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{
"Ten'a":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": koyukon":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193921",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Tenuirostres":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an unnatural group of mostly passerine birds (as hummingbirds, sunbirds, honey eaters, nuthatches) having slender bills":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin tenuis thin + rostrum beak":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u00e4\u02ccstr\u0113z"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112427",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"ten":{
"antonyms":[
"dog"
],
"definitions":{
": a 10-dollar bill":[],
": a number that is one more than nine \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
": something having 10 units or members":[],
": the 10th in a set or series":[
"wears a ten"
]
},
"examples":[
"\u201cWhat time is it\u201d \u201cIt's ten .\u201d",
"promised me that she would fix me up with a ten",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Finding a dependable big may not be click bait, but probably makes the top- ten to do list. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"No one under the age of ten appears to have died from the disease. \u2014 Krista Langlois, Outside Online , 19 Mar. 2020",
"Having celebrated 10 years, what\u2019s next for Novikov",
"Also, this gives Sandra Bullock two films in the top- ten , alongside the 2018 sleeper smash Birdbox, making her Netflix\u2019s biggest movie star. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"This can be oversimplified and overstated, but the United States did attract immigrants by the tens of millions. \u2014 Marilynne Robinson, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2020",
"City attorneys for Los Angeles and San Francisco also joined the suit, which asks the court to fine Uber and Lyft $2,500 per each misclassified driver in California; that could add up to tens of millions of dollars in penalties for each company. \u2014 Aarian Marshall, Wired , 5 May 2020",
"Think tens of thousands of people at a concert, conventions and crowded sports arenas. \u2014 Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2020",
"Higher stock prices won\u2019t offer much consolation to the tens of millions of people who have been laid off or furloughed. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, going back to Old English t\u012ben (West Saxon), t\u0113n, going back to Germanic *tehun (whence also Old Frisian ti\u0101n, ti\u0113n \"ten,\" Old Saxon tehan, Old High German zehan, Old Norse t\u00edu, Gothic taihun ), going back to Indo-European *de\u1e31m\u0325, whence also Old Irish deich \"ten,\" Welsh deg, Latin decem, Old Church Slavic des\u0119t\u012d, Lithuanian d\u1ebd\u0161imt, Albanian dhjet\u00eb, Greek d\u00e9ka, Armenian tasn, Tocharian A \u015b\u00e4k, Tocharian B \u015bak, Avestan dasa, Sanskrit da\u015ba":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"cutie",
"cutey",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"fox",
"glamour-puss",
"hottie",
"knockout",
"looker",
"showstopper"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203416",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"noun",
"pronoun, plural in construction"
]
},
"ten a penny":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": very common":[
"Thrillers are ten a penny these days."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191933",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"ten out of ten":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192126",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"ten to one":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": very likely":[
"Ten to one they'll lose."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-204134",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"ten-gallon hat":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": cowboy hat":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Elba, with his battered ten-gallon hat and 100-yard stare, remains a hard-nosed enigma for most of it, cagey and remote. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 1 Apr. 2021",
"Using those ten-gallon hats , Delos collected information and stored it in the Forge with the aim of copying human minds into host bodies, which, if successful, could effectively make those people immortal. \u2014 Scott Tobias, New York Times , 13 Mar. 2020",
"There were transparent, leopard-print latex dresses with visible black thongs underneath, ten-gallon hats and Texas-size belt buckles, short shorts, and python-print pencil skirts. \u2014 Channing Hargrove, refinery29.com , 8 Sep. 2019",
"Segun quickly discovers that his engineering degree is as useless as his ten-gallon hat is unfashionable. \u2014 Julian Lucas, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
"Unemployment is persistently higher and incomes are more unequal in California than in the land of the ten-gallon hat . \u2014 The Economist , 20 June 2019",
"Without our irrepressible divas, we\u2019d be stuck with a bunch of preening clowns in megalithic ten-gallon hats who grew up in Dayton, Ohio. \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 24 Nov. 2018",
"After one term in Congress, he was appointed Secretary of the Interior, and arrived for his first day of work on horseback, riding down C Street in a ten-gallon hat and jeans. \u2014 Evan Osnos, The New Yorker , 14 May 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195746",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ten-spot":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a playing card with ten spots":[],
": a ten-dollar bill":[
"If someone offered you a ten-spot to scribble your name on a piece of paper, would you refuse",
"\u2014 Mike Royko , Pittsburgh Press , 24 Oct. 1989"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"ten entry 1 + spot":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130544",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ten-strike":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a highly successful stroke or achievement":[],
": a strike in tenpins":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten-\u02ccstr\u012bk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082806",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ten-twenty-thirty":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from the prices in cents of seats":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181313",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tenable":{
"antonyms":[
"indefensible",
"untenable"
],
"definitions":{
": capable of being held, maintained, or defended : defensible , reasonable":[]
},
"examples":[
"the soldiers' encampment on the open plain was not tenable , so they retreated to higher ground",
"the tenable theory that a giant meteor strike set off a chain of events resulting in the demise of the dinosaurs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This reluctance to change won\u2019t be tenable for long. \u2014 Kathy Leake, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"And the old-fashioned solution\u2014asking the grandparents to step in as caregivers\u2014is only tenable for about 20% of working mothers, according to a 2013 study. \u2014 Abby Vesoulis, Time , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Facing heavy sanctions from the West, Putin now must adjust his goals in Ukraine, given that a full-scale occupation of the country is not currently tenable . \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"Eighty-five shows and hundreds of days on the road weren\u2019t tenable anymore. \u2014 Daniel Kohn, SPIN , 2 June 2022",
"McDonald\u2019s said the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, and the precipitating unpredictable operating environment, led it to conclude that continued ownership of its business in Russia was no longer tenable . \u2014 Michael Dabaie, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Going forward after Reserve Mechanical, these risk pool arrangements are simply not tenable to prove risk distribution before the U.S. Tax Court. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"But, as restitution gained visibility, silent refusal became less and less tenable . \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Only once everyone is somewhat aggrieved will the solution be somewhat tenable . \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1579, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Middle French, going back to Old French, \"capable of being defended against attack,\" from tenir \"to hold, have possession of\" + -able -able \u2014 more at tenant entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te-n\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"defendable",
"defensible"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105413",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"tenace":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a combination of two high or relatively high cards (such as ace and queen) of the same suit in one hand with one ranking two degrees below the other":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1655, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Spanish tenaza \"pincers, forceps, tenace in cards,\" in plural (with singular reference) tenazas, alteration of earlier tenaces, going back to Iberian Latin ten\u0101c\u0113s, from nominalized plural of Latin ten\u0101c-, ten\u0101x \"holding fast, clinging, persistent\" (probably as ellipsis of forcip\u0113s ten\u0101c\u0113s \"tight-holding pincers\") \u2014 more at tenacious":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te-\u02ccn\u0101s",
"\u02c8te-n\u0259s",
"te-\u02c8n\u0101s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114243",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tenacious":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not easily pulled apart : cohesive":[
"a tenacious metal"
],
": persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired":[
"a tenacious advocate of civil rights",
"tenacious negotiators"
],
": retentive":[
"a tenacious memory"
],
": tending to adhere or cling especially to another substance":[
"tenacious burs"
]
},
"examples":[
"But raw capitalism has also proved tenacious , evolving its own means of endlessly restimulating consumption \u2026 \u2014 Nicholas Fraser , Harper's , November 2003",
"This \"Southern Operation\" would seal off China from outside help, thus underwriting victory in Japan's frustrating four-year war against Chiang Kai-shek's feckless but tenacious Chinese army. \u2014 David M. Kennedy , Atlantic , March 1999",
"We have been nominally democratic for so long that we presume it is our natural condition rather than the product of persistent effort and tenacious responsibility. \u2014 Benjamin R. Barber , Harper's , November 1993",
"Some people claim that by election day this year Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand had very little power besides the power of his own tenacious , authoritative, and austere persona. \u2014 Jane Kramer , New Yorker , 30 May 1988",
"The company has a tenacious hold on the market.",
"a tenacious trainer, she adheres to her grueling swimming schedule no matter what",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His dogged betterment of himself and his tenacious devotion to Lexington serve as a private rebellion against the erasure that is slavery. \u2014 Maggie Shipstead, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Herzog\u2019s films, now numbering six dozen, are peopled by the deluded, the obsessed, and the disconcertingly tenacious . \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"Even common colds seem a little more virulent and tenacious , according to Richard Martinello, a specialist in respiratory viruses at Yale School of Medicine. \u2014 Frances Stead Sellers, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
"Even common colds seem a little more virulent and tenacious , according to Richard Martinello, a specialist in respiratory viruses at Yale School of Medicine. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Teller delivers arguably his grittiest performance with workout montages and a tenacious spirit that would make Rocky Balboa proud. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"This first post-shutdown season was dogged by the tenacious coronavirus, which repeatedly demonstrated that no matter how much the industry and the city were ready to move on, Covid-19 wasn\u2019t done yet. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"He's been able to successfully walk that line of being tenacious , journalistic and creative, while simultaneously being human and empathetic. \u2014 Mike Freeman, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
"Every now and then, someone captures the heart of the nation with their zest for life & tenacious desire to give back to society. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin ten\u0101c-, ten\u0101x \"holding fast, clinging, persistent\" (from ten\u0113re \"to hold, occupy, possess\" + -\u0101c-, deverbal suffix denoting habitual or successful performance) + -ious \u2014 more at tenant entry 1 , audacious":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tenacious strong , stout , sturdy , stalwart , tough , tenacious mean showing power to resist or to endure. strong may imply power derived from muscular vigor, large size, structural soundness, intellectual or spiritual resources. strong arms the defense has a strong case stout suggests an ability to endure stress, pain, or hard use without giving way. stout hiking boots sturdy implies strength derived from vigorous growth, determination of spirit, solidity of construction. a sturdy table people of sturdy independence stalwart suggests an unshakable dependability. stalwart environmentalists tough implies great firmness and resiliency. a tough political opponent tenacious suggests strength in seizing, retaining, clinging to, or holding together. tenacious farmers clinging to an age-old way of life",
"synonyms":[
"dogged",
"insistent",
"patient",
"persevering",
"persistent",
"pertinacious"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170142",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"tenancy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the period of a tenant's occupancy or possession":[]
},
"examples":[
"He was granted tenancy of the farm.",
"During his tenancy , he tried to make as many improvements as he could.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The acquisition comes shortly after the announcement that Landmark will close its popular Pico street location, due to being unable to negotiate the terms of its tenancy with its realtor. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"The other is an ordinance that would place limits on the permissible reasons for terminating a renter\u2019s tenancy . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 May 2022",
"Buyers in the $500,000 range may have to consider condos, townhomes or tenancy -in-common units in addition to single-family residences, but for those willing to get creative, there are still plenty of options. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Beyond providing building- and planet-level benefits, new tactics are impacting a property\u2019s potential to increase foot traffic, attract tenancy and generate additional revenue. \u2014 Mark Zettl, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The magicians\u2019 tenancy in the castle was in doubt, even if the historic landmark remained in place. \u2014 Roger Vincentstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Some Georgians have even called on landlords to refuse tenancy to Russian arrivals. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
"They're expected to consider trends in the tax base \u2014 such as how downtown's volatile tenancy will shift more of the tax burden onto homeowners and renters \u2014 and how much average residents will pay. \u2014 Susan Du, Star Tribune , 29 July 2021",
"At minimum there should be a mandatory component of any tenancy agreement to know what to do if a fire occurs in their home and appropriate fire doors fitted, and this should be supported by regular public information announcements. \u2014 Yvette Williams, CNN , 11 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"ten(ant) entry 1 + -ancy (probably after Anglo-French tenaunce )":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te-n\u0259n-s\u0113",
"\u02c8te-n\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123252",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tenant":{
"antonyms":[
"landlord",
"lessor",
"letter"
],
"definitions":{
": occupant , dweller":[],
": one who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (such as a security) by any kind of right":[],
": to hold or occupy as or as if as a tenant : inhabit":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"A tenant is now leasing the apartment.",
"the laundry in the basement is for tenants only",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"John Scanlon, the wily public relations man who died in 2001, was also a \u201990s-era tenant . \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Los Angeles Times Landlord- tenant disputes reach record levels. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"On the opposite side of the argument is landlord Joseph Raso, who said the proposal gives all landlords a bad rap and that the city needs more housing rather than a landlord- tenant ordinance. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 May 2022",
"Impressively, these tenant experience teams now wield the same amount of leverage as portfolio managers, according to them. \u2014 Chase Garbarino, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Self said the department will monitor the property regularly throughout the case and ensure the owner and tenant comply with the zoning ordinance. \u2014 Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Barton Tower tenant association president Michael Booth said the whole building lost air conditioning overnight. \u2014 Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
"Located at 1606 Race St., Fly by Nature will be the development's first tenant and 3CDC's first small business to open north of Liberty Street. \u2014 Cierra Britten, The Enquirer , 7 June 2022",
"Guild Press was owned by H. Lynn Womack, the son of Hazelhurst, Mississippi, tenant farmers. \u2014 Hanna Raskin, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Still, landlords are including concessions to get deals, offering abatements and tenant improvement allowances. \u2014 Natalie Wong, Bloomberg.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"With that deadline fast approaching and politicians so far unresponsive to tenant advocates\u2019 calls for another extension, renters and small landlords report widespread confusion and fear about falling through the cracks. \u2014 Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Should cities such as San Francisco give legal recognition to tenant unions",
"By 2020, similar units at the complex rented for approximately $1,200 per month, according to leases and tenant payment records reviewed by The Post. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Those left out Sylvia Kuster and her husband Skip currently lease most of their nearly 400-acre property to tenant farmers. \u2014 cincinnati.com , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Penney has moved out of the buildings, leaving the offices currently 13% leased to tenant NTT Data. \u2014 Steve Brown, Dallas News , 27 May 2021",
"The big shipping hub is fully leased to tenant Petmate, an online pet supply company owned by Doskocil Manufacturing. \u2014 Steve Brown, Dallas News , 3 Nov. 2020",
"The city got behind these efforts, transferring the title of dozens of buildings to tenant organizations that created co-ops. \u2014 Matthew Desmond, New York Times , 13 Oct. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
"1634, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English tenaunt, tenant, borrowed from Anglo-French, \"holder (of land under various circumstances),\" noun derivative from present participle of tenir \"to hold, have possession of,\" going back (with conjugation change) to Latin ten\u0113re \"to hold, occupy, possess,\" probably derivative, with the stative suffix *-h 1 i\u032f\u00e9- (with zero-grade ablaut) of the Indo-European verbal base *ten- \"stretch, extend,\" whence, from a present-tense derivative *tn\u0325-neu\u032f/nu-, Sanskrit tan\u00f3ti \"(it) extends, spreads, endures,\" Greek t\u00e1nytai \"(s/he) stretches, extends, bends (a bow),\" Welsh tannu, tanu \"to spread, extend\"; from a causative derivative *ton-\u00e9i\u032fe-, Sanskrit -t\u0101nayati \"(it) extends,\" Germanic *\u00feanjan- \"to stretch\" (whence Old English \u00feennan \"to stretch,\" Old Saxon thennian, Old High German dennen, Old Norse \u00feenja, Gothic uf \u00feanjan \"to overextend\"); from a present-tense derivative *ten-i\u032fe-, Greek te\u00ednein \"to stretch, extend, spread, aim at,\" with verbal adjective tat\u00f3s, action noun t\u00e1sis, both from zero-grade *tn\u0325-t-":"Noun",
"derivative of tenant entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8te-n\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boarder",
"lessee",
"lodger",
"renter",
"roomer"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120737",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tend":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": await":[],
": cultivate , foster":[],
": listen":[],
": to act as an attendant : serve":[
"tended to his wife"
],
": to apply oneself to the care of : watch over":[
"tended her sick father"
],
": to attend as a servant":[],
": to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce":[
"tends to be optimistic"
],
": to have or take charge of as a caretaker or overseer":[
"tend the sheep"
],
": to manage the operations of : mind":[
"tend the store",
"tend the fire"
],
": to move, direct, or develop one's course in a particular direction":[
"cannot tell where society is tending"
],
": to pay attention : apply oneself":[
"tend to your own affairs",
"tend to our correspondence"
],
": to stand by (something, such as a rope) in readiness to prevent mischance (such as fouling)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The thing is, those who are struggling to pay student loans the most tend to have a lot more than $10,000 in student debt to begin with. \u2014 Robert Farrington, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The Bank of England said that notes made from polymer tend to be cleaner. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Research shows that people tend to wind up with the same kind of partner over and over again. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"Some also suggest that straight establishments tend to be corporate owned and as a result have to follow certain rules, which dictate how much alcohol can be given to customers. \u2014 John-john Williams Iv, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
"During a time when Instagrammable experiences are prized, the company found that jaw-dropping rentals tend to generate the most interest\u2014and the most income for hosts. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 23 June 2022",
"Shows tend to go on runs in this category, indicating voters are rewarding brands rather than taking a close look at the actual seasons being nominated. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"Yes, there is a historical coincidence between monetary and business cycles, but this is only natural: Officials tend to raise rates as economies flourish, only to stop when a downturn ensues. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Iwasaki said that those who have more severe infections tend to develop a more robust immune response to the virus. \u2014 Sara G. Miller, NBC News , 16 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English tenden \"to stretch, spread, direct oneself (to), incline toward,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French tendre \"to stretch, hold out, offer, direct (one's course), go, aim (at),\" going back to Latin tendere \"to extend outward, stretch, spread out, direct (one's course), aim (at a purpose)\" (Medieval Latin, \"to lead toward, move in a particular direction\") \u2014 more at tender entry 3":"Verb",
"Middle English tenden, shortened from attenden \"to attend \" or entenden, intenden \"to intend \"":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tend"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052434",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tendency":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a proneness to a particular kind of thought or action":[],
": deliberate but indirect advocacy":[],
": direction or approach toward a place, object, effect, or limit":[],
": the purposeful trend of something written or said : aim":[]
},
"examples":[
"The economy has shown a general tendency toward inflation.",
"a tendency to drop things",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Herzogian tendency toward high-minded pronouncements, bombastic but endearing, remains very much intact in his fiction. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"There\u2019s such a tendency to compare scandals, political and otherwise, to Watergate. \u2014 Jane Greenway Carr, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"To that list, Dr. Melnyk adds fatigue, irritability, the tendency to get angry easily, and sleeping too much or not enough. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 10 June 2022",
"Gessen\u2019s tendency to lose control reappears throughout the book. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"This episode ties into broader grievances of questionable western media representation of Africa, a tendency to frame the continent as always diseased or battling disaster. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
"The tendency to confuse that commercial transaction with social conditions has unfortunately led to the rude practice of asking hosts for leftovers. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"But even then there is a tendency for the companies in them to be software developers, deemed less risky than builders of larger-scale energy projects. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Again, there\u2019s a tendency to look toward the B2C CX for guidance, but that would be a mistake. \u2014 Evgeny Grigul, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":""
},
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin tendentia, noun derivative of Latin tendent-, tendens, present participle of tendere \"to extend outward, stretch, spread out, direct (one's course), aim (at a purpose)\" (Medieval Latin, \"to lead toward, move in a particular direction\") \u2014 more at tender entry 3":""
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"\u02c8ten-d\u0259n-s\u0113",
"\u02c8ten-d\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tendency tendency , trend , drift , tenor , current mean movement in a particular direction. tendency implies an inclination sometimes amounting to an impelling force. a general tendency toward inflation trend applies to the general direction maintained by a winding or irregular course. the long-term trend of the stock market is upward drift may apply to a tendency determined by external forces the drift of the population away from large cities or it may apply to an underlying or obscure trend of meaning or discourse. got the drift of her argument tenor stresses a clearly perceptible direction and a continuous, undeviating course. the tenor of the times current implies a clearly defined but not necessarily unalterable course. an encounter that changed the current of my life",
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"aptness",
"proneness",
"propensity",
"way"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased":[
"Radio and television in South Africa are effectively state-owned. \u2026 News reporting is selective and tendentious , customarily presenting only the government's view of events, and attacking or ignoring its opponents.",
"\u2014 William Finnegan",
"YouTube-style montages and mash-ups have been an excellent tool for seeing and showing how rhetoric takes shape. Of course, these videos can themselves be polemical, and people use them to advance all kinds of tendentious theories.",
"\u2014 Virginia Heffernan"
]
},
"examples":[
"He made some extremely tendentious remarks.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On that basis, a competent statistician might expect the distributions of cogent and tendentious letter-writers to the The New York Review of Books to be bell-shaped. \u2014 Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books , 21 Apr. 2022",
"And liberals applauded President Biden\u2019s recent decision to sic his Justice Department on parents who dare to speak out against racially tendentious education policies and scientifically suspect Covid protocols at school board meetings. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 12 Oct. 2021",
"As Mark Joseph Stern writes at Slate, the reasoning was ridiculous and tendentious . \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Nobody had ever tried to hold the national credit rating hostage, effectively stolen a Supreme Court seat, or plotted to steal a presidential election through tendentious legal trickery until Republicans did it without apology. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 29 Oct. 2021",
"As Mark Joseph Stern explains at Slate, it was designed as a nakedly tendentious way to get around the entire American legal framework. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Polls can have their own politics, and media polls are often accused of being tendentious . \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 26 Oct. 2021",
"This is clearly a tendentious , after-the-fact argument. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Such is the hazard of working a beat on which Fox News alternates among tendentious falsehoods, outright lunacy and hateful, racist content. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 July 2021"
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"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"tendenti- (taken as Latinate stem of tendency ) + -ous , probably after German tendezi\u00f6s":""
},
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"ten-\u02c8den(t)-sh\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003912",
"type":[
"adjective",
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"noun"
]
},
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"tough"
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": a boat for communication or transportation between shore and a larger ship":[],
": a car attached to a steam locomotive for carrying a supply of fuel and water":[],
": a ship employed to attend other ships (as to supply provisions)":[],
": a warship that provides logistic support":[],
": an offer of a bid for a contract":[],
": an offer or proposal made for acceptance: such as":[],
": an unconditional offer of money or service in satisfaction of a debt or obligation made to save a penalty or forfeiture for nonpayment or nonperformance":[],
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"tender breeding",
"tender irony"
],
": consideration , regard":[],
": dear , precious":[],
": delicate or soft in quality or tone":[
"never before heard the piano sound so tender",
"\u2014 Elva S. Daniels"
],
": demanding careful and sensitive handling : ticklish":[
"a tender situation"
],
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": easily tipped by an external force":[],
": having a soft or yielding texture : easily broken, cut, or damaged : delicate , fragile":[
"tender feet"
],
": highly susceptible to impressions or emotions : impressionable":[
"a tender conscience"
],
": immature , young":[
"children of tender age"
],
": incapable of resisting cold : not hardy":[
"tender perennials"
],
": marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond , loving":[
"a tender lover"
],
": one that tends : such as":[],
": physically weak : not able to endure hardship":[],
": sensitive to injury or insult : touchy":[
"tender pride"
],
": sensitive to touch or palpation":[
"the bruise was still tender"
],
": showing care : considerate , solicitous":[
"tender regard"
],
": tender offer":[],
": to become tender":[],
": to make a bid or tender":[],
": to make a tender of":[],
": to make tender : soften , weaken":[],
": to present for acceptance : offer":[
"tendered my resignation"
],
": to regard or treat with tenderness":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He gave her a tender look.",
"She was tender and loving with her new child.",
"Cook the pasta until it is just tender .",
"Her wrist was swollen and tender ."
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3b":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1598, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb",
"1675, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1955, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English tendre, tender, borrowed from Anglo-French tendre, going back to Latin tener \"soft, delicate (of persons or parts of the body), immature, yielding easily, sensitive,\" probably by metathesis from *terenos or *terunos, going back to Indo-European, whence also Greek t\u00e9r\u0113n \"soft, tender,\" Sanskrit taru\u1e47a- \"young, tender, fresh,\" Avestan tauruna- \"young,\" (as noun) \"boy\"":"Adjective",
"Middle English tendren \"to become tender, care for, be concerned about,\" derivative of tender, tendre tender entry 1":"Verb",
"Middle English tendren, probably in part derivative of tendur tender entry 3 , in part borrowed from its source, Anglo-French tendre":"Verb",
"Middle English tendur \"grant of a license,\" borrowed from Anglo-French tendre \"offer, offer in satisfaction of a debt,\" noun derivative from infinitive of tendre \"to stretch, hold out, offer (a suit, plea, money), grant,\" going back to Latin tendere \"to extend outward, stretch, spread out, direct (one's course), aim (at a purpose),\" going back to Indo-European *ten- \"stretch, extend\" + *-d- (or *-dh- ), suffixal extension of uncertain origin \u2014 more at tenant entry 1":"Noun",
"probably noun derivative of tender entry 1 or of tender entry 6 in sense \"to be solicitous of\"":"Noun",
"probably short for tenderloin":"Noun",
"tend entry 2 + -er entry 2":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8ten-d\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"sensitive"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014406",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tender-hefted":{
"antonyms":[],
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": tenderhearted":[
"thy tender-hefted nature shall not give thee o'er to harshness",
"\u2014 Shakespeare"
]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"tender entry 1 + heft (alteration of haft handle) + -ed":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130631",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tenderfoot":{
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
],
"definitions":{
": an inexperienced beginner : novice":[
"a political tenderfoot"
]
},
"examples":[
"skateboarders who are tenderfeet will inevitably fall as they learn their first moves",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The tenderfoot Americans, with six rookies, eight guys yet to reach 30, and minimal scar tissue, won three of four foursomes in the morning to get to 9-3 and two of four fourball rounds in the afternoon to reach 11-5. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Sep. 2021",
"Once upon a time, the members of a whitetail deer hunting club in Michigan\u2019s Upper Peninsula invited a tenderfoot to their camp. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 11 Oct. 2020",
"But even a tenderfoot can easily corral yeast and put it to use, because yeast is everywhere. \u2014 Henry Fountain, New York Times , 7 May 2020",
"Lazaria Spearman School: Dacula High Class: 2022 Position: Forward College: Undecided Noteworthy: The 6-foot-2 tenderfoot averaged 17 points and 14 rebounds per game to help the Falcons to a 26-4 record. \u2014 USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2020",
"But like a tenderfoot scout who confidently builds a campfire only to end up burning down the forest, Kalanick\u2019s loose management \u2014 of his staff and himself \u2014 paved the way for a cascade of embarrassing scandals by 2014. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Sep. 2019",
"The film stars Robert Pattinson as Samuel Alabaster, a foppishly dressed tenderfoot who shows up on the Oregon territory with miniature horse named Butterscotch, looking to hire a preacher (David Zellner) for a wedding. \u2014 Gary Thompson, Philly.com , 27 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1849, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten-d\u0259r-\u02ccfu\u0307t"
],
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"abecedarian",
"apprentice",
"babe",
"beginner",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"punk",
"recruit",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tyro",
"virgin"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031522",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": timid":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"tender entry 1 + footed":""
},
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084254",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tendergreen":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mustard ( Brassica peroiridis ) probably of eastern Asiatic origin that is used as a vegetable for its swollen root crown and edible foliage":[]
},
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"tender entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012722",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tenderhearted":{
"antonyms":[
"unloving"
],
"definitions":{
": easily moved to love, pity, or sorrow : compassionate , impressionable":[]
},
"examples":[
"a tenderhearted offer of help for the victims of the earthquake",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The project is the backbone of writer-director Mike Mills\u2019s latest tenderhearted film, C\u2019mon C\u2019mon, detailing the complications of cross-generational dynamics in black-and-white. \u2014 Angelica Jade Basti\u00e9n, Vulture , 24 Nov. 2021",
"The Abyss resembles a tenderhearted melodrama about touching the otherworldly sublime in the vein of Contact or Close Encounters of the Third Kind far more than other sub flicks. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 22 Dec. 2020",
"That dumpling baby had grown into the dearest of boys\u2014sweet, tenderhearted , with a gifted intellect. \u2014 Gayle Somers, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2018",
"Every now and then Millie loses track of one of the older kids, the teenage Jesse (Lamar Johnson), a tenderhearted fellow who would just like for everybody to get along. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, New York Times , 26 Apr. 2018"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten-d\u0259r-\u02cch\u00e4r-t\u0259d",
"\u02ccten-d\u0259r-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
],
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"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"loving",
"tender"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051151",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"unloving"
],
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": easily moved to love, pity, or sorrow : compassionate , impressionable":[]
},
"examples":[
"a tenderhearted offer of help for the victims of the earthquake",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The project is the backbone of writer-director Mike Mills\u2019s latest tenderhearted film, C\u2019mon C\u2019mon, detailing the complications of cross-generational dynamics in black-and-white. \u2014 Angelica Jade Basti\u00e9n, Vulture , 24 Nov. 2021",
"The Abyss resembles a tenderhearted melodrama about touching the otherworldly sublime in the vein of Contact or Close Encounters of the Third Kind far more than other sub flicks. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 22 Dec. 2020",
"That dumpling baby had grown into the dearest of boys\u2014sweet, tenderhearted , with a gifted intellect. \u2014 Gayle Somers, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2018",
"Every now and then Millie loses track of one of the older kids, the teenage Jesse (Lamar Johnson), a tenderhearted fellow who would just like for everybody to get along. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, New York Times , 26 Apr. 2018"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8ten-d\u0259r-\u02cch\u00e4r-t\u0259d",
"\u02ccten-d\u0259r-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
],
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"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"loving",
"tender"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174759",
"type":[
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"noun"
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},
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"antonyms":[],
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": await":[],
": cultivate , foster":[],
": listen":[],
": to act as an attendant : serve":[
"tended to his wife"
],
": to apply oneself to the care of : watch over":[
"tended her sick father"
],
": to attend as a servant":[],
": to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce":[
"tends to be optimistic"
],
": to have or take charge of as a caretaker or overseer":[
"tend the sheep"
],
": to manage the operations of : mind":[
"tend the store",
"tend the fire"
],
": to move, direct, or develop one's course in a particular direction":[
"cannot tell where society is tending"
],
": to pay attention : apply oneself":[
"tend to your own affairs",
"tend to our correspondence"
],
": to stand by (something, such as a rope) in readiness to prevent mischance (such as fouling)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The thing is, those who are struggling to pay student loans the most tend to have a lot more than $10,000 in student debt to begin with. \u2014 Robert Farrington, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"The Bank of England said that notes made from polymer tend to be cleaner. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Research shows that people tend to wind up with the same kind of partner over and over again. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"Some also suggest that straight establishments tend to be corporate owned and as a result have to follow certain rules, which dictate how much alcohol can be given to customers. \u2014 John-john Williams Iv, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022",
"During a time when Instagrammable experiences are prized, the company found that jaw-dropping rentals tend to generate the most interest\u2014and the most income for hosts. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 23 June 2022",
"Shows tend to go on runs in this category, indicating voters are rewarding brands rather than taking a close look at the actual seasons being nominated. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"Yes, there is a historical coincidence between monetary and business cycles, but this is only natural: Officials tend to raise rates as economies flourish, only to stop when a downturn ensues. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"Iwasaki said that those who have more severe infections tend to develop a more robust immune response to the virus. \u2014 Sara G. Miller, NBC News , 16 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English tenden \"to stretch, spread, direct oneself (to), incline toward,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French tendre \"to stretch, hold out, offer, direct (one's course), go, aim (at),\" going back to Latin tendere \"to extend outward, stretch, spread out, direct (one's course), aim (at a purpose)\" (Medieval Latin, \"to lead toward, move in a particular direction\") \u2014 more at tender entry 3":"Verb",
"Middle English tenden, shortened from attenden \"to attend \" or entenden, intenden \"to intend \"":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8tend"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173018",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
],
"definitions":{
": causing gloom or darkness":[],
": gloomy":[]
},
"examples":[
"a man unexpectedly emerged from the tenebrific shadows of the cave",
"soldiers who had lived for months in the tenebrific trenches that stretched along the western front"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin tenebrae \"darkness\" + Latin -i- -i- + -ficus -fic \u2014 more at tenebrae":""
},
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"\u02ccte-n\u0259-\u02c8bri-fik"
],
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"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
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"tenebrous",
"unlit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032100",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
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": hard to understand : obscure":[
"a tenebrous affair"
],
": shut off from the light : dark , murky":[
"tenebrous depths"
]
},
"examples":[
"a tenebrous night with no moon",
"in the midst of those tenebrous days Thomas Paine penned the immortal words \u201cThese are the times that try men's souls\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By the same token, Spanish cinema at large has been reluctant to engage with that tenebrous period. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 30 Dec. 2021",
"As in the 1610 version, Susanna is seated on a balustrade, but this time there is a tenebrous sky, rather than a clear blue one. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 28 Sep. 2020",
"Natalie Erika James' assured first feature demonstrates bracing command of atmospherics, from its tenebrous visuals and labyrinthine production design to its nerve-jangling use of music and a thick soundscape stew of bumps, creaks, thuds and groans. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Jan. 2020"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English tenebrose, tenebrus, borrowed from Anglo-French tenebreus, borrowed from Latin tenebr\u014dsus, from tenebrae \"darkness\" + -\u014dsus -ous \u2014 more at tenebrae":""
},
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"\u02c8te-n\u0259-br\u0259s"
],
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"caliginous",
"dark",
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"darkish",
"darkling",
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"dim",
"dimmed",
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"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
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"unlit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084539",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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": apartment , flat":[],
": dwelling":[],
": tenement house":[]
},
"examples":[
"an exhibit of pictures showing the tenements of the New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen during the 1920s",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead, tenement scenes\u2014from the inside looking out. \u2014 Sa\u00efd Sayrafiezadeh, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
"Vuong was 2 years old in 1990 when his family left Ho Chi Minh City for Hartford, Connecticut, settling in a one-room apartment in tenement housing. \u2014 WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The cacophony and oppressive heat were the same for the woman who had packed her meager possessions in a tenement on the Lower East Side and the one who had directed her maid to prepare her trunks in the parlor of a Fifth Avenue mansion. \u2014 April White, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"Martin Pope was born Isidore Poppick on Aug. 22, 1918, in a tenement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Hardest hit are the immigrants cramped into suffocating tenement apartments. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
"In the late 1960s, the five-story tenement at 193 Eldridge Street was, like many buildings in the city at the time, nearly falling down. \u2014 Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed , 20 May 2021",
"Bread and Puppet formed in the early 1960s in the Lower East of New York City, performing socially relevant puppet shows about poverty, tenement living and anti-war protests. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 19 Apr. 2022",
"What\u2019s left of me now shares space with my son, and as a result my mental capacity has been reduced from a decent three-bed, two-bath apartment to, at best, a tenement studio. \u2014 The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
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"Middle English, \"the holding of property, the property so held, building, dwelling,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin tenementum, tenimentum, teneamentum, from Latin ten\u0113re \"to hold, occupy, possess\" + -mentum -ment \u2014 more at tenant entry 1":""
},
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"\u02c8te-n\u0259-m\u0259nt"
],
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"diggings",
"digs",
"flat",
"lodgings",
"suite"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021817",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"tauten",
"tighten"
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": a distinction of form in a verb to express distinctions of time or duration of the action or state it denotes":[],
": a set of inflectional forms of a verb that express distinctions of time":[],
": an inflectional form of a verb expressing a specific time distinction":[],
": feeling or showing nervous tension":[
"a tense smile"
],
": marked by strain or suspense":[
"a tense thriller"
],
": produced with the muscles involved in a relatively tense state":[
"the vowels \\\u0113\\ and \\\u00fc\\ in contrast with the vowels \\i\\ and \\u\u0307\\ are tense"
],
": stretched tight : made taut : rigid":[
"tense muscles"
],
": to become tense":[
"tensed up and missed the putt"
],
": to make tense":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She was feeling pretty tense .",
"Why are you so tense ",
"We sat quietly for a few tense moments.",
"It was a tense meeting.",
"My calf muscles are really tense .",
"Verb",
"She tensed as he walked toward her.",
"He tensed up and missed the putt.",
"Noun",
"The sentence will read better if you change the tense of the verb.",
"You should avoid changing tense in the middle of a paragraph.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The mood appeared to get tense as others move closer to Jackson and some shouted names at him. \u2014 Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 10 June 2022",
"Things do get more tense as the game progresses, as the gibbons become hunted, such as a sad nod to news reports of young primates being ripped from the families to be used as a tourist attraction. \u2014 Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"The situation quickly turned tense when Mautz was relieved to start the eighth. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"Since both planets will be energetically supercharged at this time, Mont\u00fafar says that conversations around authority, career, and any kind of negotiation will be more tense than usual. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 3 June 2022",
"The New York Post reported Monday there\u2019s a sense Girardi might be too tense for a veteran team. \u2014 Jerry Beach, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The scene outside the police cordon grew tense as families demanded to know why officers weren\u2019t storming into the building to save their children. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022",
"The mood on the streets ahead of the dinner was considerably less tense . \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"The scene outside the police cordon grew tense as families demanded to know why officers weren\u2019t storming into the building to save their children. \u2014 Mark Berman, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Lamar has grown increasingly fixated on his own connection with his fans and detractors, and his verses tense up at nearly every mention of critics. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"The sheer speed of tow surfing, especially if there is any chop, which there usually is, causes even great surfers to tense up, and the same goes for the intense acceleration of dropping into a big wave on a gun. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Firstly, cold weather can cause muscles to tense up\u2014that includes in the pelvic floor. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Children can also be encouraged to tense their muscles (like a robot) and then relax them (like spaghetti noodles). \u2014 Victoria Forster, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
"The men immediately tense up, but Ty doesn\u2019t notice, and no one says a word. \u2014 Paula Aceves, Curbed , 9 Nov. 2021",
"As a result, muscles tense up, which will make a shot more painful. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Oct. 2021",
"And people who are feeling stress may unknowingly tense their pelvic floor muscles \u2014 similar to people who clench their teeth in response to stress. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2021",
"But Boykin seemed to tense up as the pass arrived, and the ball caromed off his hands. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The controversy is a parable for our tense , troubled times. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Hearing their uncertainty on how to control the plane made every nerve in my body tense . \u2014 Dwayne J. Clark, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Much of Tuesday\u2019s testimony featured a tense back and forth between Heard and Depp\u2019s attorney, with the lawyer often interrupting Heard as the actress attempted to argue nearly every question directed her way. \u2014 Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone , 17 May 2022",
"And all employees will receive quarterly training in deescalating tense and potentially dangerous situations. \u2014 Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
"Answers always match their clues in tense , part of speech and foreign languages. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"Fez hovers over his kitchen sink \u2014 his suit bloodied, his body tense \u2014 and relives memories leading up to this moment. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Feb. 2022",
"What started as a tense but mostly peaceful gathering outside police headquarters in the afternoon, took a turn as night fell when some people in the crowd set fire to buildings in the downtown area and several businesses were looted. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Inside the Senate committee room was a tense if sometimes celebratory atmosphere, with civil rights leaders in attendance marking the milestone. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, ajc , 25 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1668, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1676, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English tens, borrowed from Anglo-French tens, temps \"time, moment, season, tense,\" going back to Latin tempus \"period of time, season, tense\" \u2014 more at tempo":"Noun",
"borrowed from Latin tensus, from past participle of tendere \"to extend outward, stretch, spread out\" \u2014 more at tender entry 3":"Adjective",
"derivative of tense entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tens",
"\u02c8ten(t)s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"aflutter",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"atwitter",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"goosey",
"het up",
"hinky",
"hung up",
"ill at ease",
"insecure",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"uptight",
"worried"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110805",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a balance maintained in an artistic work between opposing forces or elements":[],
": a device to produce a desired tension (as in a loom)":[],
": a state of latent hostility or opposition between individuals or groups":[],
": either of two balancing forces causing or tending to cause extension":[],
": inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion":[],
": stress sense 1b":[],
": the act or action of stretching or the condition or degree of being stretched to stiffness : tautness":[],
": the stress resulting from the elongation of an elastic body":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"You can see she is just filled with tension about her job.",
"The dramatic tension was very satisfying.",
"The author resolves the tension too soon.",
"Political tensions in the region make it unstable.",
"Do you sense the tension between those two",
"There was a lot of tension at the meeting.",
"The book describes the tension -filled days before the war.",
"He felt a tension between duty and love.",
"There will always be some tension between the desire to reduce risk and the desire to make as much money as possible.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At a news conference Friday afternoon to announce safety measures in advance of the holiday weekend, Mayor Lori Lightfoot acknowledged the tension between the real declines and the perceptions of safety in the city. \u2014 Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune , 2 July 2022",
"The tension with Toomey escalated, Dalton said, when the commissioner asked her to prepare a legal opinion about a private matter for Abit Massey, president emeritus of the Georgia Poultry Association, and his wife, Kayanne. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 30 June 2022",
"When that proved to be false, XXX and Curry worked through the brief tension that followed and began keeping in touch with each other about their careers. \u2014 Khari Nixon, SPIN , 30 June 2022",
"Resolving the underlying tension between the sport and the business sides of M.M.A., however, presents a different challenge. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
"The invasion of Ukraine and NATO\u2019s imminent expansion to include Sweden and Finland increases both the area that the alliance must protect and the tension for existing members neighboring Russia. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022",
"Conceptually, Gessen is quick to disavow that particularly American vision of team sports as a character-building grit mill, but it\u2019s impossible not to see once again the tension between thought and feeling. \u2014 Phillip Maciak, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
"The focus of the gun debate and disputes concerning international investment and trade law centers on the tension between an individual\u2019s or a company\u2019s rights and the host government\u2019s responsibility to regulate. \u2014 Robert Ginsburg, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"The tension between saving the past and redeveloping to move ahead is thrown into particularly sharp contrast on urban hospital campuses \u2014 especially ones with long histories such as Hartford Hospital, founded in 1854. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 26 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The team will separate and individually tension each of the five sunshield layers, stretching them into their final shape. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Will tension between hawks and doves be the defining characteristic of Juntos going forward",
"The Rolex Oyster Perpetual contained a kinetic semi-circular plate that utilized movement from the wearer\u2019s arm to tension the mainspring, making manual winding unnecessary. \u2014 Kyle Roderick, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
"It can be controlled and aimed easily thanks to its tensioned handles, and the included 25mm and 10mm eyepieces sit snugly and conveniently on the included accessory tray. \u2014 Popular Science , 9 Apr. 2020",
"The degree of retention can be altered via tensioning screws on the shells. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Post- tensioning Workers must complete the post-tensioning of the bridge segments. \u2014 Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al , 23 Oct. 2019",
"At the Richmond yard, workers are learning to tension the cables and fasten the struts before building the real net over the bay. \u2014 Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
"The buttons are satisfying and sturdy, with mechanically tensioned springs underneath both the left and right buttons and separate keyplates for accuracy. \u2014 Jess Grey, WIRED , 17 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
"1891, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Middle French and Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin tensi\u014dn-, tensi\u014d \"process of drawing tight, constriction, spasm,\" from tendere \"to extend outward, stretch, draw tight\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at tender entry 3":"Noun",
"derivative of tension entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten-ch\u0259n",
"\u02c8ten(t)-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8ten-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"pressure",
"strain",
"stress"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100929",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tent":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a collapsible shelter of fabric (such as nylon or canvas) stretched and sustained by poles and used for camping outdoors or as a temporary building":[],
": dwelling":[],
": the web of a tent caterpillar":[],
": to attend to":[],
": to cover with or as if with a tent":[],
": to live in a tent":[],
": to lodge in tents":[],
": to reside for the time being : lodge":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a huge tent was erected for the outdoor wedding reception",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Professional photographers are welcome but must check in at the welcome tent and pay a $20 fee. \u2014 Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al , 30 June 2022",
"Hutchinson, who was in the tent behind the rally stage while Trump delivered his remarks, recalled receiving a call from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy angrily asking why the former president wanted to go down to the U.S. Capitol. \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2022",
"At one point, Alexander entered the giant wedding tent . \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 27 June 2022",
"The tent is available in two bright colors and is relatively easy to set up. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022",
"Committee members as well as their friends and family will work the beer tent at Homer Fest starting at 4:30 p.m. Friday, hoping festivalgoers enjoy the music, grab a beer with their neighbors and are generous when tipping their bartenders. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"The merchandise tent was bustling with activity during tournament week, but the store is closed now. \u2014 Leigh Montville, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Moses Akash de Silva has been protesting at GGG almost daily since the first tent was pitched on Galle Face Green on April 9. \u2014 Munza Mushtaq, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"Perhaps the new tent , Marketa suggests, foreshadows more space and autonomy. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Leave a Note Shinde is one of Botswana\u2019s iconic luxury tented camps, refurbished in 2015 and located on the edge of the permanent waters of the Okavango Delta. \u2014 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 25 Aug. 2017",
"A rival group, the Worker\u2019s Ex-Servicemen League, Communist vets at odds with Waters\u2019s group, tented at 14th and D streets in Southwest Washington. \u2014 Terence Mcardle, Washington Post , 28 July 2017",
"Sherwood\u2019s home has been tented so that sulfuryl fluoride, a poisonous, odorless gas, can be sprayed inside. \u2014 Bill Hanna, star-telegram , 27 June 2017",
"Outside, two tented stages will provide three days of musical performances. \u2014 Melinda Morris, NOLA.com , 27 June 2017",
"The design is suspended 30 feet above ground and features tented structures atop a mesh platform. \u2014 Elizabeth Stamp, CNN , 15 June 2017",
"One morning this week, Markowski watched workers hoeing the rich soil between rows of tobacco beneath acres of tenting on his family's West Suffield farm. \u2014 Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com , 15 June 2017",
"Like Top Gear, the car segments are filmed around the world, along with the addition of audience segments, thanks to the show's mobile tented studio. \u2014 Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY , 10 June 2017",
"The 37,000-acre spread will open its sixth tented camp, North Bank Camp, on the Blackfoot River this month. \u2014 Compiled By Elaine Glusac, star-telegram.com , 7 June 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1608, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English tent, tente \"collapsible shelter of animal skins or fabric used by nomads, shelter, dwelling,\" borrowed from Anglo-French tente, going back to Vulgar Latin *tenta, noun derivative from feminine of Latin tentus, tensus, past participle of tendere \"to extend outward, stretch\" (or from Vulgar Latin *tendita, re-formation of the participle) \u2014 more at tender entry 3":"Noun",
"Middle English tenten \"to look after, see to, watch over,\" noun derivative of tent, tente \"intention, purpose, heed,\" short for entente, intente intent entry 1":"Verb",
"derivative of tent entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tent"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"awning",
"canopy",
"ceiling",
"cover",
"roof"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003437",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tent shell":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": limpet":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202935",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tent slide":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a device used to adjust the tension of a guy rope of a tent":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181453",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tent stitch":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a short stitch slanting to the right that is used in embroidery to form even lines of solid background":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1619, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202620",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tent trailer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a 2-wheeled automobile-drawn trailer having a canvas shelter that can be opened up above the body to provide camping facilities":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191415",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tent worm":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": tent caterpillar":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004309",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tentability":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being temptable":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"irregular from temptable + -ity":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cctent\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051609",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tentacle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a sensitive hair or emergence on a plant (such as the sundew)":[],
": any of various elongate flexible usually tactile or prehensile processes borne by invertebrate animals chiefly on the head or about the mouth":[],
": something that resembles a tentacle especially in or as if in grasping or feeling out":[
"corruption spreading its tentacles"
]
},
"examples":[
"The corporation's tentacles are felt in every sector of the industry.",
"the tentacles of organized crime",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That portfolio of accounts is just one tentacle of China\u2019s rapidly growing influence on U.S.-owned social media platforms, an Associated Press examination has found. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Mar. 2022",
"That portfolio of accounts is just one tentacle of China\u2019s rapidly growing influence on U.S.-owned social media platforms, an Associated Press examination has found. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"On a cedar tree, particularly during spring rains, the galls on the cedar will produce gummy orange growths with tentacle -like protrusions. \u2014 Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online , 14 May 2022",
"What do your tongue, an octopus\u2019 tentacle and an elephant\u2019s trunk have in common",
"At least the former is a strong leader who understands that a country gets ahead through blue-collar grit, family values, and developing an efficient laser-beam- tentacle -to-organ-harvesting-cauldron pipeline. \u2014 Teddy Wayne, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"Speeded up, there\u2019s something grotesque about the tentacle of doom that crushes to death a plant known for its expertise in self-defense. \u2014 Stephen Armstrong, Wired , 2 Dec. 2021",
"The lack of the trailing tentacle for which the Atolla jelly is known. \u2014 Sarah Parvinistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Terrible, tentacle -waving trees snatched and swallowed unwary travelers in far-off lands. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1762, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin tent\u0101culum, from Latin tempt\u0101re, tent\u0101re \"to feel, test, examine\" + -culum, suffix of instrument (going back to Indo-European *-tlom ) \u2014 more at tempt":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten-t\u0259-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8tent-i-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8ten-ti-k\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212420",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"tentacular":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": equipped with tentacles":[],
": of, relating to, or resembling tentacles":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Financial entanglement was only one aspect of slavery\u2019s tentacular reach. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"My film isn\u2019t about the attacks but rather about the tentacular investigation that was carried on by this special brigade to track down the two masterminds behind the attacks for five days. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 27 May 2022",
"Quickly becoming as important to the franchise as some of its much more established figureheads, Ahsoka finally made her live-action debut in 2020, when Rosario Dawson slipped on her tentacular hair for the second season of The Mandalorian. \u2014 ELLE , 8 Apr. 2022",
"For starters, the dreadful contemplation of showers of metallic-bead goo spewing from a hole on the surface of the moon and forming tentacular monsters of deadly dexterity is both ludicrous and eerie\u2014what is in there",
"Yi\u2019s floating forms respond to the air in Turbine Hall in unpredictable ways, with each of the tentacular , bulbous creatures programmed to display its own set of behaviors. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Also in residence is a thing\u2014a tentacular beast, which at first is dimly discernible, wine-red, glistening in a dark corner. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The White Spikes are genuinely terrifying beasts \u2014 ghostly, tentacular , giant insectoids with beak-like mouths filled with fangs, who swarm like supersonic zombie flies. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 2 July 2021",
"His vision of the power of statecraft, from its tentacular surveillance to its carceral system, is a dreadful, fatalistic realism that shadows the romance of individualistic outlaws with the bureaucratic grid above the grid. \u2014 Richard Brod, The New Yorker , 25 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin tent\u0101cul\u0101ris, from tent\u0101culum tentacle + Latin -\u0101ris -ar":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ten-\u02c8ta-ky\u0259-l\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130429",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tentadero":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": tienta":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, corral where young bulls are tested, from tentado (past participle of tentar to touch, feel, try, from Latin tentare ), from Latin tentatus , past participle of tentare":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cctent\u0259\u02c8de(\u02cc)r\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135709",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tentage":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a collection of tents : tent equipment":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1603, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"tent entry 1 + -age":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten-tij"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094953",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tentation":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mode of adjusting or operating by successive steps, trials, or experiments":[],
": temptation":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin tentation-, tentatio , from tentatus (past participle of tentare to feel, attempt, tempt) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ten\u2027\u02c8t\u0101sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110755",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tentative":{
"antonyms":[
"independent",
"unconditional"
],
"definitions":{
": hesitant , uncertain":[
"a tentative smile"
],
": not fully worked out or developed":[
"tentative plans"
],
": something that is uncertain or subject to change : something that is tentative":[
"In war, certainties have a way of becoming tentatives .",
"\u2014 The Buffalo (New York) News",
"Seventy-nine shows have contracts to use the center between now and 2010, with 129 booked with either contracts pending or as tentatives .",
"\u2014 Keith Reed"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"In the winter, retirees from the Midwest fill the trailer parks. They are known with tentative affection as snowbirds. \u2014 William Langewiesche , Atlantic , June 1992",
"Clearly the President was chastened by the sorrow and resentment of the people to whom he spoke, but his words were somehow tentative and contingent, as if they could be withdrawn on a month's notice. \u2014 Lewis H. Lapham , Harper's , July 1992",
"There was a crying need, in the tentative early days of populist toryism, for a voice that could bring the gospel to the lumpen. \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , Times Literary Supplement , 30 Nov. 1990",
"Thus, we have a tentative picture of anatomically modern people arising in Africa over 100,000 years ago, but initially making the same tools as Neanderthals and having no advantage over them. By perhaps 60,000 years ago, some magic twist of behavior had been added to the modern anatomy. \u2014 Jared M. Diamond , Discover , May 1989",
"the baby's first tentative steps",
"We have tentative plans for the weekend.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Spurs are hoping to play four games next season outside of the AT&T Center, with the tentative plan calling for two games at Austin\u2019s Moody Center, one in Mexico City and one at the Alamodome. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 10 May 2022",
"Even after the release of a tentative plan Monday for the partial relaxation of measures, there appears to be no end in sight. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The two haven\u2019t collaborated yet, but according to the rapper, there\u2019s at least a tentative plan. \u2014 Jason Newman, Rolling Stone , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Under the tentative plan, the special primary election will be June 11, and the special general election will take place Aug. 16 \u2014 the same date as the state\u2019s regular primary election. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"After a City Council proposal failed in 2020, Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield and the Coalition for Property Tax Justice revealed a tentative plan Saturday for compensation and dignity restoration. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Plum said the district's tentative plan follows recent changes by the Centers for Disease Control regarding quarantine and isolation. \u2014 Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The tentative plan is to start at senior housing facilities, then hold a distribution day open to the public. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 28 Dec. 2021",
"This week, the city\u2019s Mobility Department said the tentative plan is to conduct the study from August 2021 through August 2022 and then continue that cycle going forward. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Dec. 2021"
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"\u2014 Rick Riordan",
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"\u2014 Kentaro Toyama",
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"\u2014 Lyndon Stambler"
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"\u2014 Herbert W. Chilstrom"
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"I warn ye now, ye best be tenty ."
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"alert",
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"attentive",
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"I warn ye now, ye best be tenty ."
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"attentive",
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"\u2014 Victoria Sackville-West"
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"\u2014 Young's Magazine"
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"\u2026 but there is also about it just the trace of the nettlesome righteousness that alienated much of Washington during his tenure there, the not-so-subtle suggestion that while he might be in politics, he is not of politics and certainly not, God forbid, a politician. \u2014 Jim Wooten , New York Times Magazine , 29 Jan. 1995",
"Pittsburgh's offensive linemen, trap blockers during Noll's tenure , had to bulk up for the straight-ahead game. \u2014 Paul Zimmerman , Sports Illustrated , 9 Nov. 1992",
"A mural on the upper half of a four-story guesthouse was painted in 1977 by twelve-year-old schoolchildren, whose tenure on the scaffold must have thrilled their parents. \u2014 John McPhee , New Yorker , 22 Feb. 1988",
"During his tenure as head coach, the team won the championship twice.",
"her 12-year tenure with the company",
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"After seven years I was finally granted tenure .",
"He hopes to get tenure next year.",
"The defendant did not have tenure on the land.",
"land tenure in Anglo-Saxon Britain",
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"Kaiser seeks to turn even her Cambridge tenure as a noble moment. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"Kessler is gone before his Wolves tenure even starts. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 1 July 2022",
"Muffet McGraw, who won two national titles at Notre Dame during her 32-year coaching tenure , speaks passionately about women still getting short-changed. \u2014 Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Throughout her tenure , Ms. McClanahan said, readers would email the Times travel inbox to share their own experiences or ask her to look into certain destinations. \u2014 Kate Dwyer, New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"Tennenbaum began his tenure as finance chief at AB InBev in April 2020, previously serving as CFO of its Brazilian subsidiary Ambev and in several financial leadership positions before that. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"One was a family Bible; the other, known as the Harlan Bible, was given to the Court by Justice John Marshall Harlan in 1906, toward the end of his long tenure . \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 1 July 2022",
"Breyer, 83, told President Biden in a letter that his retirement would take effect at noon on Thursday, bringing his nearly 28-year tenure on the court to an end. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 30 June 2022",
"While working at a multitude of others, these combined with my tenure as Executive Chef of the Blue Note in Napa valley set me up for success to tackle the creative culinary visions for our projects. \u2014 Chelsea Davis, Forbes , 29 June 2022"
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"Middle English, \"possession of land under obligation to a superior, the land so held,\" borrowed from Anglo-French tenure, teneure, going back to Gallo-Romance *tenit\u016bra \"act of possessing,\" from Latin ten-, base of ten\u0113re \"to hold, possess\" + -it-, generalized from past participles ending in -itus + -\u016bra -ure \u2014 more at tenant entry 1":""
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"stint",
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"tour"
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"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154521"
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": a work constructed on each side of a ravelin to increase its strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, a tension headache is also the most common type of headache, so the important distinction is that there are no classic migraine features present. \u2014 Eleesha Lockett, SELF , 8 Feb. 2022",
"This most often happens when chronic headache or migraine sufferers use OTC medicines more than a few times a week, but even the occasional, run-of-the-mill tension headache can benefit from a more holistic approach. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 16 Feb. 2021",
"That's because some experts believe that what people call allergy headaches may actually be a different type of headache\u2014like a migraine or tension headaches \u2014independent of a person's allergies. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Stress is considered one of the most common triggers for headaches -- not just tension headaches , but migraines as well. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 14 May 2020",
"But while some headaches\u2014like cluster headaches and tension headaches \u2014can occur on their own without a specific reason, other headaches can be related to outside circumstances, like allergies. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 28 Apr. 2020",
"For some people, eye strain can be a symptom of headache syndromes like sinus pressure, tension headaches , or migraines. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, Allure , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Problem: Hunched shoulders, tension headaches , neck pain. \u2014 Stephanie Mansour, CNN , 22 Apr. 2020",
"The researchers studied 400 people with a primary headache condition, which includes migraines, tension headaches and other types not caused by another illness. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 4 Mar. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
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"What is also true is that they, and I, were lucky, through genes or fate, to surge through the maelstrom of dashed hope and denied opportunity to grasp a tenuous piece of the American Dream. \u2014 Anthony Walton , Lure and Loathing , 1993",
"After the end of the crusading period, however relations between East and West had grown tenuous \u2026 \u2014 Albert Hourani , Islam in European Thought , 1991",
"The authors follow researchers as they use the slimmest leads and the most tenuous connections to track the genes for Huntington's disease, muscular dystrophy, schizophrenia and a host of other physical and mental miseries. \u2014 Natalie Angier , New York Times Book Review , 12 Aug. 1990",
"He has a tenuous grasp on reality.",
"The local theater has had a tenuous existence in recent years.",
"He could demonstrate only a tenuous claim to ownership.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Following Putin's invasion, Kirill's hold on Ukraine has grown even more tenuous . \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 29 May 2022",
"The fate of a separate $28 million emergency aid package for the F.D.A. is more tenuous amid Republican opposition. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"Over the longer term, the relationship between CEO pay and shareholder value gets more tenuous . \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
"Yet the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran may prompt an already tenuous security situation to spiral, raising the specter of a nuclear arms race in the volatile region. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"After months of optimism, the prospects for an Iran nuclear deal are \u2018 tenuous \u2019 at best, the U.S. says. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"But during the pandemic it has been turned into a wider measure to slow the pace of immigrants entering the U.S., with increasingly tenuous ties to public health. \u2014 Felipe De La Hoz, The New Republic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The pandemic added an extra layer of challenges to the already tenuous arrangements many families had in place to care for aging parents, sick spouses and disabled siblings. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Two years into a pandemic that has destabilized an already tenuous industry, too many restaurants are struggling simply to keep their doors open. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"Latin tenuis \"fine-drawn, thin, narrow, slight\" + -ous \u2014 more at thin entry 1":""
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": a flexible link (as an endless belt with its pulleys) for transmitting tension only \u2014 compare pressure element":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An investigation found that Ladapo was made a tenured professor without a full tenure evaluation or a search for other qualified candidates\u2014all in violation of university rules. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"As employers struggle to fill vacancies in a candidate\u2019s market, some of their recruiting incentives prioritize new hires while overlooking tenured employees. \u2014 John Feldmann, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Non- tenured teachers \u2013 those who haven\u2019t been working in a district for three years \u2013 are typically the first to be let go. \u2014 al , 4 June 2022",
"Ironically, one-year starter Isaac Rex was the most tenured of the group. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Kyrie Irving and Nike have one of the most tenured signature shoe lines in basketball. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 May 2022",
"Often, new employees are likelier to leave than more tenured folks who have invested the time and effort into their employer. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 4 May 2022",
"Sands will also be offered a job as a full- tenured university professor at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The dismissal of a tenured professor at Princeton is rare but not unprecedented. \u2014 Melissa Korn, WSJ , 24 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1965, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201147"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But another study of 1,353 people, cited in that same ACOG paper, found that local anesthesia did help reduce pain when the clinician was using the tenaculum and inserting the IUD. \u2014 Jessica Toscano, SELF , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin ten\u0101culum (usually in plural ten\u0101cula ) \"forceps, pincers,\" going back to Latin, \"instrument for gripping,\" from ten\u0113re \"to hold, occupy, possess\" + -\u0101culum, probably after retin\u0101culum \"rope, cable\" \u2014 more at tenant entry 1 , retinaculum":""
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": a crystalline sesquiterpenoid lactone C 17 H 22 O 5 obtained from plants of the genus Helenium (as H. tenuifolium )":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the carving station, find beef tenderloin with au jus, roasted organic turkey, sugar glazed ham, roasted vegetables, Dauphinoise potatoes, pan seared chicken and salmon & shrimp scampi. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 3 May 2022",
"An intermezzo of peach sorbetto and Chartreuse gelee will be served before steer tenderloin with foie gras, new potatoes and snap peas, and the dessert of chocolate and vanilla eclairs. \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Apr. 2022",
"For dinner try the pork tenderloin and spring asparagus at Postero with a local draft beer afterward at Shine down the street. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Most of the menu, including the signature stew and breaded tenderloin , is the same, as the stew recipe was included in the sale of the business and some long-time employees returned. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 2 May 2022",
"Carnivorous cooks who enjoy finding new recipes for steak, burgers, brisket and tenderloin will have to scratch Epicurious from their search lists. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 27 Apr. 2021",
"At Pam\u2019s Patio Kitchen and Wine Bar, the lunch menu stops at 5 p.m. to make way for a dinner menu that ranges from beef tenderloin and chicken saltimbocca to pad Thai and salmon pomodoro. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 3 June 2022",
"To that end, serving Southern-style recipes made with ingredients such as country ham, grits, Benedictine spread, pimento cheese, tenderloin and bread or corn pudding are always winners. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 7 Mar. 2022",
"What Fieri recommends: The filet mignon chili with pork tenderloin and fresh herbs. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 23 Feb. 2022"
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"The house in which the President died was a plain brick tenement house , of three stories, and basement. \u2014 Jason Emerson, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 Jan. 2022",
"After Samuel Pickman died in 1687, it was owned for many years by a surgeon, became a boarding house, and for about 150 years was an apartment tenement house . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Apr. 2021",
"Plumbing and sewage systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove excrement from the public streets. \u2014 Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2020",
"If influenza develops in a hotel or tenement house , the cases must be reported at once. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Oct. 2020",
"Plumbing and sewage systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove excrement from the public streets. \u2014 Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Plumbing and sewage systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove excrement from the public streets. \u2014 Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Plumbing and sewage systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove excrement from the public streets. \u2014 Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Plumbing and sewage systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove excrement from the public streets. \u2014 Katherine A. Foss, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s the tenuity of manhood that drives men to seek ways to prove their masculine bona fides. \u2014 Parker Molloy, Rolling Stone , 25 Apr. 2022"
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"the central tenets of a religion",
"one of the basic tenets of the fashion industry",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For most business leaders, this tenet is not the problem. \u2014 Esther Choy, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Although there were private parties and exclusive events, public presence remained an important tenet to Milan Design Week as the city opened its door to all who were eager to explore its wealth of design heritage. \u2014 David Graver, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
"This hinted at the Universal Basic Income idea that has been floating around in the last few years, particularly as a central tenet of Andrew Yang\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"But Boyce said what has not changed is the basic tenet of the active shooter doctrine created after the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado and shared by police departments across the country. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
"This reflected both a foundational tenet of the group toward open science, and the U.K. Biobank\u2019s policies preventing any recipients of its data from restricting access to the results of any analyses performed on it. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 24 May 2022",
"At the Freadom Festival, events will hew to a core tenet that books and reading should be inclusive and accessible. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
"Another tenet of the SFA shorts menu is to infuse the dinner with a touch of whimsy. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, challenge a core tenet of pedestrian dynamics: people slow down when crowd density increases. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022"
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"borrowed from Latin, \"(s/he) holds,\" 3rd person singular present tense of ten\u0113re \"to hold, possess\" \u2014 more at tenant entry 1":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mahmad Ewaz, 28, a former tenant farmer and father of four who fled fighting in Helmand province two years ago, listened to his 1-year-old daughter coughing and contemplated a single log resting in the corner. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The hall featured a wooden cotton planter used by a South Carolina tenant farmer . \u2014 New York Times , 25 Nov. 2021",
"The daughter of a tenant farmer and a homemaker, Boss grew up in New Glarus, a Wisconsin village populated mostly by Swiss immigrants, including her father. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
"His son farmed the land for many years, then a tenant farmer did. \u2014 WSJ , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Its last full renovation was during the reign of William and Mary, and when his stepmother bought it from a tenant farmer , there was no central heating. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Predictably, her story became one of class struggle under Mao, said Ms. Luo, with Yang Asha fleeing a landlord sun for a moon depicted as a heroic laborer or tenant farmer . \u2014 Keith Bradsher, New York Times , 26 Nov. 2020",
"William Parker, a 30-year-old tenant farmer born in Maryland, had escaped slavery just a few years prior, and had found refuge, if not full acceptance, in this quiet corner of Pennsylvania. \u2014 James Delle, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
"There, an African American tenant farmer named William Parker led a skirmish that became a crucial flareup in the nation\u2019s long-smoldering conflict over slavery. \u2014 James Delle, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After most people had left, a black tennis shoe was left behind in a lane on Adams Street. \u2014 Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic , 24 June 2022",
"Each participant got three tries to put the back of their other foot on the weight-bearing leg, which could be barefoot or with a proper tennis shoe on. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"Images showed a burning building and debris \u2014 including a tennis shoe \u2014 in a heap of destruction in the city on the Black Sea. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News , 11 May 2022",
"The Patch Mid is a cross between a tennis shoe and a hiking boot. \u2014 Wendy Altschuler, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
"For Federer, developing tennis shoe technology was a great way to spend his pandemic lockdown. \u2014 David Dawkins, Forbes , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Since the pilot distribution last year, the organization has also changed the style of shoe distributed, from a slip-on to a lace-up tennis shoe that children could run around in. \u2014 Jade Yan, chicagotribune.com , 9 July 2021",
"The heel of your tennis shoe (classy, eh",
"At 10 days old, the calf is barely bigger than a size-7 tennis shoe and weighs less than a pound \u2014 a passerby could easily miss the newborn curled up behind the leaves and hay. \u2014 Dallas News , 16 June 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"tenson from French, from Middle French ten\u00e7on, tenson , from Proven\u00e7al tensoun; tenzon from Italian tenzone , from Proven\u00e7al tensoun; tenso from Proverbs tensoun, tenso quarrel, contest, tenson, from Latin tension-, tensio tension":""
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"She was diagnosed with tendinitis of the elbow.",
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"The incident that Osaka was referring to is well-known: In 2001, Venus and Serena were set to compete against each other in the semifinals at Indian Wells, until Venus pulled out at the last minute due to tendinitis . \u2014 SELF , 8 May 2022",
"Lefty closer Aroldis Chapman is on the Injured List with Achilles tendinitis . \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"The 24-year-old has been diagnosed with right biceps tendinitis . \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
"May 6, 2018: Put on IL with left biceps tendinitis . \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Stretching your thumb across a screen repeatedly can cause tendinitis , pain and possibly even trigger finger, said Eugene Tsai, director of Hand Surgery Education at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Right-handed pitcher Brandon Bailey, who missed the 2021 season because of Tommy John surgery, likely won\u2019t be ready for the start of the season because of tendinitis last month. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 16 Mar. 2022",
"For financial reasons, the 49ers traded Buckner for a first-round pick in 2020 and used the selection on his replacement, Javon Kinlaw, who had knee tendinitis when he was drafted and didn\u2019t play Sunday night. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Manager Torey Lovullo said the tests revealed shoulder inflammation; Ahmed said last year he had been diagnosed with bursitis and biceps tendinitis . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Apopka sophomore tops high school girls tennis Orlando All-Area team. \u2014 Roger Simmons, Orlando Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"The older of the brothers played No. 1 on his college tennis team. \u2014 Timothy J. Carroll, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"The Orange High School boys tennis team enjoyed another successful season this spring, including an individual state champion and state runner-up honors as a team. \u2014 cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"In 1982, Lin Loring\u2019s IU women\u2019s tennis team was in the midst of one of the most remarkable runs in departmental and even Big Ten history. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 14 June 2022",
"Simone struggles with her place on the tennis team, and Thea deals with bad news. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"In 2017, 2018 and 2019, the Lincoln boys tennis team saw its season come to an end with perennial powerhouse Jesuit taking home the team trophy as the Cardinals brought silver back to Salmon Street. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 May 2022",
"Canyon Crest Academy\u2019s tennis team pulled off a stunning upset Saturday afternoon, knocking off No. 1-seeded Irvine University 4-3 to win the Southern California Boys Regional Championship at the Claremont Club. \u2014 Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
"The Gilman tennis team added to its remarkable legacy Thursday, winning its eighth straight Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association title by edging Severn, 3-2. \u2014 Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Every other lane was available at both Greenmount and Thunderhead, for duckpin and tenpin bowling, since alleys are operating at 50% capacity amid the pandemic, and masks were required unless people were eating or drinking. \u2014 Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 31 Dec. 2020",
"Perfect scores of 300 in tenpins are rare, but not that rare. \u2014 baltimoresun.com , 11 Apr. 2018",
"But regardless, duckpin bowling, with smaller pins and balls than the more traditional tenpins , was a regional obsession, played by thousands who flocked to their neighborhood lanes at seemingly every free moment. \u2014 Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com , 2 Aug. 2017",
"The Weber Cup \u2014 the tenpin bowling equivalent of the Ryder Cup \u2014 was started in 2000 (the Europeans now dominate the Americans in that one, too). \u2014 Christopher Clarey, New York Times , 25 Sep. 2016"
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"noun"
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"His voice quavered with tenderness .",
"\u2014 Joyce Carol Oates"
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": the quality of being succulent and easily chewed":[
"How you carve the meat enhances the tenderness and juiciness of each portion.",
"\u2014 Kemp Minifie"
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": sensitivity to touch or palpation":[
"They found a small increased risk of reactions such as redness, swelling, and/or tenderness at the injection site \u2026",
"\u2014 The Journal of the American Medical Association"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a tough cord or band of dense white fibrous connective tissue that unites a muscle with some other part (such as a bone) and transmits the force which the muscle exerts":[]
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"\u02c8ten-d\u0259n"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Piscotty had three cortisone shots \u2014 one in September 2020 and two last season \u2014 in his left wrist before having surgery in August to stabilize a sheath under a tendon in that wrist. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Mar. 2022",
"How could surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon in your pitching arm possibly be good news",
"The incident began when Scottie Pippen came back to the Chicago Bulls halfway through the season after missing the first 35 regular-season games because of a ruptured tendon in his ankle and a contract disagreement with the team\u2019s front office. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
"During that time Kevin Durant tore his achilles and left to play in Brooklyn, Thompson took over two years to recover from a knee injury and a torn achilles tendon , plus Curry and Green were injured, missing significant time. \u2014 cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"Thompson tore his left ACL during a season-ending Game 6 loss in the 2019 NBA Finals against Toronto and then tore his right Achilles\u2019 tendon just before the start of the 2020-21 season. \u2014 Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Here\u2019s the backstory for those unfamiliar: that aforementioned, late 2010s version of Oladipo was stopped in his tracks right smack in the middle of his basketball peak \u2014 a ruptured quadriceps tendon in his right knee back in 2019, being the reason. \u2014 Michael Sykes, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Matthew Boyd, coming back from forearm- tendon surgery, is expected to be able to provide depth at midseason, as might Sam Long and Carlos Martinez at some point. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Apr. 2022",
"This picture of a seemingly lifeless tendon \u2014a rubber band that connects your calf muscles to your heel bone\u2014is worrying for two reasons. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 5 Mar. 2022"
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin tend\u014dn-, tend\u014d, probably derivative of Latin tendere \"to extend outward, stretch\" after Greek tenont-, t\u00e9n\u014dn \"sinew, tendon,\" from ten-, variant stem of te\u00ednein \"to stretch, extend\" + -ont-, -\u014dn, deverbal noun suffix \u2014 more at tender entry 3":""
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"1541, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164731"
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"type":[],
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": a husband who holds a potential interest in an estate by curtesy initiate":[]
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"\u02c8ten-\u02ccs\u022fr",
"\u02c8ten-\u02ccs\u022f(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8ten(t)-s\u0259r"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now, with the rise of machine learning, tensor processing units are being added to computers as separate units. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 15 Apr. 2022",
"After being encoded, tensor networks or quantum circuits implemented with TKET are ready to be optimized for machine learning tasks such as text classification. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Well, general relativity describes space-time using a mathematical object called a tensor . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 23 Feb. 2022",
"In scalar- tensor theories, there are also objects called scalars. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Sold in the presentation as an upgrade to the aging GTX 1050 budget workhorse, the 3050 sports 2nd-generation RT cores and 3rd-generation tensor cores using Nvidia's Ampere architecture. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 4 Jan. 2022",
"But perhaps the biggest takeaway is that the company's much-vaunted tensor ship clearly is not required for magic erase to operate. \u2014 Paul Monckton, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Here\u2019s Lauren and Julian\u2019s story about Google\u2019s new tensor chip in its Pixel 6 phone. \u2014 Wired Staff, Wired , 17 Sep. 2021",
"By placing the scalar, tensor , and vector accelerators next to one another, the workloads can be shared among them. \u2014 Mark Hachman, PCWorld , 2 Dec. 2020"
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"borrowed from New Latin, from Latin tendere \"to extend outward, stretch, draw tight\" + -tor, agent suffix \u2014 more at tender entry 3":""
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to make (meat or meat products) tender by applying a process or substance that breaks down connective tissue":[]
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"\u02c8ten-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
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"The marinade helps to tenderize the meat.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pineapple contains enzymes that break down protein and tenderize food. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Remove the sturdy rib and give mature leaves a nice massage to tenderize them. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Some recipe publications have also touted the idea of using baking soda to tenderize beef. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Riggo would tenderize a defense at 2 yards a pop for a few quarters, until said defense got tired of tackling his 240-pound self. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Simmering the rice in water before adding dairy shortens the cooking time (simmered in dairy from the get-go, the grains take longer to tenderize ). \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Top round is a lean cut that can take a long braise to tenderize it and infuse it with flavor without falling apart. \u2014 Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Adding a fruit like Korean pear, apple, or even kiwi helps to add a light sweetness and tenderize the meat, while adding a bit of rice vinegar can bring tartness and acidity. \u2014 Irene Yoo, Bon App\u00e9tit , 27 Aug. 2021",
"These smaller, more targeted mechanical massagers will tenderize your tight bits percussively. \u2014 Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ , 25 Aug. 2021"
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"tender entry 1 + -ize":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180853"
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"noun"
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"t\u0259\u0307\u02c8nen\u02ccdas"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, accusative plural feminine of tenendus ; from tenendas praedictas terras the aforesaid lands to be held, a phrase of the clause":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180951"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": progressive degeneration of a tendon (as from chronic overuse) that usually involves fraying or tearing of fibrous tissue and is typically accompanied by pain and stiffness but little inflammation":[
"quadriceps tendinosis",
"tendinosis of the Achilles tendon"
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"\u02ccten-d\u0259-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"tendin-, tendon- (as in tendinitis , tendonitis ) + -osis":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185200"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of several social caterpillars (genus Malacosoma and especially M. americanum of the family Lasiocampidae) that form large silken webs on trees and may cause serious defoliation":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The western tent caterpillar is pretty common in western Oregon and is probably the culprit. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 July 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1854, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190130"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or causing tension":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten(t)-siv"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin tens\u012bvus, from Latin tensus tense entry 1 + -\u012bvus -ive":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1702, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190223"
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"tenpin bowling":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a game in which players try to knock down 10 pins (standing pieces) by rolling a large ball towards them":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194417"
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"tender loving care":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": extra attention to make someone or something look or feel better":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194447"
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"tenant by copy of court roll":{
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": copyholder":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201756"
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"tensity":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being tense : tenseness":[]
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"\u02c8ten(t)-s\u0259-t\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin tensit\u0101t-, tensit\u0101s, from Latin tensus tense entry 1 + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1658, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201932"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": tendon sense 1":[]
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"\u02c8ten\u02ccd\u014d"
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"New Latin tendin-, tendo , alteration of Medieval Latin tendon-, tendo":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202621"
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"tenant at will":{
"type":[],
"definitions":{
": one who has a tenancy at will":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203239"
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"tenuis":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an unaspirated voiceless stop":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten-y\u0259-w\u0259s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Medieval Latin (as translation of Greek ps\u012bl\u00f3s \"bare, plain,\" applied to the consonants \u03c0, \u03c4, \u03ba), going back to Latin, \"thin, narrow, slight\" \u2014 more at thin entry 1":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1650, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204353"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": keen-scented":[
"only the most persistent and tender-nosed hounds can make anything of scent on these occasions",
"\u2014 Muriel Bowen"
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"tender + nosed":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205445"
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"tent city":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a collection of many tents set up in an area to provide usually temporary shelter (as for displaced or homeless people)":[
"Tent cities of displaced homeowners have sprung up in the state's Central Valley\u2014even in the capital, Sacramento.",
"\u2014 Matt Woolsey",
"Anti-sweatshop protesters at FSU pitched a tent city last March to demand that the school join the Workers Rights Consortium \u2026",
"\u2014 Meline Toumani et al."
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},
"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1838, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211147"
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"tent club":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a club devoted to the sport of pigsticking":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221119"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": consisting of tendons : sinewy":[
"tendinous tissue"
],
": of, relating to, or resembling a tendon":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten-d\u0259-n\u0259s"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s the long tendinous fibers that propelled the animal forward. \u2014 Quartz Staff, Quartz , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Might masking bony or tendinous pain with an NSAID and continuing to exercise set us up for further tissue damage"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin tendin\u014dsus, from tendin-, tend\u014dn-, variant stems of Medieval Latin tend\u014d tendon + Latin -\u014dsus -ous":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224455"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": devoted to tennis":[]
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"\u02c8ten\u0259\u0307s\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"tennis + -y":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224650"
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"tendon of Achilles":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": achilles tendon":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259-\u02c8ki-l\u0113z",
"-\u0259-\u02c8kil-\u0113z"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232632"
},
"tenendum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a clause formerly used in a deed to designate the kind of tenure vested in the grantee \u2014 compare habendum":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-nd\u0259m"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, to be held, neuter of tenendus , gerundive of ten\u0113re to hold; from the first word of the clause":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000123"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a sense adjunct to the muscle sense and mediated by receptors on or near the tendons":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002719"
},
"tender-minded":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by idealism, optimism, and dogmatism":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten-d\u0259r-\u02ccm\u012bn-d\u0259d"
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"first_known_use":{
"1593, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011713"
},
"tendour":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a table or seat with a brazier of coals under it that is used for warmth in some countries of southwestern Asia":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Turkish tandur , from Arabic tann\u016br , from Aramaic tann\u016bra , from Akkadian tin\u016bru":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014918"
},
"tendovaginal":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to a tendon and its synovial sheath":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6tend\u014d+"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin tendovaginalis , from tendo tendon + Latin vagina sheath + -alis -al":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020241"
},
"tenemented":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": leased to tenants : containing separate dwelling units":[
"tenemented houses"
],
": consisting of tenement houses":[
"born in the teeming and tenemented \u2026 section",
"\u2014 Reporter"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten\u0259m\u0259nt\u0259\u0307d"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"tenement + -ed":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021952"
},
"tenacle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stalk of a plant":[],
": the tentacles by which some plants (as ivies) attach themselves in climbing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ten\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin tenaculum instrument for holding":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025649"
}
}
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