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{
"arid":{
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking in interest and life : jejune":[
"arid textbooks"
]
},
"examples":[
"a dull and arid textbook",
"an arid speech about duty and responsibility",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Conditions Monday near the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire and within the extremely critical risk area remain incredibly arid , with relative humidity levels only in the single digits. \u2014 Rob Shackelford And Judson Jones, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"In the Great Karoo, a vast semi- arid expanse in South Africa, lions and cheetahs once roamed. \u2014 CNN , 27 Jan. 2022",
"At some point in its evolutionary history, the millipede began to move deeper and deeper below ground, perhaps because Australia above was becoming more arid and inhospitable. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The warm, sunny weather is the product of an arid Western climate that is also prone to drought. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Her campaign, #ActOnSahelMovement, spreads awareness of the critical role of Africa\u2019s Sahel region, the semi- arid band of territory that stretches across the African continent from Sudan to Senegal. \u2014 David Vetter, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Archaeologists had long assumed that this semi- arid region played only a peripheral role in history. \u2014 Tobias Richter, Scientific American , 16 Aug. 2021",
"The book is set in the near future, and its version of California is so arid , hot and flammable that water is too scarce to go around. \u2014 New York Times , 30 July 2021",
"Diverse geography, including lush forests and mountains and semi- arid areas, contrasts with Santo Domingo's historic Cuidad Colonial -- a lively and romantic spot to explore. \u2014 CNN , 24 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French & Latin; French aride, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin \u0101ridus, \u0101rdus \"dry, waterless, withered, austere (of style),\" derivative, with the adjective suffix -idus, of \u0101r\u0113re \"to be dry, parched, withered,\" going back to Indo-European *h 1 eh 2 s-eh 1 -, stative derivative of a verbal base *h 1 eh 2 s- \"make dry with heat,\" whence also Tocharian A asat\u00e4r \"(it) dries up,\" Tocharian B osot\u00e4r ; also from the same base a root noun *h 1 eh 2 s-, whence Hittite \u1e2b\u0101\u0161\u0161- \"ashes, dust,\" from which as thematic derivatives Sanskrit \u0101\u0301sa\u1e25 \"ashes, dust,\" and (as a collective or noun of appurtenance":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-r\u0259d",
"\u02c8er-\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014716",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"aright":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": right , correctly":[
"if I remember aright"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The survey of over 100 investors -- more than half of whom specialize in health care -- found there\u2019s a 43% probability that Moderna\u2019s vaccine would be sufficient to set the U.S. economy aright , analyst Joshua Schimmer wrote in a note. \u2014 Cristin Flanagan, Bloomberg.com , 29 May 2020",
"Stafford took manual control and set things aright . \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 18 July 2019",
"Stafford took manual control and set things aright . \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 18 July 2019",
"Stafford took manual control and set things aright . \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 18 July 2019",
"Only a fundamental transformation of our nation would set things aright . \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 10 Aug. 2019",
"Stafford took manual control and set things aright . \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 18 July 2019",
"Stafford took manual control and set things aright . \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 18 July 2019",
"Stafford took manual control and set things aright . \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 18 July 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English ariht , from a- entry 1 + riht right":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8r\u012bt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111614",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"arise":{
"antonyms":[
"bed (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
],
"definitions":{
": to begin to occur or to exist : to come into being or to attention":[
"Problems arise when people try to avoid responsibility.",
"A conflict arose because of a misunderstanding.",
"Questions have arisen concerning the company's financial records.",
"He can defend himself should the need arise . [=if it becomes necessary to do so]"
],
": to move upward : ascend":[
"A mist arose from the valley."
],
": to originate from a source":[
"arteries that arise from the aorta",
"a river that arises from two main sources"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the narrative of jewelry history, Villa\u2019s one-of-a-kind and limited edition creations arise from a cosmopolitan, bohemian vein that\u2019s reminiscent of the one mined by 20th century Sicilian jeweler Fulco di Verdura. \u2014 Kyle Roderick, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Jackson will be able to begin work immediately, but the court will have just finished the bulk of its work until the fall, apart from emergency appeals that occasionally arise . \u2014 Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Jackson will be able to begin work immediately, but the court will have just finished the bulk of its work until the fall, apart from emergency appeals that occasionally arise . \u2014 Mark Sherman, Anchorage Daily News , 30 June 2022",
"Jackson will be able to begin work immediately, but the court will have just finished the bulk of its work until the fall, apart from emergency appeals that occasionally arise . \u2014 Mark Sherman, Chron , 30 June 2022",
"Jackson will be able to begin work immediately, but the court will have just finished the bulk of its work until the fall, apart from emergency appeals that occasionally arise . \u2014 Mark Sherman, ajc , 29 June 2022",
"Factions arise , and collaboration grounds to a halt. \u2014 Edward Sullivan, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"In their view, the security challenges in Africa arise from a Mr. Putin apparently dead-set on restoring the imperial glories of Russia as well as from an expansive China. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 June 2022",
"The state has described them as spots that could be used by parents in case future health questions arise . \u2014 Ed White, Detroit Free Press , 23 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English \u0101r\u012bsan , from \u0101- , perfective prefix + r\u012bsan to rise \u2014 more at abide":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8r\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for arise spring , arise , rise , originate , derive , flow , issue , emanate , proceed , stem mean to come up or out of something into existence. spring implies rapid or sudden emerging. an idea that springs to mind arise and rise may both convey the fact of coming into existence or notice but rise often stresses gradual growth or ascent. new questions have arisen slowly rose to prominence originate implies a definite source or starting point. the fire originated in the basement derive implies a prior existence in another form. the holiday derives from an ancient Roman feast flow adds to spring a suggestion of abundance or ease of inception. words flowed easily from her pen issue suggests emerging from confinement through an outlet. blood issued from the cut emanate applies to the coming of something immaterial (such as a thought) from a source. reports emanating from the capital proceed stresses place of origin, derivation, parentage, or logical cause. advice that proceeds from the best of intentions stem implies originating by dividing or branching off from something as an outgrowth or subordinate development. industries stemming from space research",
"synonyms":[
"get up",
"rise",
"roll out",
"turn out",
"uprise"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022436",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"aristocracy":{
"antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat"
],
"definitions":{
": a class or group of people believed to be superior (as in rank, wealth, or intellect)":[
"an intellectual aristocracy"
],
": a governing body or upper class usually made up of a hereditary nobility":[
"a member of the British aristocracy"
],
": a government in which power is vested (see vest entry 2 sense 1a ) in a minority consisting of those believed to be best qualified":[],
": a state with such a government":[],
": government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class":[]
},
"examples":[
"a member of the aristocracy",
"at one time in China only the aristocracy could own land",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fern\u00e1ndez is a Peronist\u2014a follower of Juan Domingo Per\u00f3n, an army officer who rose meteorically to power in the 1940s by enacting policies that benefited poor and working-class Argentines and challenged a powerful aristocracy . \u2014 Federico Perelmuter, The New Republic , 21 June 2022",
"The Tang emperors were Confucians, ruling through the aristocracy . \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"In celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, Sotheby's London is exhibiting nearly 50 tiaras belonging to members of the British royal family and aristocracy . \u2014 Stellene Volandes, Town & Country , 7 June 2022",
"Tiaras have again regained their popularity in both popular culture and in the more rarified setting of auction sales where collectors throughout the world are paying increasingly higher prices for these objects of royalty and aristocracy . \u2014 Anthony Demarco, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Tiaras belonging to the families of British dukes, earls, and other members of the aristocracy have been dusted off from their safes to be shown at the auction house\u2019s galleries in May and June. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Like Downton, Upstairs, Downstairs starts off in the beginning of the 20th Century and follows the fall of the aristocracy during a three-decade period. \u2014 ELLE , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Her existence is a mystery seeped in a tale of bloody retribution against her oppressors, a hellish supernatural nightscape and an uprising against the deceitful aristocracy . \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"George\u2019s grandmother Queen Victoria had ruled a country largely governed by its landed aristocracy . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French aristocratie , from Late Latin aristocratia , from Greek aristokratia , from aristos best + -kratia -cracy":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccer-\u0259-",
"\u02cca-r\u0259-\u02c8st\u00e4-kr\u0259-s\u0113",
"\u02ccer-\u0259-\u02c8st\u00e4-kr\u0259-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"upper class",
"upper crust"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192554",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aristocrat":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one believed to be superior of its kind":[
"the aristocrat of Southern resorts",
"\u2014 Southern Living"
],
": one who favors aristocracy":[],
": one who has the bearing and viewpoint typical of the aristocracy":[]
},
"examples":[
"could trace his lineage to an English aristocrat of the 17th century",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Doyle is no aristocrat , but the son of a vacuum-cleaner salesman. \u2014 Edward Chisholm, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"For all the dash, swagger, and mien-oozing entitlement in The Blue Boy, the subject isn\u2019t an aristocrat . \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Alfred Hitchcock's lone entry on this list is a fitting psychological head trip, with Joan Fontaine playing the new wife of an aristocrat (Laurence Olivier) who can't escape the seemingly constant presence of his dead wife. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The swashbuckling series is loosely based on the real-life adventures of Stede Bonnet (played by Flight of the Conchords' Rhys Darby), an 18th-century aristocrat who abandoned his privileged upbringing to seek adventure on the high seas. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"His father was a farmer on the estate of a local aristocrat , and his mother was a homemaker. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Nov. 2021",
"This series\u2014loosely based on a true story\u2014follows an aristocrat (Rhys Darby of Flight of the Conchords fame) who abandons his comfortable life to become a pirate. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The Baroque H\u00f4tel d\u2019Ecquevilly, built in 1638 as a private residence for a Parisian aristocrat , was later the home of Louis XV\u2019s master of the hunt, who commissioned the elaborate bas-reliefs of boars and dogs that still ornament its exterior. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Sep. 2021",
"And still, every local rogue declares him as an out-of-touch aristocrat . \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see aristocracy":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-r\u0259-st\u0259-",
"\u0259-\u02c8ri-st\u0259-\u02cckrat",
"\u02c8er-\u0259-st\u0259-",
"a-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blue blood",
"gentle",
"gentleperson",
"noble",
"patrician"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034131",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aristocratic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": belonging to, having the qualities of, or favoring aristocracy":[
"an aristocratic family",
"aristocratic titles"
],
": notably superior or excellent":[
"In season she does an aristocratic lobster and asparagus salad with curry oil.",
"\u2014 R. W. Apple Jr."
],
": snobbish":[],
": socially exclusive":[
"an aristocratic neighborhood"
]
},
"examples":[
"the restaurant's cuisine is truly superb, but the ma\u00eetre d's aristocratic demeanor is a bit much",
"an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Baryshnikov again plays Chekhov, as well as an octogenarian butler named Firs, and Hecht once again portrays the aristocratic , dreamily oblivious Madame Ranevskaya. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"In the new set of episodes, Diana has swapped the lavish fancy dress parties and aristocratic artistic pursuits that previously led to a tabloid feeding frenzy (and the Bright Young Things moniker) for something sinister. \u2014 Emma Fraser, Town & Country , 11 June 2022",
"The estate in the Chianti region, which once belonged to the aristocratic Del Nero family of Florence, had been practicing traditional Tuscan agriculture and ways of life since the 12th century. \u2014 Ann Abel, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"First created by Charles Addams for a series of New Yorker cartoons, the Addams Family is a bizarre aristocratic clan with an obsession of the macabre and a complete lack of concern regarding how others perceive them. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"Kate Middleton and Prince William stepped in for Queen Elizabeth II at a recent garden party at Buckingham Palace, and her ensemble reminds us of another young aristocratic Brit: Eloise Bridgerton. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 25 May 2022",
"Dating to the 14th century, Villa Capponi was the home of aristocratic families for centuries. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Yet to this day, that history is not taught in French schools, and many of the country\u2019s most prominent aristocratic families are unaware that their ancestors kept collecting payments from Haiti\u2019s poorest people \u2014 long after the end of slavery. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"It's been 12 years since Downton Abbey, the TV series charting the fortunes and failings of an aristocratic British family and the people who serve them, debuted. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 26 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French aristocratique , from Medieval Latin aristocraticus , from Greek aristokratikos , from aristokratia":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)a-\u02ccri-st\u0259-",
"\u02cca-r\u0259-st\u0259-",
"\u02ccer-\u0259-st\u0259-",
"\u0259-\u02ccri-st\u0259-\u02c8kra-tik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"elitist",
"high-hat",
"persnickety",
"potty",
"ritzy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"snotty",
"toffee-nosed"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040957",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"arith":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"arithmetic ; arithmetical":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140536",
"type":[
"abbreviation"
]
},
"arithlog paper":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": semilogarithmic coordinate paper":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"arith metic + log arithm":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ar\u0259\u0307th\u02ccl\u022fg-",
"-\u00e4g-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175215",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arithmetic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a branch of mathematics that deals usually with the nonnegative real numbers including sometimes the transfinite cardinals and with the application of the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to them":[],
": a treatise on arithmetic":[],
": computation , calculation":[]
},
"examples":[
"a software program that will do the arithmetic for you",
"I haven't actually done the arithmetic yet, but I suspect we're losing money on the deal.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The result is that by the arithmetic of the U.S. tax code, $100 made from a sale on the 365th day is worth around $60 after taxes. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
"The financial arithmetic doesn\u2019t work without it even as Musk considers additional revenue streams. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"This was \u2014 as measured in the grim arithmetic of our national gun violence epidemic \u2014 a minor incident. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The problem is that the arithmetic here has never just been my benefit minus my cost; infectious diseases don\u2019t respect the boundaries of any single body at once. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 10 Feb. 2022",
"For him, the arithmetic of politics was always more potent than the chemistry. \u2014 David M. Shribman, Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
"But four parties have become seven and the two traditional main parties have shrunk, changing the arithmetic of forming a government that represents more than 50 percent of the vote. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Sep. 2021",
"Lang recalls her children and grandchildren playing and jumping on trampolines in various corners of the greenhouse through the years and frequent customers trusting the arithmetic of a 9-year-old working at the till. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Oct. 2021",
"But Israelis know another arithmetic : Hezbollah's arsenal is 10 times greater than that of Hamas and far more sophisticated. \u2014 Yossi Klein Halevi, Star Tribune , 25 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English arsmetrik , from Anglo-French arismatike , from Latin arithmetica , from Greek arithm\u0113tik\u0113 , from feminine of arithm\u0113tikos arithmetical, from arithmein to count, from arithmos number; akin to Old English r\u012bm number, and perhaps to Greek arariskein to fit":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8rith-m\u0259-\u02cctik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"calculation",
"calculus",
"ciphering",
"computation",
"figures",
"figuring",
"math",
"mathematics",
"number crunching",
"numbers",
"reckoning"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184820",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"arithmetic mean":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a value that is computed by dividing the sum of a set of terms by the number of terms":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1743, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccer-ith-\u02c8me-tik-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114535",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arithmetic progression":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a progression (such as 3, 5, 7, 9) in which the difference between any term and its predecessor is constant":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This kind of sequence is called an arithmetic progression . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 6 Feb. 2019",
"In mathematics, this is called an arithmetic progression \u2014a sequence in which the numbers increase by the same amount at each step. \u2014 Eugenia Cheng, WSJ , 5 Dec. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1704, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120158",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arithmetic scale":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a scale on which the value of a point corresponds to the number of graduations the point is from the scale's zero \u2014 compare logarithmic scale":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175250",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arithmetical discount":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the interest discounted in advance on a note and computed on the principal of the note":[
"the arithmetical discount on a $1000 note for one year at 5% is $47.62",
"\u2014 compare bank discount"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105845",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arithmetical sum":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the sum of two or more positive quantities":[
"the arithmetical sum of 2, 8, and 1 is 11"
],
"\u2014 compare algebraic sum":[
"the arithmetical sum of 2, 8, and 1 is 11"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140815",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arithmetization":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the treatment of various branches of higher mathematics by methods involving only the fundamental concepts and operations of arithmetic":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca(\u02cc)rith\u02ccmet\u0259\u0307\u02c8z-",
"-\u0259\u02cct\u012b\u02c8z-",
"\u0259\u02ccrithm\u0259t\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181757",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ariid":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": belonging to the Ariidae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u02c8r\u012b\u0259\u0307d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Ariidae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164507"
},
"arietta":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a short aria":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4r-\u0113-\u02c8e-t\u0259",
"\u02cca-r\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, diminutive of aria":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1724, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165729"
},
"Aries":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the first sign of the zodiac in astrology \u2014 see Signs of the Zodiac Table":[],
": one born under the sign of Aries":[],
": a constellation between Pisces and Taurus pictured as a ram":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-r\u0113-\u02cc\u0113z",
"\u02c8er-\u02cc\u0113z",
"-\u0113-\u02cc\u0113z",
"\u02c8er-\u0113-\u02cc\u0113z",
"\u02c8a-r\u0113z"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"My friend is an Aries and I'm a Taurus."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin (genitive Arietis ), literally, ram; perhaps akin to Greek eriphos kid, Old Irish heirp she-goat":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184855"
},
"arithmetic logic unit":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a circuit in a computer's central processing unit that performs basic mathematical calculations":[
"\u2026 the core of a central processing chip is the arithmetic logic unit or units. These units do basic operations like addition, multiplication and division.",
"\u2014 New York Times , 23 July 1998",
"\u2014 abbreviation ALU"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1972, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234918"
},
"arithmetic graph":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a graph on which both coordinates are plotted on arithmetic scales":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004037"
},
"Ariel":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a prankish spirit in Shakespeare's The Tempest":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-r\u0113-\u0259l",
"\u02c8er-\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1612, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110857"
},
"Aria":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a striking solo performance (as in a movie)":[
"\u2026 Russell Crowe's performance in Gladiator was all about the physical stuff\u2014it was a brute-force aria of fighting and flexing and unleashing hell \u2026",
"\u2014 Jeff Gordinier"
],
": a written or spoken passage or text likened to a dramatic or emotional operatic solo":[
"\u2026 a plainspoken but moving aria on the joys of rural living \u2026",
"\u2014 Lauren Collins"
],
"an eastern province of the ancient Persian Empire; district now in northwestern Afghanistan and eastern Iran":[],
"\u2014 see herat":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8r\u012b-\u0259",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02c8a-r\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02c8er-\u0113-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Your new album starts with a famous Mozart aria written for a woman who is playing a man. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Camarena lent Edgardo a sweetness and softness that only made his heartache sting more sharply in his showstopping final aria . \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
"No chance Roger would note any of this midway through his mugging aria . \u2014 Thomas Mcguane, The New Yorker , 3 May 2021",
"Nation of Islam leader Elijah, Robertson\u2019s tenor was more traditional, most climactically in a laser-beam-bright high note held at the end of Elijah\u2019s first aria . \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Pianist Susan Walters played the composition\u2019s aria and variations delightfully, at an aptly leisurely pace. \u2014 Robert Greskovic, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Tenor Marco Antonio Labastida, who will portray Butterfly\u2019s dashing American suitor, squeezes through the door and immediately launches into an aria . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Canio is a signature role for tenors, including Enrico Caruso, whose haunting recording of the aria Vesti la Giubba at the turn of the 20th Century is iconic. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Carlos has only one big aria at the beginning, and after that must convey his character largely in exchanges with others. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, literally, atmospheric air, modification of Latin aer":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1723, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164029"
},
"Ariana":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city north of Tunis in northern Tunisia population 114,500":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4r-y\u00e4-\u02c8n\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194603"
},
"aria":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a striking solo performance (as in a movie)":[
"\u2026 Russell Crowe's performance in Gladiator was all about the physical stuff\u2014it was a brute-force aria of fighting and flexing and unleashing hell \u2026",
"\u2014 Jeff Gordinier"
],
": a written or spoken passage or text likened to a dramatic or emotional operatic solo":[
"\u2026 a plainspoken but moving aria on the joys of rural living \u2026",
"\u2014 Lauren Collins"
],
"an eastern province of the ancient Persian Empire; district now in northwestern Afghanistan and eastern Iran":[],
"\u2014 see herat":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8r\u012b-\u0259",
"\u02c8er-\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02c8a-r\u0113-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Your new album starts with a famous Mozart aria written for a woman who is playing a man. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Camarena lent Edgardo a sweetness and softness that only made his heartache sting more sharply in his showstopping final aria . \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
"No chance Roger would note any of this midway through his mugging aria . \u2014 Thomas Mcguane, The New Yorker , 3 May 2021",
"Nation of Islam leader Elijah, Robertson\u2019s tenor was more traditional, most climactically in a laser-beam-bright high note held at the end of Elijah\u2019s first aria . \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Pianist Susan Walters played the composition\u2019s aria and variations delightfully, at an aptly leisurely pace. \u2014 Robert Greskovic, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Tenor Marco Antonio Labastida, who will portray Butterfly\u2019s dashing American suitor, squeezes through the door and immediately launches into an aria . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Canio is a signature role for tenors, including Enrico Caruso, whose haunting recording of the aria Vesti la Giubba at the turn of the 20th Century is iconic. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Carlos has only one big aria at the beginning, and after that must convey his character largely in exchanges with others. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, literally, atmospheric air, modification of Latin aer":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1723, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011014"
},
"Arianistic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or characterized by Arianism":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin Arianista (from Late Latin Arianus + Latin -ista -ist) + English -ic, -ical":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020655"
},
"Arian":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun suffix"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to Arius or his doctrines especially that the Son is not of the same substance as the Father but was created as an agent for creating the world":[],
": a supporter of Arian doctrines":[],
": aries sense 1b":[],
": believer":[
"necessit arian",
"latitudin arian"
],
": advocate":[
"necessit arian",
"latitudin arian"
],
": producer":[
"disciplin arian"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-r\u0113-\u0259n",
"\u02c8er-\u0113-\u0259n",
"\u02c8a-r\u0113-",
"\u02c8er-\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin -arius -ary":"Noun suffix"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1917, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024314"
}
}