0259s"
],
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"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impulse",
"incentive",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"momentum",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
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"stimulus",
"yeast"
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"counterincentive",
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"examples":[
"In a revealing comment, Mr. Updike says an impetus for Rabbit, Run was the \"threatening\" success of Jack Kerouac's On the Road , the signature book of the 1950s Beat Generation, and its frenetic search for sensation. \u2014 Dennis Farney , Wall Street Journal , 16 Sept. 1992",
"But 1939 gave new impetus to the Western with the Cecil B. de Mille railway epic Union Pacific , John Ford's skillful and dramatic Stagecoach , \u2026 and George Marshall's classic comic Western, Destry Rides Again . \u2014 Ira Konigsberg , The Complete Film Dictionary , 1987",
"\u2026 new techniques of navigation and shipbuilding enlarged trade and the geographical horizon; newly centralized power absorbed from the declining medieval communes was at the disposal of the monarchies and the growing nationalism of the past century gave it impetus \u2026 \u2014 Barbara W. Tuchman , The March of Folly , 1984",
"His discoveries have given impetus to further research.",
"the reward money should be sufficient impetus for someone to come forward with information about the robbery",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But, since purging the site of bots was a key impetus for Musk trying to take the company private, there may be other reasons why Musk might be having second thoughts. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
"But Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and the forced exodus of 4 million people \u2014 half of them children \u2014 have added a new impetus to Francis\u2019 trip, which was originally scheduled for May 2020 but postponed because of the pandemic. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Where Smith\u2019s pieces resulted from family trips to Syracuse and back, Brugnoli\u2019s have a more somber impetus : the 2021 death of her father. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The video of Chauvin with his knee planted on the neck of Floyd for over nine minutes was, as with Arbery's killing, a key impetus for the racial justice movement of 2020. \u2014 Jemar Tisby, CNN , 10 Jan. 2022",
"The regiment, relieved of a burden, received a new impetus . \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The climate crisis is widely seen as a leading impetus behind movements that researchers predict will become even more dramatic in the coming decades. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Currencies across Asia sank to their weakest levels in years on Thursday, as surprisingly robust U.S. inflation data gave fresh impetus to a monthslong rally in the dollar. \u2014 Quentin Webb, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"The success of [Marion Crawford\u2019s]The Little Princesses was sufficient to give publishers the impetus for producing another book of its kind. \u2014 Mary Stachyra Lopez, The Atlantic , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":"Latin, assault, impetus, from impetere to attack, from in- + petere to go to, seek \u2014 more at feather ",
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"1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202050"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": encroach , infringe",
": to have an effect : make an impression",
": to strike or dash especially with a sharp collision"
],
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"im-\u02c8pinj"
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"bang",
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"examples":[
"hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The low, wide display screen doesn\u2019t impinge on outward visibility, while a lean dash sits above parallel floorboard lighting and clear, crystal pedals. \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Treasurer Meier, then a state senator, said opponents successfully argued that the measure would impinge on the right of free speech. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Ever-changing global travel restrictions continue to impinge on our ability to explore the world freely. \u2014 Amarachi Orie, CNN , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The judge also raised concerns that shutting down the NRA could impinge the free speech and assembly rights of its millions of members. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Mar. 2022",
"So Ladapo\u2019s declaration should not impinge on the ability of doctors to vaccinate children. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Our citizens deserve to know why these global threats matter and impinge on our very way of life. \u2014 Roger Wicker, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s so many factors that can impinge upon the expression of that bond. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Jan. 2022",
"The future is also what other people make of it, how other people will participate in it and impinge upon your experience of it. \u2014 Simon Webster, The New Yorker , 27 Nov. 2021"
],
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"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192728"
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"noun",
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"hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The low, wide display screen doesn\u2019t impinge on outward visibility, while a lean dash sits above parallel floorboard lighting and clear, crystal pedals. \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Treasurer Meier, then a state senator, said opponents successfully argued that the measure would impinge on the right of free speech. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Ever-changing global travel restrictions continue to impinge on our ability to explore the world freely. \u2014 Amarachi Orie, CNN , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The judge also raised concerns that shutting down the NRA could impinge the free speech and assembly rights of its millions of members. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Mar. 2022",
"So Ladapo\u2019s declaration should not impinge on the ability of doctors to vaccinate children. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Our citizens deserve to know why these global threats matter and impinge on our very way of life. \u2014 Roger Wicker, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s so many factors that can impinge upon the expression of that bond. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Jan. 2022",
"The future is also what other people make of it, how other people will participate in it and impinge upon your experience of it. \u2014 Simon Webster, The New Yorker , 27 Nov. 2021"
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"the gang of impish children ran into the street, utterly oblivious to the traffic",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While politicized coffee klatch shows like The View continue to cycle through hosts and heart-healing former daytime deity Oprah Winfrey has long since moved on to larger TV mogul ventures, Ellen remained a stalwart hour for impish escapism. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"The boy\u2019s impish defiance, coupled with the weary father\u2019s wry handling of it, kick-starts the movie\u2019s delightful strain of rambunctious-kid comedy. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Mandel delivers this futuristic section with an impish blend of wit and dread. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Dionne, who combines keen intellect with an impish wit, went first. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But Butler is equally attuned to the uncanniness of how Schwarzenegger moves through the world, a towering figure of boundless energy and impish self-regard. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Filling out the cast are the Comstocks\u2019 neighbors, the Stintons, an impish orphan boy named Billy, the Bird Woman, Philip Ammon, and the Limberlost. \u2014 Sarah Schutte, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022",
"And then there are the of-the-moment Hollywood players who visit him and, sometimes with the aid of a little liquid courage and Cohen\u2019s impish gift for lowering inhibitions, step outside their comfort zones. \u2014 Scott Huver, Variety , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Sporting impish expressions, the cats eat plum pudding and sing carols. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Dec. 2021"
],
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"1652, in the meaning defined above"
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"the gang of impish children ran into the street, utterly oblivious to the traffic",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While politicized coffee klatch shows like The View continue to cycle through hosts and heart-healing former daytime deity Oprah Winfrey has long since moved on to larger TV mogul ventures, Ellen remained a stalwart hour for impish escapism. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"The boy\u2019s impish defiance, coupled with the weary father\u2019s wry handling of it, kick-starts the movie\u2019s delightful strain of rambunctious-kid comedy. \u2014 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Mandel delivers this futuristic section with an impish blend of wit and dread. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Dionne, who combines keen intellect with an impish wit, went first. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But Butler is equally attuned to the uncanniness of how Schwarzenegger moves through the world, a towering figure of boundless energy and impish self-regard. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Filling out the cast are the Comstocks\u2019 neighbors, the Stintons, an impish orphan boy named Billy, the Bird Woman, Philip Ammon, and the Limberlost. \u2014 Sarah Schutte, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022",
"And then there are the of-the-moment Hollywood players who visit him and, sometimes with the aid of a little liquid courage and Cohen\u2019s impish gift for lowering inhibitions, step outside their comfort zones. \u2014 Scott Huver, Variety , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Sporting impish expressions, the cats eat plum pudding and sing carols. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Dec. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1652, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205027"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied",
"\u2014 compare explicit sense 1a",
": present but not consciously held or recognized",
"\u2014 see also implicit bias",
": not lessened by doubt : absolute , complete",
": involved in the nature or essence of something though not revealed, expressed, or developed : potential",
": defined by an expression in which the dependent variable and the one or more independent variables are not separated on opposite sides of an equation \u2014 compare explicit sense 4",
": understood though not put clearly into words",
": not affected by doubt : absolute",
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"im-\u02c8pli-s\u0259t",
"im-\u02c8pli-s\u0259t",
"im-\u02c8pli-s\u0259t"
],
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"implied",
"tacit",
"unexpressed",
"unspoken",
"unvoiced",
"wordless"
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"explicit",
"express",
"expressed",
"spoken",
"stated",
"voiced"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is the taunt implicit in everything Zuckerberg does at this point in his reign. \u2014 David Roth, The New Republic , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The goal implicit in these videos is to live in such a way that all your visuals align and can be clearly described and pinpointed. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 25 May 2021",
"The concept of being present to tell one\u2019s story \u2014 an idea implicit in the title \u2014 was where Kakoma got her inspiration. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Of course, implicit in the actual-malice standard is the idea that, in some instances, public figures or officials may have their reputations harmed by false statements, and will not be able to successfully sue for damages. \u2014 Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"In a new documentary titled Fair Play, Eve Rodsky takes charge of this due conversation\u2014illuminating the invisible labor of domestic women and moms, while addressing the imbalanced implicit gender roles still at play in many homes. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 June 2022",
"Retired officers who spoke to The Associated Press described examples of explicit and implicit bias. \u2014 Nomaan Merchant, The Christian Science Monitor , 19 May 2022",
"Arriving is getting the job\u2014and there were explicit and implicit systems in place that needed to change in order to realize the increase of women arriving to positions of leadership. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"And our peer review system \u2013 depending on how it is implemented \u2013 suffers from explicit and implicit biases. \u2014 Gilda Barabino, Scientific American , 16 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222620"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
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": to burst inward",
": to undergo violent compression",
": to collapse inward as if from external pressure",
": to become greatly reduced as if from collapsing",
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"im-\u02c8pl\u014dd"
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"buckle",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
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"founder",
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"go",
"go out",
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"yield"
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"examples":[
"a controlled demolition during which the entire building imploded in a matter of seconds",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That algorithmic stablecoin saw its market capitalization implode from $18 million one week to nearly nothing. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
"There is a heartwrenching misunderstanding between Evelyn and Joy \u2014 and Joy\u2019s nihilist alter ego, Jobu Tupaki, who has channeled her pain into a burning desire to implode the multiverse with a black hole everything bagel. \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Without further ado, here's the scoop straight from dermatologists on some of the best acne treatments for every type of zit, cyst, and pustule threatening to implode on your skin. \u2014 Michelle Rostamian, Allure , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Walter White\u2019s descent into evil was Wagnerian in intensity, but the incremental nature of Jimmy\u2019s moral downfall feels more painful, like witnessing a luckless friend slowly implode . \u2014 NBC News , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The finale charts Elizabeth and Sunny's desperate attempts to save face before their relationship and Theranos implode . \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The mini-series revolves around a family whose lives are upended when oil supplies are contaminated by an infectious agent, causing society to implode in the face of global disaster. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Russian officials can claim the timing was set to implode a gold medal-winning moment on the biggest possible stage to punish an international villain posturing at the Ukrainian border. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Feb. 2022",
"That knowledge will implode centuries-old myths of Africa\u2019s backwardness and incapability. \u2014 Quartz , 14 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":" in- entry 2 + -plode (as in explode )",
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"1881, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200423"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not polite : rude",
": not polite"
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"\u02ccim-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u012bt",
"\u02ccim-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u012bt"
],
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"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impertinent",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
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"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"well-bred"
],
"examples":[
"It's impolite to talk during the performance.",
"He made some impolite comments about her appearance.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Simmons died in March, at the age of seventy-four, and his go-hard-or-go-home enthusiasm for anabolic enhancement could lead to impolite speculation about the cause of his death. \u2014 Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The tweet included a picture that was a bit impolite and included an expletive. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Without wishing to be impolite , that does seem to have been a rather fine distinction . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022",
"But speakers, in charge of maintaining civility in Parliament, can ask MPs to withdraw words deemed impolite . \u2014 Garret Martin, The Conversation , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Finding polite ways to elicit, or at least court, impolite responses is sometimes unavoidable. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The supporting cast all get their moments of righteous anger and impolite grief sans judgment. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Growing up, her father was a janitor and her mother worked as a maid for white families; their work, rife with minor indignities, brought into focus the everyday power of an impolite glare, or rolling your eyes. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The movie is rated PG for impolite humor, thematic elements and mild action. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 10 Nov. 2021"
],
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"1739, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215940"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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": not politic : unwise"
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02cctik"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The limp origin story of Many Saints insidiously endorses impolitic behavior. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 6 Oct. 2021",
"This was in some respects an impolitic , even impolite, thing for the first-term politician to say. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New York Review of Books , 26 Mar. 2020",
"In a lot of circles this would be a radical notion, or at least an impolitic one. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 May 2021",
"Their endless verbiage makes some long for silence \u2014 for the bliss of quiet and the end of the impolitic phrase. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2021",
"But he was ultimately forced from the air because his views were so impolitic stations eventually could not tolerate them. \u2014 Bill Carter For Cnn Busniess Perspectivies, CNN , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Many others from public-facing institutions and businesses have been sanctioned, demoted, suspended, or fired for impolitic statements online in recent days. \u2014 Andrew Dalton, Fortune , 4 June 2020",
"Bergman later conceded the impolitic nature of her remark, given the presence of the other losing actresses \u2014 Madeline Kahn, Diane Ladd and Talia Shire. \u2014 Adam Bernstein, Washington Post , 10 July 2019",
"Even Republicans who drink endless war like Olympian nectar concede that Suleimani\u2019s killing was impolitic vengeance with no clear security advantage. \u2014 Adam Weinstein, The New Republic , 3 Jan. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1600, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212900"
},
"import":{
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
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": to bring from a foreign or external source: such as",
": to bring (something, such as merchandise) into a place or country from another country",
": to transfer (files or data) from one format to another usually within a new file",
": to bear or convey as meaning or portent : signify",
": imply",
": express , state",
": to be of importance to : concern",
": to be of consequence : matter",
": something that is imported",
": importation",
": importance",
": relative importance",
": purport , signification",
": to bring (as goods) into a country usually for selling",
": importance",
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"im-\u02c8p\u022frt",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccp\u022frt",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccp\u022frt",
"im-\u02c8p\u022frt",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccp\u022frt"
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"count",
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"mean",
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"moment",
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"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ending poverty, the U.N.\u2018s top sustainable development goal, will also enable countries that can\u2019t produce enough food to meet their domestic needs to import it from other suppliers. \u2014 Deepak Ray, The Conversation , 13 May 2022",
"Sushi Choshimaru plans to bring back the aurora salmon after finding a new route to import it from Norway, but the dish will be more expensive and served in limited amounts. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"But at the last Sapporo Snow Festival, for the first time in its 70 years of existence, the festival had to import truckloads of snow from even snowier regions in the mountains due to a record snow shortage. \u2014 Eric Margolis, The New Republic , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Five European countries import Russian oil by pipeline. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"Despite the lack of approval, American households often import European formula\u2014technically illegally\u2014for their own personal use. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 17 May 2022",
"The design can import resources through the building and mine the sodium chloride and ionic substances obtained by electrolyzing seawater (splitting it into its oxygen and hydrogen components). \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 17 May 2022",
"Nearly half of African countries import over a third of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine. \u2014 Abby Maxman For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 16 May 2022",
"Sri Lanka has exhausted its foreign currency reserves and urgently needs to negotiate a bailout with the International Monetary Fund and foreign creditors to import fuel, food and medicine, which are all in short supply on the island. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For comparison, the EU has pledged to produce 10 million tonnes and import another 10 million tonnes annually by 2030 to help replace fossil fuels. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"The best-selling author does serve up stories, lots of them; the book is a grab bag of anecdotes, many of which have the tone and the import of a humorous icebreaker in a Rotary Club speech. \u2014 Laura Miller, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The gist is that being a digital native presumably does have great import . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"The measure, signed into law in March, does not ban the possession of large-capacity magazines but outlaws the import and sale of any magazine that holds more than 10 rounds of ammunition. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"Hulu\u2019s Canadian import Letterkenny is one of my favorite recent shows, an exhibition of linguistic virtuosity that proudly makes no distinction between high and low humor. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"There are pu-erh teas, fermented black teas that Meyers said only recently became available for import from China. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun , 22 May 2022",
"When her best friend starts college at U.C.L.A., Bran meets the person who will become her object of obsession: Peter, a Maine import who is fluent in Kafka and Sch\u00f6nberg. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"The Tigers\u2019 other primary import from the NL, Tucker Barnhart, is 3-for-9 against Buehler in his career with one double. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 1 May 2022"
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"Verb",
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"Noun",
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193417"
},
"importance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the quality or state of being important : consequence",
": an important aspect or bearing : significance",
": import , meaning",
": importunity",
": a weighty matter",
": the quality or state of being important"
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"im-\u02c8p\u022fr-t\u1d4an(t)s",
"especially Southern US and New England",
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"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
],
"examples":[
"The teacher lectured the students on the importance of mutual respect.",
"He exaggerated the importance of his role in the rescue mission.",
"The negotiations have taken on added importance in the wake of the bomb attack.",
"a matter of little importance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This speaks to the importance all of us attach not only to food and nutrition, but to notions of hospitality and generosity. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 4 June 2022",
"This speaks to the importance all of us attach not only to food and nutrition, but to notions of hospitality and generosity. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"This speaks to the importance all of us attach not only to food and nutrition, but to notions of hospitality and generosity. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"Johnson then pointed to the importance of building relationships with Republicans in the state Legislature, which limits the city's ability to raise taxes. \u2014 Isaac Yu, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"Speakers highlighted the importance of inclusion and diversity at a ceremony on the steps of town hall, on June 1, with approximately 120 people in attendance. \u2014 Steve Smith, Hartford Courant , 1 June 2022",
"Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, told The Associated Press ahead of the release that the pandemic, war in Ukraine and other factors point to the importance of reducing the annual deficit. \u2014 CBS News , 25 May 2022",
"Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, told The Associated Press ahead of the release that the pandemic, war in Ukraine and other factors point to the importance of reducing the annual deficit. \u2014 Fatima Hussein, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
"In these works, Debussy elevated timbre and texture to new importance . \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223325"
},
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"type":"adjective",
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"marked by or indicative of significant worth or consequence valuable in content or relationship",
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"importunate , urgent",
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"having power or authority"
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"big",
"consequential",
"earthshaking",
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"meaningful",
"momentous",
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"significant",
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"inconsequential",
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"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"examples":[
"Diet and exercise are important for health.",
"In his editorial, he made several important points.",
"Scientists have made an important discovery.",
"Doing her job well is important to her.",
"He's one of the most important scholars in his field.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sticking to a plan is especially important for young investors, whose horizons are long. \u2014 Jason Zweig, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Stable leadership and relentless focus are also important , because without them, there\u2019s no way to execute meaningful, lasting change. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Councilwoman Katie Melendez, also a member of the LGBTQ community, said flying the flag over the city\u2019s building would be important for her. \u2014 Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Timmons said 88% of manufacturers in the survey see it as an important piece of legislation. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"The newness of her career, of ambition, of a relationship, of love \u2014 love feels so important for her energy. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1astaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"The headlines for the YouTube Clips, Enjeti explained, are very important for driving views, and little things like capitalizing emotive words can make a difference. \u2014 Cal Newport, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022",
"Whether as a starter or a sub, Galloway figures to be an important piece for IU coach Mike Woodson this winter. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
"As such, keeping your brain clear of them and helping your glymphatic system is important for everyone. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 14 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English importante , from Medieval Latin important-, importans , present participle of importare to signify \u2014 more at import entry 1 ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":"adjective",
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"impressive in size, bearing, dignity, or grandeur",
"impressive because of size, dignity, or magnificence"
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"august",
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"distingu\u00e9",
"distinguished",
"portly",
"solemn",
"staid",
"stately"
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"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"silly",
"undignified"
],
"examples":[
"He's an imposing man with a powerful voice.",
"the president of the bank is exactly the sort of imposing figure that one might expect",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The rest of his intervention is marked by several strong gestures, the most imposing of which is the monumental travertine fireplace in the dining room, whose geometric forms are meant as a nod to the work of Carlo Scarpa. \u2014 Ian Phillips, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"An inch here, a millimeter there, even the most imposing ranges were built in increments; rocky peaks rising pebble by pebble. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"The exterior design only adds to the grandeur, with its full-width second-floor Juliet balcony featuring a delicate, cast-iron railing, lovely arched windows and an imposing front entrance with arched stonework. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Adding Freeman gives the Dodgers an even more imposing lineup. \u2014 Beth Harris, ajc , 17 Mar. 2022",
"His non- imposing , reflective, piano-forward compositions augment the emotional crux of scenes where Peter and Emma begin falling for each other, inadvertently hurt each other and inevitably iron out their lives. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 9 Feb. 2022",
"What makes Arizona more frightening than the Bulldogs is its superior rebounding and shot-blocking behind an imposing front line of 7-foot-1 center Christian Koloko and 6-11 forward Azuolas Tubelis. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The ability to provide aerial refueling virtually anywhere around the world is one of the enablers that makes the U.S. Air Force unique; the advent of information warfare has not made Air Force expectations for its tankers any less imposing . \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Then the in-demand defensive coordinator accepted a more imposing challenge in December making Duke football competitive in the Atlantic Coast Conference as the Blue Devils\u2019 new head coach. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Jan. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1786, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless",
": unable to engage in sexual intercourse because of inability to have and maintain an erection",
": sterile",
": incapable of self-restraint : ungovernable",
": lacking in power, ability, or strength",
": not potent",
": unable to engage in sexual intercourse because of inability to have and maintain an erection",
": sterile"
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"\u02c8im-p\u0259-t\u0259nt",
"\u02c8im-p\u0259-t\u0259nt",
"\u02c8im-p\u0259t-\u0259nt"
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"barren",
"fruitless",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful"
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"fat",
"fertile",
"fruitful"
],
"examples":[
"an impotent ruler who was just a figurehead",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Foiled again by an impotent offensive performance, they were shut out for the third time in their last five games at American Family Field, this time by a score of 10-0 at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"In truth, the technocrats and the managers are almost always impotent in the face of the authoritarian state. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Kliff Kingsbury is 8-17 over the final eight games of the season and playoffs in his NFL career, which includes an impotent 34-11 Wild Card loss last January. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 11 May 2022",
"As international order frays, the U.N. is focused on enlarging impotent bureaucracies and encouraging malevolent ideological campaigns. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Will Bolsonaro\u2019s administration be able to provide an important rather than an impotent reason? \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"To date, federal legislative efforts to protect the rights of millions to vote have been impotent . \u2014 Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic , 10 Mar. 2022",
"On the contrary, fussy objections to the sweeping historical contentions deployed by powerful populist politicians frequently prove impotent in the face of grand narratives. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Yet the patriarchal order in the plays is impotent . \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 1 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin impotent-, impotens , from in- + potent-, potens potent",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192603"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": reduced to poverty : poor",
": exhausted of richness or fertility",
": represented by few species or individuals"
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"im-\u02c8p\u00e4v-risht",
"-\u02c8p\u00e4-v\u0259-"
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"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
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"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
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"flush",
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"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
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"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
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"examples":[
"the widespread hope that the lottery's record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family",
"an impoverished field that over the years had been overgrazed",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Uvalde, a largely Mexican American city, Catholicism has remained part of the community\u2019s cultural bedrock, providing charitable support and advocating for impoverished families and undocumented immigrants. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"In Uvalde, a largely Mexican American city, Catholicism has remained part of the community\u2019s cultural bedrock, providing charitable support and advocating for impoverished families and immigrants living in the country illegally. \u2014 Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Food riots have already broken out across several developing countries, such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Peru, where impoverished families can hardly afford a 100% hike in the price of wheat compared to two years ago. \u2014 Adam Strauss, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The report also revealed that Jackson's high concentration of low-wage jobs, renters and impoverished families affect access to water infrastructure. \u2014 Maya Brown, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022",
"One is the impoverished rhyming resources of English. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Community members in the impoverished parts of the town turn out to be less likely to be able to get a ride from a self-driving car. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"The country is also contending with a covid surge suspected to have hit nearly 2 million people \u2014 in an impoverished country with no vaccine program and a fragile health system, which has rejected international vaccine assistance. \u2014 Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
"The recruitment of young men from impoverished regions of Russian has been widely reported. \u2014 Amy Kellogg, Fox News , 19 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203739"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": not practical: such as",
": not wise to put into or keep in practice or effect",
": incapable of dealing sensibly or prudently with practical matters",
": impracticable",
": idealistic",
": not suitable for a situation : not practical",
": not capable of dealing sensibly with matters that require action"
],
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8prak-ti-k\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8prak-ti-k\u0259l"
],
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"impracticable",
"inoperable",
"nonpractical",
"unserviceable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless"
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"applicable",
"feasible",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"practicable",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"ultrapractical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"utilizable",
"workable"
],
"examples":[
"Little sports cars are impractical for large families.",
"He was a dreamy and impractical young man.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Republican lawmakers are generally opposed, calling unions impractical for congressional offices that have unpredictable scheduling changes and unavoidable turnover due to elections. \u2014 Kevin Freking, ajc , 6 May 2022",
"Of course, like a high-performance sports car, this phone is completely impractical as a daily driver in the US. \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 28 Feb. 2022",
"What many home network remodeling shows do is make everything beautiful while the cameras are running even if the end result is completely impractical for the home\u2019s usual climate. \u2014 Landon Pemper, Chron , 15 Mar. 2021",
"Moreover, the tools typically used to assess symptoms are often irrelevant to an individual\u2019s everyday life or impractical for routine assessment. \u2014 Mike Baker, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2020",
"John Chambers, who steered Cisco Systems through multiple downturns as its former chief executive, said the companies\u2019 strong businesses and deep pockets could afford them the chance to take risks that would be impractical for smaller competitors. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Heading to practice or competition in high fashion might be impractical for these style-conscious athletes. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 6 Jan. 2022",
"However, Fink\u2019s proposal is impractical for two reasons. \u2014 Nives Dolsak And Aseem Prakash, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Not only that, despite being fitted with satellite navigation, a powerful heater and head-height speakers for a punchy sound system, the Elva is totally impractical for everyday use or journeys of any great consequence. \u2014 Jeremy Taylor, Robb Report , 29 June 2021"
],
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"1865, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210703"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to invoke evil on : curse",
": to utter curses"
],
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"\u02c8im-pri-\u02cck\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematize",
"beshrew",
"curse",
"maledict"
],
"antonyms":[
"bless"
],
"examples":[
"with her dying breath the witch imprecated the villagers for their relentless persecution of her"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin imprecatus , past participle of imprecari , from in- + precari to pray \u2014 more at pray ",
"first_known_use":[
"1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215221"
},
"imprecation":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": curse",
": the act of imprecating"
],
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"\u02ccim-pri-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathema",
"ban",
"curse",
"execration",
"malediction",
"malison",
"winze"
],
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"benediction",
"benison",
"blessing"
],
"examples":[
"He muttered imprecations under his breath.",
"the defiant prisoner continued to hurl imprecations and insults at the guards"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202322"
},
"imprecise":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not precise : inexact , vague",
": not clear or exact"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-pri-\u02c8s\u012bs",
"\u02ccim-pri-\u02c8s\u012bs"
],
"synonyms":[
"approximate",
"approximative",
"ballpark",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"loose",
"squishy"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"dead",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"precise",
"ultraprecise",
"veracious"
],
"examples":[
"It's an imprecise translation of the original sentence.",
"3.14 is an imprecise approximation of the value of pi",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That makes reservation tallies an imprecise gauge of consumer interest, analysts say. \u2014 Mike Colias, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Chiefs complained that pass-through traffic in many towns made the measure too imprecise to be useful. \u2014 Tom Condon, courant.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Despite significant improvements, the new models are still too imprecise to be taken at face value, which means climate-change projections still require judgment calls. \u2014 Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Less than a decade ago, scientific calculations of the dates of volcanic eruptions used only 16 measurements per ice core to cover 2,000 years of history and included as much as two-century margins of error, too imprecise to be of use to historians. \u2014 Jacques Leslie, Wired , 15 Jan. 2022",
"The animal-pelt overlay is applied in such a way that we are made aware of the cutting and pasting involved, the imprecise use of scissors, the shadow at the edges. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Oct. 2021",
"But these labels are clumsy and imprecise \u2014and getting more so all the time. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Many accents were also imprecise and inauthentic, Yuen added. \u2014 NBC News , 10 July 2021",
"Digital researchers and aid groups say free mapping tools like Google Earth are too imprecise . \u2014 Luiz Romero, Wired , 28 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1805, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195259"
},
"impregnable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable",
": unassailable",
": impenetrable",
": not able to be captured by attack : unconquerable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8preg-n\u0259-b\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8preg-n\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"bulletproof",
"indomitable",
"insuperable",
"insurmountable",
"invincible",
"invulnerable",
"unbeatable",
"unconquerable",
"unstoppable"
],
"antonyms":[
"superable",
"surmountable",
"vincible",
"vulnerable"
],
"examples":[
"an impregnable fortress that had foiled one invader after another over the centuries",
"the castle's supposedly impregnable walls",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ultimately Greenwood and Hanke imagine a United States that\u2019s an autarkic, wholly impregnable island of finance and subsequent economic activity. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
"That should strike a cautionary note in the executive suites of other companies that seem to hold impregnable positions at the summit of the business world, such as Alphabet (the parent of Google) and Amazon. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"To be sure, the economic wall around Russia is not impregnable . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The thick-walled bunker is just one impregnable symbol of resistance and survival, shown with pride in this frigid city, which has already withstood two weeks of Russian ground attacks and sporadic rocket fire. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Powered by these two political-economic projects, the Democratic coalition loomed across mid-century American politics as a seemingly impregnable electoral Death Star. \u2014 Sam Rosenfeld, The New Republic , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Taylor rushed for 170 yards and one touchdown against the seemingly impregnable New England Patriots defense in a 27-17 victory in Week 15, which moved the Colts toward the front of the A.F.C. wild-card chase. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Fain takes some time to gloat in front of our guy Perrin before exiting stage right as if getting into the throne room of a previously impregnable city were the easiest thing in the world. \u2014 Sean T. Collins, Vulture , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The conservative bloc of that era was not impregnable , however. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English imprenable , from Middle French, from in- + prenable vulnerable to capture, from prendre to take \u2014 more at prize ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223702"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated",
": to permeate thoroughly",
": to make pregnant : fertilize",
": being filled or saturated",
": to make pregnant",
": to introduce sperm into : fertilize",
": to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated"
],
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"im-\u02c8preg-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccpreg-",
"im-\u02c8preg-n\u0259t",
"im-\u02c8preg-\u02ccn\u0101t, \u02c8im-\u02cc"
],
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"drench",
"drown",
"macerate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"steep"
],
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"wring (out)"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"a cake impregnated with brandy",
"impregnated the cloth with furniture polish",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In addition to Cline, the documentary claims, there are 44 other doctors who have used their own sperm to impregnate their patients; they, too, were discovered through at-home DNA testing. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 12 May 2022",
"In 2017, Cline avoided jail time for lying about using his own sperm to impregnate as many as dozens of women after telling them the donors were anonymous. \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 22 May 2022",
"And in the documentary Our Father, nearly 100 people learn they were fathered by the same fertility doctor who, without consent, used his own sperm to impregnate patients. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 11 May 2022",
"Our Father recounts the case of Indianapolis doctor Donald Cline, who, over the course of several years, repeatedly used his own sperm to impregnate dozens of unwitting women seeking fertility treatment. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 12 May 2022",
"Beginning in 1979, Dr. Cline, by his own admission, used his own sperm to impregnate patients at his Indianapolis clinic. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"Cline opened a fertility clinic in Indiana in 1979 and secretly used his own sperm to impregnate women who visited him for artificial insemination, claiming the donations were from medical residents. \u2014 Ali Pantony, Glamour , 20 Apr. 2022",
"On the page, the story stretched the bounds of credulity and even taste\u2014the young couple\u2019s conflict culminates in a controversial scene in which the Daphne tries to impregnate herself without the Hastings\u2019 consent. \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The Duke awakens and becomes an active participant, but the lack of consent at the start plus Daphne attempting to force him to impregnate her ... \u2014 Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The genetic material was thus less effective for artificial insemination procedures to impregnate female dogs. \u2014 Kristin Lam, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"1646, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183801"
},
"impresa":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a device with a motto used in the 16th and 17th centuries",
": emblem"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pr\u0101-z\u0259",
"-s\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[
"emblem",
"ensign",
"hallmark",
"logo",
"symbol",
"totem",
"trademark"
],
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"examples":[
"the family's selection of the lily as its impresa dates from the 16th century"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Italian, literally, undertaking",
"first_known_use":[
"1588, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193307"
},
"impressionist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": someone (such as a painter) who practices or adheres to the theories of impressionism",
": an entertainer who does impressions"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pre-sh(\u0259-)nist"
],
"synonyms":[
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"mimic",
"personator"
],
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"examples":[
"a celebrated impressionist who can do enough rapid-fire imitations to populate an entire stage with characters",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"McKinnon was also a deft\u2014and fluid\u2014political impressionist , delivering takes on women and men alike. \u2014 Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic , 22 May 2022",
"Melissa Villase\u00f1or [April 29, Dynasty Typewriter 6 p.m.] is a genius impressionist \u2014 there are so many people on this lineup that are admirable. \u2014 Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The painting is a streetscape, now worth millions, by French impressionist Camille Pissarro. \u2014 Jessica Gresko, ajc , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Family ties led to the rediscovery of two oil paintings by Irish impressionist Paul Henry and a work on paper by Cubist Pablo Picasso. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Is there any better honor for a celebrity impressionist than to have the celebrity in question bless your work? \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Correspondent Tracy Smith sits down with the comedian and impressionist , now performing in Las Vegas, to talk about the presidents, movie stars and TV icons, like Johnny Carson, who have all been given the Rich Little treatment. \u2014 CBS News , 27 May 2021",
"Master impressionist James Adomian reprised his version of the MyPillow Guy as the real article presumably watched from backstage. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Late Night, withmaster impressionist Melissa Villase\u00f1or unveiling the fact that former cast member Kristen Wiig lives in her esophagus now. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 22 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223147"
},
"imprimatur":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": sanction , approval",
": imprint",
": a mark of approval or distinction",
": a license to print or publish especially by Roman Catholic episcopal authority",
": approval of a publication under circumstances of official censorship"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-pr\u0259-\u02c8m\u00e4-\u02cctu\u0307r",
"im-\u02c8pri-m\u0259-\u02cctu\u0307r",
"-\u02cctyu\u0307r"
],
"synonyms":[
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay"
],
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"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor"
],
"examples":[
"He gave the book his imprimatur .",
"could not begin the project without the boss's imprimatur",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While MGM Resorts provided the imprimatur with a recognizable brand known to bettors across the continent, Entain supplied a sophisticated tech stack known for its scale and efficiency. \u2014 Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Pills, with the false imprimatur of medical authority, appear safer. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"And woefully, cursedly, that classicism needs the imprimatur of milky white skin. \u2014 Margo Jefferson, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Traders and refiners wanting to do business with Russia would flock to the U.S. imprimatur for their own protection. \u2014 WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Thus, though the JCPOA was technically an unenforceable multilateral executive agreement, Obama and Biden were able to project it as bearing Congress\u2019s imprimatur and the status of international law. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The Saudi clerical class\u2019s power grew, and their imprimatur mattered. \u2014 Graeme Wood, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022",
"In the gem trade, Kashmir, the Himalayan territory disputed between India and Pakistan, carries the imprimatur of top quality. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Even with the Sondheim imprimatur , the show has been controversial to produce since its premiere at Playwrights Horizons in 1991. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, let it be printed, from imprimere to print, from Latin, to imprint, impress \u2014 more at impress entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1640, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181608"
},
"imprisoned":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to put in or as if in prison : confine",
": to put in prison",
": to confine in prison especially as punishment for a crime \u2014 compare false imprisonment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pri-z\u1d4an",
"im-\u02c8pri-z\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"commit",
"confine",
"immure",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug",
"lock (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release"
],
"examples":[
"He was imprisoned for murder.",
"He has threatened to imprison his political opponents.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Set in 1869, as Habsburg forces imprison Magyar provincials suspected of rebellious banditry, it was shot entirely on location within Hungary\u2019s prairie-like puszta. \u2014 David Mermelstein, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"This lack of diversity was particularly disquieting given the long history of using cannabis offenses to imprison predominantly people of color. \u2014 Olivia Goldhill, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Activists used Mukadam's death to renew calls for the country's Parliament to pass legislation that would fine or imprison offenders for abusing women, children or vulnerable people. \u2014 Sophia Saifi, CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The law was used by the British to imprison freedom fighters in India, including Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
"While small parts of the two-masted wooden schooner have been brought to the surface, researchers have found that most of the ship \u2014 including the pen that was used to imprison the captives \u2014 remains intact on the river bottom. \u2014 CBS News , 1 May 2022",
"While small parts of the two-masted wooden schooner have been brought to the surface, researchers have found that most of the ship \u2014 including the pen that was used to imprison the captives \u2014 remains intact on the river bottom. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"The Russian law effectively forbids any depiction of or reference to homosexuality at all in the country and it has been used to imprison activists. \u2014 Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The legislation came into effect on April 1, according to an official gazette issued Friday, and allows authorities to arrest and imprison suspects without warrants. \u2014 Rukshana Rizwie, Sophie Jeong And Alex Stambaugh, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French emprisoner , from en- + prison prison",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204158"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised",
": composed or uttered without previous preparation : extemporaneous",
": something that is impromptu",
": a musical composition suggesting improvisation",
": not prepared ahead of time : made or done without preparation"
],
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"im-\u02c8pr\u00e4m(p)-(\u02cc)t\u00fc",
"-(\u02cc)ty\u00fc",
"im-\u02c8pr\u00e4mp-t\u00fc",
"-ty\u00fc"
],
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"ad hoc",
"ad-lib",
"down and dirty",
"extemporaneous",
"extemporary",
"extempore",
"improvisational",
"improvised",
"off-the-cuff",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"snap",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"unconsidered",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unprepared",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
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"ad-lib",
"extemporization",
"improv",
"improvisation"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Two of my friends came by unexpectedly, and we had an impromptu little party in my kitchen.",
"He made an impromptu speech about honor and responsibility.",
"Noun",
"although five different lines had been written, the best choice turned out to be an impromptu from the tired actor himself",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"In that small basement holding an audience of around 55, Rock put on an unfiltered and impromptu stand-up performance for a full half ... \u2014 Arjun Singh, National Review , 4 June 2022",
"The funeral for 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield \u2014 the oldest of the 10 people killed in the attack two weeks ago \u2014 included an impromptu speech by Vice President Kamala Harris. \u2014 Susan Haigh, Patrick Semansky, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"This past month, she got married for the second time to her husband, Cherry author Nico Walker, in an impromptu ceremony masked as a poetry reading at the Lower East Side\u2019s KGB bar. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 28 Feb. 2022",
"After the impromptu outdoor ceremony on Saturday, the group threw around snow balls and headed back to the hotel to drink champagne, play games and relax. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
"This new local ensemble arose from an impromptu concert at the Convention Center given to immigrant detainees by violinists Jing Yan Bowcott, Julia Pautz, violist Abraham Martin, and cellist Nathan Walhout. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Nov. 2021",
"The Beatles play an impromptu concert on the roof of the Apple Corps building in London, their last live performance together. \u2014 Cnn Editorial Research, CNN , 23 June 2021",
"The curbside trend now spreading across Europe began in Italy, where musicians performed an impromptu concert from their balconies in mid-March. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Apr. 2020",
"Tray Heinke, part of the team that performed the impromptu extrication, was in the area helping friends trying to find the perfect spot for one of them to propose. \u2014 Zulekha Nathoo, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"One team earned a point through a four-on-four volleyball game staged during an impromptu off day after their morning workout was canceled because of a pool malfunction. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Machine Gun Kelly also reportedly fronted an impromptu set outside an area hotel following the first-day cancellation. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Instead of going to silly festival venues, the Young Tuxedo musicians set up their instruments on the sidewalk in front of the hotel and started an impromptu set with Union Station. \u2014 Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Attendees will be guided through basic impromptu speaking techniques and will practice in a group setting to gain confidence in public speaking. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Mar. 2022",
"In one video, the Ghostbusters star can be seen preparing for his impromptu set. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said at an impromptu briefing the missiles were estimated to have flown roughly 300 kilometers, or about 186 miles, off North Korea\u2019s eastern coast. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Jan. 2022",
"The Sand Dollar Lounge, a nondescript dive bar in an office park, is famous for being a spot where musicians show up and perform impromptu . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The choicest pieces of meat are nudged through the rice before the guest; one always eats with the right hand, shaping the rice and meat into an impromptu dumpling to be popped whole into one\u2019s mouth. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": not proper: such as",
": not in accord with propriety, modesty, good manners, or good taste",
": not suited to the circumstances, design, or end",
": not regularly or normally formed or not properly so called",
": not in accord with fact, truth, or right procedure : incorrect",
": not proper, right, or suitable",
": not proper: as",
": not in accord with correct procedure",
": wrongful",
": in violation of a constitution"
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pr\u00e4-p\u0259r",
"im-\u02c8pr\u00e4-p\u0259r"
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"amiss",
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"incorrect",
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"unbecoming",
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"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"untoward",
"wrong"
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"appropriate",
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"befitting",
"correct",
"decorous",
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"fitting",
"genteel",
"happy",
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"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Norberto Cisneros, 20, of the 200 block of Roberto Avenue, Northlake, was charged at 2:52 a.m. May 29 at 47th Street and DuBois Avenue with driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to signal, disobeying a stop sign, and improper lane usage. \u2014 Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"He was charged with DUI-alcohol and improper lane usage and transported to the Morgan County Jail, where he was released on bond. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 25 May 2022",
"Conviction for improper storage of weapons carries a fine of between $1,000 and $7,500, and imprisonment for up to 1.5 years. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"Horses may become accustomed to getting fed willingly by visitors and may also come to depend on improper storage techniques. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Officials gave extensions for violations dealing with the improper storage of raw food. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Fernando Brito De La Cruz, 35, of the 200 block of East Pine Avenue, Bensenville, was charged with driving under the influence, endangering the life of a child and improper lane use at 1:56 a.m. April 2. \u2014 Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In May, the fire protection district inspected the Carson warehouse and cited Day to Day again with improper storage of hazardous materials including essential oils and hand sanitizer. \u2014 Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Officials revisited the restaurant on the same day and found three violations, one of which was a high priority for improper food storage. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French impropre , from Latin improprius , from in- + proprius proper",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225043"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not proper: such as",
": not in accord with propriety, modesty, good manners, or good taste",
": not suited to the circumstances, design, or end",
": not regularly or normally formed or not properly so called",
": not in accord with fact, truth, or right procedure : incorrect",
": not proper, right, or suitable",
": not proper: as",
": not in accord with correct procedure",
": wrongful",
": in violation of a constitution"
],
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pr\u00e4-p\u0259r",
"im-\u02c8pr\u00e4-p\u0259r"
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"amiss",
"graceless",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"perverse",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"untoward",
"wrong"
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"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decorous",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"genteel",
"happy",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Norberto Cisneros, 20, of the 200 block of Roberto Avenue, Northlake, was charged at 2:52 a.m. May 29 at 47th Street and DuBois Avenue with driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to signal, disobeying a stop sign, and improper lane usage. \u2014 Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"He was charged with DUI-alcohol and improper lane usage and transported to the Morgan County Jail, where he was released on bond. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 25 May 2022",
"Conviction for improper storage of weapons carries a fine of between $1,000 and $7,500, and imprisonment for up to 1.5 years. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 May 2022",
"Horses may become accustomed to getting fed willingly by visitors and may also come to depend on improper storage techniques. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Officials gave extensions for violations dealing with the improper storage of raw food. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Fernando Brito De La Cruz, 35, of the 200 block of East Pine Avenue, Bensenville, was charged with driving under the influence, endangering the life of a child and improper lane use at 1:56 a.m. April 2. \u2014 Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In May, the fire protection district inspected the Carson warehouse and cited Day to Day again with improper storage of hazardous materials including essential oils and hand sanitizer. \u2014 Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Officials revisited the restaurant on the same day and found three violations, one of which was a high priority for improper food storage. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French impropre , from Latin improprius , from in- + proprius proper",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195453"
},
"impropriety":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"an improper or indecorous act or remark",
"an unacceptable use of a word or of language",
"the quality or state of being improper"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02ccim-p(r)\u0259-\u02c8pr\u012b-\u0259-t\u0113",
"synonyms":[
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"indecorousness",
"indecorum",
"indelicateness",
"unbecomingness",
"unfitness",
"unseemliness",
"untowardness"
],
"antonyms":[
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"fitness",
"properness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness"
],
"examples":[
"He has a reputation for impropriety .",
"The judge excused herself from the case to avoid any appearance of impropriety .",
"She was shocked by the young man's impropriety .",
"She was shocked by the impropriety of his behavior.",
"He has been accused of financial improprieties .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The final audit report the commission approved on Wednesday featured less severe allegations of impropriety than the original draft report released in November. \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2022",
"Dean said there are a few enduring lessons learned from Watergate For about a decade, there was something called post-Watergate morality that scrutinized even the appearance of impropriety . \u2014 Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Some of the lawyers who have come under scrutiny in connection with the alternate elector scheme are already facing allegations of professional impropriety or misconduct. \u2014 Luke Broadwater, New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"However, allegations of impropriety fester around the council. \u2014 cleveland , 4 Apr. 2022",
"In Richmond, some legislators thought the impropriety allegations could derail that state\u2019s legislation to create a stadium authority to oversee construction and financing of a stadium for the team. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Fortenberry's false statements arose from his testimony given to federal authorities investigating financial impropriety in his campaign. \u2014 Fox News , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Vera says Villanueva\u2019s impropriety is not limited to his KFI show. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Under Ch\u00e1vez, the National Comptroller banned my participation in any electoral process on charges of corruption and financial impropriety -- a ban that went into effect before I was even formally charged with these false accusations. \u2014 Leopoldo L\u00f3pez, CNN , 11 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French or Late Latin; French impropri\u00e9t\u00e9 , from Late Latin improprietat-, improprietas , from Latin improprius ",
"first_known_use":[
"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"improve":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enhance in value or quality : make better",
": to increase the value of (land or property) by making it more useful for humans (as by cultivation or the erection of buildings)",
": to grade and drain (a road) and apply surfacing material other than pavement",
": to use to good purpose",
": employ , use",
": to advance or make progress in what is desirable",
": to make useful additions or amendments",
": to make or become better"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pr\u00fcv",
"im-\u02c8pr\u00fcv"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"help",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine",
"upgrade"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsen"
],
"examples":[
"This operation will greatly improve her chances of survival.",
"The advertising campaign has improved sales.",
"Maybe we'll buy a house when our financial situation improves .",
"Her writing has improved since the beginning of the school year.",
"The company has been having steadily improving sales.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ashe wanted to improve health conditions in urban and multi-ethnic communities and the AAIUH strives to achieve this goal for health inclusion and empowerment. \u2014 Christopher Dawson, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"The district declined all comment, including NBC News\u2019 request to Ierano. At Mills Pond Elementary, where Michael transferred for fifth grade, Coppola said the situation didn\u2019t improve . \u2014 Jo Yurcaba, NBC News , 12 June 2022",
"Police officers and firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty, a troubling trend that researchers say didn't improve in 2020 despite national suicide rates decreasing. \u2014 Cady Stanton, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"As a result, the equity selloff could continue if the macro outlook doesn't improve . \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"If things don\u2019t improve , most fear that resources won\u2019t be enough to keep them in business for more than a year. \u2014 Lauren Coleman-lochner, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"O\u2019Brien has pushed back on the labor efforts, saying that unions could slow Apple\u2019s ability to improve conditions and that such organizations don\u2019t share the company\u2019s commitment to its employees. \u2014 Mark Gurman, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"Bennett himself is opposed to Palestinian statehood, but his government has approved some steps to improve economic conditions for Palestinians. \u2014 Joseph Krauss, ajc , 30 May 2022",
"Major funding issues and possible service cuts if ridership doesn\u2019t dramatically improve . \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 28 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English improuen, emprouen , from Anglo-French emprouer to make profit from, from French en- + pru, prou advantage, from Late Latin prode \u2014 more at proud ",
"first_known_use":[
"1509, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205758"
},
"improvement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or process of improving",
": the state of being improved",
": enhanced value or excellence",
": an instance of such improvement : something that enhances value or excellence",
": the act or process of making something better",
": increased value or excellence",
": an addition or change that makes something better or more valuable",
": a usually permanent addition to or modification of real property that enhances its capital value and is distinguished from an ordinary repair in being designed to make the property more useful or valuable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pr\u00fcv-m\u0259nt",
"im-\u02c8pr\u00fcv-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement",
"breakthrough",
"enhancement",
"refinement"
],
"antonyms":[
"setback"
],
"examples":[
"Doctors were amazed by the sudden improvement in her medical condition.",
"I've noticed a significant improvement in your work since the spring.",
"The editor made some improvements to the article before it was printed.",
"They spent the money on new kitchen cabinets and other home improvements .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Much of the onus for improvement will fall on the shoulders of Jayson Tatum. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"San Diego\u2019s knack for collaboration doesn\u2019t mean there isn\u2019t room for improvement . \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Areas for improvement include the ability to go to his left hand, ball security and shooting consistency. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
"People who attended the show also had several complaints about the stadium experience, and offered suggestions for improvement . \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 9 June 2022",
"While this is an album ranking per se, there are no real monstrosities in Roxy\u2019s discography\u2014even their releases with room for improvement take worthwhile risks that make for a riveting listen today. \u2014 Jill Krajewski, SPIN , 8 June 2022",
"That\u2019s good, but there\u2019s still much room for improvement , especially when compared to national averages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"The researchers identified two potential areas for improvement : inconsistency in how schools implement the programs and understanding better how they are perceived by students of different racial and ethnic backgrounds. \u2014 Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 May 2022",
"With uncertainty, however, there is also room for improvement . \u2014 Sean Stein Smith, Forbes , 22 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183705"
},
"improvised":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously",
": to make, invent, or arrange offhand",
": to make or fabricate out of what is conveniently on hand",
": to improvise something",
": to speak or perform without preparing ahead of time",
": to make, invent, or arrange by using whatever is available"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-pr\u0259-\u02ccv\u012bz",
"also",
"\u02c8im-pr\u0259-\u02ccv\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad-lib",
"clap (together ",
"extemporize",
"fake"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"If you forget any of your lines, try to improvise .",
"Good jazz musicians know how to improvise .",
"He had to improvise his opening speech when he forgot his notes.",
"The trumpet player performed an improvised solo.",
"I wasn't expecting guests, so I had to improvise a meal with what I had in my refrigerator.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But to answer your question, the first thing that popped to my mind was watching Cullen suddenly improvise during some of the trial sequences. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"Large crypto transfers set off alarm bells at U.S. banks, forcing Alameda to improvise . \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2022",
"But equally important is our readiness to improvise and pivot when something unexpected makes our plans unworkable. \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Pham\u2019s story includes all of these beginnings because what are the stories of immigrants and refugees but a series of them: new displacements, new languages, new cultures and foods, new ways to improvise , to survive. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
"Ukrainian pilots were able to improvise from there. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"However, the No. 1 skill that separates Watson from almost every quarterback in the league is his ability to keep plays alive and improvise when the play is seemingly dead. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022",
"But even such a temporary fix would take months or years to improvise . \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
"For instance, the conductor can cue specific members or sections of the orchestra, a clarinet or strings, to improvise on the fly. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French improviser , from Italian improvvisare , from improvviso sudden, from Latin improvisus , literally, unforeseen, from in- + provisus , past participle of provid\u0113re to see ahead \u2014 more at provide ",
"first_known_use":[
"1788, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221117"
},
"imprudent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pr\u00fc-d\u1d4ant"
],
"synonyms":[
"brash",
"graceless",
"ill-advised",
"inadvisable",
"indelicate",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"unwise"
],
"antonyms":[
"advisable",
"discreet",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"tactful",
"wise"
],
"examples":[
"It's politically imprudent to stir up such controversy during an election year.",
"a very sweet girl, but so imprudent that no one trusts her with a secret",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While the guidance isn\u2019t mandatory, regulators would certainly have questions for any bank that lines up an imprudent fintech partnership. \u2014 Paul Davis, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"This is a very imprudent assumption that could lead to war and, ultimately, American defeat. \u2014 Elbridge Colby, WSJ , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Betting that Beyond Meat would ever achieve market share so much greater than the largest companies in the meat business is imprudent for fiduciaries and risky, to say the least. \u2014 David Trainer, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
"But adding dental coverage to traditional Medicare is imprudent and unnecessary. \u2014 Sally Pipes, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Betting that Beyond Meat would ever achieve market share so much greater than the largest companies in the meat business is imprudent for fiduciaries and risky, to say the least. \u2014 David Trainer, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Unleashing thousands of foreigners like me, an American journalist covering the Games, into a city \u2014 to its restaurants and bars and stores \u2014 would be imprudent . \u2014 New York Times , 1 Aug. 2021",
"Such rules are an imprudent use of taxpayer dollars and reduce growth by making inputs such as iron and steel more expensive. \u2014 Adam A. Millsap, Forbes , 25 May 2021",
"Republicans are using the numbers to argue that big spending on pandemic relief, along with additional spending on infrastructure, which the administration proposes paying for largely with tax increases, would be imprudent . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin imprudent-, imprudens , from in- + prudent-, prudens prudent",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203355"
},
"impudent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others : insolent",
": lacking modesty",
": bold and disrespectful : very rude"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-py\u0259-d\u0259nt",
"\u02c8im-py\u0259-d\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"brazen-faced",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"insolent",
"nervy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"wise"
],
"antonyms":[
"meek",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"examples":[
"As in the sixties, being young then was in itself an empowerment; writing under Harding and Coolidge was impudent fun. \u2014 John Updike , New Yorker , 25 Apr. 1988",
"Or it was he who was bruiting it about, with his princely dark head thrown back in impudent laughter, that he was going to be king. \u2014 Joseph Heller , God Knows , 1984",
"When I refused to be the child they knew and accepted me to be, I was called impudent and my muteness sullenness. \u2014 Maya Angelou , I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , 1969",
"The boy was punished for his impudent behavior.",
"the guest's impudent inquiries about the cost of just about everything we had in the house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Everyone in the ground expected both to fade, especially the impudent little outsider. \u2014 Roger Robinson, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2022",
"In August, 2020, Putin\u2019s security services used the nerve agent Novichok to poison Alexey Navalny, the regime\u2019s most prominent and impudent opponent. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Yeah, those vents beneath the front headrests gently waft warm air to protect your vulnerable nape from the impudent tinge of an autumn morning. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 20 July 2021",
"Scars are there, but the city is impudent and noisy. \u2014 NBC News , 26 May 2021",
"The artist Cameron Rowland read from a letter written by a South Carolina planter, detailing disobedience on his plantation\u2014a litany of impudent acts that the planter seemed not to realize constituted a campaign of sly subversion. \u2014 Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker , 19 Oct. 2020",
"The films, based on Ian Fleming\u2019s novels, focused on a British spook who was impudent and resourceful, a wizard with women and weaponry, and impeccably dressed but capable of back-alley brutishness. \u2014 Adam Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Apr. 2020",
"Belafonte and Altman, working before the era of wokeness and politically correct orthodoxy, had the impudent genius to be provocative. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Even though the subject here is death, every one of the film\u2019s 89 minutes represents an impudent momentary defiance of it. \u2014 Todd Mccarthy, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin impudent-, impudens , from in- + pudent-, pudens , present participle of pud\u0113re to feel shame",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225009"
},
"impulse":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a sudden spontaneous inclination or incitement to some usually unpremeditated action",
": a propensity or natural tendency usually other than rational",
": a wave of excitation transmitted through tissues and especially nerve fibers and muscles that results in physiological activity or inhibition \u2014 see nerve impulse",
": the act of driving onward with sudden force : impulsion",
": motion produced by such an impulsion : impetus",
": pulse sense 4a",
": the product of the average value of a force and the time during which it acts : the change in momentum produced by the force",
": inspiration , motivation",
": a force so communicated as to produce motion suddenly",
": incentive",
": to give an impulse to",
": a force that starts a body into motion",
": the motion produced by a starting force",
": a strong sudden desire to do something",
": nerve impulse",
": a wave of excitation transmitted through tissues and especially nerve fibers and muscles that results in physiological activity or inhibition",
": a sudden spontaneous inclination or incitement to some usually unpremeditated action",
": a propensity or natural tendency usually other than rational"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-\u02ccp\u0259ls",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccp\u0259ls",
"im-\u02c8p\u0259ls",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccp\u0259ls",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccp\u0259ls"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"momentum",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"yeast"
],
"antonyms":[
"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He has to learn to control his impulses .",
"the new auto factory was just the impulse that the local economy needed",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Your impulse to apologize, make amends, or work on paying down your karmic debt is laudable. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
"Your impulse to apologize, make amends, or work on paying down your Karmic debt is laudable. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"Your impulse to apologize, make amends or work on paying down your Karmic debt is laudable. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
"Your impulse to apologize, make amends, or work on paying down your Karmic debt is laudable. \u2014 cleveland , 30 May 2022",
"Your impulse to apologize, make amends, or work on paying down your Karmic debt is laudable. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 30 May 2022",
"Your impulse to apologize, make amends, or work on paying down your Karmic debt is laudable. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 29 May 2022",
"In fact, his impulse toward disobedience created something of a rut for him in the chaotic mid-Nineties under Boris Yeltsin: when everything is permitted, there is nothing to transgress. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"My palms are sweating, my shoulders are shaking, and my impulse to scuttle up the stairs past the carpet is almost insurmountable. \u2014 Chioma Nnadi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Across six movies and massive advances in visual effects technology, Hollywood has been wrestling with a version of that same craven because-they-can impulse . \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"According to Gyllander, her audience doesn\u2019t want to impulse -buy products algorithmically served to them between wedding photos. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Outside Online , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Cutler, who frequently posts on the group, says that a lot of posts are from people who have recently impulse -purchased chickens, not knowing what to do with them, and that a lot of the birds being put up for sale are clearly sick. \u2014 Dallas News , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Women displayed way more brain activity in the prefrontal cortex, the region that deals with decision making, focus and impulse control. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 8 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 4a",
"Verb",
"1611, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214504"
},
"impure":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not pure: such as",
": containing something unclean : foul",
": mixed or impregnated with an extraneous and usually unwanted substance",
": lewd , unchaste",
": ritually unclean",
": not pure : unclean , dirty",
": mixed with something else that is usually not as good",
": not pure: as",
": containing something unclean",
": mixed or impregnated with an extraneous and usually unwanted substance : adulterated"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pyu\u0307r",
"im-\u02c8pyu\u0307r",
"(\u02c8)im-\u02c8pyu\u0307(\u0259)r"
],
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"adulterate",
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted"
],
"examples":[
"be careful, because impure motor oil can damage your car's engine",
"Victorian notions of what qualified as impure art now strike us as laughable.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet all the choices in rhyme-making take place against the largely unheeded current of rhyme, pure and impure , that flows unimpeded from popular song and greeting-card sentiments and countless other forms. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Essentially, a face scrub gets beneath the surface, and lifts away dead and impure skin cells, allowing newer, younger skin cells to surface. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"While the secretary of agriculture was charged with supporting American food producers, the head of the agency\u2019s Bureau of Chemistry tracked tainted foods and pushed aggressively for poisonous and impure products to be removed from the market. \u2014 Bernice Yeung, ProPublica , 23 Dec. 2021",
"In the generals\u2019 worldview, women are often considered weak and impure . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Across the country, women in many homes are not allowed to cook or touch anyone during their period as they are considered impure and dirty. \u2014 Reshmi Chakraborty, CNN , 27 May 2020",
"Unbeknownst to the cleaner, ash combined with the animal grease to create a simple, impure soap. \u2014 Cody Cassidy, Time , 5 May 2020",
"All of this happens in a space of just 10 nanometers, and the extreme tininess and precision required means that even slightly, microscopically impure silicon materials could throw off the whole process. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Judaism considers pigs impure and no one disputes that the sculpture is deliberately offensive. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin impurus , from in- + purus pure",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214418"
},
"impute":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly",
": to credit or ascribe (something) to a person or a cause : attribute",
": to consider or calculate as a value or cost (as for taxation)",
": to reckon as an actual thing",
": to direct (payment) to principal or interest",
": to attribute to a party especially because of responsibility for another"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8py\u00fct",
"im-\u02c8py\u00fct"
],
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"accredit",
"ascribe",
"attribute",
"chalk up",
"credit",
"lay",
"put down"
],
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"examples":[
"people often impute his silence to unfriendliness and not to the shyness it really represents",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Significantly, the court refused to impute to those five tokens the core features of the Bix token and, therefore, all of the claims related to those five tokens were dismissed. \u2014 Andrea Tinianow, Forbes , 7 May 2021",
"Once those videoconference recordings are handed over, whoever combs through them will have a great opportunity to look for comments that sound bad, admissions, and statements that might be used to impute bad motivations. \u2014 Joshua Stein, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2021",
"If Trump voters are more likely to hang up on pollsters, then how should a forecast impute the preferences of non-respondents? \u2014 Aditya Kotak, Quartz , 12 Nov. 2020",
"The same petrifying dreadfulness marks those intermittent engravings which impute monstrousness\u2014embodied by eruptive owls or witches\u2014to the dreaming states of the putatively rational. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 14 Sep. 2020",
"The worst of religious conservatism is on cable news imputing to Trump an almost-Constantinian prestige, uniting nationalist fervor with religious revivalism. \u2014 Andrew T. Walker, National Review , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Vote intentions were imputed onto voter file records in Iowa and then aggregated statewide and by district. \u2014 CBS News , 3 Feb. 2020",
"The analysis imputes usual hours when unavailable or varying, and adjusts weekly earnings for top-coding using a log-linear distributional assumption. \u2014 Ernie Tedeschi, New York Times , 3 Jan. 2020",
"The most significant development was also the most question-begging: the impulse to impute significance to rat kings and therefore to report on them, draw attention to them, and preserve them. \u2014 Adrian Daub, Longreads , 13 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French imputer , from Latin imputare , from in- + putare to consider",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203455"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": free from fault or blame : flawless",
": not capable of sinning or liable to sin",
": free from fault or error"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pe-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8pe-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"absolute",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"ideal",
"immaculate",
"indefectible",
"irreproachable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"picture-book",
"picture-perfect",
"seamless",
"unblemished"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiss",
"bad",
"censurable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"reproachable"
],
"examples":[
"Grandfather found a reason to slip in every five minutes. The empty soda cans had to be removed, the bowl of potato chips refreshed. He was sure that he moved unnoticed, like an impeccable waiter of the old school \u2026 \u2014 Darryl Pinckney , High Cotton , 1992",
"His English was impeccable but halting, like a well-tooled but slightly rusted machine. \u2014 John Updike , New Yorker , 20 Apr. 1987",
"In order to ensure that at least one verifiable Spaniard participate in this critical venture, Mendoza asked Bishop Zum\u00e1rraga to nominate as second-in-command a younger friar with impeccable credentials, and the cleric selected a Fransiscan in whom he had great faith \u2026 \u2014 James A. Michener , Texas , 1985",
"She has impeccable taste in music.",
"the etiquette expert was celebrated for her absolutely impeccable manners",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even her most casual outfits manage to be impeccable . \u2014 Seventeen , 26 May 2022",
"This is a play that hurls a lot of biographical information at the audience, but Reiter's diction and delivery are impeccable and nary a word is lost. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"Only the Animals, the technical credits are impeccable , from Patrick Ghiringhelli\u2019s lensing to a score by Olivier Marguerit (Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle) that keeps the suspense level high. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"Interior design is by famed designer Thierry Despont, who brings an impeccable pedigree for transforming landmark buildings including The Getty Centre, Maison Cartier, The Carlyle and the Statue of Liberty. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The Made in Italy logo serves as a sort of emblem, touted by a community proud of its impeccable pedigree, its Almanac of Gotha resounding with names of family dynasties: Armani, Versace, Ferragamo, Missoni. \u2014 Tiziana Cardini, Vogue , 3 Dec. 2020",
"Surviving a 20-inning offensive desert to win a series can be chalked up to impeccable bat-swinging timing as much as anything. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"Encore Musical Theatre seems to have impeccable timing these days. \u2014 Jenn Mckee, Detroit Free Press , 21 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s impeccable balance here, juicy acidity, fine tannin structure and a long, satisfying finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin impeccabilis , from in- + peccare to sin",
"first_known_use":[
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-110902"
},
"imagine":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to form a mental image of (something not present)",
": suppose , guess",
": to form a notion of without sufficient basis : fancy",
": plan , scheme",
": to use the imagination",
": believe sense 3",
": to form a mental picture of : use the imagination",
": think sense 1",
": to form a mental image of (something not present)",
": to use the imagination"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8ma-j\u0259n",
"i-\u02c8ma-j\u0259n",
"im-\u02c8aj-\u0259n"
],
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"conceit",
"conceive",
"conjure (up)",
"dream",
"envisage",
"envision",
"fancy",
"fantasize",
"fantasy",
"feature",
"ideate",
"image",
"picture",
"see",
"vision",
"visualize"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rural farmhouses join fishing huts, churches and a schoolhouse to help visitors imagine life throughout the centuries. \u2014 Shelby Knick, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"This docuseries dives into new and emerging technological trends to imagine far-reaching possibilities. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"And although Webb will still see faraway planets as no more than bright dots in the visual spectrum, its instruments will help exobiologists imagine what a planet might look or feel like. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2022",
"With the help of industry experts, this innovative docuseries examines new and emerging technological trends to imagine revolutionary possibilities. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 20 June 2022",
"With the help of industry experts, this innovative docuseries examine new and emerging technological trends to imagine revolutionary possibilities. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 19 June 2022",
"So imagine the pressure of fulfilling this role for Kim Kardashian, one of the most visible women on earth, who boasts 319 million Instagram followers (and counting). \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 18 June 2022",
"Hard to imagine , in his younger/tougher years, but that\u2019s what the coach said. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"The future, an uncertain place that is always difficult to imagine , is exactly where the fossil fuel industry wants climate advocacy to dwell. \u2014 Liza Featherstone, The New Republic , 15 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ymagynen, borrowed from Anglo-French ymaginer, borrowed from Latin im\u0101gin\u0101r\u012b, verbal derivative of im\u0101gin-, im\u0101g\u014d \"representation, semblance, image entry 1 \"",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-113708"
},
"imitation":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act or instance of imitating",
": something produced as a copy : counterfeit",
": a literary work designed to reproduce the style of another author",
": the repetition by one voice of a melody, phrase, or motive stated earlier in the composition by a different voice",
": the quality of an object in possessing some of the nature or attributes of a transcendent idea",
": the assumption of behavior observed in other individuals",
": resembling something else that is usually genuine and of better quality : not real",
": the act of copying someone or something",
": copy entry 1 sense 1",
": made to look like something else and especially something valuable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cci-m\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02cci-m\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
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"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Children learn by imitation of adults.",
"The restaurant was designed in imitation of a Japanese temple.",
"He did a hilarious imitation of his father.",
"The real diamonds are in a museum. These are just imitations .",
"Adjective",
"the stage production uses only imitation diamonds, as real gems would be prohibitively expensive",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In making Elvis, Luhrmann was intent on casting someone who could bring out the humanity of the singer, rather than playing a caricature or doing an imitation . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 7 June 2022",
"Might Bourgoin have refashioned himself as the family member of a victim in imitation of Walsh? \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"All models with the CVT will now be equipped with the brand\u2019s X-Mode software, which uses the antilock brake system to match wheel speeds front to rear and side to side in an electronic imitation of four-wheel drive. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 12 June 2020",
"Spanish authorities have accused Ahn and nine others of entering the embassy on a false pretext, armed with knives, iron bars, machetes and imitation handguns. \u2014 Rich Schapiro, NBC News , 10 May 2022",
"Chinese education traditionally emphasizes imitation of models and rote literary phrases, and my Fuling students diligently incorporated the transition into their argumentative papers. \u2014 Peter Hessler, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"Its dialogue is shorthand for many, especially gay audiences, and the film continues to inspire imitation , turning up in all manner of memes. \u2014 Callahan Tormey, Town & Country , 8 May 2022",
"Kim has good reasons for wanting to create imitation red blood cells for drug delivery. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The event, the Europa Conference League, seemed to offer a pale imitation of European soccer: all of the games but none of the history, meaning, glamour or appeal. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1818, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-130133"
},
"impenitent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": not penitent"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pe-n\u0259-t\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"remorseless",
"shameless",
"unashamed",
"unrepentant"
],
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"apologetic",
"ashamed",
"compunctious",
"contrite",
"guilty",
"penitent",
"regretful",
"remorseful",
"repentant",
"rueful",
"shamed",
"sorry"
],
"examples":[
"an impenitent criminal who said he'd do it all over again, given the chance"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Late Latin impaenitent-, impaenitens , from Latin in- + paenitent-, paenitens penitent",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-151549"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective,",
"noun",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":[
": a foolish or stupid person",
": a person affected with moderate intellectual disability",
": weak , feeble",
": idiot , fool",
": a person affected with moderate intellectual disability",
": an intellectually disabled person",
": a person with a severe intellectual disability",
"\u2014 see also idiot"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-b\u0259-s\u0259l",
"-\u02ccsil",
"\u02c8im-b\u0259-s\u0259l",
"\u02c8im-b\u0259-s\u0259l, -\u02ccsil",
"\u02c8im-b\u0259-sil, -\u02ccs\u012bl"
],
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"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He drank too much and started acting like a complete imbecile .",
"only an imbecile would leave their car unlocked, with the keys in the ignition, and then be surprised when the vehicle was stolen"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"1781, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-151919"
},
"impost":{
"type":[
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": something imposed or levied : tax",
": a block, capital, or molding from which an arch springs \u2014 see arch illustration"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-\u02ccp\u014dst"
],
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"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"levy",
"tax"
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
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"Noun (1)",
"1568, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1664, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-201251"
},
"imposition":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something imposed : such as",
": an excessive or uncalled-for requirement or burden",
": levy , tax",
": the act of imposing",
": deception",
": the order of arrangement of imposed pages"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-p\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessment",
"duty",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Your kids can stay with me the night you're away\u2014it's really not an imposition .",
"the imposition of a life sentence on the defendant",
"the imposition of a tax on liquor",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not only will staff will be required to meet in person for up to a week at a time\u2014a significant imposition for lots of people\u2014but the company is adjusting its product launch schedule to enable its work-from-anywhere transformation. \u2014 Walter Frick, Quartz , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Some are questioning the imposition of such restrictions. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2021",
"This is a significant imposition on privacy rights and will rightly be challenged under the Fourth Amendment. \u2014 Abraham Sutherland, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2022",
"After defecting to the United States, Mr. Toradze lamented the imposition of strict union rules regarding rehearsal times that could prevent an orchestra from practicing to the end of a concerto, even if the musicians were just a few bars short. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Instead, the House could take other actions, including a vote of public censure of McCarthy and the four GOP lawmakers, a referral to the Ethics Committee, the imposition of fines or even the stripping of their committee assignments. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"The investigation could culminate in the retroactive imposition of significant tariffs on solar cells and modules from Chinese companies operating out of those countries, which produce roughly 80% of U.S. solar imports. \u2014 Katherine Blunt, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The measure is Moscow\u2019s first major move to halt energy supplies since the imposition of sanctions. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"However, the imposition of taxes on crypto earnings had signaled the government\u2019s intent to regulate digital assets, rather than ban them outright. \u2014 Biman Mukherji, Fortune , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-202333"
},
"imperfection":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being imperfect",
": fault , blemish",
": the quality or state of having faults or defects : lack of perfection",
": a small flaw or fault"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-p\u0259r-\u02c8fek-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccim-p\u0259r-\u02c8fek-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"blight",
"blotch",
"defect",
"deformity",
"disfigurement",
"excrescence",
"excrescency",
"fault",
"flaw",
"mar",
"mark",
"pockmark",
"scar"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He detected several imperfections in the surface of the jewel.",
"She tried to hide the imperfection in the cloth.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Unlike the Western perception of perfection, the breaking and repair not only are an acceptance of imperfection but become even more valued. \u2014 Damon Johnstun, oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
"Believe it or not, mounting research suggests that being flexible and aiming for imperfection \u2014not trying to do it right\u2014better drives the choices that favor consistent healthy eating and exercise. \u2014 Kathy Caprino, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The album hits its strongest points when Morby opens himself up to reckless abandon, stripping himself of the introspective pretenses of soul-searching and instead embracing the unpredictable chaos of life and all its imperfection . \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 16 May 2022",
"Many people, believers and nonbelievers, grow tired of their own imperfection . \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 May 2022",
"The Senate, for all its imperfection , is also a place of great history and moment. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"But his unbound sound also cultivated an air of forgiveness, an allowance of imperfection that only amplified the humanity of the music, while mitigating the distance one can sometimes feel at the foothills of the Fourth. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"This particular Ranchero, a low-mile example owned by the seller since 2014, appears in mostly excellent condition, with only a few areas of imperfection to note. \u2014 Jacob Kurowicki, Car and Driver , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Against the crooked imperfection of the word, this happened. \u2014 Elizabeth Willis, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-205633"
},
"impact":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an impinging or striking especially of one body against another",
": a forceful contact or onset",
": the impetus communicated in or as if in such a contact",
": the force of impression of one thing on another : a significant or major effect",
": to have a direct effect or impact on : impinge on",
": to strike forcefully",
": to cause to strike forcefully",
": to fix firmly by or as if by packing or wedging",
": to press together",
": to have an impact",
": to impinge or make contact especially forcefully",
": a striking of one body against another : collision",
": a strong effect",
": to have a strong and often bad effect on",
": to hit with great force"
],
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"\u02c8im-\u02ccpakt",
"im-\u02c8pakt",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccpakt",
"im-\u02c8pakt"
],
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"bump",
"collision",
"concussion",
"crash",
"impingement",
"jar",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"kick",
"shock",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"wallop"
],
"antonyms":[
"affect",
"impress",
"influence",
"move",
"reach",
"strike",
"sway",
"tell (on)",
"touch"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Just as a parent was able to survive trauma by means of biological adaptations, offspring can sometimes adapt to the biological impact of their parents' trauma. \u2014 Rachel Yehuda, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
"Andre Iguodala, a focal point in the championship culture and the person who holds every player accountable up and down the roster, was able to contextualize the impact of Golden State\u2019s trio. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The impact of her blog posts got her a seat on the stakeholder forum that audited mental health care in Kenya and the National Committee that developed the Kenya Mental Health Policy (2015-2030). \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"The conversation also highlighted the long-term impact of brand missteps during what\u2019s supposed to be a time of celebration for Black Americans. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 17 June 2022",
"The gradual but enduring impact of the Reagan policy raises even the tantalizing possibility that the 1982 recession was unnecessary. \u2014 Richard Vigilante, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Gardiner\u2019s residents\u2014and the National Park Service\u2014cannot ignore the impact of recent demographic shifts or the strong likelihood of a more volatile climate in the future. \u2014 Megan Kate Nelson, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
"Her stories shed light on the human impact of sweeping trends. \u2014 Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 June 2022",
"The stock market has slumped this year amid various headwinds, including the impact of high inflation and the Fed's monetary tightening. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As the metaverse continues to make headlines, many individuals and businesses across industries are wondering how the next generation of the internet will impact them. \u2014 Ashik Ahmed, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"And folks, there are some contenders \u2013 which would, of course, lead us back to stories such as those earlier in the week that touched on how the league will impact the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia\u2019s alleged human rights atrocities. \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"DeWine dismissed a question about whether this could impact Intel\u2019s plans for Ohio. \u2014 cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"The Post wants to hear how this decision might impact you. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 May 2022",
"Most of us had little idea how a global pandemic would impact the markets and for how long. \u2014 Todd Sixt, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Paramount insights were uncovered on how audio preferences impact the life of a TV consumer by combining Spotify\u2019s first-party data with insights from Samba TV. \u2014 Partner Content, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Observers are waiting to see if or how the new rules will impact the current MOW nomination cycle. \u2014 Jordyn Haime, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"In research that was published in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems in July 2021, researchers used 3D global climate models to simulate how the Aurica and Amasia land arrangements would impact our climate. \u2014 Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1781, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1601, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-212824"
},
"impatient":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": not patient : restless or short of temper especially under irritation, delay, or opposition",
": intolerant sense 1",
": prompted or marked by impatience",
": eagerly desirous : anxious",
": not wanting to put up with or wait for something or someone",
": showing a lack of patience",
": restless and eager"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259nt",
"im-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
],
"examples":[
"After months of delays, customers are becoming impatient .",
"Customers have grown impatient with the repeated delays.",
"\u201cAren't you ready yet?\u201d \u201cDon't be so impatient . There's no need to hurry.\u201d",
"She was impatient to leave .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The risk of conflict has grown, as China\u2019s military has expanded into the world\u2019s second largest, with a navy rivaling America\u2019s in size, and as Beijing has become increasingly impatient with the US military presence across Asia. \u2014 Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The risk of conflict has grown as China\u2019s military has expanded into the world\u2019s second largest, with a navy rivaling America\u2019s in size, and as Beijing has become increasingly impatient with the U.S. military presence across Asia. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"The gag of the episode is that Kris wants to explore upper Manhattan and wax nostalgic about her brief stint of living in New York as a young air stewardess, while Khloe is impatient with her mom\u2019s relentless impulse to self-mythologize. \u2014 Vogue , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Republicans have become increasingly impatient with the crisis -- with attorneys general and lawmakers in the House recently calling for DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign over the crisis. \u2014 Bill Melugin, Fox News , 23 Feb. 2022",
"For whatever reason, I\u2019ve been drawn to ellipsis and anecdote lately and become more impatient with artful transition. \u2014 Willing Davidson, The New Yorker , 20 Dec. 2021",
"By August 2020, the Fed had become impatient with the purported low inflation rate of the Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen years. \u2014 Kevin Warsh, WSJ , 12 Dec. 2021",
"But the young plaintiffs who sued the government are growing impatient for officials to make good on their promises. \u2014 Anastasia Moloney, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
"Readers may find the details here amusing or irrelevant\u2014or feel impatient for the return of the painting itself. \u2014 Cammy Brothers, WSJ , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English impacient , from Anglo-French impacient , from Latin impatient-, impatiens , from in- + patient-, patiens patient",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-220851"
},
"impermeable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":[
": not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance",
": impervious",
": not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u0259r-m\u0113-\u0259-b\u0259l",
"(\u02c8)im-\u02c8p\u0259r-m\u0113-\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"impassable",
"impassible",
"impenetrable",
"impervious",
"impregnable"
],
"antonyms":[
"negotiable",
"passable",
"penetrable",
"permeable"
],
"examples":[
"an impermeable layer of rock",
"a fabric impermeable to moisture",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In reality, water creeps along as a broad flow through permeable materials, its path shifted by things like faults and hard, impermeable rock, like granite. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 23 Mar. 2022",
"They\u2019re structured with layers upon layers of cooling wires, heavy metal rings, an impermeable outer shell, utility gauges and instruments. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Its goal: prove that the sandstone layers can hold carbon, and that the cap rock just above them is impermeable enough to keep it from escaping. \u2014 Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Apr. 2022",
"If the pandemic has shown us anything about work life and home life, it\u2019s that the two aren\u2019t separate spheres, divided by an impermeable wall. \u2014 Cassie Werber, Quartz , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Once closer to the surface, the hot water often ran into a cap of impermeable volcanic deposits. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Eventually what remains is the impermeable underbelly, such as shale or granite. \u2014 Erica Gies, Scientific American , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Americans are living in two different countries right now, and the border between those countries is impermeable . \u2014 Roxane Gay, New York Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
"But no number of boosts can be expected to make bodies totally impermeable to infection. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 23 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin impermeabilis , from Latin in- + Late Latin permeabilis permeable",
"first_known_use":[
"1661, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-235144"
},
"impartiality":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally",
": not favoring one side over another : fair",
": not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u00e4r-sh\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8p\u00e4r-sh\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8p\u00e4r-sh\u0259l"
],
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"candid",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"square",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
],
"antonyms":[
"biased",
"ex parte",
"inequitable",
"nonobjective",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"parti pris",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unjust"
],
"examples":[
"an impartial analysis of the case",
"an impartial evaluation of the job applicant's qualifications that does not consider age, gender, or race",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Since the parade attack affected so many people in Waukesha County and drew national attention, Perri argued that jurors from within the county could not be impartial . \u2014 Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"The same went for another screening question, about whether our views of the police would keep us from being impartial in weighing their testimony. \u2014 Alec Macgillis, ProPublica , 4 June 2022",
"Law Director Mark Griffin said the law will require panel members to be impartial , and the city will require them to behave accordingly. \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"Sixty-eight percent of Democrats think the committee is conducting a fair and impartial investigation; a similar seven in 10 Republicans say it\u2019s not doing so. \u2014 Sofi Sinozich, ABC News , 3 May 2022",
"As a Justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court, my job will be to apply the law to the facts and circumstances of each case in a fair and impartial way. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Independent, impartial , constantly innovating and serving all. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"At the same time, both liberal and conservative justices have discussed the importance of the court retaining its credibility as an impartial institution as Washington becomes increasingly partisan. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Sometimes, disputes between friends or partners need an impartial moderator, and that\u2019s where Judge John Hodgman comes in. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1587, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-235446"
},
"imprisonment":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to put in or as if in prison : confine",
": to put in prison",
": to confine in prison especially as punishment for a crime \u2014 compare false imprisonment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pri-z\u1d4an",
"im-\u02c8pri-z\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"commit",
"confine",
"immure",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug",
"lock (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release"
],
"examples":[
"He was imprisoned for murder.",
"He has threatened to imprison his political opponents.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Set in 1869, as Habsburg forces imprison Magyar provincials suspected of rebellious banditry, it was shot entirely on location within Hungary\u2019s prairie-like puszta. \u2014 David Mermelstein, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"This lack of diversity was particularly disquieting given the long history of using cannabis offenses to imprison predominantly people of color. \u2014 Olivia Goldhill, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Activists used Mukadam's death to renew calls for the country's Parliament to pass legislation that would fine or imprison offenders for abusing women, children or vulnerable people. \u2014 Sophia Saifi, CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The law was used by the British to imprison freedom fighters in India, including Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
"While small parts of the two-masted wooden schooner have been brought to the surface, researchers have found that most of the ship \u2014 including the pen that was used to imprison the captives \u2014 remains intact on the river bottom. \u2014 CBS News , 1 May 2022",
"While small parts of the two-masted wooden schooner have been brought to the surface, researchers have found that most of the ship \u2014 including the pen that was used to imprison the captives \u2014 remains intact on the river bottom. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"The Russian law effectively forbids any depiction of or reference to homosexuality at all in the country and it has been used to imprison activists. \u2014 Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The legislation came into effect on April 1, according to an official gazette issued Friday, and allows authorities to arrest and imprison suspects without warrants. \u2014 Rukshana Rizwie, Sophie Jeong And Alex Stambaugh, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French emprisoner , from en- + prison prison",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-040416"
},
"immemorial":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": extending or existing since beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cci-m\u0259-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"age-old",
"aged",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"hoar",
"hoary",
"old",
"venerable"
],
"antonyms":[
"modern",
"new",
"recent"
],
"examples":[
"the immemorial roots of human spirituality",
"stories passed down from time immemorial",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Aside from the immemorial wonders, Shiraz provided other, less monumental features. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Without thinking, Noonan raised two fingers from the steering wheel in that immemorial gesture of laconic country salute. \u2014 Colin Barrett, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Those two monuments were made to feel as immemorial as if they had been created by plate tectonics. \u2014 Elizabeth Alexander, CNN , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The other produces an atmosphere of sacred, immemorial calm. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 June 2021",
"The history of open memorials is perhaps best seen in spontaneous gestures of grief that are immemorial . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2021",
"The first day of class has an immemorial feel to it, an air of familiar routines eternally renewed. \u2014 Carlo Rotella, Washington Post , 20 Oct. 2020",
"To the surprise of some \u2014 me, for one \u2014 there was much in the collections created during lockdown that was frankly celebratory and that used 21st-century tools to connect with deep humanist urges and immemorial techniques. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Oct. 2020",
"Goya knew the problem and let slip the solution, which is to keep in mind that there is no solution, only an immemorial question: Now what? \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 14 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably from French imm\u00e9morial , from Middle French, from Medieval Latin immemorialis lacking memory, from Latin in- + memorialis memorial",
"first_known_use":[
"1602, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-040641"
},
"impureness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not pure: such as",
": containing something unclean : foul",
": mixed or impregnated with an extraneous and usually unwanted substance",
": lewd , unchaste",
": ritually unclean",
": not pure : unclean , dirty",
": mixed with something else that is usually not as good",
": not pure: as",
": containing something unclean",
": mixed or impregnated with an extraneous and usually unwanted substance : adulterated"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pyu\u0307r",
"im-\u02c8pyu\u0307r",
"(\u02c8)im-\u02c8pyu\u0307(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterate",
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted"
],
"examples":[
"be careful, because impure motor oil can damage your car's engine",
"Victorian notions of what qualified as impure art now strike us as laughable.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet all the choices in rhyme-making take place against the largely unheeded current of rhyme, pure and impure , that flows unimpeded from popular song and greeting-card sentiments and countless other forms. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Essentially, a face scrub gets beneath the surface, and lifts away dead and impure skin cells, allowing newer, younger skin cells to surface. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"While the secretary of agriculture was charged with supporting American food producers, the head of the agency\u2019s Bureau of Chemistry tracked tainted foods and pushed aggressively for poisonous and impure products to be removed from the market. \u2014 Bernice Yeung, ProPublica , 23 Dec. 2021",
"In the generals\u2019 worldview, women are often considered weak and impure . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Across the country, women in many homes are not allowed to cook or touch anyone during their period as they are considered impure and dirty. \u2014 Reshmi Chakraborty, CNN , 27 May 2020",
"Unbeknownst to the cleaner, ash combined with the animal grease to create a simple, impure soap. \u2014 Cody Cassidy, Time , 5 May 2020",
"All of this happens in a space of just 10 nanometers, and the extreme tininess and precision required means that even slightly, microscopically impure silicon materials could throw off the whole process. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Judaism considers pigs impure and no one disputes that the sculpture is deliberately offensive. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin impurus , from in- + purus pure",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-041112"
},
"impassioned":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling",
": showing very strong feeling"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pa-sh\u0259nd",
"im-\u02c8pa-sh\u0259nd"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
],
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
],
"examples":[
"Her lawyer made an impassioned argument in her defense.",
"an impassioned plea for justice",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From operatic high notes to impassioned oratories, Adams, Franklin, Jefferson and Joanna Glushak as the infuriating-smug John Dickenson deliver four of best performances the ART has ever seen. \u2014 Jed Gottlieb, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
"The event celebrated Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who is on NRDC\u2019s board of trustees, for her impassioned and committed work in the environmental fight, and use of her public platform to encourage voting and activism. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Paul Gunther, an impassioned and trenchant champion of the arts and architecture in New York\u2019s nonprofit preservation organizations, died on Sunday in Manhattan. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"In a final week of cross-examination at the end of May, both Depp and Heard returned to the stand with impassioned testimony. \u2014 Amy Haneline, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"Soto became impassioned when the conversation turned to the political influence of gun manufacturers who lobby the government to prevent gun control legislation. \u2014 Michela Moscufo, ABC News , 26 May 2022",
"Other sports figures in Utah reacted to Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr\u2019s impassioned pregame comments about the shooting. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"Known simply as Slava to his fans, Vakarchuk, frontman for the band Okean Elzy, has stripped down his music to little more than an impassioned and raspy voice and launched a solo tour to rouse his country\u2019s spirits in the war against Russia. \u2014 Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"From his serene yet fierce Seascapes to his looming and singular Shadow Man, Horse and Rider, and Marlboro Man figures, Hambleton\u2019s visceral work takes us by storm on an impassioned exploration of more than four decades. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 17 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1603, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-114000"
},
"impoliteness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not polite : rude",
": not polite"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u012bt",
"\u02ccim-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impertinent",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
],
"antonyms":[
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"well-bred"
],
"examples":[
"It's impolite to talk during the performance.",
"He made some impolite comments about her appearance.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pursuit of truths is often intrusive, impolite , even rude. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
"Simmons died in March, at the age of seventy-four, and his go-hard-or-go-home enthusiasm for anabolic enhancement could lead to impolite speculation about the cause of his death. \u2014 Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The tweet included a picture that was a bit impolite and included an expletive. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Without wishing to be impolite , that does seem to have been a rather fine distinction . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022",
"But speakers, in charge of maintaining civility in Parliament, can ask MPs to withdraw words deemed impolite . \u2014 Garret Martin, The Conversation , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Finding polite ways to elicit, or at least court, impolite responses is sometimes unavoidable. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The supporting cast all get their moments of righteous anger and impolite grief sans judgment. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Growing up, her father was a janitor and her mother worked as a maid for white families; their work, rife with minor indignities, brought into focus the everyday power of an impolite glare, or rolling your eyes. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 15 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin impolitus , from in- + politus polite",
"first_known_use":[
"1739, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-125245"
},
"implausible":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not plausible : provoking disbelief"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pl\u022f-z\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"incredulous",
"unbelievable",
"uncompelling",
"unconceivable",
"unconvincing",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"antonyms":[
"believable",
"cogitable",
"conceivable",
"convincing",
"credible",
"creditable",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"supposable",
"thinkable"
],
"examples":[
"She's been making implausible claims.",
"He gave an implausible excuse for showing up late for work.",
"The novel has an implausible ending.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The arrangements typically include implausible risks covered, non-arm's-length pricing, or lack of business purpose. \u2014 Carrie Brandon Elliott, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi\u2019s Public Investment Fund, said on stage that there would be a prize of $54 million for any player who could hit an implausible 54 at a LIV event. \u2014 Rob Harris, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"All of a sudden, Jurassic World went from what some would call implausible to prescient, and that very sentiment was expressed numerous times across social media. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
"This is a summer blockbuster in the classic style -- its action sequences suitably implausible but still connected to the realities of skin and steel and sky; its breezy dialogue and ... \u2014 Ross Douthat, National Review , 9 June 2022",
"But easily the most implausible member of the Warriors\u2019 core these days is someone who had spent his entire career in the hinterlands of the NBA. \u2014 Ben Cohen, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"The demand for coherence is the reason stories that seem obscure and implausible in themselves come to feel like common sense even to people who are neither murderous nor crazy. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 18 May 2022",
"But many critics of France\u2019s response say that the number of fakes alleged by French authorities was implausible . \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"So what\u2019s so implausible about Garfield\u2019s scenario? \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Sep. 2021"
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"It's an imperfect solution to a difficult problem.",
"He had an imperfect understanding of the task.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Lizzo exemplifies that the process of growth is flawed and imperfect . \u2014 Denise Brodey, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Most Asean countries are either not democracies, like Vietnam, or are imperfect and often backsliding ones, like the Philippines. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"At the same time, polling offers only a limited and imperfect snapshot of public sentiment. \u2014 al , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Her perfectly imperfect vases, bowls, and incense holders are not just beautiful but sought after, once sold at Barneys New York and collected from coast to coast by the likes of Lisa Eisner, Lauren Santo Domingo, Muriel Brandolini, and Jann Wenner. \u2014 Marisa Meltzer, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
"True to form, the band kept it all perfectly imperfect . \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Though Garbo has attempted to fix many of the problems with background checks, the system remains imperfect , some criminal justice experts said. \u2014 Ann-marie Alc\u00e1ntara, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Informal agreements are ubiquitous in part because pop-ups are so swift and scrappy, but also, contracts are an imperfect tool that require time and money to enforce\u2014scarce resources for vendors. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Even the builders who rely on 40B acknowledge it\u2019s an imperfect tool. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Musically, the album is an imperfect yet revealing mosaic of Cabello\u2019s Cuban-Mexican heritage\u2013of growing up on cumbia, salsa, and mariachi, while embracing modern pop and experimental sounds. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Her own transition experience convinced her that testosterone requirements are a necessary, if imperfect , way to preserve fair competition in elite women\u2019s sports. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The National Coalition for the Homeless tracks violent hate crimes against homeless people using media reports and information from homeless advocates and service providers, an imperfect system that doesn\u2019t capture all the incidents. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Jan. 2022",
"And second, its finding that harm is likely to result from these tools runs counter to the prevailing assumption that, even if imperfect , using such algorithms to inform risk is better than nothing. \u2014 Katie Palmer, STAT , 9 Apr. 2022",
"For those who argue that Google and Facebook algorithms are blunt, deeply flawed instruments for policing discourse, Rumble offers a welcome alternative, albeit an imperfect one. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Some might be recycled, but recycling is an imperfect option \u2014 recyclable items still end up in landfills. \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"But after the war ended in 1945, the victorious powers established a system of international organizations and laws that, while imperfect , have tended to clamp down on the most naked forms of aggression. \u2014 Politifact Staff, Detroit Free Press , 2 Mar. 2022",
"This explanation means the public health response to the pandemic, though obviously imperfect , was not about spiritual poverty or political radicalism. \u2014 Addison Del Mastro, The Week , 7 Oct. 2021"
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"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted"
],
"examples":[
"be careful, because impure motor oil can damage your car's engine",
"Victorian notions of what qualified as impure art now strike us as laughable.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet all the choices in rhyme-making take place against the largely unheeded current of rhyme, pure and impure , that flows unimpeded from popular song and greeting-card sentiments and countless other forms. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Essentially, a face scrub gets beneath the surface, and lifts away dead and impure skin cells, allowing newer, younger skin cells to surface. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"While the secretary of agriculture was charged with supporting American food producers, the head of the agency\u2019s Bureau of Chemistry tracked tainted foods and pushed aggressively for poisonous and impure products to be removed from the market. \u2014 Bernice Yeung, ProPublica , 23 Dec. 2021",
"In the generals\u2019 worldview, women are often considered weak and impure . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Across the country, women in many homes are not allowed to cook or touch anyone during their period as they are considered impure and dirty. \u2014 Reshmi Chakraborty, CNN , 27 May 2020",
"Unbeknownst to the cleaner, ash combined with the animal grease to create a simple, impure soap. \u2014 Cody Cassidy, Time , 5 May 2020",
"All of this happens in a space of just 10 nanometers, and the extreme tininess and precision required means that even slightly, microscopically impure silicon materials could throw off the whole process. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Judaism considers pigs impure and no one disputes that the sculpture is deliberately offensive. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2020"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"among history's imperial immoralists , few can compare with the Roman emperor Caligula"
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"unalterable",
"unchangeable"
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"changeable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"mutable",
"variable"
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"examples":[
"the immutable laws of nature",
"one of the immutable laws of television is that low ratings inevitably lead to cancellation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This idea that your attachment style is fixed and immutable , says Sequeira, can become a self-fulfilling prophecy which dooms relationships to stasis and failure. \u2014 Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com , 6 June 2022",
"From land to avatars and clothes avatars wear, ownership of most everything is recorded on a transparent and immutable digital ledger called the blockchain. \u2014 Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"Industry leaders argue that higher gas prices are the result of the immutable forces of global supply and demand\u2014not price gouging. \u2014 Justin Worland, Time , 19 May 2022",
"Yet within those apparently immutable divisions, important political shifts have taken place. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"From icons, skins and wearables for avatars to scarce, exclusive audio and video content, and more, the blockchain is an immutable process that creates new levels of engagement. \u2014 David Lucatch, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022",
"But an eclipse passes according to immutable laws of physics; memory and reckoning do not obey a similarly strict orbit. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The first suggests a tendency; the second implies some form of ownership; the third speaks of essences and therefore of immutable natural laws. \u2014 Zadie Smith, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2022",
"For those who understand the underlying truth of a virtual environment\u2014its technical reality, not the illusions described in the user manual\u2014rules like gravity are not immutable laws but polite conventions. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 1 Dec. 2021"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective",
"noun",
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"verb"
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": to fix or set securely or deeply",
": to set permanently in the consciousness or habit patterns : inculcate",
": to insert in living tissue (as for growth, slow release, or formation of an organic union)",
": to undergo implantation",
": something (such as a graft or device) implanted in tissue \u2014 compare cochlear implant",
": to set securely or deeply",
": to set permanently in the consciousness or habit patterns",
": to insert or fix in a living site (as for growth, slow release, or formation of an organic union)",
": to insert an implant in",
": to undergo implantation : become implanted",
": something (as a graft, a small container of radioactive material for treatment of cancer, or a pellet containing hormones to be gradually absorbed) that is implanted especially in tissue"
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"\u02c8im-\u02ccplant",
"im-\u02c8plant",
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"plant",
"sow"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"a hearing aid that is surgically implanted in the ear",
"a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Fetterman underwent a procedure Tuesday to implant a pacemaker and defibrillator. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 18 May 2022",
"Such operations are incredibly dangerous: a C.I.A. officer or an asset recruited to work secretly for the agency\u2014a courier for the terrorist; the finance minister\u2019s personal chef\u2014must surreptitiously implant the malware by hand. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Although most ectopic pregnancies occur in the fallopian tube, an egg can also implant in the cervix, abdominal cavity, ovary, or even the scar from a cesarean section. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
"Surgeons had to quickly implant a graft and a stent to shore it up. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"One year later, Cooley became the first heart surgeon to implant an artificial heart in a man. \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"The study surveyed Americans\u2019 views on scientific and technological developments, some which are in use, like facial recognition technology, and other methods that are still being developed, like microchips to implant in human brains. \u2014 Carlie Porterfield, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Throughout the 1960s, doctors attempted to implant the organs of monkeys into human patients\u2014one recipient survived for nine months before their body finally rejected the organ. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The injuries required a five-day stay UC-San Diego Medical Center and surgery to implant a metal plate and screws in Ball\u2019s face. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"One of the attendants at the facility where she was trained and grew up encourages her to escape, and in the process, Eleven removes an implant that was inhibiting this young man\u2019s powers. \u2014 James Grebey, Time , 27 May 2022",
"Working out of Sinai Hospital in Baltimore throughout the 1970s, cardiologists Morton Mower and Michel Mirowski developed a potentially lifesaving heart device, an electronic implant about the size of a cigarette pack. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Nexplanon, a contraceptive implant , also works by delivering a dose of progesterone, inhibiting ovulation, thickening cervical mucus, and thinning the lining of the uterus. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
"Rather than amplifying sound, as hearing aids do, cochlear implants send electrical signals directly to the auditory nerve, via an implant in the inner ear combined with an external sensor. \u2014 Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Neurotech is fraught enough that Meta bailed on its long-running investment in a mind-reading device last year, before its first implant . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"On March 11, a government agency in Dnipro was targeted with a destructive implant . \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This eventually led to the design of an implant with 16 individual electrodes that should allow control over which nerve bundles were activated. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Immediately after the implant is placed, there are four or five visits in the first few months. \u2014 Michael Roppolo, CBS News , 25 Jan. 2021"
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],
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless",
": unsusceptible to or destitute of emotion : apathetic",
": unsusceptible to physical feeling : insensible",
": unsusceptible to pain",
": not feeling or showing emotion"
],
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pa-siv",
"im-\u02c8pa-siv"
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"affectless",
"apathetic",
"cold-blooded",
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"impassible",
"numb",
"passionless",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
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"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"passional",
"passionate",
"vehement"
],
"examples":[
"Her face remained impassive throughout the trial.",
"she remained impassive as the officers informed her of her son's death",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In contrast the features of his white subjects tend be impassive and undifferentiated when they are seen at all. \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In many ways, Kafuku is the archetypal Murakami protagonist, a sophisticated and coolly impassive observer, one who is moved by powerful emotions despite his outward appearance of passivity. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Mar. 2022",
"For two hours, von Neumann listened to the scientists, his head in his hands, his face impassive . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, The New Republic , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Vuillard\u2019s mother looks impassive and menacing next to her daughter, who is in a wedding dress. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"German lawmakers were not alone in being seduced by this man of impassive features and implacable intent, honed as an intelligence operative. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"As Laura, Collette is impassive , opaque, even cold. \u2014 ELLE , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The pulley grips the rope and starts hauling it in, flinging sea gunk in every direction, including onto Werder\u2019s impassive face, where a cigarette still dangles from his lips. \u2014 Julia Rosen, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The scene turns into an impassive collection of jokes about her appearance instead of a drama worth emotionally investing in. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022"
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],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": not moral",
": conflicting with generally or traditionally held moral principles",
": not following principles of right and wrong : wicked , bad"
],
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"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259l",
"-\u02c8m\u00e4r-",
"i-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0259l"
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"bad",
"dark",
"evil",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"rotten",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unlawful",
"unrighteous",
"unsavory",
"vicious",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
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"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"examples":[
"Don't condemn her: there was nothing immoral about what she did.",
"It was immoral of her to tell lies like that.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If stockpiling often seems immoral , that\u2019s in part because an unconscionable number of people have always grappled with genuine scarcity. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 26 May 2022",
"These people might look closely or even suspiciously at any projects and businesses related to Russia -- because supporting the aggressor's economy with money is not only immoral , but simply shortsighted. \u2014 Stanislav Kucher, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"Finally, the world looked on in horror on February 22, 2022, as Vladimir Putin unleashed a brutal, immoral , and relentless military assault on the people of Ukraine. \u2014 Paul Laudicina, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Allowing sanctions avoidance is immoral and unnecessary for business purposes because there is plenty of untapped availability in North America. \u2014 WSJ , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In August 2019, the DPI ruled that there was no probable cause to believe Lichte engaged in immoral conduct. \u2014 Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Dec. 2021",
"In an equitable world, actions like these would be immoral and unethical. \u2014 Tahir Amin, STAT , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Decrying the law as immoral and antisemitic, Lapid recalled Israel\u2019s top diplomat in Warsaw. \u2014 Fox News , 4 Sep. 2021",
"Perhaps more than their counterparts anywhere on earth, and perhaps with excellent reason, German artists peer into how respectable burghers can make the kinds of immoral choices that lead their nation astray. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
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"adjective ()"
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": of or relating to imagination , images , or imagery",
": of or relating to the insect imago",
": of, relating to, or involving imagination , images , or imagery",
": of or relating to the insect imago"
],
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"i-\u02c8ma-j\u0259-n\u1d4al",
"i-\u02c8ma-j\u0259-n\u1d4al",
"-\u02c8m\u0101-",
"-\u02c8m\u00e4-g\u0259-",
"im-\u02c8aj-\u0259n-\u1d4al",
"im-\u02c8\u0101-g\u0259n-\u1d4al",
"-\u02c8\u00e4g-\u0259n-"
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"graphical",
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"visual"
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"Adjective (2)",
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],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": free from fault or blame : flawless",
": not capable of sinning or liable to sin",
": free from fault or error"
],
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pe-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8pe-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"absolute",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"ideal",
"immaculate",
"indefectible",
"irreproachable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"picture-book",
"picture-perfect",
"seamless",
"unblemished"
],
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"amiss",
"bad",
"censurable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"reproachable"
],
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"Grandfather found a reason to slip in every five minutes. The empty soda cans had to be removed, the bowl of potato chips refreshed. He was sure that he moved unnoticed, like an impeccable waiter of the old school \u2026 \u2014 Darryl Pinckney , High Cotton , 1992",
"His English was impeccable but halting, like a well-tooled but slightly rusted machine. \u2014 John Updike , New Yorker , 20 Apr. 1987",
"In order to ensure that at least one verifiable Spaniard participate in this critical venture, Mendoza asked Bishop Zum\u00e1rraga to nominate as second-in-command a younger friar with impeccable credentials, and the cleric selected a Fransiscan in whom he had great faith \u2026 \u2014 James A. Michener , Texas , 1985",
"She has impeccable taste in music.",
"the etiquette expert was celebrated for her absolutely impeccable manners",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Austin Butler transformed himself into Presley and in the last few frames, the transformation is impeccable as evidenced by actual Presley footage interspersed with director Luhrmann\u2019s recreations. \u2014 Brad Auerbach, SPIN , 22 June 2022",
"The reasoning is impeccable , if also a bit head-spinning. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Sprouse, 29, who has been dating Palvin, 28, for over three years, jokingly shouted out Maxwell's impeccable style with his birthday post. \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 15 May 2022",
"Everyone from Megan Thee Stallion, Ariana DeBose, Chl\u00f6e, Jodie Turner Smith, Lena Waithe, Jon Batiste, Janelle Mona\u00e9, Michaela Ja\u00e9 Rodrigez, La La Anthony, Lizzo, Kerry Washington, and more all hitting the carpet with impeccable style. \u2014 Essence , 3 May 2022",
"The lovebirds, known for their impeccable style, held hands and dined at Pastis in Manhattan late on Thursday, January 27. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Even her most casual outfits manage to be impeccable . \u2014 Seventeen , 26 May 2022",
"This is a play that hurls a lot of biographical information at the audience, but Reiter's diction and delivery are impeccable and nary a word is lost. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"Only the Animals, the technical credits are impeccable , from Patrick Ghiringhelli\u2019s lensing to a score by Olivier Marguerit (Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle) that keeps the suspense level high. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin impeccabilis , from in- + peccare to sin",
"first_known_use":[
"1531, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200420"
},
"impeach":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to charge with a crime or misdemeanor",
": to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal with misconduct in office",
": to cast doubt on",
": to challenge the credibility or validity of",
": charge , impeachment",
": to charge a public official formally with misconduct in office",
": to charge with a crime or misconduct",
": to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal (as the U.S. Senate) with misconduct in office",
": to cast doubt on: as",
": to attack the validity of (a judgment or verdict) because of judicial or juror misconduct",
": to challenge the credibility of (a witness) or the validity of (a witness's testimony)",
"\u2014 see also impeachment evidence at evidence \u2014 compare rehabilitate"
],
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"im-\u02c8p\u0113ch",
"im-\u02c8p\u0113ch",
"im-\u02c8p\u0113ch"
],
"synonyms":[
"accuse",
"charge",
"criminate",
"defame",
"incriminate",
"indict"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Congress will vote on whether or not to impeach the President.",
"The defense lawyers tried to impeach the witness's testimony by forcing him to admit that he had changed his story.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But this approach has been complicated by the fact that the loudest praise for Mr. Pence has come from Democrats who voted to impeach Mr. Trump. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"Six of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump are running for reelection, and Rice was the first to face a challenger endorsed by the former president. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
"Rice was one of 10 house Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"Contrast Mace\u2019 victory to last night\u2019s loss by Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C., who voted to impeach Trump \u2014 and who continued to defend that vote. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"Of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump, Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina was particularly unexpected. \u2014 Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"Ten House Republicans voted to impeach Trump, and Rice is the first to be unseated, though four decided not to seek reelection. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 14 June 2022",
"Can a Republican congressman who voted to impeach Trump survive his primary? \u2014 ABC News , 5 June 2022",
"Four of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in January of 2021 have opted to retire. \u2014 David Weigel And Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1590, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-201130"
},
"impression":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the effect produced by impressing : such as",
": an especially marked and often favorable influence or effect on feeling, sense, or mind",
": a stamp, form, or figure resulting from physical contact",
": an imprint of the teeth and adjacent portions of the jaw for use in dentistry",
": an often indistinct or imprecise notion or remembrance",
": a telling image impressed on the senses or the mind",
": an effect of alteration or improvement",
": a characteristic, trait, or feature resulting from some influence",
": an imitation or representation of salient features in an artistic or theatrical medium",
": an imitation in caricature of a noted personality as a form of theatrical entertainment",
": the act of impressing: such as",
": an affecting by stamping or pressing",
": a communicating of a mold, trait, or character by an external force or influence",
": page view",
": an instance in which a specific element (such as an advertisement) is displayed on a web page accessed by a user",
": the amount of pressure with which an inked printing surface deposits its ink on the paper",
": one instance of the meeting of a printing surface and the material being printed",
": a single print or copy so made",
": all the copies (as of a book) printed in one continuous operation from a single makeready",
": the first coat of color in painting",
": a coat of paint for ornament or preservation",
": something (as a design) made by pressing or stamping a surface",
": the effect that something or someone has on a person's thoughts or feelings",
": an idea or belief that is usually uncertain",
": an imitation of a famous person done for entertainment",
": an imprint in plastic material of the surfaces of the teeth and adjacent portions of the jaw from which a likeness may be produced in dentistry",
": an especially marked influence or effect on the senses or the mind"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pre-sh\u0259n",
"im-\u02c8pre-sh\u0259n",
"im-\u02c8presh-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"impress",
"imprint",
"print",
"stamp"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The star of the evening is the handsome congressman from Massachusetts, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who makes an immediate impression on the women in attendance. \u2014 Anna Pitoniak, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"But everything is an impression , with even the choreography restrained to the tried and true with little nuance and variation. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"An artist's impression of a SpaceX Starship on the surface of the moon. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 13 June 2022",
"So strong was the impression Hall left that Bookman came back for an encore appearance on the series\u2019 1998 finale. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"That was certainly the impression given by the opener, Elgar\u2019s Serenade for Strings, one of the composer\u2019s earliest mature works yet one bearing a late, autumnal glow. \u2014 David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"The proposal includes the use of panels of people whose activity would be monitored\u2014similar to the way the Nielsen audience measurement metrics have worked for television\u2014combined with impression data from the digital platforms. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"For example, contrary to public impression , OPEC has virtually no spare capacity. \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The younger versions of Vivi's friends make zero impression . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-204154"
},
"imprudence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being imprudent",
": an imprudent act"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pr\u00fc-d\u1d4an(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While unconventional, DeChambeau\u2019s approach is not borne of carelessness or imprudence . \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 18 Sep. 2020",
"A decade ago, Citigroup was in no position to warn about imprudence . \u2014 Erik Schatzker, Bloomberg.com , 29 May 2020",
"Claims of juror imprudence and calls for a mistrial have swirled during and after Stone's trial. \u2014 Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner , 25 Feb. 2020",
"Johnson\u2019s imprudence has too often been explained or excused as a kind of perpetual boyishness. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 8 July 2019",
"But citing the imprudence of maintaining two public golf courses, the park board notified the city last summer of its intent to discontinue golf at the country club. \u2014 Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com , 9 May 2018",
"In addition to showing the imprudence of overinterpreting brief visual evidence, the last few weeks have demonstrated that, while Kelly is frequently at odds with Trump\u2019s stylistic approach, the men are largely simpatico on substance. \u2014 David A. Graham, The Atlantic , 31 Oct. 2017",
"The imprudence of a Sanders run has nothing to do with his status as an independent. \u2014 Sarah Jones, New Republic , 19 June 2017",
"A Davao City court official, who had not been informed of Mr. Meiring\u2019s death, said there was still an outstanding warrant for his arrest on charges of illegal possession of explosives and reckless imprudence resulting in damage to property. \u2014 Richard C. Paddock, New York Times , 13 May 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205708"
},
"impotence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being impotent : such as",
": lack of power, strength, or vigor : weakness",
": an abnormal physical or psychological state of a male characterized by inability to engage in sexual intercourse because of failure to have or maintain an erection : erectile dysfunction",
": the quality or state of lacking power or strength",
": the quality or state of not being potent",
": an abnormal physical or psychological state of a male characterized by inability to engage in sexual intercourse because of failure to have or maintain an erection"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-p\u0259-t\u0259n(t)s",
"\u02c8im-p\u0259-t\u0259ns",
"\u02c8im-p\u0259t-\u0259n(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency",
"powerlessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
],
"examples":[
"the congressional committee's essential impotence in affecting the management of the war was frustrating to its members",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Based on the Supreme court\u2019s impotence here, that deadline is meaningless. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"But most Republicans have made no secret of their opposition to Roe, and some voters could view the failure of a purely symbolic Senate vote as another illustration of a Democratic majority\u2019s impotence . \u2014 Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"This gives the book a feeling of impotence at best and dangerously misdirected blame at worst. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 8 Feb. 2021",
"The loud rage sweeping over the European continent at present is born of this feeling of impotence . \u2014 Bruno Ma\u00e7\u00e3es, Time , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Terrence Deyalsingh, the health minister of Trinidad and Tobago, on Wednesday dismissed Minaj's claim that COVID-19 vaccines can cause impotence , The Hill reports. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 15 Sep. 2021",
"They will be ordered to disarm and neutralise and prove their complete impotence over and over again. \u2014 Bruno Ma\u00e7\u00e3es, Time , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Though known for his otherworldly intensity, the episode\u2019s host, Willem Dafoe, felt like a muted presence, except in a strange sketch about impotence . \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 30 Jan. 2022",
"There are familiar biographical elements (childhood trauma, delusions of intellectual grandeur, sporadic impotence ), and then there are his extraordinary powers of personal persuasion. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-215355"
},
"importune":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to press or urge with troublesome persistence",
": to request or beg for urgently",
": annoy , trouble",
": to beg, urge, or solicit persistently or troublesomely",
": importunate",
": to beg or urge in a repeated or annoying way",
": to press or urge with troublesome persistence",
": to beg, urge, or press another persistently or troublesomely \u2014 compare coerce , solicit"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-p\u0259r-\u02c8t\u00fcn",
"-\u02c8ty\u00fcn",
"im-\u02c8p\u022fr-\u02cct(y)\u00fcn",
"-ch\u0259n",
"\u02ccim-p\u0259r-\u02c8t\u00fcn",
"-\u02c8ty\u00fcn",
"\u02ccim-p\u022fr-\u02c8t\u00fcn, -\u02c8ty\u00fcn; im-\u02c8p\u022fr-\u02ccty\u00fcn, -ch\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"implore",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He stood on the street corner, importuning passersby for help.",
"He importuned them to help.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Stewart Dickerson, 64, is charged with importuning and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, according to jail records. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com , 28 Feb. 2020",
"In exchange for his guilty plea, Cuyahoga County prosecutors dropped charges of importuning and possessing criminal tools. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 26 Feb. 2020",
"He is charged with importuning , a fifth-degree felony, court records say. \u2014 Evan Macdonald, cleveland , 4 Feb. 2020",
"Instead, Potter senior has to importune a surly centaur. \u2014 Jason Kehe, Wired , 11 Dec. 2019",
"Shawn Folsom, 41, is charged with one count of importuning , a felony in the fifth degree, police said in a release. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com , 16 Nov. 2019",
"Investigators also discovered that Watson had an arrest for importuning in 1997 that was never prosecuted. \u2014 Rachel Dissell, cleveland , 13 Oct. 2019",
"There were reportedly other calls in which Trump importuned the Ukrainians this way. \u2014 Jonah Goldberg, National Review , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Andy Warhol was among the celebrities Tseng importuned at the Met, and there is something of Warhol\u2019s nineteen-sixties self-invention in Tseng\u2019s cultivation of an unvarying image, a mask that made the most of his outsider station. \u2014 Brian Dillon, The New Yorker , 23 June 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-222234"
},
"imbalance":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion",
": lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion: as",
": loss of parallel relation between the optical axes of the eyes caused by faulty action of the extrinsic muscles and often resulting in diplopia",
": absence of biological equilibrium",
": a disproportion between the number of males and females in a population"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8ba-l\u0259n(t)s",
"(\u02c8)im-\u02c8bal-\u0259n(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.",
"the problem of racial imbalance in schools",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Iron Beam, Israeli officials hope, could correct that imbalance . \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"Now, a new bill in New York could disrupt that power imbalance that\u2019s ruled the $2.5 trillion fashion industry for decades. \u2014 Caitriona Balfe, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
"In late May, Indiana State Police announced the boy died due to an electrolyte imbalance . \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
"But that power imbalance has done little to discourage members\u2019 interest in the funds. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 31 May 2022",
"The Royal College of Psychiatrists has acknowledged that there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance . \u2014 Dr Sanah Ahsan, refinery29.com , 29 May 2022",
"While his identity remains unknown, the boy found dead in a suitcase last month in Southern Indiana died due to an electrolyte imbalance , Indiana State Police announced Friday. \u2014 Krista Johnson, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
"An unidentified boy found inside a suitcase in rural Indiana last month died from an electrolyte imbalance likely caused by a stomach virus, authorities said Friday. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 28 May 2022",
"An unidentified child who was found dead in a suitcase last month in southern Indiana died from electrolyte imbalance , officials said Friday. \u2014 Michelle Watson, CNN , 28 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1890, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-224439"
},
"improvise":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously",
": to make, invent, or arrange offhand",
": to make or fabricate out of what is conveniently on hand",
": to improvise something",
": to speak or perform without preparing ahead of time",
": to make, invent, or arrange by using whatever is available"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-pr\u0259-\u02ccv\u012bz",
"also",
"\u02c8im-pr\u0259-\u02ccv\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad-lib",
"clap (together ",
"extemporize",
"fake"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"If you forget any of your lines, try to improvise .",
"Good jazz musicians know how to improvise .",
"He had to improvise his opening speech when he forgot his notes.",
"The trumpet player performed an improvised solo.",
"I wasn't expecting guests, so I had to improvise a meal with what I had in my refrigerator.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But to answer your question, the first thing that popped to my mind was watching Cullen suddenly improvise during some of the trial sequences. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"Large crypto transfers set off alarm bells at U.S. banks, forcing Alameda to improvise . \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2022",
"But equally important is our readiness to improvise and pivot when something unexpected makes our plans unworkable. \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Pham\u2019s story includes all of these beginnings because what are the stories of immigrants and refugees but a series of them: new displacements, new languages, new cultures and foods, new ways to improvise , to survive. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
"Ukrainian pilots were able to improvise from there. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"However, the No. 1 skill that separates Watson from almost every quarterback in the league is his ability to keep plays alive and improvise when the play is seemingly dead. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022",
"But even such a temporary fix would take months or years to improvise . \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
"For instance, the conductor can cue specific members or sections of the orchestra, a clarinet or strings, to improvise on the fly. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French improviser , from Italian improvvisare , from improvviso sudden, from Latin improvisus , literally, unforeseen, from in- + provisus , past participle of provid\u0113re to see ahead \u2014 more at provide ",
"first_known_use":[
"1788, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-230230"
},
"implacable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated",
": impossible to please, satisfy, or change"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pla-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
"-\u02c8pl\u0101-",
"im-\u02c8pla-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
"-\u02c8pl\u0101-"
],
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
],
"examples":[
"He has an implacable hatred for his political opponents.",
"an implacable judge who knew in his bones that the cover-up extended to the highest levels of government",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With the implacable refusal of the G.O.P. on Capitol Hill to approve meaningful gun-control measures, the President is setting a very low bar. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Here, the sight of the Landlords with their implacable stance and extravagant costumes creates a terrifying world \u2014 somehow one even more eerie than when the wilis take over the stage in Act 2. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"All of these last four films follow in the path of Cimino\u2019s first three as outpourings of loss and grief in the face of implacable power. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 22 May 2022",
"Only the novel\u2019s own eerie light can pierce it, with a voice as implacable as the weather itself; a voice like that of an unforgiving God. \u2014 Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Even the credits reflect the implacable reality of age, listing the lead actors along with their birth years\u2014Lebrun, 1944; Argento, 1940; and Lutz, 1978\u2014along with No\u00e9 and his own, 1963. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The perspective lines read as allegories both for the implacable vectors of modern history and the train tracks that took millions to their deaths during the Holocaust. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Bang makes Fj\u00f6lnir an implacable brute, but not an unsympathetic one. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Finally, in Naples there was Amadeo Bordiga, the most implacable and stubborn of Gramsci\u2019s future associates, a star mathematics student and precocious labor organizer, who came from an already political family. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin implacabilis , from in- + placabilis placable",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-233208"
},
"imply":{
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to express indirectly",
": to involve or indicate by inference, association, or necessary consequence rather than by direct statement",
": to contain potentially",
": enfold , entwine",
": to express indirectly : suggest rather than say plainly",
": to recognize as existing by inference or necessary consequence especially on legal or equitable grounds",
": to make known indirectly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pl\u012b",
"im-\u02c8pl\u012b",
"im-\u02c8pl\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[
"allude",
"hint",
"indicate",
"infer",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"suggest"
],
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"examples":[
"Early reports implied that the judge's death was not an accident.",
"His words implied a threat.",
"War implies fighting and death.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That would imply most of the Black Panther 2 cast and crew have no knowledge of the scene. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 21 June 2022",
"Finally, God of War Ragnarok has already been rated in Korea, which would imply a release sooner rather than later. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"An increase in auto loan delinquency could imply greater financial stress for young consumers. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"Does my tolerant laissez-faire outlook imply a shirking of combat duty in today\u2019s vicious culture wars? \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"But that would imply the story of the film is one of convergence, in which the pieces will eventually settle to reveal some grand unifying design, where the trajectory is in fact the opposite. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"Many pop songs imply some story happening just off-screen, but for Styles that sense of disconnection is the point. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
"The caller might imply that hundreds of thousands of dollars were transferred into questionable accounts opened with your ID information. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 19 May 2022",
"The records provided to AP imply that some people knew almost a day before. \u2014 Fox News , 14 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English emplien , from Anglo-French emplier to entangle \u2014 more at employ ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-021540"
},
"implicate":{
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to bring into intimate or incriminating connection",
": to involve in the nature or operation of something",
": to involve as a consequence, corollary, or natural inference : imply",
": to fold or twist together : entwine",
": to show to be connected or involved",
": to involve as a consequence, corollary, or natural inference",
": to connect to a crime"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-pl\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
"\u02c8im-pl\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
"\u02c8im-pl\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"enlace",
"entwine",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"intertwist",
"interweave",
"inweave",
"lace",
"ply",
"twist",
"weave",
"wreathe",
"writhe"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"His business partner was implicated in the theft.",
"the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Things took a turn for the worse when Fez's friend Custer wore a wire in hopes of getting one of the brothers to implicate themselves in a murder. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 7 June 2022",
"As for Charles Adelson, a grand jury has heard new audio which helped implicate him in the murder, according to Jack Campbell, state attorney for the 2nd judicial circuit court of Leon County, Florida. \u2014 Melissa Alonso, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Still ahead this summer are hearings by the Jan. 6 committee that could implicate more GOP lawmakers and officeholders, as well as a looming Supreme Court decision widely expected to overturn Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Rick Klein, ABC News , 20 May 2022",
"That includes those who help pay for them, which could implicate people across the country who have been donating to charitable organizations that help women in restrictive states get abortions elsewhere. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
"Holder has encouraged the task force to focus on housing, land reparations, mechanisms for improving healthcare and giving people tax credits and tax abatements that do not implicate Proposition 209. \u2014 Taryn Lunastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Its stated reason -- avoiding the appearance or a perception of bias by its reporters -- is a basis for the bans that does not implicate the [DC Human Rights Act]. \u2014 Oliver Darcy, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Maybe this will somehow eventually implicate the president \u2014 which seems the ultimate hope of Republicans \u2014 who, according to several reports, is not under investigation. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The documents, supported by visual evidence, implicate commanders in atrocities for the first time since the coup. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, to convey by implication, from Medieval Latin implicatus , past participle of implicare , from Latin, to entwine, involve \u2014 more at employ ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-031150"
},
"implied":{
"type":[
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to express indirectly",
": to involve or indicate by inference, association, or necessary consequence rather than by direct statement",
": to contain potentially",
": enfold , entwine",
": to express indirectly : suggest rather than say plainly",
": to recognize as existing by inference or necessary consequence especially on legal or equitable grounds",
": to make known indirectly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pl\u012b",
"im-\u02c8pl\u012b",
"im-\u02c8pl\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[
"allude",
"hint",
"indicate",
"infer",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"suggest"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Early reports implied that the judge's death was not an accident.",
"His words implied a threat.",
"War implies fighting and death.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That would imply most of the Black Panther 2 cast and crew have no knowledge of the scene. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 21 June 2022",
"Finally, God of War Ragnarok has already been rated in Korea, which would imply a release sooner rather than later. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"An increase in auto loan delinquency could imply greater financial stress for young consumers. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"Does my tolerant laissez-faire outlook imply a shirking of combat duty in today\u2019s vicious culture wars? \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"But that would imply the story of the film is one of convergence, in which the pieces will eventually settle to reveal some grand unifying design, where the trajectory is in fact the opposite. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"Many pop songs imply some story happening just off-screen, but for Styles that sense of disconnection is the point. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
"The caller might imply that hundreds of thousands of dollars were transferred into questionable accounts opened with your ID information. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 19 May 2022",
"The records provided to AP imply that some people knew almost a day before. \u2014 Fox News , 14 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English emplien , from Anglo-French emplier to entangle \u2014 more at employ ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-033035"
},
"imminent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": ready to take place : happening soon",
": being about to happen"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8i-m\u0259-n\u0259nt",
"\u02c8i-m\u0259-n\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"impending",
"looming",
"pending",
"threatening"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the local authorities were momentarily stunned, and began frantically trying to prepare for what they feared were further imminent attacks. \u2014 Richard A. Clarke , Atlantic , January/February 2005",
"The compression squashes the bullet slightly, enabling about a half-dozen spiral grooves cut along the barrel's inner wall to grab the bullet and make it spin. That spin stabilizes the bullet's imminent flight. \u2014 Peter Weiss , Science News , 11 Jan. 2003",
"Plaints about the imminent demise of the language are made in every century. But there is usually nothing inherently wrong with most changes the purists deplore. \u2014 Steven Pinker , New York Times , 24 Dec. 1999",
"We are awaiting their imminent arrival.",
"These patients are facing imminent death.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Signs of imminent danger include talking about putting their affairs in order, saying goodbye to loved ones, giving away their possessions, a sudden shift from anguish to calm, and putting a plan in place to commit suicide. \u2014 Lisa Bain, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"Putin said Finland and Sweden\u2019s entry into NATO did not represent an imminent danger to Russia, even though their accession, if finalized, would add hundreds of miles to Russia and NATO\u2019s shared border. \u2014 Missy Ryan, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
"Crisis lines are intended for those undergoing an urgent mental health crisis and in imminent danger, like someone considering suicide. \u2014 Byadjoa Smalls-mantey, ABC News , 13 May 2022",
"The FSO Safer, a dilapidated oil tanker-turned oil storage vessel, is in imminent danger of spilling its cargo. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 12 May 2022",
"The relative calm in the capital region contrasted with a growing sense of alarm and imminent danger in the country\u2019s separatist Donbas region in the east. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Russia is in imminent danger of default after the United States cut off the country\u2019s ability to pay its debt using frozen dollars sitting in American banks. \u2014 David Goldman, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022",
"However, emergency data requests are intended to be used in instances of imminent danger and don\u2019t require a judge\u2019s signature. \u2014 William Turton, Bloomberg.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The point of the emergency requests is to skirt this requirement in cases of imminent danger. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 30 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English imynent, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French iminent, emynant, borrowed from Latin imminent-, imminens, present participle of immin\u0113re \"to rise up, project so as to overhang (of a structure or natural feature), be intent, impend (of something unpleasant or dangerous), threaten,\" from im- im- + -min\u0113re , taken to mean \"stand out, rise above\" (unattested without a prefix) \u2014 more at minatory ",
"first_known_use":[
"1528, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-081451"
},
"immoderate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exceeding just, usual, or suitable bounds"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8m\u00e4-d(\u0259-)r\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"baroque",
"devilish",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"inordinate",
"insane",
"intolerable",
"lavish",
"overdue",
"overextravagant",
"overmuch",
"overweening",
"plethoric",
"steep",
"stiff",
"towering",
"unconscionable",
"undue",
"unmerciful"
],
"antonyms":[
"middling",
"moderate",
"modest",
"reasonable",
"temperate"
],
"examples":[
"the young widow remarried with what was regarded as immoderate haste by most observers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s long been argued that information disclosure initiatives like TRI compel polluters to scale back immoderate emissions for fear that their names might otherwise end up on the front page of The New York Times. \u2014 Ava Kofman, oregonlive , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In my reading, Louie has been accused of immoderate desire, and the story is her response. \u2014 Amy Weiss-meyer, The Atlantic , 16 May 2021",
"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, isn\u2019t their willingness to pursue traditional Democratic goals by immoderate methods but their embrace of radical progressivism. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 12 Apr. 2021",
"But the immoderate 6-year-old remains his default setting. \u2014 Reggie Ugwu, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
"And that number just grows larger every year, well ahead of inflation and vastly in excess of any possible spending even the most immoderate lifestyles might allow. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 7 Nov. 2019",
"Fascism and communism found the modern form of individual liberty lacking, and sought to reinject community\u2014albeit in monstrous, immoderate ways that trampled on liberty. \u2014 Nick Burns, The New Republic , 7 Aug. 2019",
"Louis has since emerged as the French literary world\u2019s most implacable, immoderate opponent of Emmanuel Macron, the young president whose promises of national renewal have lately run aground. \u2014 Jason Farago, The New York Review of Books , 18 Apr. 2019",
"The old-guard corporatists are under attack from activists with radical goals and immoderate tempers. \u2014 Jeet Heer, The New Republic , 6 July 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English immoderat , from Latin immoderatus , from in- + moderatus , past participle of moderare to moderate",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-102746"
},
"imperious":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by arrogant assurance : domineering",
": befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments : commanding , dominant",
": intensely compelling : urgent"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pir-\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"authoritative",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"bossy",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"domineering",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"peremptory",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an imperious little boy who liked to tell the other scouts what to do",
"an imperious movie star who thinks she's some sort of goddess",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His imperious , snobbish parents, however, seem barely concerned. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 May 2022",
"Thompson recalls the younger Shepard of Project Mercury as brash, irreverent, and at times imperious , defying the early stereotype of the astronaut as flawless hero. \u2014 Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 May 2022",
"In a Wisconsin burg much like Appleton, the grown children of the imperious owner of the local Chinese restaurant come to grips with his murder and the prejudice of their community. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
"But Zelensky\u2019s serene yet resolute appearance at Cannes\u2014decked out in his trademark, sober-looking olive-drab shirt, looking perhaps a little tired but nothing close to weary\u2014brought a dash of humility to this assertively imperious festival. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 May 2022",
"In an act of imperious adolescent spite, that trombone player had opened his bottle and poured the oil on my head. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"War is making the argument better than any imperious C.E.O. ever could. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Soon, her inimitable style and imperious approach to selling clothes became one of the store\u2019s signatures. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 4 Apr. 2022",
"His style prized cleanness, and secure but never imperious beauty. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin imperi\u014dsus \"exercising authority, domineering,\" from imperium \"authority over family members and slaves exercised by the head of a household, supreme administrative authority, dominion\" + -\u014dsus -ous \u2014 more at empire ",
"first_known_use":[
"1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110534"
},
"improv":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or being improvisation and especially an improvised comedy routine"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-\u02ccpr\u00e4v"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mystery Switch & Friends is another improv comedy show with a twist at the Sea Tea Comedy Theater. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 5 May 2022",
"Other events include performances from improv comedy troupe Penguin Knife Fight, virtual reality and console gaming exhibits, an escape room and an Easter egg hunt. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Iridium Nights is an improv jazz session that started in June of 2021 (and takes place on the first Friday of each month at the Clementine McDuff Elks Lodge #598). \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Apr. 2022",
"This first post-pandemic show also has an ordinary improv game far too early in its running order: the cast loses the chance there to assert its own identities. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Key was one of Robinson\u2019s first improv teachers at the Second City Detroit. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 6 July 2021",
"Her improv performance was a bust, as was the disco-mentary challenge. \u2014 Paul Mccallion, Vulture , 5 Mar. 2021",
"There were also interactive sessions that included improv games for the mind and body, as well as tools for how to create a positive mindset. \u2014 Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes , 28 Feb. 2021",
"That includes writing jokes, sketch comedy and parody songs, while also performing standup comedy and, in recent years, relishing time spent in the no-safety-net-below world of improv comedy. \u2014 cleveland , 9 Dec. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"short for improvisation ",
"first_known_use":[
"1978, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-123142"
},
"impale":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to pierce with or as if with something pointed",
": to torture or kill by fixing on a sharp stake",
": to fix in an inescapable or helpless position",
": to join (coats of arms) on a heraldic shield divided vertically by a pale",
": to pierce with something pointed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8p\u0101l",
"im-\u02c8p\u0101l"
],
"synonyms":[
"gore",
"harpoon",
"jab",
"lance",
"peck",
"pick",
"pierce",
"pink",
"puncture",
"run through",
"skewer",
"spear",
"spike",
"spit",
"stab",
"stick",
"transfix",
"transpierce"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"impale a marshmallow or two on that stick and let's start toasting",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Researchers believe the dinosaur held its prey with its arms, then kicked it with one leg, using its hind claw to impale and kill it. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 May 2022",
"Later, Strange will impale Sinister Strange in the reality that the latter destroyed magical powers devastating a man\u2019s head \u2013 this could be Wanda killing the primary Mordo early in the movie. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 Apr. 2022",
"While there\u2019s nothing on an Edmontosaurus that can impale or bash a tyrannosaur, hadrosaurs can still deliver powerful kicks and thrashes that can break bone. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Wanda might impale Balder the Brave in the Illuminati reality. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Can impale the skulls of intruders with professionalism and a positive attitude. \u2014 Patrick Clair, The New Yorker , 20 Jan. 2022",
"But anyone who has ever clung onto one during a particularly enthusiastic sea breeze knows how quickly the beachside staple can turn into an airborne weapon, flying off to impale an unsuspecting sunbather. \u2014 Stephanie Krikorian, WSJ , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Each of her glass slippers is outfitted with a nail that would impale the heel of any would-be princess. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Some tree stands have a spike in the middle on which to impale the tree; others use adjustable bolts or fasteners to hold it upright. \u2014 Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times , 3 Dec. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French empaler , from Medieval Latin impalare , from Latin in- + palus stake \u2014 more at pole ",
"first_known_use":[
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-125717"
},
"immediately":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"conjunction"
],
"definitions":[
": without interval of time : straightway",
": in direct connection or relation : directly",
": as soon as",
": with nothing between",
": right away"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8m\u0113-d\u0113-\u0259t-l\u0113",
"also",
"British often",
"i-\u02c8m\u0113-d\u0113-\u0259t-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"directly",
"forthwith",
"headlong",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instanter",
"instantly",
"now",
"PDQ",
"plumb",
"presently",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straightaway",
"straight off",
"straightway"
],
"antonyms":[
"as soon as",
"instantly",
"once",
"when"
],
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"the person immediately to my left",
"Dinner was served immediately after the ceremony.",
"The new law will become effective immediately .",
"Conjunction",
"Immediately you fill out this form, we can start processing your request.",
"give us a ring immediately you get back",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Russia\u2019s national guard, which Chechen forces are part of, didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment. \u2014 Alistair Macdonald, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Chewy did not immediately respond to Fortune\u2019s request for comment. \u2014 Azure Gilman, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Mosby did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday afternoon. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
"The court on Thursday did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the justice. \u2014 Mary Clare Jalonick And Farnoush Amiri, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Reps for the stars did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment at the time. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"Representatives for Harington did not immediately respond to Variety\u2018s request for comment. \u2014 Ellise Shafer, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Adverb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Conjunction",
"1839, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-130408"
},
"importunity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being importunate",
": an importunate request or demand"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-p\u0259r-\u02c8t\u00fc-n\u0259-t\u0113",
"-\u02c8ty\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[
"claim",
"demand",
"dun",
"requisition",
"ultimatum"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"overwhelmed by the often conflicting importunities of pressure groups"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English importunite, borrowed from Anglo-French importunit\u00e9 \"inappropriateness,\" borrowed from Latin import\u016bnit\u0101t-, import\u016bnit\u0101s \"unfavorableness, lack of consideration for others, relentlessness,\" from import\u016bnus \"not suited to one's purpose, unfavorable, unaccommodating, troublesome, relentless\" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity \u2014 more at importune entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-131928"
},
"immersing":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to plunge into something that surrounds or covers",
": to plunge or dip into a fluid",
": engross , absorb",
": to baptize by immersion",
": to plunge into something (as a fluid) that surrounds or covers",
": to become completely involved with"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8m\u0259rs",
"i-\u02c8m\u0259rs"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"bemuse",
"busy",
"catch up",
"engage",
"engross",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"enwrap",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involve",
"occupy"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Immerse the fabric completely in the dye.",
"She had immersed herself in writing short stories.",
"He immersed himself in the culture of the island.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That led to a gig at Coachella, and soon the woman who\u2019d been on the fence about attending LiB at all was working at 10-12 festivals a year while also bartending at venues like the Hollywood Palladium to further immerse herself in music culture. \u2014 Katie Bain, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"What better way to celebrate our country than to immerse yourself in its history? \u2014 Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"Staring up at the road sign for Cambridge, Ng\u0169g\u0129 recalled that T. S. Eliot, an American, fled to England to immerse himself in the works of European writers in order to better understand and master literature. \u2014 Dw Gibson, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
"The metaverse is an open ecosystem of tools that allow users to immerse themselves in digital environments and experience the world in new, impactful ways. \u2014 Amber Allen, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"After a few years of honing her craft, Xu moved to Shanghai to immerse herself in its dynamic, diverse creative environment developing a mastery of color, texture, and subversion by way of nail art. \u2014 Echo Chen, Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The metaverse enables users to immerse themselves in the internet \u2014 perhaps sitting in a virtual office before heading out to enjoy the virtual beach. \u2014 CBS News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Head to the store to purchase a king cake, or whip one up from scratch to immerse yourself in the joy of the holiday. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Oceanfront campsites also make Assateague Island one of the most scenic places to camp in the U.S., so bring a tent and your camping supplies to fully immerse yourself in the great outdoors for a weekend. \u2014 Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure , 8 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin immersus , past participle of immergere , from in- + mergere to merge",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-134022"
},
"impassion":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to arouse the feelings or passions of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pa-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouse",
"encourage",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"incite",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"rev (up)",
"spark",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the obvious intent of the documentary was to impassion viewers to do something about global warming",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This heated conversation shows how a single issue can impassion voters enough to deny anything good the other candidate has done. \u2014 Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com , 24 June 2020",
"Arlington Martin\u2019s Patrick Dunn was impassioned as his athletes competed, visibly hungry, while Allen\u2019s Jerry Best was calm, meticulously thinking. \u2014 Peter Scamardo, Dallas News , 22 Feb. 2020",
"Kaplan\u2019s drink list is part primer, part manifesto, part impassioned scribbled notes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Aug. 2019",
"A week after the Oscars, Pierpaolo Piccioli\u2019s focus shifted from Gemma Chan\u2019s couture and Frances McDormand\u2019s custom Birkenstocks to his new, impassioned ready-to-wear collection. \u2014 Brooke Bobb, Vogue , 3 Mar. 2019",
"Although Milan succumbed to what was eventually a crushing defeat, the dynamic, expressive and high-energy performance which Gattuso\u2019s side delivered was impassioned , committed, and very much a reflection of their manager. \u2014 SI.com , 11 May 2018",
"Corbett is impassioned as Michael, even when his shaggy-dog sensibility doesn\u2019t quite fit this part. \u2014 Katie Walsh, idahostatesman , 24 Aug. 2017",
"Corbett is impassioned as Michael, even when his shaggy-dog sensibility doesn\u2019t quite fit this part. \u2014 Katie Walsh, kansascity , 24 Aug. 2017",
"Corbett is impassioned as Michael, even when his shaggy-dog sensibility doesn't quite fit this part. \u2014 Katie Walsh, latimes.com , 24 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably from Italian impassionare , from in- (from Latin) + passione passion, from Late Latin passion-, passio ",
"first_known_use":[
"1591, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-151827"
},
"imperilment":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to bring into peril : endanger",
": to place in great danger"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8per-\u0259l",
"-\u02c8pe-r\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8per-\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"endanger",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"jeopard",
"jeopardize",
"menace",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The toxic fumes imperiled the lives of the trapped miners.",
"The financial health of the company was imperiled by a string of bad investments.",
"a list of imperiled species",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With control of a Senate that's now split 50-50 on the line, losses in any combination of those states could imperil Republicans' hopes in what should otherwise be a good midterm for the party in the current political environment. \u2014 Eric Bradner, CNN , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Western sanctions indirectly imperil even workers in domestic firms. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 16 May 2022",
"Asking artists to disavow Mr. Putin\u2019s war in order to carry on creatively can imperil their safety. \u2014 Suzanne Nossel, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Greitens has little regard for his Republican opponents and those who worry that his candidacy will imperil the party\u2019s chance to take back the Senate this year. \u2014 Ali Zaslav, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to health risks, natural gas burning stoves also imperil the planet by releasing methane. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Feb. 2022",
"According to the airlines, the C-Band rollout will imperil the performance of radio altimeters, which help planes judge their altitude. \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Unfortunately, his selection would imperil small-business creation and freelancing in the U.S . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 16 Jan. 2022",
"These temperature rises would likely trigger more extreme weather, and lead to rising seas that will imperil low-lying countries and cities, according to experts. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English inperiled, from in- in- entry 2 + peril peril entry 1 + -ed -ed entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-161355"
},
"implement":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a device used in the performance of a task : tool , utensil",
": one that serves as an instrument or tool",
": an article serving to equip",
": carry out , accomplish",
": to give practical effect to and ensure of actual fulfillment by concrete measures",
": to provide instruments or means of expression for",
": an object (as a tool) intended for a certain use",
": to begin to do or use something"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-pl\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8im-pl\u0259-\u02ccment",
"\u02c8im-pl\u0259-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8im-pl\u0259-\u02ccment"
],
"synonyms":[
"device",
"instrument",
"tool",
"utensil"
],
"antonyms":[
"administer",
"apply",
"enforce",
"execute"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"According to Turkish authorities, that\u2019s the implement that Mohammed\u2019s henchmen allegedly used on Oct. 2, 2018, to dismember Jamal Khashoggi, a Post columnist and Saudi dissident. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Edging garden beds is one of those things that on the outside one, seems like a minor and fussy detail, but isn\u2019t, two, looks easy, but isn\u2019t, and three, can be done with any old garden implement ... \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 13 May 2022",
"But in humans, similar features are usually associated with tool use such as cleaning teeth with a long, sharp implement or processing animal hides\u2014behaviors that Koshima macaques do not display. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The simple but harder-to- implement solution is to educate consumers on how to safeguard their digital identities online. \u2014 Mathias Klenk, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Lampard needs results straight away, and there will be no time to experiment with implement a playing style at the expense of points on the board, although at the same time the style needs to change in order to get those results. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The White House more than doubled the goal of federal contract dollars being channeled to these businesses, from 5 percent to 11 percent, and asked individual agencies to design an implement processes and protocols aimed at achieving these goals. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Jan. 2022",
"In keeping with its mission as a farm implement with a fun side, the XP Kinetic can tow 2500 pounds and haul 1250 pounds of payload in its bed. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Grab any kind of marking implement \u2014 a pencil or crayon or even a feather or avocado pit. \u2014 Jaime Lowe, New York Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Along with the fine, Tenaris has agreed over the next two years to regularly report to SEC staff on its efforts to implement new compliance measures. \u2014 David Smagalla, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
"More than two years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, inspectors also cited Homestead for failing to implement infection control measures. \u2014 Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star , 26 May 2022",
"The rollout of the new map, which aims to help people and local officials assess when to implement potential mitigation measures, caused controversy among some Americans, explained Doron. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 25 May 2022",
"Newsom issued an executive order in March calling for local water agencies to implement more aggressive conservation measures. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"Other areas have yet to implement measures matching the policy in California, but projections show that the worst could be yet to come. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 12 May 2022",
"Organizations that embrace threat modeling gain a security advantage through their ability to protect sensitive data, to implement preventative measures to mitigate the risk of a data breach, and to enhance their overall security posture. \u2014 Barbara Cosgriff, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Online platforms would then have at least a year to implement the new measures. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Which is to say, CNN+ was obviously an attractive opportunity when looking to implement cost-cutting measures. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
"Verb",
"1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-162930"
},
"immodest":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not modest",
": not conforming to the sexual mores of a particular time or place",
": not proper in thought, conduct, or dress",
": being vain or showing vanity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259st",
"i-\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259st"
],
"synonyms":[
"bold",
"familiar",
"forward",
"free",
"overfamiliar",
"presuming",
"presumptuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"modest",
"unassuming"
],
"examples":[
"Although it might sound immodest of me to say so, I am very proud of what we have accomplished.",
"an immodest proposal for altering the town's traditional character by an uppity newcomer at his first town meeting",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All basic human needs seem to have taken a back seat, and more immodest desires have evaporated. \u2014 Vogue , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The Kremlin says his annual income is about $140,000 \u2014 not an immodest figure in Russia, though hardly one that could keep Putin sporting his rotation of luxury watches. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
"His priest once walked into his theater and pointed at the posters on the wall, calling each one demonic and immodest . \u2014 Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer , 13 Aug. 2021",
"In some religions and cultures, there is certainly an expectation that a woman uncovered is an immodest woman. \u2014 Peggy Drexler, CNN , 26 May 2021",
"One admittedly immodest proposal is for top colleges to dramatically expand capacity. \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Excessive drinking, lewd talk, immodest dress and messy personal lives are virtual prerequisites for aspiring housewives \u2014 but also contradict the church's conservative strictures. \u2014 Meredith Blake Los Angeles Times, Star Tribune , 15 Dec. 2020",
"Excessive drinking, lewd talk, immodest dress and messy personal lives are virtual prerequisites for aspiring housewives \u2014 but also contradict the church\u2019s conservative strictures. \u2014 Meredith Blake Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2020",
"Lizzo belongs to a class of women artists\u2014along with Tierra Whack, Megan Thee Stallion, Mitski, Solange, and others\u2014that are working with an extraordinarily immodest aptitude for industry-wide reinvention. \u2014 Jason Parham, WIRED , 3 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin immodestus , from in- + modestus modest",
"first_known_use":[
"1550, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-193431"
},
"immovable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": incapable of being moved",
": not moving or not intended to be moved",
": steadfast , unyielding",
": not capable of being moved emotionally",
": one that cannot be moved",
": real property as opposed to movable property",
": impossible to move : firmly fixed in place",
": not able to be changed or persuaded",
": incapable of being moved \u2014 see also immovable property at property",
": an item of immovable property (as land, standing timber, or a building)",
": an interest or right (as a servitude) in an item of immovable property",
"\u2014 compare movable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8m\u00fc-v\u0259-b\u0259l",
"i-\u02c8m\u00fc-v\u0259-b\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8m\u00fc-v\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"immobile",
"immotile",
"irremovable",
"nonmotile",
"nonmoving",
"unbudging",
"unmovable"
],
"antonyms":[
"mobile",
"motile",
"movable",
"moveable",
"moving"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"that boulder is immovable , even with a bulldozer",
"despite tears and pleading, the police officer was immovable on the matter of a hefty fine for speeding",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The unstoppable force of out-of-control violence bumps into the immovable object that is America's entrenched gun culture, Second Amendment rights, and widespread private firearms ownership. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 26 May 2022",
"This piano now seemed inseparable from me, immovable as the Behning on its blocks. \u2014 Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books , 6 Apr. 2022",
"At 6-foot-6, 340 pounds, the Outland and Bednarik trophy winner is an immovable object who could anchor a run defense for years to come. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Eyebrow, fallen; eyelid, fallen; lip fallen, frozen, immovable . \u2014 Sarah Ruhl, Vogue , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Thor was solid, stable, immovable , and enormously powerful, and Loki was dancing around him like a sprite or as unpredictable as the wind. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 8 July 2021",
"One understands why Tesson wants to put some distance between himself and Matthiessen, whose book looms over much of nature writing, enormous and immovable as Annapurna. \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 5 July 2021",
"The college admissions process has been so entrenched and immovable for decades. \u2014 Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY , 25 June 2021",
"The classic cheese pie from Martha Dear was secured tightly in the passenger seat, like a puppy in a car harness, immovable and ready for transport back to the \u2019burbs. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-031128"
},
"impermanent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": not permanent : transient"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u0259rm-n\u0259nt",
"-\u02c8p\u0259r-m\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad interim",
"interim",
"provisional",
"provisionary",
"provisory",
"short-term",
"temporary"
],
"antonyms":[
"long-term",
"permanent"
],
"examples":[
"built an impermanent structure to serve for the archaeologists' living quarters during the dig",
"a summer romance that was an impermanent fancy, quickly forgotten",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pandemic opened our eyes to the frailty of life and how impermanent things are. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Yet how accessible and transparent is a system that requires a 15-page glossary of terms (including concepts like hexadecimals, impermanent losses, nonces, oracles and vertical scaling) in order for readers to properly understand it? \u2014 Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Diplomacy is an impermanent art at best, and the diplomacy in question was oddly inconclusive from the beginning. \u2014 Michael Kimmage, The New Republic , 7 Feb. 2022",
"For most economists speaking of transitory inflation, the intention is to describe something that is transient and impermanent , Beckworth said. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Her impermanent and autobiographical organic photographs ask the viewer to question production, consumption and ownership. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Mar Bella Figueroa, who refers to herself as an impermanent being, chimes in. \u2014 Karina Gonz\u00e1lez, Allure , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Everything is impermanent -- our lives and our belongings -- and accepting that impermanence is key to resilience. \u2014 Katie Hawkins-gaar, CNN , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Users must keep in mind these pools are AMM-based and are thus subject to impermanent loss. \u2014 Leeor Shimron, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1653, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-052131"
},
"impenitence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being impenitent"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pe-n\u0259-t\u0259n(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1595, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-064323"
},
"improved":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enhance in value or quality : make better",
": to increase the value of (land or property) by making it more useful for humans (as by cultivation or the erection of buildings)",
": to grade and drain (a road) and apply surfacing material other than pavement",
": to use to good purpose",
": employ , use",
": to advance or make progress in what is desirable",
": to make useful additions or amendments",
": to make or become better"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pr\u00fcv",
"im-\u02c8pr\u00fcv"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"help",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine",
"upgrade"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsen"
],
"examples":[
"This operation will greatly improve her chances of survival.",
"The advertising campaign has improved sales.",
"Maybe we'll buy a house when our financial situation improves .",
"Her writing has improved since the beginning of the school year.",
"The company has been having steadily improving sales.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ashe wanted to improve health conditions in urban and multi-ethnic communities and the AAIUH strives to achieve this goal for health inclusion and empowerment. \u2014 Christopher Dawson, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"The district declined all comment, including NBC News\u2019 request to Ierano. At Mills Pond Elementary, where Michael transferred for fifth grade, Coppola said the situation didn\u2019t improve . \u2014 Jo Yurcaba, NBC News , 12 June 2022",
"Police officers and firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty, a troubling trend that researchers say didn't improve in 2020 despite national suicide rates decreasing. \u2014 Cady Stanton, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"As a result, the equity selloff could continue if the macro outlook doesn't improve . \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"If things don\u2019t improve , most fear that resources won\u2019t be enough to keep them in business for more than a year. \u2014 Lauren Coleman-lochner, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"O\u2019Brien has pushed back on the labor efforts, saying that unions could slow Apple\u2019s ability to improve conditions and that such organizations don\u2019t share the company\u2019s commitment to its employees. \u2014 Mark Gurman, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"Bennett himself is opposed to Palestinian statehood, but his government has approved some steps to improve economic conditions for Palestinians. \u2014 Joseph Krauss, ajc , 30 May 2022",
"Major funding issues and possible service cuts if ridership doesn\u2019t dramatically improve . \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 28 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English improuen, emprouen , from Anglo-French emprouer to make profit from, from French en- + pru, prou advantage, from Late Latin prode \u2014 more at proud ",
"first_known_use":[
"1509, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-092108"
},
"impecuniousness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-pi-\u02c8ky\u00fc-ny\u0259s",
"-n\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"examples":[
"they were so impecunious that they couldn't afford to give one another even token Christmas gifts",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, the amateurs Tracksmith has in mind are not so much the impecunious would-be professionals of the past but today\u2019s hardcore hobbyists\u2014the bane of every relaxed camping trip. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 11 Jan. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Dalton\u2019s impassioned singing style \u2014 as if Billie Holiday took up residence in an impecunious Southern misfit \u2014 has made fans out a range of contemporaries, from the art-rock auteur Nick Cave to the harpist Joanna Newsom. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":" in- entry 1 + obsolete English pecunious rich, from Middle English, from Latin pecuniosus , from pecunia money \u2014 more at fee ",
"first_known_use":[
"1596, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-092327"
},
"impious":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-p\u0113-\u0259s",
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u012b-"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"irreverent",
"profane",
"sacrilegious"
],
"antonyms":[
"pious",
"reverent"
],
"examples":[
"He was fearful of seeming impious .",
"an impious act that horrified their pious mother"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin impius , from in- + pius pious",
"first_known_use":[
"1542, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-093939"
},
"imprison":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to put in or as if in prison : confine",
": to put in prison",
": to confine in prison especially as punishment for a crime \u2014 compare false imprisonment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pri-z\u1d4an",
"im-\u02c8pri-z\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"commit",
"confine",
"immure",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug",
"lock (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release"
],
"examples":[
"He was imprisoned for murder.",
"He has threatened to imprison his political opponents.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Set in 1869, as Habsburg forces imprison Magyar provincials suspected of rebellious banditry, it was shot entirely on location within Hungary\u2019s prairie-like puszta. \u2014 David Mermelstein, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"This lack of diversity was particularly disquieting given the long history of using cannabis offenses to imprison predominantly people of color. \u2014 Olivia Goldhill, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Activists used Mukadam's death to renew calls for the country's Parliament to pass legislation that would fine or imprison offenders for abusing women, children or vulnerable people. \u2014 Sophia Saifi, CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The law was used by the British to imprison freedom fighters in India, including Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
"While small parts of the two-masted wooden schooner have been brought to the surface, researchers have found that most of the ship \u2014 including the pen that was used to imprison the captives \u2014 remains intact on the river bottom. \u2014 CBS News , 1 May 2022",
"While small parts of the two-masted wooden schooner have been brought to the surface, researchers have found that most of the ship \u2014 including the pen that was used to imprison the captives \u2014 remains intact on the river bottom. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"The Russian law effectively forbids any depiction of or reference to homosexuality at all in the country and it has been used to imprison activists. \u2014 Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The legislation came into effect on April 1, according to an official gazette issued Friday, and allows authorities to arrest and imprison suspects without warrants. \u2014 Rukshana Rizwie, Sophie Jeong And Alex Stambaugh, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French emprisoner , from en- + prison prison",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-095655"
},
"impersonator":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to assume or act the character of : personate",
": to pretend to be another person",
": to assume (another's or a fictitious identity) without authority and with fraudulent intent"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8p\u0259r-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"im-\u02c8p\u0259r-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"im-\u02c8p\u0259r-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"masquerade (as)",
"personate",
"play",
"pose (as)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.",
"a comedian with a talent for impersonating famous politicians and actors",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rich, who is charged with impersonating a federal officer and conspiracy to impersonate a federal officer, was released under the supervision of U.S. Pretrial Services. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 24 May 2022",
"These survey type scams can impersonate banks, a wireless carrier and others, too. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 25 Feb. 2022",
"For years, there\u2019s been a cottage industry in Japan and South Korea of renting strangers to impersonate friends, family members or other acquaintances, as a way to save face at social functions where plus-ones are expected. \u2014 Michelle Ye Hee Lee And Julia Mio Inuma, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Others have involved pornographic images, while criminals have used deepfakes to impersonate company officials for the purposes of fraud. \u2014 Emma Woollacott, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"This gives her a great chance to impersonate McKinnon, Strong, Villase\u00f1or and more. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 8 May 2022",
"Recently, a scammer created an Instagram account to impersonate me. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022",
"For years, there\u2019s been a cottage industry in Japan and South Korea of renting strangers to impersonate friends, family members or other acquaintances, as a way to save face at social functions where plus-ones are expected. \u2014 Michelle Ye Hee Lee And Julia Mio Inuma, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The contestants impersonate celebrities in Snatch Game. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1715, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-102834"
},
"imprint":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to mark by or as if by pressure : impress",
": to fix indelibly or permanently (as on the memory)",
": to subject to or induce by imprinting",
": to undergo imprinting",
": something imprinted or printed: such as",
": a mark or depression made by pressure",
": an identifying name (as of a publisher) placed conspicuously on a product",
": the name under which a publisher issues books",
": an indelible distinguishing effect or influence",
": to make a mark by pressing against a surface : stamp",
": to fix firmly in the mind or memory",
": a mark made by pressing against a surface",
": to fix indelibly or permanently (as on the memory)",
": to subject to or induce by imprinting",
": to undergo imprinting"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8print",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccprint",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccprint",
"im-\u02c8print",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccprint",
"im-\u02c8print",
"\u02c8im-\u02cc"
],
"synonyms":[
"brand",
"engrave",
"etch",
"impress",
"infix",
"ingrain",
"engrain"
],
"antonyms":[
"trace",
"track",
"trail"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"wearing a T-shirt imprinted with the company logo",
"a picture imprinted in my memory",
"Noun",
"We saw an imprint of a bike tire on the dirt trail.",
"a fossil imprint of a dinosaur's foot",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Charlamagne Tha God is developing new lines of graphic novels under his Simon & Schuster imprint Black Privilege Publishing as well as comic book series with AWA Studios, Variety has learned exclusively. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Lithography uses light to imprint patterns onto silicon wafers, patterns that ultimately form the tiny circuitry inside microchips. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 May 2022",
"Machine has spent the last decade stirring our subconscious and defining the conventional, combining music technology and vintage synths with striking, can\u2019t-look-away visuals that reflect and imprint themselves on our deepest and darkest dreams. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Jake Wesley Rogers, who released an EP, Pluto, on Warner Records\u2019 Facet Records imprint last fall, also performed at the event. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Amanda Claridy and Jenna Collins went through their own struggles and are now successful potters who imprint Swensen's line of coffee mugs with words to live by. \u2014 CBS News , 2 Mar. 2022",
"None had much interest in or imprint on social media. \u2014 Larry Neumeister, Fortune , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Compared to Musgraves' previous four albums, star-crossed was released on UMGN's MCA Nashville imprint as well as pop label Interscope Records in a new joint partnership. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Young addressed his letter to his manager Frank Gironda as well as Tom Corson, the co-chairman and chief operating officer of Warner Records, which releases Young\u2019s music through its Reprise Records imprint . \u2014 Chris Eggertsen, Billboard , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Raising Antiracist Children will be released June 7 from the Simon & Schuster imprint , Simon Element. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 2 June 2022",
"Columbia Germany imprint , just to show up at the contest in Turin given the brutal invasion of their country by Russia in February \u2014 a war that continues to grind on. \u2014 Fred Bronson, Billboard , 15 May 2022",
"In 1979, the German division of Warner Bros. Records gave him his own imprint , Innovative Communication, which had one major hit with Ideal, a Berlin band. \u2014 Jon Pareles, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Apr. 2022",
"In 1979, the German division of Warner Bros. Records gave him his own imprint , Innovative Communication, which had one major hit with Ideal, a Berlin band. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"His company will also produce the live-action DC Comics feature Static Shock, based on the character from Hudlin\u2019s publishing imprint , Milestone Media. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
"But her imprint on women\u2019s basketball, and women\u2019s sports, will last a very long time. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Using a mix of author Alan Weisman's book The World Without Us and the film Children of Men, production designer James Foster envisioned a futuristic version of London overrun by nature as humanity's imprint has essentially vanished. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 2 June 2022",
"The book, published byan imprint of Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS' parent company Paramount Global, is now available for purchase. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 31 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-105432"
},
"impoundment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of impounding : the state of being impounded",
": a body of water formed by impounding"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pau\u0307n(d)-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"prison"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after his impoundment in the garage all weekend, the family dog was ready to frolic",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Angelo Pond, located just southwest from Fort McCoy in Sparta, is a 53-acre impoundment of the La Crosse River. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"In response, the council amended the law before adopting it to stipulate that a violation leading to impoundment must be significant in nature. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Mar. 2022",
"By then, the towns of Eddyville and Kuttawa had been relocated after the riverside communities were flooded with the construction of Barkley Dam and the impoundment of Lake Barkley. \u2014 Kevin Patton, The Courier-Journal , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Grassi also criticized the impoundment rules in the new law. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Miles away, a coal company's hillside impoundment dams collapsed, sending slurry thundering downhill and into the hollow, inundating small communities and killing 125 people. \u2014 John Raby, BostonGlobe.com , 26 Feb. 2022",
"To escape the looming impoundment , the ship, carrying at least 300 people, changed course to Bimini in the Bahamas. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 24 Jan. 2022",
"At this spot, on Sept. 23, 1877, a band of Nimiipuu Indians (also known as Nez Perc\u00e9) crossed the Missouri on a futile, five-month, 1,170-mile flight to avoid impoundment on a reservation. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Gun owners who fail to comply will be subject to firearm impoundment and fines, according to the ordinance. \u2014 Omar Abdel-baqui, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-110233"
},
"imitate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to follow as a pattern, model, or example",
": mimic , counterfeit",
": to be or appear like : resemble",
": to produce a copy of : reproduce",
": to follow as a pattern, model, or example",
": to be or appear like : resemble",
": to copy exactly : mimic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8i-m\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t",
"\u02c8i-m\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"ape",
"copy",
"copycat",
"emulate",
"mime",
"mimic"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her style has been imitated by many other writers.",
"He's very good at imitating his father's voice.",
"She can imitate the calls of many different birds.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our children see this, and learn to imitate it; for man is an imitative animal. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"Some bird people get into birds\u2019 songs and work hard to describe and imitate them. \u2014 Brian Duff, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"On Monday, Biden said that the United States would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force \u2014 in what appeared to be a strong warning to Beijing not to imitate Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Eric Cheung, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"Jackson would perfectly imitate David Ortiz\u2019s hand movements in the batter\u2019s box. \u2014 Jacob Unruh, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"Stalin spoke of an internal colonization, in which peasants would be exploited so that the Soviet economy could imitate \u2014and then overtake\u2014capitalism. \u2014 Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Art does not imitate life in this case, because IRL the actors can't keep their hands off each another. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The influence of these people in the tech industry has been so strong, that a lot of young founders try to imitate the successful ones, and a lot of investors are looking for people that fit the mold of the charismatic, visionary leader. \u2014 Abdo Riani, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Michael Gandolfini wisely doesn\u2019t try to imitate his father\u2019s performance. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 1 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin imit\u0101tus, past participle of imit\u0101r\u012b \"to follow as a pattern, copy,\" frequentative derivative of a presumed verb *im\u0101- \"make a copy,\" perhaps going back to Indo-European *h 2 im-, whence also Hittite hima-, himma- \"substitute, replica, toy\"",
"first_known_use":[
"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-113904"
},
"immobilism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a policy of extreme conservatism and opposition to change"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8m\u014d-b\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1949, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-115011"
},
"immutable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not capable of or susceptible to change"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8my\u00fc-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"fixed",
"hard-and-fast",
"inalterable",
"incommutable",
"inflexible",
"invariable",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable"
],
"antonyms":[
"alterable",
"changeable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"mutable",
"variable"
],
"examples":[
"the immutable laws of nature",
"one of the immutable laws of television is that low ratings inevitably lead to cancellation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This idea that your attachment style is fixed and immutable , says Sequeira, can become a self-fulfilling prophecy which dooms relationships to stasis and failure. \u2014 Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com , 6 June 2022",
"From land to avatars and clothes avatars wear, ownership of most everything is recorded on a transparent and immutable digital ledger called the blockchain. \u2014 Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"Industry leaders argue that higher gas prices are the result of the immutable forces of global supply and demand\u2014not price gouging. \u2014 Justin Worland, Time , 19 May 2022",
"Yet within those apparently immutable divisions, important political shifts have taken place. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"From icons, skins and wearables for avatars to scarce, exclusive audio and video content, and more, the blockchain is an immutable process that creates new levels of engagement. \u2014 David Lucatch, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022",
"But an eclipse passes according to immutable laws of physics; memory and reckoning do not obey a similarly strict orbit. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The first suggests a tendency; the second implies some form of ownership; the third speaks of essences and therefore of immutable natural laws. \u2014 Zadie Smith, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2022",
"For those who understand the underlying truth of a virtual environment\u2014its technical reality, not the illusions described in the user manual\u2014rules like gravity are not immutable laws but polite conventions. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 1 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin immutabilis , from in- + mutabilis mutable",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-115557"
},
"impurity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something that is impure or makes something else impure",
": the quality or state of being impure",
": the quality or state of being impure",
": something that is or makes something else impure",
": something that is impure or makes something else impure"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pyu\u0307r-\u0259-t\u0113",
"im-\u02c8pyu\u0307r-\u0259-t\u0113",
"(\u02c8)im-\u02c8pyu\u0307r-\u0259t-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterant",
"contaminant",
"contamination",
"defilement",
"pollutant"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the impurity of the water",
"The syrup is strained to remove impurities .",
"The water is free of impurities .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For too long periods have been bound up in a patriarchal taboo, associated with dirt and disgust, with fear and impurity , and this needs to change. \u2014 Amika George, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Also amongst this list of nourishing oils is nigella oil, which is known for soothing any kind of skin irritation or impurity , including chronic dryness. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"It\u2019s in that proprietary reactor where the CO2 and H2 meet and are converted into impurity -free alcohols for use as a base ingredient in consumer goods. \u2014 Simon Mainwaring, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"And this time the carcinogenic culprit of concern is a nitrosamine impurity called N-nitroso-quinapril. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
"From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, China entered a dark period where hundreds of thousands were bullied and killed in order to weed out capitalists, feudalists and others guilty of ideological impurity . \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Its debut product, Air Vodka with Natural Flavors, is not only a sugar-free, carbohydrate-free, gluten-free, impurity -free, high-quality and sustainable spirit. \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Smoking cessation drug Chantix was recalled for higher than acceptable levels of a potential carcinogen called nitrosamine, a chemical impurity tied to recalls of other drugs as well. \u2014 Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Ozone gets rid of the naturally occurring impurity of hydrogen sulfide, which adds color and the smell of rotten eggs to water. \u2014 Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com , 12 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-122743"
},
"impervious":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable",
": not capable of being damaged or harmed",
": not capable of being affected or disturbed",
": not letting something enter or pass through",
": not bothered or affected by something",
": not allowing entrance or passage"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u0259r-v\u0113-\u0259s",
"im-\u02c8p\u0259r-v\u0113-\u0259s",
"(\u02c8)im-\u02c8p\u0259r-v\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"tight"
],
"antonyms":[
"penetrable",
"permeable",
"pervious"
],
"examples":[
"He looked at her, impervious to her tears \u2026 \u2014 Jean Stafford , Children Are Bored on Sunday , (1945) 1953",
"\u2026 the trunk \u2026 is encased in so hard a bark, as to be almost impervious to a bullet \u2026 \u2014 Herman Melville , Omoo , 1847",
"\u2026 Berlin struck me, above all, as impervious to any political reactions whatever \u2026 \u2014 Stephen Spender , New York Times Magazine , 30 Oct.1977",
"the material for this coat is supposed to be impervious to rain",
"the rain forest is impervious to all but the most dedicated explorers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During large storms, runoff from impervious highway surfaces flows onto residential streets. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"The old showbiz adage \u2014 that entertainment can be impervious to tough times, because people will still pay for escape \u2014 could be in play. \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 31 May 2022",
"Fabs must also be impervious to just about any vibration, which can cause costly equipment to malfunction. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The Bay Area\u2019s sky-high home prices, however, have remained seemingly impervious to the changes. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 May 2022",
"During two days of traversing Wildland estates, Mr. MacDonell came across as patient, intense and impervious to weather. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"But these are not entirely passive human beings: the usual synonym for un badaud is un curieux, who may lack the sophisticated investigative gaze of the flaneur but is not entirely impervious to his surroundings. \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The world\u2019s urban trees already store approximately 7.4 billion tonnes of carbon, but if all of the plantable (non-tree and non- impervious ) space in our cities were converted to tree cover, that carbon storage value could almost triple. \u2014 Laurie Winkless, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The fiberglass design is stylish and relatively impervious to scratches and dents. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 2 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin impervius , from in- + pervius pervious",
"first_known_use":[
"1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-125829"
},
"improvisational":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or art of improvising",
": something (such as a musical or dramatic composition) improvised",
": the act or art of speaking or performing without practicing or preparing ahead of time",
": something that is improvised"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02ccpr\u00e4-v\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02ccim-pr\u0259-v\u0259-",
"also",
"im-\u02ccpr\u00e4-v\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"ad-lib",
"extemporization",
"impromptu",
"improv"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that comedy skit was a totally unrehearsed improvisation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With these two veterans of comedy and action, there was naturally bound to be a level of improvisation that makes the script come alive. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 17 June 2022",
"There\u2019s not a lot of improvisation in making a children\u2019s book though, is there? \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
"The real laughs are almost all incidental ones sporting a feel of improvisation , with Holland, Richardson, Hartley and Chris Parnell (as the heroine\u2019s widowed father) particularly adept at such business. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"The improvisation was a very important element of that. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The artists come from various disciplines, including poetry, music, theater, improvisation , dance, art and medicine. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"Two of them were quite easy to agree on with Tanu and Harry, and two others \u2013 the dance improvisation at the end, and everything that happens on the turntable \u2013 those required a little bit of rehearsal. \u2014 Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Instruction in guitar technique, reading, music theory, composition, improvisation , and ear training is also provided. \u2014 cleveland , 27 Feb. 2022",
"The film's distinct conversational style stems from a mix of Levinson's approach to the script and a fair amount of improvisation while on set. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1777, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-135448"
},
"impoverishment":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make poor",
": to deprive of strength, richness, or fertility by depleting or draining of something essential",
": to make poor",
": to use up the strength or richness of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8p\u00e4v-rish",
"-\u02c8p\u00e4-v\u0259-",
"im-\u02c8p\u00e4-v\u0259-rish"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The dictator enriched himself but impoverished his people.",
"Poor farming practices impoverished the soil.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In desperately poor Afghanistan, the ban seems certain to further impoverish its poorest citizens at a time when the country is in an economic free fall. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"But others have been persuaded that any changes to pensions will impoverish the elderly, and are understandably worried \u2014 in other words, the electorate has as little trust in Illinois\u2019 Republican legislators as in Democrats. \u2014 Elizabeth Bauer, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
"Awarding damages for mere mistakes would impoverish debate, the court ruled. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Mar. 2021",
"In truth, the sacrifices some families made to shoulder their debt burden underscores the folly of forcing families to impoverish themselves to attain higher education. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2020",
"The three countries of Central America\u2019s impoverished Northern Triangle have extremely small asylum processing offices, but Wolf said the U.S. is working to expand their ability to process and care for asylum seekers. \u2014 Robert Moore, Washington Post , 21 Nov. 2019",
"Tamara Qiblawi and Ghazi Balkiz report from Tripoli, where the lockdown has stoked resentment, fueled rumors of a government conspiracy to further impoverish the poor and ignited violent protests. \u2014 Ivana Kottasov\u00e1, CNN , 2 May 2020",
"President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, who came to power through a military coup\u2014has pursued a bleaker approach that is keeping his state solvent by impoverishing his people. \u2014 Anthony Bubalo, The New Republic , 17 Mar. 2020",
"At a minimum, the charts predicted that 100,000 to 240,000 Americans would die \u2014 and only if the nation abided by stringent social restrictions that would choke the economy and impoverish millions. \u2014 Peter Baker, New York Times , 1 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English enpoverisshen , from Anglo-French empoveriss- , stem of empoverir , from en- + povre poor \u2014 more at poor ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-161346"
},
"immix":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to mix in"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8miks"
],
"synonyms":[
"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"comingle",
"commingle",
"commix",
"composite",
"concrete",
"conflate",
"fuse",
"homogenize",
"immingle",
"incorporate",
"integrate",
"interfuse",
"intermingle",
"intermix",
"meld",
"merge",
"mingle",
"mix"
],
"antonyms":[
"break down",
"break up",
"separate",
"unmix"
],
"examples":[
"deep in her lair, the old crone immixed the secret ingredients into a magic potion"
],
"history_and_etymology":"back-formation from immixed mixed in, from Middle English immixte , from Latin immixtus , past participle of immisc\u0113re , from in- + misc\u0113re to mix \u2014 more at mix ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-185353"
},
"impossible":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": incapable of being or of occurring",
": felt to be incapable of being done, attained, or fulfilled : insuperably difficult",
": extremely undesirable : unacceptable",
": extremely awkward or difficult to deal with",
": incapable of being or of occurring : not possible",
": very difficult",
": very bad or unpleasant",
": not possible : incapable of being done, attained, or fulfilled"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u00e4-s\u0259-b\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8p\u00e4-s\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"hopeless",
"insoluble",
"insolvable",
"insuperable",
"unattainable",
"undoable",
"unrealizable",
"unsolvable"
],
"antonyms":[
"achievable",
"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"possible",
"realizable",
"resolvable",
"soluble",
"workable"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her works, meanwhile, were increasingly impossible to find on the primary market. \u2014 Kelly Crow, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Eastman is a key figure in a movement among some Wisconsin Republicans to continue to push for the decertification of the 2020 presidential election, a move that is legally impossible . \u2014 Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Fully functioning kidneys and immune systems are allowing Kruz and Paizlee Davenport to experience life in ways that were previously impossible . \u2014 Erika Edwards, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"Some of the cars Hi-Tech supplies as rollers to Superformance and Shelby Legendary Cars are virtually impossible to own as originals. \u2014 Thomas Page, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"But in the meantime, his day-to-day life has changed along with the very image of his pontificate: At 85, his frailty is impossible to miss. \u2014 Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Stopping someone from lying about their birthday is virtually impossible , and other safeguards appear to be minimal at best. \u2014 Moises Mendez Ii, The Atlantic , 6 June 2022",
"As Zillow\u2019s algorithmic meltdown illustrated, predicting the future of U.S. real estate is a virtually impossible task. \u2014 Lance Lambert, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"Assembly Speaker Robin Vos of Rochester told the convention crowd that trying to rescind the state's electoral votes is legally impossible . \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin impossibilis , from in- + possibilis possible",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-215113"
},
"immotile":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking motility"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8m\u014d-t\u1d4al",
"-\u02cct\u012b(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonyms":[
"immobile",
"immovable",
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"nonmotile",
"nonmoving",
"unbudging",
"unmovable"
],
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"mobile",
"motile",
"movable",
"moveable",
"moving"
],
"examples":[
"a free-form sculpture that manages to suggest movement while remaining an immotile object"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1872, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-230440"
},
"immateriality":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being immaterial",
": something immaterial"
],
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"\u02cci-m\u0259-\u02cctir-\u0113-\u02c8a-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"inconsequence",
"inconsequentiality",
"inconsiderableness",
"insignificance",
"insignificancy",
"littleness",
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"nullity",
"pettiness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
],
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"bigness",
"consequence",
"import",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness"
],
"examples":[
"the cost of such a lavish affair may be a matter of some immateriality to the wedding planner, but not to the person who has to foot the bill"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-010837"
},
"impracticable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": impassable",
": not practicable : incapable of being performed or accomplished by the means employed or at command",
": difficult to put into practice or use",
": excessively difficult to perform especially by reason of an unforeseen contingency"
],
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8prak-ti-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8prak-ti-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8prak-ti-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"impractical",
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"nonpractical",
"unserviceable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless"
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"applicable",
"feasible",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"practicable",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"ultrapractical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"utilizable",
"workable"
],
"examples":[
"an impracticable plan for dealing with the recent intrusion of bears in the suburban neighborhood",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The last thing a comedian wants is to sue or threaten a fan, and such action is often impracticable . \u2014 Mitra Ahouraian, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"What was previously \u2018 impracticable \u2019 or \u2018too costly\u2019 was made possible in a matter of weeks. \u2014 Caroline Casey, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The series explores the continual pressure exerted on women \u2014 and the particular pressure that women exert on themselves \u2014 to achieve an impracticable ideal. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2021",
"However, a personal guarantee becomes impracticable when there are potentially hundreds of owners, and none of them owns more than 20% of the business. \u2014 Lydia Depillis, ProPublica , 7 June 2021",
"In any other context, those quarries\u2014now the Carri\u00e8res des Lumi\u00e8res art venue for light and sound installations\u2014would have been impracticable . \u2014 Tina Isaac-goiz\u00e9, Vogue , 4 May 2021",
"The expectation or requirement of mask-wearing is impracticable to impose only on those who are vulnerable or may be dangerous. \u2014 Nicole Saphier, WSJ , 2 Apr. 2021",
"While many Americans agree that this is one of our country\u2019s greatest crises, solutions can seem overwhelming and impracticable . \u2014 Daniel S. Loeb, WSJ , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Experts believe the plan is impracticable and unlikely to materialize. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
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"1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
"immutability":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not capable of or susceptible to change"
],
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"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8my\u00fc-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"fixed",
"hard-and-fast",
"inalterable",
"incommutable",
"inflexible",
"invariable",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable"
],
"antonyms":[
"alterable",
"changeable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"mutable",
"variable"
],
"examples":[
"the immutable laws of nature",
"one of the immutable laws of television is that low ratings inevitably lead to cancellation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This idea that your attachment style is fixed and immutable , says Sequeira, can become a self-fulfilling prophecy which dooms relationships to stasis and failure. \u2014 Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com , 6 June 2022",
"From land to avatars and clothes avatars wear, ownership of most everything is recorded on a transparent and immutable digital ledger called the blockchain. \u2014 Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"Industry leaders argue that higher gas prices are the result of the immutable forces of global supply and demand\u2014not price gouging. \u2014 Justin Worland, Time , 19 May 2022",
"Yet within those apparently immutable divisions, important political shifts have taken place. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"From icons, skins and wearables for avatars to scarce, exclusive audio and video content, and more, the blockchain is an immutable process that creates new levels of engagement. \u2014 David Lucatch, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022",
"But an eclipse passes according to immutable laws of physics; memory and reckoning do not obey a similarly strict orbit. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The first suggests a tendency; the second implies some form of ownership; the third speaks of essences and therefore of immutable natural laws. \u2014 Zadie Smith, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2022",
"For those who understand the underlying truth of a virtual environment\u2014its technical reality, not the illusions described in the user manual\u2014rules like gravity are not immutable laws but polite conventions. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 1 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin immutabilis , from in- + mutabilis mutable",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-042054"
},
"improbably":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": unlikely to be true or to occur",
": unlikely but real or true",
": not likely : not probable"
],
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pr\u00e4-b\u0259-b\u0259l",
"-\u02c8pr\u00e4b-b\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8pr\u00e4-b\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"flimsy",
"questionable",
"unapt",
"unlikely"
],
"antonyms":[
"likely",
"probable"
],
"examples":[
"The team made an improbable comeback.",
"it seems improbable that the two writers never met since they traveled in the same social circles",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While horse racing's Triple Crown is out of the picture, there's plenty of intrigue in Rich Strike's encore performance following his improbable win at Churchill Downs. \u2014 Evan Hilbert, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
"Isiah Thomas and feeds over his shoulder to a cutting Dennis Johnson for the winning basket as the Celtics pulls out an improbable 108-107 win over Detroit in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Over the last few days, Sonny Leon has skyrocketed from being a northern Ohio racing favorite to a global sensation after guiding 80-1 longshot Rich Strike to an improbable win in the 148th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 12 May 2022",
"Reinfection seemed improbable , and Bretsky thought resistance was unlikely with a five-day course of treatment. \u2014 Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Ohio State football knocked off Michigan State 56-7 by doing a lot of things that seemed improbable six weeks ago. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The announcement would have seemed improbable in July 2018, when Greitens was largely abandoned by the state GOP and resigned as governor, marking an abrupt end to an unlikely political ascent. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2021",
"Because as arduous as the past three weeks have been \u2014 with seven games in 16 days to hopefully do enough to earn an NCAA tournament berth that once seemed improbable \u2014 it\u2019s now one-and-done time. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 10 Mar. 2021",
"Given his frustrations in Spain, switching to another La Liga side is equally improbable . \u2014 Henry Flynn, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin improbabilis , from in- + probabilis probable",
"first_known_use":[
"1598, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112244"
},
"impertinent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": given to or characterized by insolent rudeness",
": not restrained within due or proper bounds especially of propriety or good taste",
": not pertinent : irrelevant",
": very rude : having or showing a lack of respect"
],
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u0259r-t\u0259-n\u0259nt",
"-\u02c8p\u0259rt-n\u0259nt",
"im-\u02c8p\u0259r-t\u0259-n\u0259nt"
],
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"arch",
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"bold",
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"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"nervy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"wise"
],
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"meek",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"examples":[
"She asked a few impertinent questions.",
"the impertinent child had a smart answer for everything",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The founder\u2019s family then made headlines with a brawl that involved an impertinent chauffeur, two stepchildren and a wrench. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Audiences seek controversy not just to open their minds, not just to annoy their betters, but because to hear impertinent , unapproved talk feels like freedom. \u2014 WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"But to make their case, the justices have stepped away from the bench and into the public square, defending the status quo against impertinent , often partisan critics. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The city\u2019s Ethics Advisory Commission had decided that the statement from Adam Bazaldua violated a rule saying that officials should not make rude or impertinent comments. \u2014 Kevin Krause, Dallas News , 10 Sep. 2021",
"There were gleeful pigs decorated with pink flowers and impertinent lions with diamond tails. \u2014 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Father Byrne got up, exchanged words with the impertinent young man, and returned to his seat. \u2014 Mike Kerrigan, WSJ , 3 Aug. 2021",
"The series cuts the tension and taboo with keen humor, often bordering on the impertinent , but Sam is never the butt of the joke. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 July 2021",
"Almost certain to be passed, especially after Facebook\u2019s stunt, its broad support across the political spectrum has been shored up by perceptions of an impertinent Facebook testing the nation\u2019s resolve. \u2014 James Slezak, Wired , 23 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin impertinent-, impertinens , from Latin in- + pertinent-, pertinens , present participle of pertin\u0113re to pertain",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112716"
},
"impatience":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being impatient",
": the quality of not wanting to put up with or wait for something or someone : lack of patience",
": restless or eager desire"
],
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259n(t)s",
"im-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259ns"
],
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"appetite",
"ardor",
"avidity",
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"desirousness",
"eagerness",
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"excitement",
"hunger",
"keenness",
"lust",
"thirst"
],
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"apathy",
"indifference"
],
"examples":[
"the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even in repose, impatience rises off her like the smoke from one of her frequent cigarettes. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 20 May 2022",
"Advocates in both parties will wait only so long before impatience boils over. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The impatience , the indecision, the shifting philosophies. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 4 May 2022",
"Cutting-edge science is littered with monuments to hubris, impatience , and headlong speed by researchers intent on changing the world. \u2014 Stephen S. Hall, Wired , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Her insistence turns to impatience , which turns into a full-blown meltdown over the fact that no one finds her funny. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Saeed\u2019s impatience with his wife\u2019s disabilities and unwillingness to learn her needs make for some of the most discomfiting marital arguments ever captured on screen, in fiction or otherwise. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 28 Nov. 2021",
"The impatience with the bureaucracy of a newspaper and with editors who don\u2019t get it. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 6 Nov. 2021",
"After two months without results, discontent \u2014 or at least impatience \u2014 with Mr. Saied\u2019s actions has begun to fester. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131206"
},
"impossibly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": not possibly",
": to an improbable degree : unbelievably"
],
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u00e4-s\u0259-bl\u0113"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Indeed, each of the foursome (except one) has put out her own material, most recently with several impossibly catchy bangers from the group\u2019s rapper Lisa. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 15 Nov. 2021",
"The impossibly prime location in the heart of downtown within walking distance of all major sightseeing attractions is a huge bonus. \u2014 Juyoung Seo, Forbes , 6 July 2021",
"The result is an impossibly thin sheet of maize that inherits all of the stone\u2019s ridges and crevices. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Lei\u2019s eye-catching bonbons in unique and varied flavors take a leap beyond everyday Instagrammable eye candy and deliver subtle, pleasing flavor bombs packed inside impossibly thin chocolate shells. \u2014 Lisa Futterman, chicagotribune.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
"First among equals is the beef empanada, an impossibly thin shell that conceals a glistening mixture of meat and vegetables, which hums with the steady current of a Chilean spice blend. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Oct. 2021",
"On April 7, 2020, voters approved the referendum by this impossibly thin margin. \u2014 Ben Rodgers, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 June 2021",
"The line between peaceful protest and fanatic destruction has become impossibly thin. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 26 May 2021",
"Deeper into the park, the impossibly thin Landscape Arch (1.8 miles round-trip), the longest such span in North America at 306 feet, is a must-see. \u2014 Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert, Outside Online , 22 Apr. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132540"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a philosophical theory that material things have no reality except as mental perceptions"
],
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"\u02cci-m\u0259-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
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"first_known_use":[
"1713, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134246"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":[
": exhibiting less than an expected degree of maturity",
": lacking complete growth, differentiation, or development",
": having the potential capacity to attain a definitive form or state : crude , unfinished",
": premature",
": not yet fully grown or ripe",
": acting in or exhibiting a childish manner",
": lacking complete growth, differentiation, or development"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cci-m\u0259-\u02c8tu\u0307r",
"-\u02c8tyu\u0307r",
"-\u02c8chu\u0307r",
"\u02cci-m\u0259-\u02c8tu\u0307r",
"-\u02c8tyu\u0307r",
"-\u02c8chu\u0307r",
"\u02ccim-\u0259-\u02c8t(y)u\u0307(\u0259)r"
],
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"adolescent",
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"young",
"youngish",
"youthful"
],
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"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature",
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],
"examples":[
"The flock included both adult and immature birds.",
"His teachers have complained about his immature behavior.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Opening a store seems like a solid enough plan in the abstract, although these characters \u2014 impulsive, immature and all-around irresponsible \u2014 could almost certainly be counted on to screw it up. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"Plan for watering new trees and other plants Because their root systems are immature , trees and shrubs need extra watering for their first two to three years. \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"The horse was considered by many to be immature as a 2 year old, but his winning performance at the Arkansas Derby proved that the horse has the poise and speed needed to win in this setting. \u2014 Zack Jones, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
"So, every story is about someone who\u2019s a mess or someone who\u2019s immature . \u2014 Susan Morrison, The New Yorker , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The risks related to CCS are many: immature and unproven technology, high costs, transport issues, storage capacity limitations, and their primary use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The technology behind some of these weapons systems is immature and error-prone, and there is little clarity on how the systems function and make decisions. \u2014 Branka Marijan, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Other options include devices that suck carbon out of the air, though these technologies are still immature . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Children are too immature to advocate for themselves, explain their interior worlds or control their emotions. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin immaturus , from in- + maturus mature",
"first_known_use":[
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141335"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being imprisoned",
": legally entailing imprisonment as a penalty"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141509"
},
"impenetrable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": incapable of being penetrated or pierced",
": inaccessible to knowledge, reason, or sympathy : impervious",
": incapable of being comprehended : inscrutable",
": impossible to pass through or see through",
": impossible to understand"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pe-n\u0259-tr\u0259-b\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8pe-n\u0259-tr\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"impassable",
"impassible",
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"negotiable",
"passable",
"penetrable",
"permeable"
],
"examples":[
"The fort's defenses were thought to be impenetrable .",
"the ancient temple was surrounded by vast stretches of impenetrable jungle",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jun and Hong were now trapped on opposite sides of an impenetrable divide. \u2014 Diane Cole, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"By 2019, those hoping to make art, music, or porridge bread in San Francisco were faced with a nearly impenetrable housing market. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"To prevent leaves from blowing around or forming an impenetrable mat, shred them by raking them into a pile on the grass and running the lawn mower over them. \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"But such things won\u2019t serve as impenetrable full-body condoms. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Today, filmmakers and moviegoers alike are still fascinated by the idea of women in sacred and impenetrable positions of power. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
"That has been enough to make the court the most impenetrable of the government\u2019s three branches, its inner workings shrouded in secrecy and mostly absent from the bombshell tell-alls that are part and parcel of Washington journalism. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"That is how Birtwistle was fondly known in Britain, although the fondness didn\u2019t always go much beyond that with a general public who often found his scores impenetrable . \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
"But \u2018The Bob\u2019s Burgers Movie\u2019 is not impenetrable for a novice either. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English impenetrabel , from Middle French impenetrable , from Latin impenetrabilis , from in- + penetrabilis penetrable",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144213"
},
"imaginary":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": existing only in imagination : lacking factual reality",
": formed or characterized imaginatively or arbitrarily",
": containing or relating to the imaginary unit",
": existing only in the imagination : not real",
": existing only in imagination : lacking factual reality"
],
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"i-\u02c8ma-j\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113",
"-\u02ccne-r\u0113",
"i-\u02c8ma-j\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113",
"im-\u02c8aj-\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113"
],
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"chimerical",
"chimeric",
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"ideal",
"imaginal",
"imagined",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"mythical",
"mythic",
"notional",
"phantasmal",
"phantasmic",
"phantom",
"pretend",
"unreal",
"visionary"
],
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"actual",
"existent",
"existing",
"real"
],
"examples":[
"The two groups were separated by an imaginary line down the middle of the room.",
"an imaginary world of dragons and unicorns",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The only war that should exist is the one between the bears and the unicorns, war as a joke, a bit fantastic and imaginary . \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"And yet many still draw imaginary lines separating digital components from other aspects of the business. \u2014 Denis Clifford, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Kent walked outside onto the bus platform, smelled the chemical burn of fentanyl, and followed it through a crowd of about 25 homeless people to a woman who was smoking, pacing and gesticulating at an imaginary audience. \u2014 Eli Saslow, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"Kent walked outside onto the bus platform, smelled the chemical burn of fentanyl, and followed it through a crowd of about 25 homeless people to a woman who was smoking, pacing and gesticulating at an imaginary audience. \u2014 Eli Saslow, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
"This is Mousganistan, the imaginary place that the distinctive image-maker has built piece by piece and brick by brick over the past few years. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 6 June 2022",
"The artwork for the single was designed by graphic designer Moe Yoshino, who created a collage of an imaginary flower from various real flowers. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"Try to draw your own districts in this imaginary state. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"These imaginary metrics of Latinidad only divide us further. \u2014 Jacqueline Delgadillo, refinery29.com , 23 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ymaginarie, borrowed from Latin im\u0101gin\u0101rius \"unreal, fictitious (in law),\" from im\u0101gin-, im\u0101g\u014d \"representation, semblance, image entry 1 \" + -\u0101rius -ary entry 2 ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-154936"
},
"improbable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": unlikely to be true or to occur",
": unlikely but real or true",
": not likely : not probable"
],
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pr\u00e4-b\u0259-b\u0259l",
"-\u02c8pr\u00e4b-b\u0259l",
"im-\u02c8pr\u00e4-b\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"flimsy",
"questionable",
"unapt",
"unlikely"
],
"antonyms":[
"likely",
"probable"
],
"examples":[
"The team made an improbable comeback.",
"it seems improbable that the two writers never met since they traveled in the same social circles",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While horse racing's Triple Crown is out of the picture, there's plenty of intrigue in Rich Strike's encore performance following his improbable win at Churchill Downs. \u2014 Evan Hilbert, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
"Isiah Thomas and feeds over his shoulder to a cutting Dennis Johnson for the winning basket as the Celtics pulls out an improbable 108-107 win over Detroit in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Over the last few days, Sonny Leon has skyrocketed from being a northern Ohio racing favorite to a global sensation after guiding 80-1 longshot Rich Strike to an improbable win in the 148th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 12 May 2022",
"Reinfection seemed improbable , and Bretsky thought resistance was unlikely with a five-day course of treatment. \u2014 Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Ohio State football knocked off Michigan State 56-7 by doing a lot of things that seemed improbable six weeks ago. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The announcement would have seemed improbable in July 2018, when Greitens was largely abandoned by the state GOP and resigned as governor, marking an abrupt end to an unlikely political ascent. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2021",
"Because as arduous as the past three weeks have been \u2014 with seven games in 16 days to hopefully do enough to earn an NCAA tournament berth that once seemed improbable \u2014 it\u2019s now one-and-done time. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 10 Mar. 2021",
"Given his frustrations in Spain, switching to another La Liga side is equally improbable . \u2014 Henry Flynn, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin improbabilis , from in- + probabilis probable",
"first_known_use":[
"1598, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155503"
},
"immixable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": immiscible"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)i(m)\u00a6miks\u0259b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" in- entry 1 + mixable ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155646"
},
"immodesty":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not modest",
": not conforming to the sexual mores of a particular time or place",
": not proper in thought, conduct, or dress",
": being vain or showing vanity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259st",
"i-\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259st"
],
"synonyms":[
"bold",
"familiar",
"forward",
"free",
"overfamiliar",
"presuming",
"presumptuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"modest",
"unassuming"
],
"examples":[
"Although it might sound immodest of me to say so, I am very proud of what we have accomplished.",
"an immodest proposal for altering the town's traditional character by an uppity newcomer at his first town meeting",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All basic human needs seem to have taken a back seat, and more immodest desires have evaporated. \u2014 Vogue , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The Kremlin says his annual income is about $140,000 \u2014 not an immodest figure in Russia, though hardly one that could keep Putin sporting his rotation of luxury watches. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022",
"His priest once walked into his theater and pointed at the posters on the wall, calling each one demonic and immodest . \u2014 Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer , 13 Aug. 2021",
"In some religions and cultures, there is certainly an expectation that a woman uncovered is an immodest woman. \u2014 Peggy Drexler, CNN , 26 May 2021",
"One admittedly immodest proposal is for top colleges to dramatically expand capacity. \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Excessive drinking, lewd talk, immodest dress and messy personal lives are virtual prerequisites for aspiring housewives \u2014 but also contradict the church's conservative strictures. \u2014 Meredith Blake Los Angeles Times, Star Tribune , 15 Dec. 2020",
"Excessive drinking, lewd talk, immodest dress and messy personal lives are virtual prerequisites for aspiring housewives \u2014 but also contradict the church\u2019s conservative strictures. \u2014 Meredith Blake Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2020",
"Lizzo belongs to a class of women artists\u2014along with Tierra Whack, Megan Thee Stallion, Mitski, Solange, and others\u2014that are working with an extraordinarily immodest aptitude for industry-wide reinvention. \u2014 Jason Parham, WIRED , 3 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin immodestus , from in- + modestus modest",
"first_known_use":[
"1550, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-160627"
},
"impasse":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a predicament affording no obvious escape",
": deadlock",
": an impassable road or way : cul-de-sac",
": a point in especially labor negotiations at which reaching an agreement is impossible because neither party is willing to compromise or change position"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-\u02ccpas",
"im-\u02c8pas",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccpas, im-\u02c8pas"
],
"synonyms":[
"deadlock",
"gridlock",
"halt",
"logjam",
"Mexican standoff",
"stalemate",
"standoff",
"standstill"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The players are poised to strike after Thursday's games because they believe, with good reason, that if no agreement is reached by the end of the post-season, the owners will declare an impasse \u2026 \u2014 Murray Chass , New York Times , 9 Aug. 1994",
"We seem to have been forced into an impasse . We need to understand why space-time singularities have the structures that they appear to have; but space-time singularities are regions where our understanding of physics has reached its limits. \u2014 Roger Penrose , The Emperor's New Mind , 1989",
"I think the civil rights movement in its early and middle years offered the best way out of America's racial impasse : in this society, race must not be a source of advantage or disadvantage for anyone. \u2014 Shelby Steele , Harper's , June 1988",
"An arbitrator was called in to break the impasse .",
"She had reached an impasse in her career.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The law could lead to substantial costs for thousands of condo owners across Florida, which initially led to an impasse among lawmakers who ended the regular session of the Legislature in March without passing any changes to state law. \u2014 Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"But infighting among Democrats and their allies have led to the current impasse in D.C. on marijuana policy reform. \u2014 Kris Krane, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"In a series of events that prefaced the current Florida impasse , Ed Bastian, the C.E.O. of Delta Air Lines, one of the largest employers in Georgia, eventually denounced the law as contrary to the company\u2019s values. \u2014 Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"Late Saturday night, with the two political factions at an impasse , the country\u2019s powerful intelligence chief met with Mr. Khan. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The impasse , even as talks are expected to continue, marks the clearest sign yet that Democrats will be forced to delay a Senate vote until at least 2022 despite an effort by leadership to approve the bill before Christmas. \u2014 Clare Foran, Manu Raju And Phil Mattingly, CNN , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Hence the impasse , and the lack of action. Is there anything else that can be done? \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 5 Oct. 2021",
"That night, the School Committee declared an impasse after nearly nine hours of talks; another attempt late Sunday afternoon was futile. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"The White House, which has the authority to intervene if talks reach an impasse , is also viewed as friendly to labor. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 8 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, from in- + passer to pass",
"first_known_use":[
"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-160647"
},
"impose":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to establish or apply by authority",
": to establish or bring about as if by force",
": to force into the company or on the attention of another",
": place , set",
": to arrange (type, pages, etc.) in the proper order for printing",
": pass off",
": to take unwarranted advantage of something",
": to establish or apply as a charge or penalty",
": to force someone to accept or put up with",
": to ask for more than is fair or reasonable : take unfair advantage"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8p\u014dz",
"im-\u02c8p\u014dz"
],
"synonyms":[
"assess",
"charge",
"exact",
"fine",
"lay",
"levy",
"put"
],
"antonyms":[
"remit"
],
"examples":[
"The judge imposed a life sentence.",
"I needed to break free from the limits imposed by my own fear of failure.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nearly 140 countries agreed last year to impose a 15% minimum tax on large companies, paving the way for the most significant overhaul of international tax rules in a century. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 26 June 2022",
"Several companies, from Goldman Sachs to Apple, have tried to impose return-to-office deadlines, only to suspend or delay them as workers ignored these demands. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Democrats would much rather ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, impose universal background checks, and take other stringent steps to limit access to guns. \u2014 Carl Hulse, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Russia's criminal code can allow a court to impose a less than the minimum sentence, Butler said, but lawyers must give a persuasive argument. \u2014 Erik Ortiz, NBC News , 14 May 2022",
"The commission could either require reimbursement by the state or allow the city to impose fees, charges or assessments to cover the costs of the lead testing. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"Governments that put these restrictions in place often argue that their duty is to put the needs of their own citizens first, and the W.T.O.\u2019s rules allow countries to impose temporary measures for national security or safety. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"That would allow the city to impose its 1.5 percent income tax on businesses on the site. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The bill will be specific only to the Ukraine invasion but could allow New Zealand to impose sanctions on countries seen to be helping Russia, such as Belarus. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 7 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French imposer , from Latin imponere , literally, to put upon (perfect indicative imposui ), from in- + ponere to put \u2014 more at position ",
"first_known_use":[
"1581, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-160737"
},
"immortification":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a lack of discipline (as of bodily appetites and desires)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u00a6)i(m)+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"French, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin immortificatus disciplined, from Latin in- in- entry 2 + Late Latin mortificatus , past participle of mortificare to mortify",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161436"
},
"impertinence":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being impertinent : such as",
": incivility , insolence",
": irrelevance , inappropriateness",
": an instance of impertinence",
": the quality or state of being very rude or disrespectful"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u0259r-t\u0259-n\u0259n(t)s",
"-\u02c8p\u0259rt-n\u0259n(t)s",
"im-\u02c8p\u0259r-t\u0259-n\u0259ns"
],
"synonyms":[
"back talk",
"backchat",
"cheek",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"mouth",
"sass",
"sauce"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a disciplinarian of the old school, he refused to tolerate any impertinence from his children",
"the impertinence of deliberately ignoring waiting customers while they finished their conversation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His suggestion not to reply to the pronoun impertinence makes good sense. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"For her part, Ms. Pinkston likened the treatment Mr. Wright suffered on the job to the impertinence all restaurant servers endure, regardless of race. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
"But Son seems more deeply affronted by the effortlessness of Justin\u2019s existence than by the impertinence of his manner. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 26 July 2021",
"Slim glinted dangerously at her granddaughter and swallowed the girl\u2019s impertinence up with a laugh. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Some might see this as youthful impertinence combined with an awkward metaphor. \u2014 Jack Handey, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Frank Chapman, the museum\u2019s bird curator and the founding editor of Bird-Lore, the Audubon association magazine, rose from the audience to furiously condemn the pamphlet, its authors and Edge\u2019s impertinence . \u2014 Melissa Groo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
"In less hectic times censors would swiftly stamp out such impertinence . \u2014 The Economist , 30 Jan. 2020",
"Somehow, Arnautoff\u2019s impertinence was overlooked at the time. \u2014 Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-163713"
},
"impr":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"improved ; improvement"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164331"
},
"immittance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": electrical admittance or impedance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8mi-t\u1d4an(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" im pedance + ad mittance ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1948, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164612"
},
"immotive":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": unmoving , immovable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)i(m)+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" in- entry 1 + motive ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171320"
},
"implore":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg",
": to say (something) as a request in a sincere or urgent manner",
": to ask or beg for (something) earnestly",
": to make a very serious or emotional request to or for"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pl\u022fr",
"im-\u02c8pl\u022fr"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"importune",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Don't go. I implore you.",
"\u201cThink of the children!\u201d he implored .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Larry Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, has been among the most outspoken executives, using his annual letter to corporate leaders to implore them to look beyond the bottom line and make a positive contribution to society. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"In many areas, law enforcement agencies are left to implore residents to lock their vehicles and remove their firearms before exiting. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 9 May 2022",
"Your head could be asking you to go in an uncharted direction that's been beckoning to you for a while now, while your heart may implore you to stick with what's familiar and comfortable. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The outbreak upended travel and prompted officials to implore people to put off having kids. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The anticipated offshore leasing pause comes despite the war in Ukraine and high costs for oil, gas and gasoline that have prompted administration officials to implore energy companies to pump more crude. \u2014 Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Others point to overwhelmed hospitals and a climbing death toll to implore people to continue taking precautions to get through this surge and then reassess. \u2014 Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Doctors continue to implore people to get vaccinated, mask up indoors and \u2014 if getting together with friends or family during the holidays \u2014 get tested beforehand. \u2014 Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"This has led political leaders to implore the public to drink and use more of the product. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French or Latin; Middle French implorer , from Latin implorare , from in- + plorare to cry out",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-175241"
},
"impower":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of impower obsolete variant of empower"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180709"
},
"immatriculation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act, state, or process of being enrolled (as in an official register)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cci+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"probably from German immatrikulation , from Medieval Latin immatriculatus + German -ion ",
"first_known_use":[
"1678, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-183330"
},
"immitigable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": not capable of being mitigated"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8mi-ti-g\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin immitigabilis , from Latin in- + mitigare to mitigate",
"first_known_use":[
"1576, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192806"
},
"immatured":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": immature"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" in- entry 1 + matured , past participle of mature ",
"first_known_use":[
"1741, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195107"
},
"impersonify":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to give a personal form or expression to : personify"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" in- entry 2 + personify ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201218"
},
"imploringness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of one that implores"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-203558"
},
"imagined":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to form a mental image of (something not present)",
": suppose , guess",
": to form a notion of without sufficient basis : fancy",
": plan , scheme",
": to use the imagination",
": believe sense 3",
": to form a mental picture of : use the imagination",
": think sense 1",
": to form a mental image of (something not present)",
": to use the imagination"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8ma-j\u0259n",
"i-\u02c8ma-j\u0259n",
"im-\u02c8aj-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceit",
"conceive",
"conjure (up)",
"dream",
"envisage",
"envision",
"fancy",
"fantasize",
"fantasy",
"feature",
"ideate",
"image",
"picture",
"see",
"vision",
"visualize"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rural farmhouses join fishing huts, churches and a schoolhouse to help visitors imagine life throughout the centuries. \u2014 Shelby Knick, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"This docuseries dives into new and emerging technological trends to imagine far-reaching possibilities. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"And although Webb will still see faraway planets as no more than bright dots in the visual spectrum, its instruments will help exobiologists imagine what a planet might look or feel like. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2022",
"With the help of industry experts, this innovative docuseries examines new and emerging technological trends to imagine revolutionary possibilities. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 20 June 2022",
"With the help of industry experts, this innovative docuseries examine new and emerging technological trends to imagine revolutionary possibilities. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 19 June 2022",
"So imagine the pressure of fulfilling this role for Kim Kardashian, one of the most visible women on earth, who boasts 319 million Instagram followers (and counting). \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 18 June 2022",
"Hard to imagine , in his younger/tougher years, but that\u2019s what the coach said. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"The future, an uncertain place that is always difficult to imagine , is exactly where the fossil fuel industry wants climate advocacy to dwell. \u2014 Liza Featherstone, The New Republic , 15 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ymagynen, borrowed from Anglo-French ymaginer, borrowed from Latin im\u0101gin\u0101r\u012b, verbal derivative of im\u0101gin-, im\u0101g\u014d \"representation, semblance, image entry 1 \"",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213536"
},
"imaginant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": imaginer"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin imaginant-, imaginans , present participle of imaginari to imagine",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213645"
},
"imaginal type":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a tendency of an individual to have images arising predominantly from one or another sense (as from vision, hearing, or taste)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-214649"
},
"impetrate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to obtain by request or entreaty",
": to ask for : entreat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im-p\u0259-\u02cctr\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"implore",
"importune",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"since deists do not believe in a Creator who interferes in human affairs, they generally regard as fruitless any effort to impetrate Him for divine favors"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin impetratus , past participle of impetrare , from in- + patrare to accomplish \u2014 more at perpetrate ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222233"
},
"imbed":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix",
": to make something an integral part of",
": to prepare (a microscopy specimen) for sectioning by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance",
": to insert (a media file, such as a graphic, video, or audio clip) into a computer document (as on a website or in an email)",
": to attach (a journalist) to a military unit for the purpose of covering a conflict",
": to attach (someone) to a group (such as a military unit or government agency) for the purpose of advising, training, or treating its members",
": to surround closely",
": to become embedded"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-230642"
},
"immaculacy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being immaculate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8ma-ky\u0259-l\u0259-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"chasteness",
"chastity",
"innocence",
"modesty",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"immodesty",
"impurity",
"unchasteness",
"unchastity"
],
"examples":[
"no one could have a heart of such immaculacy \u2014she was too good to be true"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1774, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-234239"
},
"impertinentness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": impertinence"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-000337"
},
"immusical":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": inharmonious , unmusical , discordant"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)i(m)",
"\u0259+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" in- entry 1 + musical ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-000830"
},
"impose (on ":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to take unfair advantage of thanks for offering your own bed, but I wouldn't dream of imposing on you and will be perfectly happy on the couch"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005759"
},
"impossibility":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being impossible",
": something impossible",
": something that cannot be done or occur",
": the quality or state of being impossible",
": the quality or state of being impossible",
": the affirmative defense that something (as performance) is impossible",
": something impossible",
": impossibility of performance in this entry",
": impossibility based on factual circumstances",
": a partial defense to criminal liability based on the incompletion of an intended criminal act",
": a doctrine in contract law that a party may be released from liability for breach of contract for failing to perform an obligation that is rendered impossible by uncontrollable circumstances (as death or failure of the means of delivery)",
": a defense to breach of contract or a basis for release from contractual obligations because of impossibility of performance \u2014 compare frustration , impracticability",
": impossibility based on or with reference to a law",
": a complete defense to criminal liability based on the commitment of acts that are not criminal or illegal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02ccp\u00e4-s\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"im-\u02ccp\u00e4-s\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The blizzard made travel an impossibility .",
"the impossibility of knowing what the future will bring",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Glover, 56, said that Cooke and Sorrell are talking up an issue that will be an impossibility to get approved by the Legislature. \u2014 al , 20 May 2022",
"But for kids living below a certain income bracket, dance class is too often an impossibility . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Replacing oil and gas is an impossibility for the foreseeable future. \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"That would give Yael five Scruples, which is an impossibility . \u2014 Ben Orlin, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
"One thing is clear: in such a poisonous environment, the key to success isn\u2019t being overwhelmingly popular\u2014for all but a few transcendent figures, that is an impossibility \u2014but being less unpopular than your opponent. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Matching Lloyd\u2019s production is a near- impossibility , but the position room is deep. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Despite several early term successes, the voting rights standoff, and a separate but similar one over Biden's social welfare and climate plan, emphasize the near- impossibility of enacting major reform with a 50-50 Senate majority. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 18 Jan. 2022",
"India, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia\u2014two flawed democratic allies and a problematic autocratic friend\u2014show the impossibility of constructing a Manichaean good-versus-evil world of democracy against authoritarianism. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005947"
},
"immutation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": change , alteration , mutation"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin immutation-, immutatio , from immutatus (past participle of immutare to change, alter, from in- in- entry 2 + mutare to change) + -ion-, -io -ion",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-011741"
},
"immit":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to send or let in : inject , admit , introduce"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i\u02c8mit"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin immittere ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-024847"
},
"imaginal disk":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one of the clusters of undifferentiated cells in the larvae and pupae of some insects from which the wings, legs, and other organs of the adult are formed"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-031042"
},
"imaginer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that imagines"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-j(\u0259\u0307)n\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from imaginen + -er ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-032601"
},
"impassible":{
"type":[
"adjective ()",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": incapable of suffering or of experiencing pain",
": inaccessible to injury",
": incapable of feeling : impassive",
": incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pa-s\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"apathetic",
"cold-blooded",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"numb",
"passionless",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
],
"antonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"passional",
"passionate",
"vehement"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Now, all three are fully impassible , Haidai said in a Facebook video posted Monday, adding that evacuating residents and transporting goods would no longer be possible. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Yellowstone National Park was blocked off to visitors due to roads made impassible by flooding. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"And a few stretches are impassible at high tide\u2014bring a tide table. \u2014 Outside Online , 3 Nov. 2020",
"Similarly, the jungles of Vietnam were impassible and unknowable to U.S. servicemen, especially on relatively short tours in country that meant that people who learned the territory were soon rotated out. \u2014 Jason Fields, The Week , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Migration experts think part of the increase in travel to the Canary Islands has come as human traffickers revived that route after other crossings, notably that between Italy and Libya, became impassible . \u2014 New York Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Barring that, roads may be impassible or public transit incapacitated for those who could come to work. \u2014 Joe Finlinson, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"The National Weather Service in Huntsville said emergency management reported multiple roads have become impassible and a car was swept off of a road in Ardmore. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 18 Sep. 2021",
"During high water levels, there are two low bridges over the river that will be impassible . \u2014 John Pana, cleveland , 16 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-044028"
},
"impose (on":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to take unfair advantage of thanks for offering your own bed, but I wouldn't dream of imposing on you and will be perfectly happy on the couch"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-060503"
},
"improbation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": disapproval",
": an act by which falsehood and forgery are proved : an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged",
"[Latin improbation-, improbatio ]"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccimpr\u014d\u02c8b\u0101sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French, from Latin improbation-, improbatio disapprobation, from improbatus (past participle of improbare to disapprove, from in- in- entry 1 + probare to examine, approve, prove) + -ion, -io -ion",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-060910"
},
"immersed":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to plunge into something that surrounds or covers",
": to plunge or dip into a fluid",
": engross , absorb",
": to baptize by immersion",
": to plunge into something (as a fluid) that surrounds or covers",
": to become completely involved with"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8m\u0259rs",
"i-\u02c8m\u0259rs"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"bemuse",
"busy",
"catch up",
"engage",
"engross",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"enwrap",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involve",
"occupy"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Immerse the fabric completely in the dye.",
"She had immersed herself in writing short stories.",
"He immersed himself in the culture of the island.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Soar back in time to ancient Egyptian gardens and immerse yourself in lush floral exhibits with inspiration taken from actual paintings found in temples and tombs. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022",
"With the audience waiting eagerly in its seats, a familiar message echoes through the hall, reminding patrons to turn off phones and immerse themselves in the experience. \u2014 CNN , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Once the shrimp are done, remove them from the broth with a slotted spoon and immerse them in the ice bath. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Enjoy the transitions and immerse yourself in this world. \u2014 Marris Adikwu, Billboard , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Nestle into your coziest reading chair and immerse yourself in their culinary ingenuity. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Experience untouched corners of pristine Tongass wilderness, discover the beauty of the Stikine River, and immerse yourself in authentic island culture. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Feb. 2022",
"For the first time in two years, the Bachelor will visit the hometowns of his final four women to meet their families and immerse himself in each of the ladies\u2019 lives. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 28 Feb. 2022",
"For the first time in two years, the Bachelor will visit the hometowns of his final four women to meet their families and immerse himself in each of the ladies\u2019 lives. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 27 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin immersus , past participle of immergere , from in- + mergere to merge",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-061018"
},
"imperiousness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by arrogant assurance : domineering",
": befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments : commanding , dominant",
": intensely compelling : urgent"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pir-\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"authoritative",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"bossy",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"domineering",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"peremptory",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an imperious little boy who liked to tell the other scouts what to do",
"an imperious movie star who thinks she's some sort of goddess",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His imperious , snobbish parents, however, seem barely concerned. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 May 2022",
"Thompson recalls the younger Shepard of Project Mercury as brash, irreverent, and at times imperious , defying the early stereotype of the astronaut as flawless hero. \u2014 Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 May 2022",
"In a Wisconsin burg much like Appleton, the grown children of the imperious owner of the local Chinese restaurant come to grips with his murder and the prejudice of their community. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
"But Zelensky\u2019s serene yet resolute appearance at Cannes\u2014decked out in his trademark, sober-looking olive-drab shirt, looking perhaps a little tired but nothing close to weary\u2014brought a dash of humility to this assertively imperious festival. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 May 2022",
"In an act of imperious adolescent spite, that trombone player had opened his bottle and poured the oil on my head. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"War is making the argument better than any imperious C.E.O. ever could. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Soon, her inimitable style and imperious approach to selling clothes became one of the store\u2019s signatures. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 4 Apr. 2022",
"His style prized cleanness, and secure but never imperious beauty. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin imperi\u014dsus \"exercising authority, domineering,\" from imperium \"authority over family members and slaves exercised by the head of a household, supreme administrative authority, dominion\" + -\u014dsus -ous \u2014 more at empire ",
"first_known_use":[
"1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-062837"
},
"imaginator":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that imagines",
": a person who creates (as an artistic or intellectual work)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8maj\u0259\u02ccn\u0101t\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin imaginat us (past participle of imaginari ) + English -or ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-064737"
},
"immoderation":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exceeding just, usual, or suitable bounds"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02c8m\u00e4-d(\u0259-)r\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"baroque",
"devilish",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"inordinate",
"insane",
"intolerable",
"lavish",
"overdue",
"overextravagant",
"overmuch",
"overweening",
"plethoric",
"steep",
"stiff",
"towering",
"unconscionable",
"undue",
"unmerciful"
],
"antonyms":[
"middling",
"moderate",
"modest",
"reasonable",
"temperate"
],
"examples":[
"the young widow remarried with what was regarded as immoderate haste by most observers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s long been argued that information disclosure initiatives like TRI compel polluters to scale back immoderate emissions for fear that their names might otherwise end up on the front page of The New York Times. \u2014 Ava Kofman, oregonlive , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In my reading, Louie has been accused of immoderate desire, and the story is her response. \u2014 Amy Weiss-meyer, The Atlantic , 16 May 2021",
"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, isn\u2019t their willingness to pursue traditional Democratic goals by immoderate methods but their embrace of radical progressivism. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 12 Apr. 2021",
"But the immoderate 6-year-old remains his default setting. \u2014 Reggie Ugwu, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
"And that number just grows larger every year, well ahead of inflation and vastly in excess of any possible spending even the most immoderate lifestyles might allow. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 7 Nov. 2019",
"Fascism and communism found the modern form of individual liberty lacking, and sought to reinject community\u2014albeit in monstrous, immoderate ways that trampled on liberty. \u2014 Nick Burns, The New Republic , 7 Aug. 2019",
"Louis has since emerged as the French literary world\u2019s most implacable, immoderate opponent of Emmanuel Macron, the young president whose promises of national renewal have lately run aground. \u2014 Jason Farago, The New York Review of Books , 18 Apr. 2019",
"The old-guard corporatists are under attack from activists with radical goals and immoderate tempers. \u2014 Jeet Heer, The New Republic , 6 July 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English immoderat , from Latin immoderatus , from in- + moderatus , past participle of moderare to moderate",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-072633"
},
"impress":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": to affect especially forcibly or deeply : gain the admiration or interest of",
": to produce a vivid impression of",
": to apply with pressure so as to imprint",
": to produce (something, such as a mark) by pressure",
": to mark by or as if by pressure or stamping",
": transfer , transmit",
": to produce an impression",
": a characteristic or distinctive mark : stamp",
": impression , effect",
": the act of impressing",
": a mark made by pressure : imprint",
": an image of something formed by or as if by pressure",
": seal",
": a product of pressure or influence",
": to levy or take by force for public service",
": to force into naval service",
": to procure or enlist by forcible persuasion",
": force",
": impressment",
": to produce by stamping, pressing, or printing",
": to affect strongly or deeply and especially favorably",
": to give a clear idea of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pres",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccpres",
"also",
"im-\u02c8pres",
"\u02c8im-\u02ccpres",
"also",
"im-\u02c8pres"
],
"synonyms":[
"affect",
"impact",
"influence",
"move",
"reach",
"strike",
"sway",
"tell (on)",
"touch"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a",
"Noun (1)",
"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (2)",
"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1602, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-075614"
},
"imploring":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg",
": to say (something) as a request in a sincere or urgent manner",
": to ask or beg for (something) earnestly",
": to make a very serious or emotional request to or for"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pl\u022fr",
"im-\u02c8pl\u022fr"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"importune",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Don't go. I implore you.",
"\u201cThink of the children!\u201d he implored .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Larry Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, has been among the most outspoken executives, using his annual letter to corporate leaders to implore them to look beyond the bottom line and make a positive contribution to society. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"In many areas, law enforcement agencies are left to implore residents to lock their vehicles and remove their firearms before exiting. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 9 May 2022",
"Your head could be asking you to go in an uncharted direction that's been beckoning to you for a while now, while your heart may implore you to stick with what's familiar and comfortable. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The outbreak upended travel and prompted officials to implore people to put off having kids. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The anticipated offshore leasing pause comes despite the war in Ukraine and high costs for oil, gas and gasoline that have prompted administration officials to implore energy companies to pump more crude. \u2014 Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Others point to overwhelmed hospitals and a climbing death toll to implore people to continue taking precautions to get through this surge and then reassess. \u2014 Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Doctors continue to implore people to get vaccinated, mask up indoors and \u2014 if getting together with friends or family during the holidays \u2014 get tested beforehand. \u2014 Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"This has led political leaders to implore the public to drink and use more of the product. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French or Latin; Middle French implorer , from Latin implorare , from in- + plorare to cry out",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-081821"
},
"impecuniosity":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-pi-\u02c8ky\u00fc-ny\u0259s",
"-n\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"examples":[
"they were so impecunious that they couldn't afford to give one another even token Christmas gifts",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, the amateurs Tracksmith has in mind are not so much the impecunious would-be professionals of the past but today\u2019s hardcore hobbyists\u2014the bane of every relaxed camping trip. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 11 Jan. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious , high-living chancer, Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Dalton\u2019s impassioned singing style \u2014 as if Billie Holiday took up residence in an impecunious Southern misfit \u2014 has made fans out a range of contemporaries, from the art-rock auteur Nick Cave to the harpist Joanna Newsom. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":" in- entry 1 + obsolete English pecunious rich, from Middle English, from Latin pecuniosus , from pecunia money \u2014 more at fee ",
"first_known_use":[
"1596, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-083045"
},
"immeasurability":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being immeasurable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u00a6)i(m)+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1824, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-084046"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Until last month's implosion of the Terra blockchain, stETH traded at a one-to-one ratio with ether. \u2014 Krisztian Sandor, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"But if there is any consolation for Biden, the market implosion during the early stages of his presidency is not as bad as those experienced by some of his predecessors, according to data from CFRA Research chief investment strategist Sam Stovall. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"On Saturday, the Reds had a quintessential bullpen implosion . \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 6 June 2022",
"A week into the stablecoin implosion , the crypto market holds its bearish course. \u2014 Dan Runkevicius, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Sunday\u2019s vote is the first since Lebanon\u2019s implosion started in October 2019, triggering widespread anti-government protests. \u2014 Zeina Karam, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"This was followed by Peloton\u2019s corporate implosion , resulting in the layoffs of 20% of its workforce. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 5 May 2022",
"During the near-total economic implosion in the 1990s, Russians grew their own food, routinely used pirated versions of software and movies, and fell back on barter, family, and community networks to survive. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 May 2022",
"Archegos\u2019 implosion is regarded as one of the biggest trading debacles in Wall Street history. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022"
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"my mother would not tolerate impudence from any of us",
"their impudence irritated everyone at the wedding reception",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the outset, Isabelle is confused more than disbelieving when Joan (Mikaela Rae Macias) interrupts her teenage impudence and confides these visions to her mother. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Hathaway's attempts at theatrical impudence get swatted down by thinkpiece-y dialogue. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Anderson\u2019s nearly cinema-destroying impudence contrasts with Tarantino\u2019s fan-boy romanticism in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Though the Italian word also suggests something confided, like the awful secrets Pietro and Teresa share, its primary connotations are audacity and impudence , qualities notably missing in the decidedly un-self-confident high school teacher. \u2014 Steven G. Kellman, Los Angeles Times , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Exxon Mobil certainly has succeeded in imposing costs on the cities and counties with the impudence to challenge the company in court. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The word connoted impudence or decadence; punks were disrespectful upstarts, petty criminals, male hustlers. \u2014 Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Even if the insider references to influencer culture mean nothing to you, Larray's effervescent impudence makes this lesson unforgettable. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 9 Dec. 2020",
"But most offensive to progressives is probably this: A white woman has the audacity and impudence to adopt and mother two black children. \u2014 Tim Huelskamp, National Review , 15 Oct. 2020"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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": an acute contagious staphylococcal or streptococcal skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules, and yellowish crusts",
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"-\u02c8t\u012b-",
"\u02ccim-p\u0259-\u02c8t\u0113-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After all, plenty of skin rashes spread through touch, like the kind impetigo can cause. \u2014 Korin Mille, SELF , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Children with eczema are more prone to getting impetigo . \u2014 Jessica Grose, New York Times , 15 Apr. 2020",
"Laila contracted pneumonia and impetigo , a skin infection that causes red sores on the face, hands and feet. \u2014 Dallas News , 21 July 2019",
"Like Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus can cause impetigo . \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 23 Feb. 2019",
"Between the sores and the crust, the two types of impetigo have a lot of grossness in common. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 23 Feb. 2019",
"Aaliyah's mom, Anais Monteagudo, said her daughter caught impetigo and cellulitis, the Miami Herald reported. \u2014 Amy Lieu, Fox News , 29 July 2018",
"Less often, but more worrisome is that the infection can expand, such as with impetigo or cellulitis, and can seed into the bloodstream with the potential to cause sepsis. \u2014 Judy Schaechter, M.d., miamiherald , 29 May 2018",
"These infectious diseases that can be transmitted by close body contact in or out of sports include: skin diseases ( impetigo and other staph aureus and strep skin diseases). \u2014 Philly.com , 25 Sep. 2017"
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"Middle English, from Latin, from impetere to attack \u2014 more at impetus"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective"
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": capable of being totally submerged in water without damage (as to the heating element of an electric appliance)"
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"circa 1846, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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": a female imitator"
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"\u0259m+"
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"Middle French or Latin; Middle French improbit\u00e9 , from Latin improbitat-, improbitas , from improbus bad, dishonest (from in- in- entry 1 + probus good, honest) + -itat-, -itas- ity"
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"noun"
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": impotence",
": impotence"
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"\u02c8im-p\u0259-t\u0259n(t)-s\u0113",
"-\u0259n-s\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When asked about the impotency remark, Whitty sought to stress that most people are ignoring baseless claims and are getting the vaccines \u2014 81.2% of people 16 and older in Britain are fully vaccinated. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Sep. 2021",
"According to the study, otherwise healthy men developed impotency after COVID-19 infection made its way into their penile tissue. \u2014 Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Knowing how much of pitchers\u2019 effectiveness to attribute to gummier grips will take time to study, but an extended period of offensive impotency had the league and its hitters looking for solutions. \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2021",
"Fears of impotency , seen most recently among Muslim communities in the states of Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Assam also been a major driver of hesitancy. \u2014 Arunabh Saikia, Quartz India , 13 Dec. 2020",
"Based in New York, Ms. Perel listens to personal stories \u2014 about intimate topics including impotency , trauma, caregiving and more \u2014 and offers suggestions. \u2014 Hilary Sheinbaum, New York Times , 5 May 2020",
"The church which closes its doors practically proclaims its impotency , and the admission is a terrible one when it is made in the hour of a nation\u2019s need. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Apr. 2020",
"And at a time when many governments are demonstrating their impotency , a focused effort by business to do better should be welcomed. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 12 Feb. 2018",
"The sorts of power naming a thing gives to a thing, and the sorts of impotencies that exist in the process of naming as well. \u2014 Susie Schmank, Indianapolis Star , 16 Oct. 2017"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-153702"
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"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": enroll , matriculate"
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"Medieval Latin immatriculatus , past participle of immatriculare to join, from Latin in- in- entry 2 + Medieval Latin matricula"
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"1602, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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": the quality or state of being impenetrable",
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"the impenetrability of her prose is apparently the basis of her appeal to literary snobs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One begins to think in terms of doors, hatches, coffers and windows, and yet there is often a sense of impenetrability , as if the walls suggest the possibility of passage yet limit egress. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Inland Empire, however, is on its own island of pure impenetrability . \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
"That notion of impenetrability seemed to be holding true for Facebook, now Meta, until recently. \u2014 Danielle Seurkamp, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Nature abhors a vacuum, and the vastness of Egyptian statuary made the vacuum left by the hieroglyphs\u2019 impenetrability seem comparably great. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
"All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde\u2014a remarkable trifecta of records that stand as the apogee of Dylan\u2019s trademark impenetrability , lyrically and otherwise. \u2014 John Semley, The New Republic , 26 May 2021",
"The earth-shifting quality of Serra comes from the material\u2019s stubborn texture, its impenetrability . \u2014 Sophie Madeline Dess, The New Republic , 18 May 2021",
"Those random-looking squiggles seem to symbolise the impenetrability of the language, the difficulty of the task ahead. \u2014 The Economist , 8 May 2021",
"The difficulty in pinning the blame on machines lies in the impenetrability of the AI decision-making process, according to a paper on tort liability and AI published in the AMA Journal of Ethics last year. \u2014 Olivia Goldhill, Quartz , 20 Sep. 2020"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160350"
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"noun"
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"\u02ccim-pri-\u02c8s\u012bs"
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"squishy"
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"precise",
"ultraprecise",
"veracious"
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"It's an imprecise translation of the original sentence.",
"3.14 is an imprecise approximation of the value of pi",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That makes reservation tallies an imprecise gauge of consumer interest, analysts say. \u2014 Mike Colias, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Chiefs complained that pass-through traffic in many towns made the measure too imprecise to be useful. \u2014 Tom Condon, courant.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Despite significant improvements, the new models are still too imprecise to be taken at face value, which means climate-change projections still require judgment calls. \u2014 Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Less than a decade ago, scientific calculations of the dates of volcanic eruptions used only 16 measurements per ice core to cover 2,000 years of history and included as much as two-century margins of error, too imprecise to be of use to historians. \u2014 Jacques Leslie, Wired , 15 Jan. 2022",
"The animal-pelt overlay is applied in such a way that we are made aware of the cutting and pasting involved, the imprecise use of scissors, the shadow at the edges. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Oct. 2021",
"But these labels are clumsy and imprecise \u2014and getting more so all the time. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Many accents were also imprecise and inauthentic, Yuen added. \u2014 NBC News , 10 July 2021",
"Digital researchers and aid groups say free mapping tools like Google Earth are too imprecise . \u2014 Luiz Romero, Wired , 28 May 2021"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"noun"
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": not clear or exact"
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"\u02ccim-pri-\u02c8s\u012bs"
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"exact",
"precise",
"ultraprecise",
"veracious"
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"It's an imprecise translation of the original sentence.",
"3.14 is an imprecise approximation of the value of pi",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That makes reservation tallies an imprecise gauge of consumer interest, analysts say. \u2014 Mike Colias, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Chiefs complained that pass-through traffic in many towns made the measure too imprecise to be useful. \u2014 Tom Condon, courant.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Despite significant improvements, the new models are still too imprecise to be taken at face value, which means climate-change projections still require judgment calls. \u2014 Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Less than a decade ago, scientific calculations of the dates of volcanic eruptions used only 16 measurements per ice core to cover 2,000 years of history and included as much as two-century margins of error, too imprecise to be of use to historians. \u2014 Jacques Leslie, Wired , 15 Jan. 2022",
"The animal-pelt overlay is applied in such a way that we are made aware of the cutting and pasting involved, the imprecise use of scissors, the shadow at the edges. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Oct. 2021",
"But these labels are clumsy and imprecise \u2014and getting more so all the time. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Many accents were also imprecise and inauthentic, Yuen added. \u2014 NBC News , 10 July 2021",
"Digital researchers and aid groups say free mapping tools like Google Earth are too imprecise . \u2014 Luiz Romero, Wired , 28 May 2021"
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"type":[
"verb"
],
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": to make immaterial or incorporeal"
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": the thick application of a pigment to a canvas or panel in painting",
": the body of pigment so applied",
": raised decoration on ceramic ware usually of slip or enamel"
],
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"-\u02c8p\u00e4-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The greatness of Kossoff\u2019s work is revealed in how his images emerge from the impasto \u2013 the accumulations of thick layers of paint \u2014 forcing the viewer to negotiate and cycle back and forth between the image depicted and the paint itself. \u2014 Tom Teicholz, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Jaeger-LeCoultre\u2019s master painter faithfully reproduced the artist\u2019s strong sense of perspective, signature brush stroke and heavy impasto , a technique that uses thick layers of paint that raise above the canvas. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Here are paintings, heavy on the impasto , that are intended to calm the soul, soothe the mind, that would look good hanging above the I.T. guy\u2019s couch. \u2014 Sa\u00efd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker , 24 May 2021",
"In addition to heavy impasto , Aguirre further thickened the surface of the painting by applying scrapings of paint from his palette that curl like flower petals or snippets of ribbons. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 18 Apr. 2021",
"The scientists discovered the presence of a mineral called plumbonacrite in the impasto layer\u2014an uncommon element in paints from that period. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 2 Dec. 2020",
"In the fifties, the United States already had a pocket of conceptual art, but the star painters were the Abstract Expressionists, above all Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, with their effortful drips and impastos . \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 1 June 2020",
"This material obliged a 1920s avant-garde aesthetic \u2014 angular, abstract forms, a simple palette, no fancy flashes like impasto , and simple subject matter. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 14 Dec. 2019",
"Art brut was a source of inspiration for the painter and sculptor Jean Dubuffet\u2019s own work, which ranged from primitive-looking drawings scratched into impasto to a totemic figure composed only of two unmodified grapevine roots and a block of slag. \u2014 Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books , 7 Nov. 2018"
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"\u02ccim-pr\u0259-v\u0259-",
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"that comedy skit was a totally unrehearsed improvisation",
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"With these two veterans of comedy and action, there was naturally bound to be a level of improvisation that makes the script come alive. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 17 June 2022",
"There\u2019s not a lot of improvisation in making a children\u2019s book though, is there? \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
"The real laughs are almost all incidental ones sporting a feel of improvisation , with Holland, Richardson, Hartley and Chris Parnell (as the heroine\u2019s widowed father) particularly adept at such business. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"The improvisation was a very important element of that. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The artists come from various disciplines, including poetry, music, theater, improvisation , dance, art and medicine. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"Two of them were quite easy to agree on with Tanu and Harry, and two others \u2013 the dance improvisation at the end, and everything that happens on the turntable \u2013 those required a little bit of rehearsal. \u2014 Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Instruction in guitar technique, reading, music theory, composition, improvisation , and ear training is also provided. \u2014 cleveland , 27 Feb. 2022",
"The film's distinct conversational style stems from a mix of Levinson's approach to the script and a fair amount of improvisation while on set. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 20 Apr. 2022"
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": exceeding just, usual, or suitable bounds"
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"baroque",
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"fancy",
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"insane",
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"overextravagant",
"overmuch",
"overweening",
"plethoric",
"steep",
"stiff",
"towering",
"unconscionable",
"undue",
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"moderate",
"modest",
"reasonable",
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"the young widow remarried with what was regarded as immoderate haste by most observers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s long been argued that information disclosure initiatives like TRI compel polluters to scale back immoderate emissions for fear that their names might otherwise end up on the front page of The New York Times. \u2014 Ava Kofman, oregonlive , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In my reading, Louie has been accused of immoderate desire, and the story is her response. \u2014 Amy Weiss-meyer, The Atlantic , 16 May 2021",
"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, isn\u2019t their willingness to pursue traditional Democratic goals by immoderate methods but their embrace of radical progressivism. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 12 Apr. 2021",
"But the immoderate 6-year-old remains his default setting. \u2014 Reggie Ugwu, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
"And that number just grows larger every year, well ahead of inflation and vastly in excess of any possible spending even the most immoderate lifestyles might allow. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 7 Nov. 2019",
"Fascism and communism found the modern form of individual liberty lacking, and sought to reinject community\u2014albeit in monstrous, immoderate ways that trampled on liberty. \u2014 Nick Burns, The New Republic , 7 Aug. 2019",
"Louis has since emerged as the French literary world\u2019s most implacable, immoderate opponent of Emmanuel Macron, the young president whose promises of national renewal have lately run aground. \u2014 Jason Farago, The New York Review of Books , 18 Apr. 2019",
"The old-guard corporatists are under attack from activists with radical goals and immoderate tempers. \u2014 Jeet Heer, The New Republic , 6 July 2018"
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"Middle English immoderat , from Latin immoderatus , from in- + moderatus , past participle of moderare to moderate"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222230"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": not predicable"
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"(\u02c8)im",
"\u0259m+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-223048"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a complex number (such as 2 + 3 i ) in which the coefficient of the imaginary unit is not zero"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because no real number x satisfies the equation x2+ 1 = 0, mathematicians built a new number system\u2014now known as the complex numbers\u2014by adding an imaginary number i and imposing the stipulation that i2 + 1= 0. \u2014 Emily Riehl, Scientific American , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Math has many important constants that give the discipline structure, like pi and i, the imaginary number equal to the square root of -1. \u2014 Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics , 2 Mar. 2021",
"That\u2019s an appropriate label, because an imaginary number consists of the square root of a negative number, which by definition does not exist. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 7 Jan. 2021",
"The wave function has embedded within it an imaginary number . \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 7 Jan. 2021",
"Each of these energy levels, En, corresponds to a zero of the form Zn = \u00bd + iEn, which has a real part equal to \u00bd and an imaginary part formed by multiplying En by the imaginary number i. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 4 Apr. 2017",
"The symmetries of these matrices usually guarantee that imaginary numbers cancel out and the eigenvalues are real, so that these matrices make sense as descriptions of physical systems. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 4 Apr. 2017",
"If imaginary numbers have always seemed strange to you, prepare for a change in perspective. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 14 Feb. 2019",
"For example, the solutions to x5 = 1 are five points on a circle when plotted onto a graph comprised of real numbers along one axis and imaginary numbers on the other. \u2014 Davide Castelvecchi, Scientific American , 20 Mar. 2018"
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"1798, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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"adverb",
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": making or tending to make a marked impression : having the power to excite attention, awe, or admiration",
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"im-\u02c8pre-siv",
"im-\u02c8pre-siv"
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"affecting",
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"moving",
"poignant",
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"touching"
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"He has an impressive vocabulary for a 10-year-old.",
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"He has an impressive manner.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Pilgrim\u2019s chorus by the school opened the program and this was followed by an impressive invocation by Rev. W.B. Hinson of the First Baptist church. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"The Travelon Metro Crossbody Bag has an impressive 4.5-star average customer rating from shoppers, with many calling it the \u2033perfect travel purse\u2033 in their reviews. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"Like Downs, there are multiple five-stars looking at Alabama, an even more impressive fact when considering the NIL-era. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 20 June 2022",
"Satterfield and his staff are hoping those undecided players will choose join what's shaping up to be an impressive 2023 recruiting class, currently ranked in the top 15 nationally according to 247 Sports' composite rankings. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 20 June 2022",
"This counts as an impressive , curious habit for Zalatoris. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
"Following its debut, the Disney+ series reported the lowest viewership of any MCU series on the streaming service, but fans still continued to dissect episodic plot points (as well as the show\u2019s impressive soundtrack). \u2014 Amber Dowling, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"As his video shows, Polley\u2019s an impressive shooter beyond the arc. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
"From Frankfurt and New York to Istanbul and Beijing, skygazers could enjoy a beautiful supermoon rise over the horizon in an impressive astronomic spectacle. \u2014 Wire Reports, oregonlive , 19 June 2022"
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"1598, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": weak , powerless"
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pwi-s\u1d4ant",
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"claims that such restrictions on military interventions on foreign soil would render the nation an impuissant giant on the world stage"
],
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"French"
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"1629, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": one that improvises"
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"Italian improvvisatore , from improvvisare"
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"1765, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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": everlasting entry 2 sense 3"
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"French, from feminine of immortel immortal, from Latin immortalis"
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"1832, in the meaning defined above"
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"1747, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": impecuniousness"
],
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"\u02ccimp\u0259\u0307\u02c8ky\u00fcn\u0259t\u0113",
"-p\u0113\u02c8-",
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"-i"
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": impecunious"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": act of immerging"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a political purpose or plan felt to be impossible of achievement",
": the advocacy of an impossible purpose or plan"
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"Latin impossibil is + English -ism"
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"adjective"
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"verb"
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"definitions":[
": to plunge into or immerse oneself in something"
],
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"Latin immergere"
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"1706, in the meaning defined above"
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": act of making or state of becoming miserable",
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"in- entry 2 + miser able + -ization ; intended as translation of German verelendung"
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"idiom"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless",
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": unsusceptible to physical feeling : insensible",
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"im-\u02c8pa-siv"
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"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"passional",
"passionate",
"vehement"
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"examples":[
"Her face remained impassive throughout the trial.",
"she remained impassive as the officers informed her of her son's death",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Far from an impassive observer, Parks wanted his photographs to convey meaning and help improve the lives of his subjects, many of whom were discriminated against because of their race. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"In contrast the features of his white subjects tend be impassive and undifferentiated when they are seen at all. \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In many ways, Kafuku is the archetypal Murakami protagonist, a sophisticated and coolly impassive observer, one who is moved by powerful emotions despite his outward appearance of passivity. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Mar. 2022",
"For two hours, von Neumann listened to the scientists, his head in his hands, his face impassive . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, The New Republic , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Vuillard\u2019s mother looks impassive and menacing next to her daughter, who is in a wedding dress. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"German lawmakers were not alone in being seduced by this man of impassive features and implacable intent, honed as an intelligence operative. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"As Laura, Collette is impassive , opaque, even cold. \u2014 ELLE , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The pulley grips the rope and starts hauling it in, flinging sea gunk in every direction, including onto Werder\u2019s impassive face, where a cigarette still dangles from his lips. \u2014 Julia Rosen, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 2c"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lack of proficiency"
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"in- entry 1 + proficiency"
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"type":[
"transitive verb"
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"definitions":[
": to furnish with or as if with plumes"
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"\u0259\u0307m+"
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"in- entry 2 or en- entry 1 + plume (noun)"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being improvident"
],
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pr\u00e4-v\u0259-d\u0259n(t)s",
"-\u02ccden(t)s"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by arrogant assurance : domineering",
": befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments : commanding , dominant",
": intensely compelling : urgent"
],
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"im-\u02c8pir-\u0113-\u0259s"
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"authoritarian",
"authoritative",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"bossy",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"domineering",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"peremptory",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
],
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"examples":[
"an imperious little boy who liked to tell the other scouts what to do",
"an imperious movie star who thinks she's some sort of goddess",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His imperious , snobbish parents, however, seem barely concerned. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 May 2022",
"Thompson recalls the younger Shepard of Project Mercury as brash, irreverent, and at times imperious , defying the early stereotype of the astronaut as flawless hero. \u2014 Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 May 2022",
"In a Wisconsin burg much like Appleton, the grown children of the imperious owner of the local Chinese restaurant come to grips with his murder and the prejudice of their community. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
"But Zelensky\u2019s serene yet resolute appearance at Cannes\u2014decked out in his trademark, sober-looking olive-drab shirt, looking perhaps a little tired but nothing close to weary\u2014brought a dash of humility to this assertively imperious festival. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 May 2022",
"In an act of imperious adolescent spite, that trombone player had opened his bottle and poured the oil on my head. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
"War is making the argument better than any imperious C.E.O. ever could. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Soon, her inimitable style and imperious approach to selling clothes became one of the store\u2019s signatures. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 4 Apr. 2022",
"His style prized cleanness, and secure but never imperious beauty. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 Mar. 2022"
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"borrowed from Latin imperi\u014dsus \"exercising authority, domineering,\" from imperium \"authority over family members and slaves exercised by the head of a household, supreme administrative authority, dominion\" + -\u014dsus -ous \u2014 more at empire"
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"abbreviation"
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8pr\u00e4-v\u0259-d\u0259nt",
"-\u02ccdent"
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"foreseeing",
"foresighted",
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"provident"
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"examples":[
"Her improvident habits left her with no retirement savings.",
"the improvident view that the wearing away of the ozone layer need not concern us"
],
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"Late Latin improvident-, improvidens , from Latin in- + provident-, providens provident"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-032812"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": sensible species"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-045109"
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"type":[
"phrasal verb"
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"noun"
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": an impious act"
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"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8p\u012b-\u0259-t\u0113"
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"blasphemy",
"defilement",
"desecration",
"irreverence",
"profanation",
"sacrilege"
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"adoration",
"glorification",
"worship"
],
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"the unspeakable impiety of spitting in a church",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After being found guilty of impiety and the corruption of youth, Greek philosopher Socrates is ordered to drink a fatal dose of hemlock. \u2014 Norman Vanamee, Town & Country , 29 Mar. 2022",
"After being found guilty of impiety and the corruption of youth, Greek philosopher Socrates is ordered to drink a fatal dose of hemlock. \u2014 Norman Vanamee, Town & Country , 29 Mar. 2022",
"After being found guilty of impiety and the corruption of youth, Greek philosopher Socrates is ordered to drink a fatal dose of hemlock. \u2014 Norman Vanamee, Town & Country , 29 Mar. 2022",
"After being found guilty of impiety and the corruption of youth, Greek philosopher Socrates is ordered to drink a fatal dose of hemlock. \u2014 Norman Vanamee, Town & Country , 29 Mar. 2022",
"After being found guilty of impiety and the corruption of youth, Greek philosopher Socrates is ordered to drink a fatal dose of hemlock. \u2014 Norman Vanamee, Town & Country , 29 Mar. 2022",
"She was known for making provocative statements in class, such as dismissing as a political stunt Socrates\u2019 famous apology at his trial for impiety and corruption. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Both piety and impiety were interrogated, damn the cost. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Five years later, The Atlantic has the scoop on the impiety of Mr. Two Corinthians. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 30 Sep. 2020"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-085732"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a stamp (as for postage or revenue) printed directly on a cover, document, or other paper bearing it \u2014 compare embossed stamp"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-101615"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": impresa"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle French, from Old Italian impresa"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-115907"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": embodiment"
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"\u02ccim+"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"in- entry 2 + personification"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-132311"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": having no feathers"
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"\u0259m+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-195657"
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"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": improvidently"
],
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"(\u00a6)im",
"\u0259m+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-233823"
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"type":[
"transitive verb"
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"definitions":[
": entangle , embarrass"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle French empestrer"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-233827"
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": pledge , pawn , mortgage"
],
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"\u0259\u0307m\u02c8pign\u0259\u02ccr\u0101t"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Late Latin or Medieval Latin impignoratus, impigneratus , past participle of impignorare, impignerare , from Latin in- in- entry 2 + pignorare, pignerare to pledge"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-003834"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or constituting impressionism",
": based on or involving impression as distinct from expertise or fact"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02ccpre-sh\u0259-\u02c8ni-stik"
],
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"examples":[
"He wrote an impressionistic account of the battle scene.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Levko Revutsky, another composer with the society, fused traditional melodies with innovations in craft \u2014 such as in his Second Symphony, from 1927, which sets folk songs into dialogue with sweeping, impressionistic harmonies. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"That film was lyrical and impressionistic , drawing comparisons to Terrence Malick in its evocation of a troubled childhood in the blazing heat of a rural landscape. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
"Brilliantly impressionistic at times, the series can also veer into bombast and pretension quicker than its lead character can score some drugs at a high school party. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
"Exploring issues of authenticity and originality, Argentine novelist and art critic Gainza offers up an impressionistic , unconventional, and highly rewarding novel about a group of art forgers in Buenos Aires in the 1960s. \u2014 David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
"His narrative, illustrated with poignant and impressionistic full-color paintings by the late marine artist Ian Marshall, details exactly how this happened. \u2014 Robert D. Kaplan, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Even the 30-year-old singer\u2019s impressionistic lyrics are best absorbed through the same dichotomy. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Taylor made drawings and took photos of Georgetown, the Wharf and perhaps other neighborhoods \u2014 most scenes are too impressionistic for the locations to be pinpointed \u2014 and then returned to his studio. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"This film is impressionistic , which may take some adjustment for anyone expecting a conventional documentary with lots of interviews and explanations. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-005012"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being impassioned"
],
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"-n(d)n\u0259\u0307s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-011255"
},
"impressed watermark":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an imitation watermark made by pressing rubber letters or a design on the paper web before drying"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-180026"
},
"IMO":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"in my opinion",
"International Maritime Organization"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-184713"
},
"impicture":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to represent as if in a picture : portray"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307m+"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"in- entry 2 + picture (noun)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-191909"
},
"impunity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8py\u00fc-n\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"exemption",
"immunity"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she mistakenly believed that she could insult people with impunity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some see the punishment as just, saying Iraq has long been a looting ground for invaders and foreigners with impunity . \u2014 Samya Kullab, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"But suggesting that Bush\u2019s impunity is a reason not to hold Putin accountable is asking Ukrainians to join Iraqis in footing the bill for our corruption. \u2014 Matthew Duss, The New Republic , 1 June 2022",
"Syrian opposition activists argue that the seeming impunity with which Russia wreaked violence in support of the Syrian regime is once more in view in the rubble of Ukrainian cities. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"His main political opponent was forced to flee the country, and human rights groups have criticized the government for its impunity in persecuting journalists and opponents. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The America Firsters and other invaders fanned out in search of lawmakers, breaking into offices and revelling in their own astounding impunity . \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 15 Jan. 2021",
"The impunity of security forces and their unwillingness to adhere to court orders is a trend that press freedom advocacy group Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has noted with concern. \u2014 Zecharias Zelalem, Quartz Africa , 16 Sep. 2020",
"Some see the punishment as just, saying Iraq has long been a looting ground for invaders and foreigners with impunity . \u2014 Samya Kullab, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"Some see the punishment as just, saying Iraq has long been a looting ground for invaders and foreigners with impunity . \u2014 Samya Kullab, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle French or Latin; Middle French impunit\u00e9 , from Latin impunitat-, impunitas , from impune without punishment, from in- + poena punishment \u2014 more at pain entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1532, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-194320"
},
"immerd":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to cover with ordure"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i\u02c8m\u0259rd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"in- entry 2 + Latin merda dung; akin to Greek smordoun to copulate, Old Slavic smr\u016dd\u011bti to stink, and probably to Latin mord\u0113re to bite"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-195044"
},
"improvements and betterments insurance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": insurance for the benefit of a tenant covering improvements made by the tenant to property which he occupies under lease"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-201340"
},
"impetratory":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": impetrative"
],
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"\u02c8imp\u0259\u2027tr\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin impetrat us + English -ory"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202426"
},
"impatiency":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": impatience"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin impatientia"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203752"
},
"imaginary unit":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the positive square root of minus 1 denoted by i or + \u221a-1"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1911, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205303"
},
"immiseration":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of making miserable",
": impoverishment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)i(m)-\u02ccmi-z\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The novel depicts a brash golden boy anointed in his youth by elders of a community primed by centuries of suffering and immiseration to place their hopes in a revolutionary new system. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The third blames the poor for their own immiseration . \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Our criminal legal system produces tremendous harm and immiseration , even death, not just for defendants but for their families and communities. \u2014 John Pfaff, The New Republic , 21 June 2021",
"The group\u2019s reports tend to punctuate the otherwise slow immiseration of climate change; its previous synthesis report, released in 2013, helped inform international climate policy, including the writing of the Paris Agreement. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 9 Aug. 2021",
"The result is evident in the immiseration of the poor by socialist regimes abroad. \u2014 Tomas J. Philipson, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2021",
"This is the immiseration of women by law and ideology and families, living in a culture that seems to not only demand but prefer this most intimate violence. \u2014 Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Even as the nation has been plunged into immiseration , the titans of the health insurance industry have been absolutely rolling in it this year, in the style of Scrooge McDuck backstroking around his infinity pool on an ocean of coin. \u2014 Libby Watson, The New Republic , 9 Oct. 2020",
"At a time when millions of Americans face profound immiseration , and with Congress unwilling to deliver relief, the ruling class hardly needs any more glad-handing. \u2014 J.c. Pan, The New Republic , 11 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"in- entry 2 + miser able + -ation"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1942, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210026"
},
"imagination":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality",
": creative ability",
": ability to confront and deal with a problem : resourcefulness",
": the thinking or active mind : interest",
": a creation of the mind",
": an idealized or poetic creation",
": fanciful or empty assumption",
": the act, process, or power of forming a mental picture of something not present and especially of something a person has not known or experienced",
": creative ability",
": a creation of the mind",
": an act or process of forming a conscious idea or mental image of something never before wholly perceived in reality by the one forming the images (as through a synthesis of remembered elements of previous sensory experiences or ideas as modified by unconscious defense mechanisms)",
": the ability or gift of forming such conscious ideas or mental images especially for the purposes of artistic or intellectual creation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02ccma-j\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"i-\u02ccma-j\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"im-\u02ccaj-\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrivance",
"creativity",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"ideation",
"imaginativeness",
"invention",
"inventiveness",
"originality"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"You can find a solution if you use a little imagination .",
"The author does not tell us what happens to the characters. We have to use our imagination .",
"He's a competent writer, but he lacks imagination .",
"Is it just my imagination , or is it getting warm in here?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Competition among these firms to outpace one another has driven rapid AI advancements and led to increasingly splashy demos that have captured the public imagination and drawn attention to the technology. \u2014 Karen Hao And Miles Kruppa, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"Among fans, these screener calls fulfill a desire for flexibility, efficiency, and control in dating\u2014a field that, in the cultural imagination , tends to be dominated by spontaneity and chance. \u2014 Lora Kelley, The Atlantic , 29 June 2022",
"Self-driving cars have been in the public imagination for a century, but their reality has only emerged in recent years following billions of dollars of investment, public policy efforts, and technological innovation. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Iowa has always held an outsize place in the national political imagination . \u2014 Ben Jacobs, The New Republic , 28 June 2022",
"Since 1748, when the first excavations began, the ancient city of Pompeii has captured the popular imagination as a testament to the arbitrariness of nature and the fragility of humankind. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"In the process, wellies secured their place in the popular imagination . \u2014 CNN , 23 June 2022",
"Even now, nostalgia remains a pitiable condition in the popular imagination \u2014not dangerous or life-threatening, but sentimental and backward-looking. \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"Thus ends one of the uglier high-profile civil trials in recent times \u2013 the case captured the public imagination in a way that prompted people to vehemently take sides. \u2014 Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English ymaginacioun, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French ymaginacion, borrowed from Latin im\u0101gin\u0101ti\u014dn-, im\u0101gin\u0101ti\u014d, from im\u0101gin\u0101r\u012b \"to imagine \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action"
],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-081050"
},
"immunity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being immune",
": a condition of being able to resist a particular disease especially through preventing development of a pathogenic microorganism or by counteracting the effects of its products \u2014 see also active immunity , passive immunity",
": freedom from an obligation or penalty to which others are subject",
": the power to resist infection whether natural or acquired (as by vaccination)",
": the quality or state of being immune",
": a condition of being able to resist a particular disease especially through preventing development of a pathogenic microorganism or by counteracting the effects of its products \u2014 see acquired immunity , active immunity , natural immunity , passive immunity",
": exemption from a duty or liability that is granted by law to a person or class of persons",
": the affirmative defense of having such an exemption",
": immunity from all personal civil liability without limits or conditions (as a requirement of good faith) \u2014 compare qualified immunity in this entry",
": immunity from civil liability especially for negligent torts that is granted to a charitable or nonprofit organization (as a hospital)",
": immunity (as from a tax) that is granted or created by a constitution (as the U.S. Constitution)",
": immunity from personal liability for tortious acts that is granted to an officer of a corporation who acted in good faith and within the course of his or her duties \u2014 see also business judgment rule \u2014 compare pierce",
": immunity (as from taxes or prosecution) granted to a diplomat",
": immunity sense 2",
": qualified immunity from civil liability for tortious acts or omissions that arise from a government employee's discretionary acts performed as part of the employee's duties \u2014 see also the Federal Tort Claims Act",
": immunity granted to officers of the executive branch of government from personal liability for tortious acts or omissions done in the course of carrying out their duties",
": discretionary immunity granted to a governmental unit (as an agency) or its employees",
": sovereign immunity in this entry",
": absolute immunity from civil liability that is granted to judges and other court officers (as prosecutors and grand juries) and quasi-judicial officials for tortious acts or omissions done within the scope of their jurisdiction or authority",
": absolute immunity from civil liability that is granted to legislators for tortious acts or omissions done in the course of legislative activities \u2014 see also speech or debate clause",
": discretionary immunity from personal liability that is granted to public officers for tortious acts and omissions \u2014 compare governmental immunity in this entry",
": immunity from civil liability that is conditioned or limited (as by a requirement of good faith or due care)",
": official immunity from damages for acts that violate another's civil rights that is granted if it can be shown that the acts do not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would be aware \u2014 see also Civil Rights Act",
": the absolute immunity of a sovereign government (as a state) from being sued \u2014 see also Federal Tort Claims Act",
": immunity from criminal prosecution granted to a witness for an offense related to his or her compelled testimony \u2014 see also use immunity in this entry",
": immunity granted to a witness in a criminal case that prevents the use of the witness's compelled testimony against that witness in a criminal prosecution",
": a usually statutory prohibition that excludes specific documents or information from discovery"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8my\u00fc-n\u0259-t\u0113",
"i-\u02c8my\u00fc-n\u0259-t\u0113",
"im-\u02c8y\u00fc-n\u0259t-\u0113",
"i-\u02c8my\u00fc-n\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"exemption",
"impunity"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They have developed immunity to the virus.",
"They have developed an immunity to the virus.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But a lower court ruled in favor of the Stewart family that there is no immunity for suicide cases, explaining that the court case overturned by the 2014 law only applied to harm against other people. \u2014 Titus Wu, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
"Health experts believe Memorial Day events and seasonal gatherings like graduations, combined with waning immunity and more transmissible variants, may be contributing to the resurgence in infections. \u2014 Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 June 2022",
"Cases are rising locally and nationwide, fueled by waning immunity and highly transmissible new Omicron subvariants. \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Digestive health, immunity , and inflammation are just a few of the most well-known. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Slowing this virus down, whether that\u2019s through vaccinations or ventilation upgrades\u2014or, in this case, the fortunate coincidence of immunity and weather\u2014can go a long way. \u2014 Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic , 3 June 2022",
"Just like adults, kids need plenty of protein, carbs and fat for energy, as well as minerals and the alphabet of vitamins for good immunity and cellular growth and function, London adds. \u2014 Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"The Ranch Club restaurant provides a variety of fresh smoothies made to order daily, which are all immunity focused and change seasonally. \u2014 Yola Robert, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"In addition to that, there's waning immunity , both from vaccinations and from previous infections. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022"
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"The battle was immortalized in a famous poem.",
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"Most fundamentally, you\u2019ll be exposed to the geological story behind the sturdy stone that carvers use to immortalize human transience. \u2014 Walter Nicklin, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Hollywood, Liberty started thinking of ways to immortalize this cult-favorite institution. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 11 Nov. 2021",
"One is graced with 75 diamonds symbolizing the festival\u2019s jubilee, while the other features 25 diamonds to immortalize the quarter-century partnership. \u2014 Carita Rizzo, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"This is the way to really immortalize the feelings of joy and pride that graduating brings. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 14 Apr. 2022",
"At great risk, these authors have taken it upon themselves to immortalize this grim reality, so the world will not look away. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Castro stars as a portrait photographer, Pedro, who is summoned to the rambling mansion of a powerful but ever absent landowner, Mr. Porter, to immortalize his wedding. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 4 Dec. 2021",
"With a gift of this magnitude, orchestra staff felt obliged to immortalize the Mandel name, Gremillet said. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The examples of saints and heroines whom the artists have chosen to immortalize tend to be empowered and active, physically strong and muscular. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 7 Oct. 2021"
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"Such behavior is impermissible under the new guidelines.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Keenan wrote that the school's rationale was based on an impermissible gender stereotype. \u2014 CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"According to a 2020 report by ESPN that cited NCAA documents, Wade has been accused of arranging impermissible payments to at least 11 recruits. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 9 Mar. 2022",
"If Twitter were such a forum, almost all content blocking would be an impermissible prior restraint. \u2014 Vivek Ramaswamy, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Trump raised new objections to the document requests on March 31, which James' office said is impermissible . \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Brett McMurphy of Action Network reported May 6 that Sheridan was among four Air Force assistants who violated NCAA rules by hosting recruits during the COVID-19 dead period in 2020 and providing impermissible benefits. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
"As a result, the city's refusal to let Shurtleff and Camp Constitution fly their flag amounted to impermissible viewpoint discrimination in violation of their free speech rights. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 2 May 2022",
"The city had argued that allowing the flag would have been impermissible government speech endorsing religion. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 2 May 2022",
"Other impermissible tryouts occurred when an assistant coach observed workouts of two prospects prior to their competition at the USA Fencing Nationals. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"1829, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Joining Carell and Coffin among the returning cast members are Russell Brand as the impulsive inventor Dr. Nefario and Julie Andrews as Gru\u2019s hands-off mother. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"After a big fight, Horia tries to do something impulsive for a change and flees on his father\u2019s old motorcycle. \u2014 Anna Franklin, Variety , 28 June 2022",
"In Ratmansky\u2019s portrait of the ancient world, jealousy leads to an impulsive and devastating lapse in judgment when a young bride is killed by her husband. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"Children are imprecise, impulsive and untidy, all conditions Daddy detested. \u2014 Brenda Cronin, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Once motivated Mars meets exuberant Jupiter in impulsive Aries at 6:31 am EDT, no challenge will appear too daunting to take on. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"Han-byeol is busy 24/7, dealing with one PR crisis after another, some of which are caused by the impulsive Tae-sung. \u2014 Joan Macdonald, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Cognitive behavioral therapy seemed to have stronger effects on inattentive symptoms than on hyperactive- impulsive ones, and effects did not depend on whether participants were already taking medication. \u2014 Laura E. Knouse, The Conversation , 9 May 2022",
"The vibrant Collette gives Kathleen so many layers \u2014 stressed, but graciously capable; elegant, yet impulsive ; loving but maybe not entirely trusting \u2014 that this crime victim is anything but silent. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 May 2022"
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": a member of the northern branch of the Tuareg people"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-162429"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-162736"
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"adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-174327"
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"noun"
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"im-\u02ccpe-ch\u0259-\u02c8w\u00e4-s\u0259-t\u0113",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His sacred vows didn\u2019t stop Kelly from displaying the impetuosity that brands this city\u2019s fans. \u2014 Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com , 14 Apr. 2018",
"Regardless of whether fate led these men to board the train, Eastwood suggests that what drove them to act when faced with a crisis was their youthful impetuosity . \u2014 Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader , 9 Feb. 2018",
"Not to give too much away, but Alice\u2019s romantic impetuosity in her youth has fateful consequences that only a show as sentimentally over the top as this could happily resolve. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 23 Oct. 2017",
"This president combines qualities of Shakespeare\u2019s worst kings: the vanity of Lear, the impetuosity of Richard II, the maliciousness of Richard III. \u2014 Paula Marantz Cohen, WSJ , 8 Sep. 2017",
"But, then again, that\u2019s the sort of recipe favored by Donald Trump, a president who acts with impetuosity and has little time for strategy. \u2014 Matt Giles, Longreads , 31 July 2017",
"On Friday Ms. Damrau suggested the shakiness of Elvira\u2019s psyche through manic body movements and nervous impetuosity , bravely folding her physical performance into her singing during crucial moments. \u2014 Anthony Tommasini, New York Times , 12 Feb. 2017"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-183232"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-184004"
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": a person who comes to a country to live there"
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"\u02c8i-mi-gr\u0259nt"
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"Millions of immigrants came to America from Europe in the 19th century.",
"The city has a large immigrant population.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ramon Iglesias, the son of a Cuban immigrant , is harbor master at the Roland & Mary Ann Martin Marina & Resort in Clewiston, near the southern end of Lake Okeechobee. \u2014 Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"For decades, deportation agents at ICE and its now-defunct predecessor, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, have been instructed to consider military service when deciding whether to seek the deportation of an immigrant . \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 7 June 2022",
"The daughter of an unschooled Eastern European immigrant , Dr. Frank was recruited in 1980 to oversee curriculum and instruction for the New York City school system by Chancellor Frank J. Macchiarola. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"This triggers a sequence of events that results in him getting mixed up in the brutal police arrest of an immigrant . \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"For Roll\u00e9, the daughter of a Caribbean immigrant (her mother is Jamaican) who started dancing at the Y as a child, that meant the decision to become American Ballet Theatre\u2019s first Black CEO had to be carefully weighed beforehand. \u2014 Cori Murray, Essence , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The story of a Syrian immigrant during the last decade often includes mention of the civil war that has impacted so many lives, like that of Suher Masri. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Rona\u0301n Noone\u2019s play spins the story, told in verse, of an immigrant who has aspirations of becoming a writer but struggles to earn a living and provide for his baby son. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2022",
"No one was arrested after the death of the 29-year-old Jamaican immigrant , and after months of silence, Venango County District Attorney Shawn White announced March 15 that no charges will be filed. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-190931"
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"adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-193219"
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"type":[
"adjective (or adverb)"
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"definitions":[
": impetuous"
],
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"(\u02cc)im\u02ccpech\u0259\u02c8w\u014d(\u02cc)s\u014d",
"-)z\u014d"
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"Italian, from Late Latin impetuosus"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-193952"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": marble sense 2a",
": a glass marble streaked with colors"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-204223"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-205755"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being immortal :",
": unending existence",
": lasting fame",
": the quality or state of living forever : endless life",
": lasting fame or glory"
],
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"\u02cci-\u02ccm\u022fr-\u02c8ta-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02cci-m\u022fr-\u02c8ta-l\u0259-t\u0113"
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"afterlife",
"beyond",
"eternity",
"hereafter"
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"examples":[
"She believed in the immortality of the soul.",
"He found immortality through his films.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Through the slow tempo beginning, there are lovely and oblique references to immortality , death and embracing the unknown. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"University of Utah greats Alex Smith and Eric Weddle have a shot at college football immortality . \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Some chapters, however, hold up in dramatic ways, and the closing one is particularly strong, with Nussbaum reflecting on how great figures\u2019 last words can live in immortality . \u2014 Douglas Brinkley, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Long before the advent of the digital age, information was a vehicle for immortality , the means by which artists and intellectuals attempted to live on after death. \u2014 Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The titular shop is actually home to a 500-year-old secret society called the Unbroken Spine, a group that's been working on decoding a book that supposedly holds the secrets to immortality . \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Jackson will likely become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court and create her own form of immortality . \u2014 Mike Freeman, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Sometimes, patience is required as the journey to baseball immortality can be a long and arduous process. \u2014 Wayne G. Mcdonnell, Jr., Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"In addition to money and power the guard will be given perfect health, immortality or anything else for that matter. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-213938"
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"impunely":{
"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": with impunity"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"obsolete English impune unpunished (from Latin impunis ) + -ly"
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"abbreviation"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": lacking pores",
"or impressed punctate markings"
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"\u0259m+"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"in- + punctate"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-030120"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or characterized by imagination",
": devoid of truth : false",
": given to imagining : having a lively imagination",
": of or relating to images",
": showing a command of imagery",
": relating to or showing imagination",
": having a lively imagination"
],
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"i-\u02c8maj-n\u0259-tiv",
"-\u02c8ma-j\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101-",
"-n\u0259-",
"i-\u02c8ma-j\u0259-n\u0259-tiv"
],
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"clever",
"creative",
"ingenious",
"innovational",
"innovative",
"innovatory",
"inventive",
"original",
"originative",
"Promethean"
],
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"uncreative",
"unimaginative",
"uninventive",
"unoriginal"
],
"examples":[
"She wrote an imaginative story about life on the planet Venus.",
"The restaurant's menu is quite imaginative .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Amazing Stories has Steven Spielberg as an executive producer \u2014 and features today's most imaginative filmmakers, directors and writers in an exciting sci-fi/fantasy anthology. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022",
"Some of the boldest and most imaginative theater is created by the area\u2019s fringe troupes, and after a pandemic pause, some favorites are returning over the next few weeks. \u2014 Terry Byrne, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"Composed of curious and frequently colorful creations, the Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades collection found the historic maison collaborating with several of the world\u2019s most imaginative designers. \u2014 David Graver, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
"Sussman, who had a sometimes wildly imaginative analytic mind, was not much interested in the predictable, if sometimes sensational events that consume so much of the average newspaper\u2019s editorial resources and newsprint. \u2014 Joshua Benton, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"The book features page after page of the most imaginative renderings of life being coaxed from the ground by little children emerging from their subterranean homes. \u2014 cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The disappointing follow-up to his most imaginative effort to date isn\u2019t a total loss thanks to Uma Thurman\u2019 all-in performance and a handful of scenes that carried the momentum started in the superior first volume. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 27 Mar. 2022",
"This flybridge is one of the most imaginative on the water. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Claire Chase, perhaps the instrument\u2019s most imaginative living advocate, is bent on tapping its primal power. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 27 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English ymaginatif \"employing mental images, curious, inventive,\" borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French, \"of the imagination, having a strong imagination, shrewd,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin im\u0101gin\u0101t\u012bvus \"of the imagination,\" from Latin im\u0101gin\u0101tus, past participle of im\u0101gin\u0101r\u012b \"to imagine \" + -\u012bvus -ive"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-030133"
},
"immeubles":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a class of property under French law that consists essentially of immovables \u2014 compare meubles"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0113m\u0153bl(\u1d4a)",
"-b(l\u0259)"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, plural of immeuble piece of fixed property, from Middle French, from immeuble immovable (in biens immeubles immovable property), from Old French immoble , from Latin immobilis"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-032405"
},
"impaste":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make into a paste or crust"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8p\u0101st"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Italian impastare , from in- (from Latin) + pasta paste, from Late Latin"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1576, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-044021"
},
"imparity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": inequality , disparity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)im-\u02c8per-\u0259-t\u0113",
"-\u02c8pa-r\u0259-"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Late Latin imparitas , from Latin impar unequal, from in- + par equal"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1563, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-060013"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of a widely distributed genus ( Impatiens of the family Balsaminaceae) of annual or perennial herbs with irregular spurred or saccate flowers and forcefully dehiscent capsules \u2014 compare touch-me-not"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8p\u0101-sh\u0259nz",
"-sh\u0259n(t)s"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shade-loving annual impatiens , for example, won't last long beside perennial sun-lovers like coneflowers. \u2014 Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 June 2022",
"A few hundred dollars worth of impatiens and knockout roses, gone. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 23 June 2022",
"With cheery shades ranging from peach to hot pink, New Guinea impatiens are a reliable choice for long-season color. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
"A few months and hundreds of thousands of dollars later, the lot is in bloom, a multicolor sea of petunias, impatiens and hostas, to name a few. \u2014 Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal , 18 May 2022",
"Geraniums, petunias, fuchsia and New Guinea impatiens are among the varieties expected to be available. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Customers will be able to select from a variety of hanging baskets featuring geraniums, New Guinea impatiens and sunpatiens. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Ron Peterson at Milaeger's recommends this sun-loving impatiens . \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Plant dwarf annual flowers such as coleus, impatiens and seedling geraniums inside as houseplants. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Latin, impatient"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1785, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-061502"
},
"impenetration":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of impenetrating or the state of being impenetrated"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u00a6)im",
"\u0259m+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-062336"
},
"impulsion":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of impelling : the state of being impelled",
": an impelling force",
": an onward tendency derived from an impulsion",
": impulse sense 1a",
": compulsion sense 2",
": impulse sense 1",
": compulsion"
],
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"im-\u02c8p\u0259l-sh\u0259n",
"im-\u02c8p\u0259l-sh\u0259n"
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"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072257"
},
"imagine that":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of imagine that \u2014 used to express that something is remarkable This tree is more than 300 years old. Imagine that !"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075540"
},
"impluvium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a cistern or tank in the atrium or peristyle of a house of ancient Rome to receive the water falling through the compluvium"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)im\u00a6pl\u00fcv\u0113\u0259m",
"\u0259m\u02c8p-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin, from in- in- entry 2 + -pluvium (from pluere to rain)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075758"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the promoter, manager, or conductor of an opera or concert company",
": a person who puts on or sponsors an entertainment (such as a television show or sports event)",
": manager , director"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-pr\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4r-\u0113-\u02cc\u014d",
"-\u02c8ser-",
"-\u02c8z\u00e4r-"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite the inauspicious prologue, a decade later Ms. Wintour became Vogue\u2019s editor in chief, an office that became the foundation for her emergence as a cultural and business impresario . \u2014 Brenda Cronin, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"The newlyweds lived in a flat in Pacific Heights, with concert impresario Bill Graham as their upstairs neighbor. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Venezuelan soloist Gabriela Martinez presided over the piece like a warm, smiling impresario , exchanging pleasantries with conductor Ruth Reinhardt and individual members of the orchestra. \u2014 Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"The Music Man was set to open October 22, 2020, under the aegis of the impresario Scott Rudin, known as much for his impeccable taste and lavish spending as for his volcanic temper. \u2014 Adam Green, Vogue , 10 Feb. 2022",
"More people should know about the incredible life of the first African American military pilot, who went on to become a Paris nightclub impresario , a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer. \u2014 Sam Dangremond, Town & Country , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Needless to say, there is no longer any single television impresario with that kind of omnipotence. \u2014 Lisa Birnbach, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"As carriages full of aristocratic visitors poured in from far-flung shires, theater impresario David Garrick put on a farewell run of his most surefire hit, Hamlet, to tempt them in the evenings. \u2014 Catherine Ostler, Town & Country , 24 Feb. 2022",
"One year later, the streetwear impresario is delivering the goods with his debut collection. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Italian, from impresa undertaking, from imprendere to undertake, from Vulgar Latin *imprehendere \u2014 more at emprise"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-080109"
},
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"type":[
"noun plural",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": products of the imagination : thoughts , images",
": products of the imagination"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8maj-ni\u014bz",
"-\u02c8ma-j\u0259-",
"i-\u02c8ma-j\u0259-ni\u014bz"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In her singular imaginings , mermaids swim up to watch TV news about their planet, ships play tag with giant squid, and humans get up close and personal with a purple narwhal with blue wings. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"The imaginings of acting are temporary; when the show is over, the actor returns to the real world, and knows the difference. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The re- imaginings of the songs are courtesy of St. Vincent, TOKiMONSTA and Honey Dijon. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 18 Jan. 2022",
"For much of the rest of the film, except for occasional cutaways to young Stan\u2019s imaginings , the adult Stan (voiced by Jack Black) narrates what really happened. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The question is, essentially, whether or not our own imaginings of luxury can still consider Black women luxurious as our authentic selves. \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Twin sisters running around re-creating their imaginings as plays, painting visions of their world in watercolor, and for young Amanda, writing novellas and poems in her notebook. \u2014 Allure , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The New Jersey bar and bat mitzvah movie of our darkest imaginings is finally here: Writer-director Cooper Raiff stars as an aimless college grad who finds his purpose as the hot guest at teenage rites of passage \u2014 or at least at their afterparties. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"In past work, researchers have found that manipulating the activity of the hippocampus alters creative and future imaginings , which suggests an important role for brain structures supporting memory in imagining the future. \u2014 Robert Martone, Scientific American , 21 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English ymagynynges, plural of the gerund of ymaginen \"to imagine \""
],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083839"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by impulsive vehemence or passion",
": marked by force and violence of movement or action",
": acting or done quickly and without thought : impulsive"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pech-w\u0259s",
"-\u02c8pe-ch\u0259-",
"-ch\u00fc-\u0259s",
"im-\u02c8pe-ch\u0259-w\u0259s"
],
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"In one episode of \"The Sopranos,\" \u2026 the young, impetuous mobster Christopher Moltisanti \u2026 tries to write a screenplay in the hours when he is not robbing trucks or picking up cannolis for Tony. \u2014 David Remnick , New Yorker , 2 Apr. 2001",
"And from the beginning, NASA was trapped beneath the dominoes, as the Soviets knocked off first satellite, first man in space, first earth orbit, first space walk. But it was Kennedy's impetuous science-fiction PR that really put the pressure on, when he promised to put an American on the moon by the end of the decade. \u2014 Erik Davis , Village Voice , 26 July 1994",
"Men who don't wear hats are generally youthful, vigorous, impetuous , and have a devil-may-care glint in their eyes. \u2014 Mike Royko , Like I Was Sayin' \u2026 , 1984",
"He's always been an impetuous young man.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the spring of 1976, Schuller was an impetuous sociology major at Slippery Rock University in western Pennsylvania. \u2014 Erin Cox, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Some people do impetuous things with unexpected windfalls. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Mateo, a young and impetuous CIA recruit, is sent to Los Diablos, in Latin America, to infiltrate one of these activist groups, the Mandrills, and track down its leader, Adam, a charismatic yet dangerous man. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Having provoked an impetuous Georgian attack on its proxy forces in South Ossetia, Russia invaded Georgia. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"By moving the count out of public view, Leahy had made an impetuous but catastrophic mistake. \u2014 Benjamin Wofford, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Sam Simahk eschews upstanding handsomeness for a charming, impetuous boyishness. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
"But the court is also where the impetuous teen gets into a tiff with a local gangster, with whom Will ends up in jail overnight. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2022",
"As Ruth Stoops, Dern is an ungainly live wire, impetuous and agitated. \u2014 Matthew Jacobs, Vulture , 2 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin impetuosus , from Latin impetus \u2014 see impetus"
],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091004"
},
"impulse turbine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a turbine in which the rotor is driven by fluid jets impinging directly against the blades \u2014 compare reaction turbine"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091102"
},
"impersonable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": not personable : unattractive"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)im",
"\u0259m+"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"in- entry 1 + personable"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101120"
},
"impresarial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or belonging to an impresario"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6impr\u0259\u00a6s\u00e4r\u0113\u0259l",
"-sa(a)r-",
"-ser-",
"-s\u0227r-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101714"
},
"imagism":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun or adjective,"
],
"definitions":[
": a 20th century movement in poetry advocating free verse and the expression of ideas and emotions through clear precise images"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8i-mi-\u02ccji-z\u0259m"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"image entry 1 + -ism"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1912, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-110907"
},
"imonium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ammonium in which a bivalent radical is a substituent"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)i\u00a6m\u014dn\u0113\u0259m",
"(\u02c8)\u012b\u00a6m-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"im ine + amm onium"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113503"
},
"impulse pin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": roller jewel"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-120105"
},
"immortalist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that affirms a belief in immortalism"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124915"
},
"impressment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of seizing for public use or of impressing into public service"
],
"pronounciation":[
"im-\u02c8pres-m\u0259nt"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1787, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132027"
},
"imputation":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the act of imputing : such as":[],
": accusation":[
"denied any imputation of unfairness"
],
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": insinuation":[],
": something imputed":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccim-py\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"innuendo",
"insinuation"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"I resent the imputation that I'm nice to Grandmother because she has money.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the last census in 2010, only 0.4% of households were counted by imputation . \u2014 The New York Times, Arkansas Online , 15 Sep. 2021",
"This process, called imputation , is still better than leaving the census forms blank. \u2014 Paulina Pineda, The Arizona Republic , 11 Aug. 2021",
"The Washington Post noted in an article last July that Census Bureau employees had raised concerns about Cogley and Korzeniewski's questioning the need for imputation . \u2014 Star Tribune , 30 May 2021",
"And for another, imputation algorithms are getting better at guessing unknown bits of genetic code from the surrounding snippets. \u2014 Megan Molteni, Wired , 16 Dec. 2020",
"The very framing of that argument\u2014the imputation of disloyalty to the Constitution on the part of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin\u2014is an act of bad faith. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 12 Dec. 2020",
"Multiple imputation accounting for loss to follow-up yielded similar results. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner , 18 Nov. 2020",
"After the 2000 Census, Utah sued the Commerce Department for using imputation to infer how many people lived at a residence when people didn\u2019t respond to the survey. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 8 Oct. 2020",
"Are lower wages the indulgence required of the American underclass to avoid the imputation of sinister motives by Rye? \u2014 John Hirschauer, National Review , 24 June 2019"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105220"
},
"imphee":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several African sorghums":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8im(p)f\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Zulu imfe":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105502"
}
}
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