dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/eme_MWT.json

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{
"emends":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended"
],
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"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"spoils",
"aggravates",
"worsens"
],
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"redraws",
"restyles",
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"reworks",
"rewrites",
"blue-pencils",
"cuts",
"shortens",
"redresses",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
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],
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"rectifies",
"red-pencils",
"reforms",
"remedies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emerges":{
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"problems emerged almost as soon as the contractor began the excavation for the swimming pool"
],
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"comes up",
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],
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"haps",
"occurs",
"passes",
"transpires",
"interferes",
"interposes",
"intervenes",
"intrudes"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emerge":{
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
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"problems emerged almost as soon as the contractor began the excavation for the swimming pool"
],
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"come up",
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},
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]
},
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"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
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"problems emerged almost as soon as the contractor began the excavation for the swimming pool"
],
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"coming up",
"cropping (up)",
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},
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"verb"
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"the act of becoming known or coming into view; the act of emerging":{
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"her rapid emergence as a national political figure",
"the emergence of the Internet as an important means of communication"
],
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"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
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"thresholds",
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"ground zeros",
"square ones",
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"fountainheads",
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"sources",
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"wells",
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"noun"
]
},
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"a change designed to correct or improve a written work":{
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"the governor's numerous emendations to the speechwriter's first draft left nary a sentence untouched"
],
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"amendments",
"corrections"
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"amplifications",
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"modifications",
"revisions",
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"renovations",
"clarifications",
"explanations",
"explications"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emergence":{
"the act of becoming known or coming into view; the act of emerging":{
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"her rapid emergence as a national political figure",
"the emergence of the Internet as an important means of communication"
],
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"spring",
"well",
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"finish",
"period",
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"windup",
"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emended":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended"
],
"synonyms":[
"amended",
"corrected",
"debugged",
"rectified",
"red-penciled",
"reformed",
"remedied"
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"restyled",
"revised",
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"bettered",
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"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"fixed",
"mended",
"repaired",
"adjusted",
"modulated",
"regulated",
"altered",
"changed",
"modified"
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"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"aggravated",
"worsened"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emend":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
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"the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended"
],
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"debug",
"rectify",
"red-pencil",
"reform",
"remedy"
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"rework",
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"cut",
"shorten",
"redress",
"right",
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"improve",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"fix",
"mend",
"repair",
"adjust",
"modulate",
"regulate",
"alter",
"change",
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"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"aggravate",
"worsen"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emergency":{
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
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"an alert, quick-thinking girl who is good to have around in an emergency"
],
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"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
],
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"possibility",
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"turning point",
"happening",
"landmark",
"milestone",
"condition",
"pass",
"situation",
"strait",
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"impasse",
"stalemate",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
"jam",
"last ditch",
"pinch",
"predicament",
"scrape",
"spot",
"eleventh hour",
"last minute"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emending":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended"
],
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"amending",
"correcting",
"debugging",
"rectifying",
"red-penciling",
"reforming",
"remedying"
],
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"redrafting",
"redrawing",
"restyling",
"revising",
"reworking",
"rewriting",
"blue-penciling",
"cutting",
"shortening",
"redressing",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"adjusting",
"modulating",
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"altering",
"changing",
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"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"aggravating",
"worsening"
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},
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"verb"
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},
"emendation":{
"a change designed to correct or improve a written work":{
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"the governor's numerous emendations to the speechwriter's first draft left nary a sentence untouched"
],
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"amendment",
"correction"
],
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"cut",
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"addition",
"amplification",
"supplement",
"adjustment",
"alteration",
"modification",
"revision",
"improvement",
"renovation",
"clarification",
"explanation",
"explication"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}