dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/sem_MW.json

{
  "Semenov":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Nikolay Nikolayevich 1896\u20131986 Soviet chemist":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259-\u02c8my\u022f-n\u0259f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194136",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Semey":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city on the Irtysh River in northeastern Kazakhstan population 299,264":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8se-m\u0101"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103133",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "semblance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": outward and often specious appearance or show : form":[
        "wrapped in a semblance of composure",
        "\u2014 Harry Hervey"
      ],
      ": modicum":[
        "has been struggling to get some semblance of justice for his people",
        "\u2014 Bayard Rustin"
      ],
      ": aspect , countenance":[],
      ": a phantasmal form : apparition":[],
      ": image , likeness":[],
      ": actual or apparent resemblance":[
        "her story bears some semblance to the truth"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sem-bl\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8sem-bl\u0259ns"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "act",
      "airs",
      "charade",
      "disguise",
      "facade",
      "fa\u00e7ade",
      "front",
      "guise",
      "masquerade",
      "playacting",
      "pose",
      "pretense",
      "pretence",
      "put-on",
      "show"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "tried to project some semblance of confidence even though public speaking terrified her",
      "a used-car dealer with only a semblance of honesty",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And although some houses of worship appear to be returning to a semblance of normalcy, conversations with clergy members revealed the profound ways in which the pandemic has altered their lives and their work. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Worshippers were able to return to a semblance of normalcy (with hints of caution) when Ramadan began this weekend. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "City estimates project that something like 15% of workers will stay remote when San Francisco\u2019s economy returns to a semblance of normality in 2023, but experts studying remote working trends said that could be an underestimate. \u2014 Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "At a meeting last week at the White House, many of the same governors pressed Biden for clearer guidelines for states looking to emerge from the pandemic and return to a semblance of normalcy. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins And Mj Lee, CNN , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "But with the emergence of the vaccines and a relaxation of government orders limiting indoor crowds, the industry returned to a semblance of normalcy. \u2014 Daniela Altimari, courant.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "The new-tech twist is the hologram, which has brought Michael Jackson, 2Pac, Frank Zappa, and Whitney Houston back to a semblance of life. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "After more than a decade of unconventional monetary policies and nearly two years of pandemic stress, no one has a clear roadmap for how central banks can return to a semblance of normal. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "Rauner had lost any semblance of a political base and was almost defeated for re-nomination by controversial conservative firebrand Jeanne Ives, a former state lawmaker from Wheaton. \u2014 Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from sembler to be like, seem \u2014 more at resemble":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142050"
  },
  "sememe":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a class of related semes":[],
      ": seme sense 2":[],
      ": the meaning of a morpheme":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1913, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek s\u0113ma + International Scientific Vocabulary -eme":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8se-\u02ccm\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192234",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "semen":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a viscid whitish fluid of the male reproductive tract consisting of spermatozoa suspended in secretions of accessory glands (as of the prostate and Cowper's glands)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When his frozen semen was accidentally destroyed at a clinic in 2010, the owners sued and were awarded over $200,000 for the value of the samples, according to Salon.com. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
      "And like three of the patients in Italy, these two also had monkeypox DNA in their semen . \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "So far, it isn\u2019t known if the virus is transmitted through semen . \u2014 Vinay Kampalath, STAT , 8 June 2022",
      "Whether the virus also spreads through semen or vaginal fluids, however, is unknown. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 3 June 2022",
      "Nebraskans selected Pillen, a University of Nebraska regent and veterinarian, over Herbster, a political newcomer and bull- semen baron who faced several allegations of groping. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 11 May 2022",
      "But in order to minimize the number of close-quarters medical procedures, zoo officials used only frozen semen . \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Hong noted in her 2009 reports that the DNA had some markers consistent with the semen from Chandler\u2019s vaginal swabs, which was later linked to McDermott, according to a court filing by Hasse. \u2014 Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Bits of the viral genome have been detected in semen from small groups of COVID-19 patients in studies using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. \u2014 Carolyn Barber, Scientific American , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin, seed, semen; akin to Old High German s\u0101mo seed, Latin serere to sow \u2014 more at sow":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0113-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182623",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "semen contra":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": santonica":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "semen contra from New Latin, short for Latin semen contra vermes seed against worms; from its vermicidal action; semen cinae from New Latin, literally, santonica seed":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185925",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sementera":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cultivated field":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, from sementar to sow, from simiente seed, from Latin sementis sowing, cultivation, from semen seed":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccs\u0101m\u0259n\u02c8t\u0101r\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203427",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "semester hour":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Army provides up to $250 per semester hour , and the benefit maxes out at $4,000 for the fiscal year. \u2014 NBC News , 9 June 2021",
      "Recognition is awarded to full-time undergrads who earned at least a 3.4 GPA for not less than 12 semester hours of credit in the fall semester. \u2014 cleveland , 14 Feb. 2020",
      "The social work major made the Dean\u2019s List for earning at least a 3.4 GPA for not less than 12 semester hours of credit that semester. \u2014 cleveland.com , 19 July 2019",
      "Students must earn a grade point average of 3.6 or greater while carrying a course load of 12 or more semester hours to be named. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun , 11 June 2019",
      "The rule change says an applicant has to successfully complete 12 additional semester hours of law school courses at an American Bar Association accredited law school on subjects covered by or skills necessary to pass the bar exam. \u2014 USA TODAY , 11 June 2019",
      "To qualify, students have earned a minimum grade point average of 3.7 while enrolled in at least 12 semester hours . \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun , 22 June 2018",
      "The student must take a full course load of at least 12 semester hours of undergraduate credit with all academic courses impacting their grade point average. \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 7 June 2018",
      "His Air Force training led to more than 80 semester hours of meteorological college credit. \u2014 Robert Philpot, star-telegram , 16 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1922, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110621",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "semi":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a semidetached house":[],
      ": being a usually vertically bisected form of (a specified architectural feature)":[
        "semi dome"
      ],
      ": forming a bisection of":[
        "semi diameter"
      ],
      ": half in quantity or value : half of or occurring halfway through a specified period of time":[
        "semi annual",
        "semi monthly"
      ],
      ": having some of the characteristics of":[
        "semi porcelain"
      ],
      ": partial : incomplete":[
        "semi consciousness",
        "semi darkness"
      ],
      ": precisely half of:":[],
      ": quasi-":[
        "semi governmental",
        "semi monastic"
      ],
      ": semifinal":[
        "\u2014 often used in plural"
      ],
      ": semitrailer":[],
      ": to some extent : partly : incompletely":[
        "semi civilized",
        "semi- independent",
        "semi dry"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare bi-":[
        "semi annual",
        "semi monthly"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare demi- , hemi-":[
        "semi civilized",
        "semi- independent",
        "semi dry"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1912, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin; akin to Old High German s\u0101mi- half, Greek h\u0113mi-":"Prefix",
      "short for semidetached":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8se-m\u0113",
      "-mi",
      "\u02c8se-\u02ccm\u012b",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113",
      "also -\u02ccm\u012b",
      "-\u02ccm\u012b",
      "also -m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103135",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "prefix"
    ]
  },
  "semi-":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a semidetached house":[],
      ": being a usually vertically bisected form of (a specified architectural feature)":[
        "semi dome"
      ],
      ": forming a bisection of":[
        "semi diameter"
      ],
      ": half in quantity or value : half of or occurring halfway through a specified period of time":[
        "semi annual",
        "semi monthly"
      ],
      ": having some of the characteristics of":[
        "semi porcelain"
      ],
      ": partial : incomplete":[
        "semi consciousness",
        "semi darkness"
      ],
      ": precisely half of:":[],
      ": quasi-":[
        "semi governmental",
        "semi monastic"
      ],
      ": semifinal":[
        "\u2014 often used in plural"
      ],
      ": semitrailer":[],
      ": to some extent : partly : incompletely":[
        "semi civilized",
        "semi- independent",
        "semi dry"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare bi-":[
        "semi annual",
        "semi monthly"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare demi- , hemi-":[
        "semi civilized",
        "semi- independent",
        "semi dry"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1912, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin; akin to Old High German s\u0101mi- half, Greek h\u0113mi-":"Prefix",
      "short for semidetached":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-mi",
      "-\u02ccm\u012b",
      "also -\u02ccm\u012b",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113",
      "\u02c8se-m\u0113",
      "\u02c8se-\u02ccm\u012b",
      "also -m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085441",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "prefix"
    ]
  },
  "semi-antique":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": being approximately 50 to 100 years old":[
        "a semi-antique carpet"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1930, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "-mi-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-an-\u02c8t\u0113k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102637",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "semi-autobiographical":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ricky D\u2019Ambrose\u2019s semiautobiographical memory film tells the story of a young boy growing up during the \u201980s, \u201990s and early aughts, but with few of the usual coming-of-age drama hallmarks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Abby McEnany's semiautobiographical series is no longer in progress. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 13 May 2022",
      "The semiautobiographical black-and-white drama Belfast, set in the late 1960s, showcases the Irish Troubles from the perspective of a little boy, Buddy (Jude Hill), a stand-in for writer-director Kenneth Branagh. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "His character, based on author Christopher Isherwood from his semiautobiographical 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin, had at first been envisioned as a mere observer of the surrounding chaos of 1930s Berlin. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Knausgaard\u2019s opus is often heralded as a pioneer of autofiction, but in Japan, the semiautobiographical genre of the I-novel has been trending since at least the beginning of the last century. \u2014 Nicole Acheampong, The Atlantic , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "All American Hunter Clowdus joins the regular cast, playing Beverly Hills High quarterback JJ Parker, as this semiautobiographical sports drama returns, picking up the action following the Beverly and Crenshaw state championship. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "But with his 23rd film, Almod\u00f3var continues to tap the contemplative vein of his last feature, 2019\u2019s superb Pain & Glory, a semiautobiographical exploration of aging and mortality. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Two award-winning Scottish authors discuss their semiautobiographical coming-of-age novels with Times staff writer Anousha Sakoui. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1858, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02cc\u022f-t\u0259-\u02ccb\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8gra-fi-k\u0259l",
      "-mi-",
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-131008",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "semi-autobiography":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a work (such as a novel or film) that is partly autobiography and partly fiction : a fictionalized account of the author's life":[
        "\u2026 this is Baltimore-based Levinson's semi-autobiography , telling of the Krychinsky family's path, off the boat and into the middle class, from idealism to reality.",
        "\u2014 TV Guide"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1856, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "-mi-",
      "-b\u0113-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02cc\u022f-t\u0259-b\u012b-\u02c8\u00e4-gr\u0259-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104523",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "semi-independent":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1853, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02ccin-d\u0259-\u02c8pen-d\u0259nt",
      "-mi-",
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085724",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "semi-indirect":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": using a translucent reflector that transmits some primary light (as to the floor) while reflecting most of it (as to the ceiling)":[
        "a semi-direct lamp"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102920",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "semi-infinite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": extending to infinity in one direction or dimension":[
        "the propagation of a temperature wave along a semi-infinite rod"
      ],
      ": limited only by an infinite plane":[
        "a semi-infinite metal with a constant flux of heat into its surface",
        "\u2014 M. L. Storm"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124131",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "semi-ionic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": semipolar":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124330",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "semi-skimmed milk":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": milk from which some of the cream has been removed":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110204",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "semianthracite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "semi- + anthracite":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102649",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "semiape":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": lemur":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "semi- + ape":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104230",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "semiautomatic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": able to fire repeatedly through an automatic reloading process but requiring release and another pressure of the trigger for each successive shot":[
        "a semiautomatic rifle"
      ],
      ": not fully automatic: such as":[],
      ": operated partly automatically and partly by hand":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Last month, the governor also signed a legislative package tightening state gun laws, including a law that raised the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic rifle to 21. \u2014 Mark Morales, CNN , 1 July 2022",
      "Unfinished receivers hold together the upper, lower, and rear portions of a semiautomatic rifle. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
      "That legislation would raise the minimum age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21 years old and ban large-capacity magazines. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 24 June 2022",
      "The 18-year-old gunman was armed with a Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle that was purchased legally at a store near his hometown. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
      "The changes included raising the minimum age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle to 21. \u2014 Joanna Slater, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "Cross\u2019 nephew, 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia, was among 19 children and two teachers shot dead by a teenager armed with a semiautomatic rifle. \u2014 Brian Chasnoff, San Antonio Express-News , 20 June 2022",
      "A few hours later, the House passed a bill that would raise the age limit for purchasing a semiautomatic rifle and prohibit the sale of ammunition magazines with a capacity of more than 15 rounds. \u2014 David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "The House passed gun legislation on Wednesday evening that would raise the age limit for purchasing a semiautomatic rifle to 21 and ban the sale of magazines with a capacity of more than 15 rounds. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1853, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-mi-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02cc\u022f-t\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik",
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114713",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "semiautonomous":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": largely self-governing within a larger political or organizational entity":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Tuesday\u2019s lockdown of the Hotel Fortuna comes on the heels of a two-day testing drive of the semiautonomous city\u2019s roughly 600,000 residents amid a resurgence of cases. \u2014 Dan Strumpf, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
      "Even before Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine roiled energy markets, Hong Kong, a semiautonomous city in southern China, was one of the most expensive places in the world to fill up a tank. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The semiautonomous city, which until January had logged less than 13,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, is now discovering 6,000 a day. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Unlike other places facing a surge of the Omicron variant, Hong Kong, a semiautonomous Chinese city, cannot choose to live with the virus; Beijing continues to demand local elimination. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The selling point is that small, semiautonomous drones are a fraction of the price of, say, a much larger Predator drone, which can cost tens of millions of dollars, and don\u2019t require an experienced pilot to fly them by remote control. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Even without the Covid crisis, headhunters were having trouble bringing talent to Hong Kong because of Beijing's growing oversight of the semiautonomous territory. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Iraq's Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the legal justifications for the semiautonomous region's oil policy, effectively calling into question the future of the region's oil contracts, exports and revenue. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Earlier that year, Modi\u2019s government unilaterally revoked the semiautonomous status of Kashmir, India\u2019s only Muslim-majority state. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2021"
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      "Kate Shepel, 32, lies down in semidarkness , the jutting curve of her belly all but obscured. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Now, in the semidarkness and the throng of guests, all names seem somehow fluid, interchangeable, secondary. \u2014 Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Hong establishes feelings of isolation from the very first shot, an image of an empty room in semidarkness that becomes a visual motif in the film. \u2014 Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader , 12 July 2018",
      "In other areas, bored passengers waited in long lines or simply sprawled out on the slick airport floor, waiting in the semidarkness . \u2014 Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2017"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The country had an economy largely dominated by latifundios, semifeudal plantations whose owners treated their peasants as racially inferior and almost indistinguishable from property. \u2014 Dan Kaufman, The New York Review of Books , 9 Feb. 2022"
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      "The 23-year-old Choi responded emphatically with her 1,500m title defense on the line, setting a new Olympic record in her semifinal heat before taking gold in the final in 2:17.789. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "At the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Jacobellis swerved off course in a semifinal heat and missed the final. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Team USA appeared to have secured an improbable berth in the four-team final of the mixed team relay after narrowly finishing second in their semifinal heat, one spot ahead of speedskating superpower China. \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "The skaters and coaches hung their heads after finishing third in in a semifinal heat, in which the top two teams would advance to the final. \u2014 Elaine Yu, WSJ , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Simmers, who turns 16 next month, battled another local, Conlogue, in her semifinal heat. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Sep. 2021",
      "Their quarterfinal and semifinal games were both won by one point. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 June 2022",
      "The victory moves the No. 1-ranked Greyhounds into Saturday morning\u2019s semifinal match with No. 5 South Bend Saint Joseph, which took out No. \u2014 Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star , 4 June 2022",
      "That capped off a dominant state tournament where Houston and Ramulu didn\u2019t surrender more than two games in any set, despite only having a 30-minute break between the quarterfinal and semifinal match. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 31 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Sha\u2019Carri Richardson, who qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the 100 but did not compete after testing positive for marijuana, finished fifth in her semifinal (22.47) and didn\u2019t advance to the final. \u2014 Usa Today, The Courier-Journal , 26 June 2022",
      "In her semifinal Sunday, Richardson was fifth in 22.47. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
      "The Lions now will look ahead to their US Open Cup semifinal against Nashville SC on June 29 at 7 p.m. \u2014 Austin David, Orlando Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
      "The Lions girls soccer team dominated the first half of its WIAA Division 3 state semifinal with Lakeland on Friday at Uihlein Soccer Park everywhere except on the scoreboard. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
      "Alexander Zverev of Germany tore ligaments in his right ankle in his French Open semifinal against Nadal and underwent surgery. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
      "An Alcorn State recruit, Hall drove in a run on a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning that helped Chardon take control in its state semifinal against Bishop Hartley (19-10). \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
      "Elsewhere, Notre Dame\u2019s Samuel Voelz was seventh in his semifinal of the 800 meters, and 18th overall, in 1:48.47. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 9 June 2022",
      "The Spartans are off to their second Ohio Division III state semifinal in three years. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 8 June 2022"
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      "1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Brazil Steel Institute said in a statement at the time that it was shocked by the announcement and warned that the decision would hurt the American steel industry, which needs semifinished products exported by Brazil to operate its mills. \u2014 Let\u00edcia Casado, New York Times , 21 Dec. 2019",
      "Brazil has argued that 80 percent of its steel exports to the United States are semifinished products used in the steel industry and therefore do not pose a threat. \u2014 Shasta Darlington, New York Times , 2 May 2018"
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      "1902, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Nearby, the semimonthly Eastside Flea is a hip gathering of indie makers. \u2014 Serena Renner, National Geographic , 22 Oct. 2019",
      "In 1976 Will contributed his first semimonthly essay for Newsweek. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 20 June 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The effects on local retailers Made with Love, a semimonthly outdoor market in downtown Gilbert from September through April, has postponed its events until further notice. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, azcentral , 19 Mar. 2020",
      "Dorfman reasoned that a semimonthly benefit would more closely mirror the normal financial budgeting of SNAP recipients in working families. \u2014 Nedra Rhone, ajc , 10 July 2018",
      "Here\u2019s your semimonthly update on plane fights, people trying to yank open the doors of planes in midair, and other forms of miscellaneous plane violence that keep happening and ending up on video for some reason. \u2014 Avi Selk, Washington Post , 6 Mar. 2018",
      "With each practice, each semimonthly trip to Marathon Deli, the Terps learn a little more about Christinaki, and Christinaki about her second home. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 20 Dec. 2017",
      "The restaurant will also offer beer, wine and spirits for retail, and host a semimonthly wine school. \u2014 Sarah Meehan, baltimoresun.com , 25 July 2017",
      "Hosted by New Yorker Amy Choi and native Angeleno Rebecca Lehrer, the semimonthly bicoastal show explores the complexities and joys of coexisting cultures. \u2014 Julia Herbst, Los Angeles Magazine , 28 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The semimonthly newspaper was filled with poetry, speeches, editorials, articles, household tips and minutes from the church\u2019s all-female Relief Society meetings. \u2014 Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Oct. 2020"
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      "1829, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With the nonchalance of an actor who spent the \u201980s making rent by playing a semimystical antiques dealer in a British teatime drama, McShane declared that everyone needed to calm down about George R. R. Martin\u2019s epic saga. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 1 Jan. 2020"
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      "1878, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Kandel was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2000 for his seminal observation that it was in the action of the synapses between cells that memory existed, not in the cells themselves, and that a molecule called cyclic AMP was what allowed cells to retain memory over the long term. \u2014 Michael Greenberg , New York Review of Books , 4 Dec. 2008",
      "Writer Susan Sontag died December 28 at age 71 after a long battle with cancer. She left behind an impressive body of fiction and criticism, including her seminal 1960s essays \"Notes on Camp\" and \"Against Interpretation.\" \u2014 Allan Gurganus , Advocate , 1 Feb. 2005",
      "I wonder if the curators who organized \"Matisse Picasso\" ever asked themselves why it was that Alfred H. Barr Jr., the first director of the Museum of Modern Art and the guiding spirit behind the museum's seminal exhibitions of both Picasso and Matisse, never mounted a show like the one that has now arrived at MoMA QNS. Such an exhibition might seem to be logical, almost inevitable for the Museum of Modern Art. \u2014 Jed Perl , New Republic , 3 Mar. 2003",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His seminal Parks & Rec character isn't solely the product of Pratt unhealthily eating his way to happiness. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 28 June 2022",
      "The song is featured on Morissette\u2019s seminal third studio album, 1995\u2019s Jagged Little Pill. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
      "The notes going out of circulation feature Adam Smith, a Scottish economist who wrote a seminal text on capitalism, and the industrialist-inventors Matthew Boulton and James Watt. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
      "On Thursday, Pacino and author Michael Hainey participated in a discussion about the seminal mafia title from director Francis Ford Coppola before the festival screened the film's restoration. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
      "Advancing Black homeownership and closing the racial wealth gap require more than passing seminal housing reforms. \u2014 CNN , 19 June 2022",
      "In some places, afternoon-long festivals with food and music would be paired with readings of African American poetry, and readings of seminal speeches from Black leaders like W.E.B. Du Bois and Frederick Douglass. \u2014 Michelle Garcia, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
      "In a club scene where Presley is transfixed by another up-and-comer on the seminal rock scene, Little Richard is portrayed on screen by Alton Mason but the voice is Greene\u2019s. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 17 June 2022",
      "Lindinger noted though Raffel officials testified the cupholder is the company's premier and seminal product, it wasn't prominently featured in its catalogs, or mentioned during occasional stories about Raffel in a furniture industry magazine. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022"
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      "1882, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The proceedings also revealed previously undisclosed evidence in the case, including the results of DNA testing that found seminal fluid on Kuhnla\u2019s underwear and described blood found on her clothing and body. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 14 June 2022",
      "For the aging male, erectile dysfunction increases with age, and the quality of seminal fluid and sperm also declines. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2020",
      "At the time of Claire Hough's murder, criminalists would often bring their own seminal fluid to the lab and use it to ensure the chemicals used to detect semen were working correctly. \u2014 CBS News , 9 June 2018",
      "In the abdomens of male drosophila lie brain cells which produce a pleasure protein called neuropeptide corazonin, which triggers the release of sperm and seminal fluid . \u2014 Melissa Healy, latimes.com , 19 Apr. 2018"
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      "circa 1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194130",
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      "noun"
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      ": either of a pair of glandular pouches that lie one on either side of the male reproductive tract and in the human male secrete a sugar- and protein-containing fluid into the ejaculatory duct":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190733",
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      "a seminar on career planning",
      "a seminar bringing together the world's leading epidemiologists",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Outreach and Helping Hands Ministry at the UCC will host an informative seminar designed to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and highlight issues related to mental health and current trends in substance use. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 18 May 2022",
      "Host an online seminar , send a guide, or host a lunch-and-learn that your customers can apply to their own lives and businesses. \u2014 Kimberly A. Whitler, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Once the seminar concluded, Thurmond flew from East Africa to Orlando, Florida to join the Sun Devils following the event\u2019s first round. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 30 May 2022",
      "The trial judge ruled that the essay would not be permitted as evidence because it was written years ago as part of a writing seminar and could unfairly prejudice the jury. \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 26 May 2022",
      "In addition, Sisson\u2019s posted a video of a seminar presented by Indiana First Election, which contends the state\u2019s election system is an easy fraud target. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The seminar is designed to help fishermen of all ages and experience levels effectively fish local waters. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "But Salman had an inkling that the next king would need a certain grit and fluency with power that cannot be acquired in a seminar or a flight simulator. \u2014 Graeme Wood, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The Windsor Social Services is hosting a seminar on the Renter\u2019s Rebate Program. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 5 May 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, from Latin seminarium nursery":""
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      "conference",
      "council",
      "forum",
      "panel",
      "panel discussion",
      "parley",
      "round-robin",
      "roundtable",
      "symposium"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224735",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a student in a seminary especially of the Roman Catholic Church":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The lawsuit, filed by Lebanon attorney Konrad Kircher, says the diocese had obtained information about McWilliams during his years as a seminarian . \u2014 John Caniglia, cleveland , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Martinelli was seven months older and a more senior seminarian . \u2014 Saphora Smith, NBC News , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Chi-Nhan Vo, a Catholic seminarian from Portland, will be among the three players trying for victory in the Friday, Nov. 19 episode. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "The unidentified seminarian in Tennessee was not Saldana, a priest who worked in Texas. \u2014 Corky Siemaszko, NBC News , 4 June 2021",
      "Between the dad\u2019s penchant for stripping down to boxer shorts when relaxing at home, the mom\u2019s general wackiness, and the seminarian who stays with the family before his ordination, Lockwood has lots of comic material to work with. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 4 Jan. 2021",
      "Timothy Benson plays a young seminarian who comes to study with the priest and calls him out on his sloppy passionless theology. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Nov. 2020",
      "Satin, who was raised in a family deeply rooted in Catholicism and even spent some time as a teenage seminarian , was determined to silence her identity struggles. \u2014 Susan Miller, USA TODAY , 13 Nov. 2020",
      "One of the former altar boys says he was repeatedly molested by an older seminarian while living there. \u2014 Star Tribune , 27 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1794, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-m\u0259-\u02c8ner-\u0113-\u0259n"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181114",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      ": seminarian":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8se-m\u0259-n\u0259-rist"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113104",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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      ": an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated":[
        "a seminary of vice and crime"
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      ": an institution for the training of candidates for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate":[],
      ": an institution of secondary or higher education":[]
    },
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      "a seminary exclusively for women",
      "some claimed that orphanages were seminaries of sin and petty crime, turning out juvenile delinquents by the score",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Jesuits carry out educational, health and economic projects and have a seminary there. \u2014 Fox News , 23 June 2022",
      "Father Anthony, a parish priest in Pittsburgh, described being treated for depression and anxiety in the seminary . \u2014 Clare Ansberry, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
      "Akin said the seminary has already removed his name from programs and facilities. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
      "None of these worldly activities is inconsistent with a religious community that also operates a seminary , Morin said. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
      "The nation's oldest Jewish seminary could stop ordaining rabbis in Cincinnati if Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion's board of governors passes a new proposal next month. \u2014 Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "There was no one who contended or cried out, or drew attention to what was going on, but by degrees the woody swamp became a hermitage, a religious house, a farm, an abbey, a village, a seminary , a school of learning, and a city. \u2014 Andrew Doran, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "One esteemed teacher at Yeshiva University\u2019s rabbinical seminary , Rabbi Hershel Schachter, wrote an open letter deeming Rabbi Krauss unqualified to render such decisions and calling the rabbinical court\u2019s rulings invalid. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "During his brief time at the seminary , Johnson had studied Latin and Greek. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, seedbed, nursery, from Latin seminarium , from semin-, semen seed":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8se-m\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "academy",
      "school"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025124",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "semiprivate":{
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      ": accommodating usually two or three patients":[
        "a semiprivate hospital room",
        "outpatients monitored in semiprivate postoperative rooms"
      ],
      ": having some private and some public features":[
        "a semiprivate company"
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      ": private with some availability to the public":[
        "a semiprivate golf course"
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      ": providing some but not complete privacy":[
        "a semiprivate cubicle"
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      ": staying or recovering in a room accommodating usually two or three patients":[
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        "semiprivate inpatients"
      ]
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    "examples":[
      "a semiprivate room in a hospital",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The two buildings will include a total of 16 private and semiprivate elevators and will each provide 24-hour concierge service. \u2014 Wells Dusenbury, sun-sentinel.com , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "Residents also have access to various facilities, including tennis courts, basketball courts, a playground and the semiprivate beach. \u2014 Angela Serratore, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "Consider the ways in which private physical spaces (like bedrooms), along with semiprivate spaces like motels, bathhouses, and dance clubs, created their own expectations of privacy. \u2014 Tim Wu, The New York Review of Books , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "Total Bill: $29,894.50, including $16,480 for room and board in a semiprivate psychiatric room and $3,999 for the ER. \u2014 Kaiser Health News, oregonlive , 2 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
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      "-mi-",
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "-\u02c8pr\u012b-v\u0259t",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02c8pr\u012b-v\u0259t"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194702",
    "type":[
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      ": a freight trailer that when attached is supported at its forward end by the fifth wheel device of the truck tractor":[],
      ": a trucking rig made up of a tractor and a semitrailer":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "More than 25 million bees were accidentally freed last week when a semitrailer holding the insects overturned on the interstate in Utah. \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 3 July 2022",
      "More than 25 million bees escaped earlier this week when a semitrailer truck that was hauling them overturned on a highway in Utah, according to law enforcement and beekeepers. \u2014 Lindsey Bever, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
      "The work is necessary to repair damage from a steel coil falling off a semitrailer in March, damaging a bridge within the Kennedy interchange, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. \u2014 Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal , 2 July 2022",
      "In December, more than 50 died when a semitrailer rolled over on a highway in southern Mexico. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 29 June 2022",
      "In December, more than 50 died when a semitrailer filled with migrants rolled over on a highway in southern Mexico. \u2014 Eric Gay And, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
      "In December, more than 50 died when a semitrailer filled with migrants rolled over on a highway in southern Mexico. \u2014 Eric Gray And Elliot Spagat, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
      "Martha Llanos Rodriguez of Mexico City died Wednesday when a semitrailer plowed into her vehicle from behind on Interstate 90 in southwestern Minnesota. \u2014 Todd Richmond, Chron , 15 May 2022",
      "Shocking footage captured by a vehicle\u2019s dashboard camera shows the moment a semitrailer lost control and hit another semi before going over the overpass on a San Antonio highway this week. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1919, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8se-m\u0113-",
      "\u02c8se-\u02ccm\u012b-\u02cctr\u0101-l\u0259r",
      "-mi-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113239",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a stressed shell structure for airplane fuselages that differs from the monocoque in being reinforced with longitudinal stringers":[]
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      "\"+"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142858"
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  "semiautomated":{
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      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": partly automated":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "-\u02ccm\u012b",
      "\u00a6sem\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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      "semi- + automated , past participle of automate":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143036"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": like , resembling":[],
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old French, from present participle of sembler to be like":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, present participle of sembler to be like":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143151"
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  "semipolar":{
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      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143610"
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  "semihardy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": capable of withstanding a moderately low temperature : half-hardy":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145532"
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  "semipneumatic tire":{
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      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rubber tire (as for a hand truck, lawnmower, wheelbarrow) having thick completely tubular walls enclosing air not under pressure and having no inner tube and no valve":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150649"
  },
  "semibreve":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": whole note":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "\u02c8se-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "\u02c8se-m\u0113-\u02ccbr\u0113v",
      "-mi-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1516, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151011"
  },
  "semi-erect":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": incompletely upright in bodily posture":[
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      ": erect for half the length":[
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8rekt",
      "-mi-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151634"
  },
  "semiaxis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a line segment that has one endpoint at the center of a geometric figure (such as an ellipse) and that forms half of an axis":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "semi- + axis":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160134"
  },
  "semijobber":{
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      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a merchant doing both wholesale and retail business":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161021"
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  "semiplume":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a feather having a plumy or downy web with the shaft of an ordinary feather":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "semi- + plume":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161303"
  },
  "semidetached":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": forming one of a pair of residences joined into one building by a common sidewall":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "-mi-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-di-\u02c8tacht"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The other is a semidetached house with two bedrooms and two bathrooms listed for $349,900. \u2014 Anastazja Kolodziej, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
      "Like so much ordnance dropped by the German Luftwaffe during the Blitz, the bomb went astray, instead burying itself in a semidetached house on a quiet residential street, where Ciara Louise Boulding, a 67-year-old widow, was sheltering. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2021",
      "Suburban semidetached houses needed something between and around gardens to mark property. \u2014 Kieran Dodds; Text By Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Oct. 2020",
      "The Masters\u2019 Houses, a short walk, include three pairs of identical semidetached houses for the Bauhaus masters and a detached single home for its director. \u2014 Margo Pfeiff, latimes.com , 16 June 2019",
      "The two live in a semidetached , Victorian house in Kenilworth and sometimes ride their bikes together the few miles to and from the Warwick campus. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 12 Aug. 2014",
      "Up the hill from the Anacostia Arts Center, Kadija Bangura, the center\u2019s marketing manager, who grew up in London with parents from Trinidad and Sierra Leone, paid $187,000 in 2013 for her 1905 semidetached house. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2018",
      "The house is segmented into four semidetached barns, each shaped with the straightforwardness of a Monopoly house, its crisp corners and sharp silhouette revealing the eye of a modernist. \u2014 Joseph Giovannini, ELLE Decor , 2 July 2015"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1856, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164643"
  },
  "semiaquatic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8kwa-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8kw\u00e4-tik",
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "-mi-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In 2018, fossils of a plant-eating Cretaceous Period dinosaur were also uncovered in another oasis in western Egypt while remains of a 43-million-year-old semiaquatic whale were unearthed in the Fayoum province, south of Cairo, last year. \u2014 Hatem Maher, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Gators are the semiaquatic equivalent of coyotes, said Ian Recchio, the zoo\u2019s reptile curator: canny, omnivorous, adept at snatching food and avoiding predators. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
      "The strange interlude lasted seven minutes, reports Business Insider\u2019s Kelsey Vlamis, and the semiaquatic anaconda most likely perished from being submerged for so long. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 12 May 2022",
      "River otters, semiaquatic mammals that can grow up to 30 lbs. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 7 May 2022",
      "Anacondas are semiaquatic and can hold their breaths for some time. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
      "The November full moon is named after beavers, as this is usually the time of the year when the semiaquatic rodents begin to take shelter ahead of winter. \u2014 Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Both the giant semiaquatic herbivores are well, apart from exceptionally runny noses. \u2014 Fox News , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "Originally smuggled into the country by the notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the semiaquatic mammal from Africa has flourished in the tropical rivers of the South American country and now threaten local ecosystems. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1833, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165927"
  },
  "semiempirical":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-em-",
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-im-\u02c8pir-\u0259-k\u0259l",
      "-mi-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1935, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171407"
  },
  "semiarboreal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": often inhabiting and frequenting trees but not completely arboreal":[
        "semiarboreal snakes"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "-mi-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u00e4r-\u02c8b\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259l"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1938, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174831"
  },
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      "adverb",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
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      ": suitable":[],
      ": apparent , seeming":[],
      ": something similar : like":[],
      ": one that is like oneself : one's fellow":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sem-bl\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from sembler to be like, seem":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175840"
  },
  "semiannual":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": occurring every six months or twice a year":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02c8an-y\u0259(-w\u0259)l",
      "-mi-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "my semiannual visit to my cousin",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And beyond ready-to-wear, the label\u2019s luxe athleticwear pieces are also included in the Tory Burch semiannual sale, from white tennis skirts to polished leggings. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
      "In Paris, there were semiannual visits with her mother to Herm\u00e8s, Lanvin and other renowned fashion houses. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "The observations came in the Fed's semiannual Financial Stability Report on trends going on in both trading, investing as well as broad economic issues. \u2014 Ken Sweet, ajc , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Its semiannual and annual value levels are 13,915 and 12,000 with monthly and quarterly pivots at 15,883 and 15,875. \u2014 Richard Henry Suttmeier, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Snow-white 30-pound birds called the American white pelican are on their semiannual migration through Illinois right now. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "Like traditional Treasurys, they are backed by the U.S. government and make semiannual interest payments. \u2014 Lori Ioannou, WSJ , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "Its semiannual and annual value levels are 12,395 and 12,001. \u2014 Richard Henry Suttmeier, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
      "Boyle was initiated into Delta Phi Epsilon in April 1963, along with 10 members of the 86th Line, as the fraternity refers to semiannual classes of pledges. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1791, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180024"
  },
  "semiconductor":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": any of a class of solids (such as germanium or silicon) whose electrical conductivity is between that of a conductor and that of an insulator in being nearly as great as that of a metal at high temperatures and nearly absent at low temperatures":[]
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      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-k\u0259n-\u02c8d\u0259k-t\u0259r",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The semiconductor company sent VulcanForms a computer-design drawing of the concept, an intricate web of tiny titanium tubes. \u2014 New York Times , 3 July 2022",
      "Looking forward, the supply chain disruption and semiconductor chip shortage will likely impact its sales and margin expansion over the next few quarters. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
      "Devices no longer flying off the shelf could ease a two-year chip shortage that has plagued semiconductor customers since early in the pandemic, executives say. \u2014 Asa Fitch, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
      "Although the site for the future Intel semiconductor plant outside Columbus has been described as barren, families who lived on that land are sad to leave. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
      "Colleges and technical schools could ramp up semiconductor training offerings, while companies could turn to immigrant workers. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
      "The Arizona factory will produce chips with transistors sized at five nanometers, a high-tech type of semiconductor used in consumer electronics but not in today\u2019s autos. \u2014 Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
      "The money is meant to bolster the country\u2019s domestic semiconductor manufacturing when the chip shortage continues to persist. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 23 June 2022",
      "All in all, Bridgewater has 18 active short bets against European companies, including a $1 billion position against semiconductor company ASML Holding and a $752 million bet against oil and energy company TotalEnergies SE. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 19 June 2022"
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      "1838, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-d\u012b-\u02c8a-m\u0259-t\u0259r"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": intermediate between bituminous coal and anthracite and averaging from 10 to 20 percent of volatile matter":[]
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      "\"+"
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      "semi- + bituminous":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192203"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": tending to or characterized by semblance":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sembl\u0259tiv"
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    "examples":[],
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      "obsolete English semble to resemble (from Middle English semblen , from Middle French sembler to be like) + English -ative":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193012"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": of, relating to, or forming a semiellipse":[]
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      "\"+"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195012"
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      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": incompletely conscious : imperfectly aware or responsive":[]
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      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02c8k\u00e4n(t)-sh\u0259s",
      "-mi-",
      "-\u02c8k\u00e4n-ch\u0259s"
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    "examples":[
      "The victim was semiconscious and could barely talk.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This was the year a mountain spontaneously materialized in rural Kansas, one kilometer high, composed entirely of semiconscious adult men. \u2014 Catherine Lacey, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Alkins said firefighters found the woman semiconscious on the floor in the hallway. \u2014 Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Ditty had called 911 to report that her daughter was vomiting, struggling to breathe and semiconscious . \u2014 Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Orchestral players communicate through a series of semiconscious cues, adjusting their timing to a colleague\u2019s nod or the jerk of an elbow. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Vulture , 27 May 2021",
      "The man was slumped over, semiconscious and breathing. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 5 Mar. 2021",
      "Officers located a 31-year-old resident of the home semiconscious and another, Weber, not breathing. \u2014 Paul Walsh, Star Tribune , 9 Nov. 2020",
      "Police reported the victim was semiconscious when he was taken to a hospital. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Washington Post , 27 Aug. 2020",
      "Assistance to fire department: Wesley Drive Police and paramedics were called at about 4:30 p.m. April 30 to a Wesley home, where a 28-year-old man was semiconscious . \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 7 May 2020"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200320"
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      "noun"
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      ": an arid area that has some of the characteristics of a desert but has greater annual precipitation":[]
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      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02c8de-z\u0259rt",
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "-mi-"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At the valley\u2019s southernmost tip, which is surrounded by a shrub-steppe semidesert and is one of Canada\u2019s hottest spots, conditions are ideal for reds such as syrahs and merlots. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "The largest scientific structure ever powers up in Africa Towering above an ancient seabed in the Karoo\u2014a remote semidesert in South Africa\u2014is a seven-story dish antenna that will soon begin scanning the universe for its deepest secrets. \u2014 Alex Baker-whitcomb, Wired , 17 Dec. 2019",
      "This dish antenna rises seven stories above an ancient seabed in the Karoo, a remote semidesert in South Africa. \u2014 Laura Mallonee, Wired , 17 Dec. 2019",
      "At the very least, the monsoonal flow gives Los Angeles a sticky, tropical feel, making a dry semidesert uncharacteristically muggy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 July 2019",
      "Within days, the deaths of the four American soldiers in the remote West African semidesert had veered into the incendiary issue of race relations in the United States. \u2014 Thomas Gibbons-neff, Helene Cooper And Eric Schmitt, New York Times , 9 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1845, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200544"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having or requiring less training than skilled labor and more than unskilled labor":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02c8skild",
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "-mi-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "semiskilled and unskilled assembly workers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Because these economies have focused their production on simpler, labor-intensive processes, where their relatively low literacy rates and skill levels matter less, the impact on semiskilled and unskilled American workers was profound. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, National Review , 7 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1916, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201529"
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  "semimajor axis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": one half of the major axis of an ellipse (such as that formed by the orbit of a planet)":[]
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      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "-mi-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02c8m\u0101-j\u0259r-"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1818, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201708"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8se-m\u0113-\u02cct\u014dn",
      "-mi-",
      "\u02c8se-\u02ccm\u012b-"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The score begins with horns and trombones blaring a semitone dissonance, like a motor horn in a nightmare city, and goes on from there. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 9 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201940"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "semi- + hard":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202256"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02c8s\u022fft",
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "-mi-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One choice, a semisoft cheese, is round and plump and fashioned like a burger. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2021",
      "When assembling a delicious cheese board, use cheeses from different milk types: a semisoft sheep cheese like Petit Basque; a hard, aged cheese like goat Gouda; and a soft cow cheese like Brie. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 22 Sep. 2020",
      "Semifirm or semisoft cheeses: Cheddar, Colby, Edam, fontina, Gouda, Havarti, Jarlsberg, Monterey Jack, mozzarella, Muenster, pepper Jack, Port-Salut, Swiss cheese. \u2014 Alexa Weibel, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
      "According to the Mayo Clinic, mold can't penetrate semisoft and hard cheeses like Parmesan or cheddar, so only the piece with mold will contain any mold spores. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 3 Apr. 2019",
      "Needed painkillers and a Novocaine-like numbing cream; also smeared a semisoft Austrian cheese, topfen, on her leg as a home remedy. \u2014 USA TODAY , 29 Jan. 2018",
      "Scamorza is a close relative of mozzarella, a semisoft cheese typical of southern Italy that\u2019s made from the same cow\u2019s milk base \u2014 but whose curds are broken up more finely for a drier, lower-moisture cheese. \u2014 Craig Laban, Philly.com , 9 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205638"
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  "Semi-Bantu":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a group of African languages sharing certain characteristics of the Bantu languages but excluded from them":[
        "\u2014 used sometimes of the Central Branch of the Niger-Congo family exclusive of Bantu and sometimes of all west African languages with noun classes marked by prefixes"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205756"
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  "semiconservative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": relating to or being genetic replication in which a double-stranded molecule of nucleic acid separates into two single strands each of which serves as a template for the formation of a complementary strand that together with the template forms a complete molecule":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-k\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259t-iv",
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "-mi-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-k\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259-tiv"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1957, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210104"
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  "semisolid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having the qualities of both a solid and a liquid : highly viscous":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-mi-",
      "-\u02c8s\u00e4l-\u0259d",
      "\u02ccse-mi-\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259d",
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u0259d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thick semisolid formulas, gel deodorants go on wet and dry quickly for complete and lasting protection. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "Roughly 90 percent of quakes on Earth are produced by the movement of tectonic plates, massive slabs of the planet\u2019s lithosphere that slide around atop the semisolid asthenosphere layer and occasionally bump into one another. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 24 May 2022",
      "Petroleum jelly, which is also known as petrolatum and was first sold by Vaseline, is a white or yellowish semisolid substance made up of a mixture of complex hydrocarbons by dewaxing crude oil. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Probably to help conserve water, most birds put their excess nitrogen exclusively into uric acid, which is much less soluble than urea and so can be excreted as a semisolid paste along with wastes from the digestive tract. \u2014 Harold Mcgee, Wired , 6 Nov. 2020",
      "Patients ingest Palforzia, which is a powder made from peanuts, by mixing it with small amounts of semisolid food like applesauce, yogurt or pudding. \u2014 Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY , 1 Feb. 2020",
      "Emulsions are always more viscous than either of their independent constituents, which is what gives mayonnaise its semisolid texture. \u2014 J. Kenji L\u00f3pez-alt, New York Times , 29 Oct. 2019",
      "The protein chymosin, produced in the stomach, turned liquid milk into a semisolid form. \u2014 Carl Zimmer, New York Times , 26 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212459"
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  "semikah":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": rabbinical ordination : the traditional rabbinical degree conferred by Orthodox rabbis":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Hebrew s\u0115m\u012bkh\u0101h , from Hebrew, laying on of hands, leaning on, from s\u0115m\u014dkh to lean on":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214534"
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  "semimonastic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having some features characteristic of a monastic order":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "-mi-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-m\u0259-\u02c8na-stik"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1911, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214725"
  },
  "semimagnetic controller":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a controller of electric power (as on a motor) that has part of its basic functions performed by electromagnets and part by other means":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+-"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223742"
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  "semimanufactures":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": products (as steel, rubber, newsprint) made from raw materials and used to manufacture finished goods":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "semi- + manufactures":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235133"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": semantics":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsem\u0259\u02c8t\u00e4l\u0259j\u0113"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek s\u0113mat-, s\u0113ma sign + English -o- + -logy":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1880, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003519"
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  "semantics":{
    "type":[
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the study of meanings:":[],
      ": the historical and psychological study and the classification of changes in the signification of words or forms viewed as factors in linguistic development":[],
      ": semiotics":[],
      ": a branch of semiotics dealing with the relations between signs and what they refer to and including theories of denotation , extension , naming, and truth":[],
      ": general semantics":[],
      ": the language used (as in advertising or political propaganda ) to achieve a desired effect on an audience especially through the use of words with novel or dual meanings":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "si-\u02c8man-tiks",
      "si-\u02c8mant-iks"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "More than semantics is at stake. In the case of obesity, the debate has heightened in the wake of major diet-pill recalls last year. Many new diet nostrums are in various stages of testing, and the FDA's bar for approving new drugs is lower for disease treatments than for other problems, such as baldness or skin wrinkles. \u2014 Laura Johannes et al. , Wall Street Journal , 9 Feb. 1998",
      "Over the years Wierzbicka has gained a distinct reputation for playing hardball with others in the linguistics community. Though her rhetoric can be rather scathing at times, there is no question that her studies in semantics are a force to be reckoned with. \u2014 Joseph Hilferty , Word , April 1997",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some think this is a matter of semantics with no material difference between sales funnels and revenue funnels. \u2014 George Bradt, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
      "But if the fundamental relationship between producer and consumer is here to stay, maybe arguing about the word itself is just semantics ",
      "One key element of human language is semantics , the connection of words with meanings. \u2014 Betsy Mason, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Russian grammar is similar to Ukrainian \u2014 perhaps a tad closer than, say, Ukrainian and Polish \u2014 but the semantics are not that close. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The new work on semantics was completely independent of the work on memory \u2014 the two unfolding at around the same time but on opposite sides of the United States. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "The people at Merriam-Webster are blurring the distinction between choice and coercion, and that\u2019s not merely semantics . \u2014 David R. Henderson And Charles L. Hooper, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "But the semantics over what constitutes an invasion does risk diminishing the action that the Russian President took on Monday. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Capturing their bodies in the half-light, out of focus, from above, and behind, the camera finds a visual language of disturbing semantics . \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 10 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see semantic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024619"
  },
  "semishrubby":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling or being a subshrub":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "especially Southern -\u02ccsr\u0259-",
      "\u02c8se-m\u0113-\u02ccshr\u0259-b\u0113",
      "-mi-",
      "\u02c8se-\u02ccm\u012b-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1930, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032022"
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  "sembradoras":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an agricultural dance of Michoacan, Mexico, performed on Candlemas Day by a group of men and women with mime of sowing and harvesting":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsembr\u0259\u02c8d\u014dr\u0259z",
      "-r\u0259s"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, feminine of sembradores sowers, plural of sembrador sower, from Latin seminator , from seminatus (past participle of seminare to sow, plant) + -or":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032217"
  },
  "semilate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": intermediate in season between midseason and late forms":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032644"
  },
  "semiotics":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a general philosophical theory of signs and symbols that deals especially with their function in both artificially constructed and natural languages and comprises syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccs\u0113-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "\u02ccs\u0113-m\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-tiks",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What began as a pragmatic effort to help people communicate using images became an inward-looking investigation of semiotics . \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Hal Foster addresses semiotics in a different way through his decoding of sartorial signifiers of gay identity in \u201870s San Francisco. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Some of the discourse focussed on the semiotics of a slap versus a punch. \u2014 Zach Helfand, The New Yorker , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Laruccia continued to explore his passion for learning by moving back east to teach semiotics and film at Brown University in Rhode Island. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "My master\u2019s degree is in semiotics \u2014 the science of signs. \u2014 Randy Shattuck, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "The scene immediately brings to mind AOC\u2019s similar semiotics -savvy dissection of her opponent\u2019s campaign pamphlet in House. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "This was distinctly worrisome to anyone steeped in the semiotics of Hollywood. \u2014 Roger R. Smith, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
      "This was distinctly worrisome to anyone steeped in the semiotics of Hollywood. \u2014 Roger R. Smith, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021"
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      "Paleontologists from the University of Edinburgh analyzed computerized axial tomography (CAT) scans of more than a dozen fossil skulls to study the vestibular system -- the three looping semicircular canals of the inner ear which control balance. \u2014 Amy Woodyatt, CNN , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "That system operates as the body\u2019s balance organ; its three semicircular canals are filled with fluid and tiny hair cells that sense in which direction the body is moving. \u2014 Heidi Mitchell, WSJ , 15 Aug. 2018",
      "But a tiny semicircular canal in the skull suggests was markedly different from gibbons, reports Dvorsky. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 10 Aug. 2017"
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      "Plumes of smoke and burning fields where artillery strikes had lit the ground on fire enveloped Lysychansk in a semicircle on Sunday afternoon. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
      "On a recent Sunday, nine members sat in a semicircle in front of the altar sipping tea and munching Oreos. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "The Miami Heat coach was speaking in the locker room after a season-extending win in Boston, players and staff standing around him in a semicircle . \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 29 May 2022",
      "The Miami Heat coach was speaking in the locker room after a season-extending win in Boston, players and staff standing around him in a semicircle . \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 29 May 2022",
      "The Miami Heat coach was speaking in the locker room after a season-extending win in Boston, players and staff standing around him in a semicircle . \u2014 Tim Reynolds, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
      "There, gathered in a semicircle around the 67-year-old actor, director and producer, the Heat found themselves in rapt absorption as Washington offered impromptu words of inspiration. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "More than a hundred people have come to the community center, everyone seated in rows of chairs arranged in a large semicircle . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "That maneuver is exponentially amplified at the Taper, where over 700 stadium-style seats surround the thrust stage like a semicircle . \u2014 Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times , 16 Feb. 2022"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113554"
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      "The score begins with horns and trombones blaring a semitone dissonance, like a motor horn in a nightmare city, and goes on from there. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 9 Mar. 2020"
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      "the process of semantic development",
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      "This process, known as natural language processing, provides semantic analysis that supports advertisers in selecting relevant and suitable premium placements. \u2014 Sergii Denysenko, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
      "There are semantic memories, or memories of facts, like the names for different varieties of apples, or the capital of your home state. \u2014 Vanessa Lobue, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
      "The White House's semantic gymnastics over Biden's meeting with bin Salman come after human rights advocates and some members of Congress urged Biden to either cancel the trip or go only under certain conditions. \u2014 Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
      "There are semantic memories, or memories of facts, like the names for different varieties of apples, or the capital of your home state. \u2014 Vanessa Lobue, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
      "There are semantic memories, or memories of facts, like the names for different varieties of apples, or the capital of your home state. \u2014 Vanessa Lobue, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
      "There are semantic memories, or memories of facts, like the names for different varieties of apples, or the capital of your home state. \u2014 Vanessa Lobue, The Conversation , 8 June 2022",
      "And then there is module that Kazantsev says kind of runs that semantic parser in reverse to make the auto-complete suggestions. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
      "Whether a military entity or the Cuban central bank grabs the money is a semantic difference. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 19 May 2022"
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      "Greek s\u0113mantikos significant, from s\u0113mainein to signify, mean, from s\u0113ma sign, token":""
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      "The researchers consider a handful of semiconducting materials that fit the bill, rejecting a number of them because their component atoms weigh too much (like tin). \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 7 May 2018"
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      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
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      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02c8p\u0259r-m\u0113-\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02ccsem-i-\u02c8p\u0259r-m\u0113-\u0259-b\u0259l, \u02ccsem-\u02cc\u012b-",
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      "Specialized cells within the eel\u2019s electric organ pump ions across a semipermeable membrane barrier to produce an electrical charge difference between the inside versus the outside of the membrane. \u2014 Timothy J. Jorgensen, The Conversation , 9 May 2022",
      "The second is whether the virus can gain access to the brain, which is protected by a semipermeable barrier that can block out pathogens and other harmful particles while still allowing nutrients and other key molecules to make it through. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2021",
      "These cytokines are seemingly able to cross the semipermeable network of capillaries that connect the brain to the rest of the body (known as the blood-brain barrier). \u2014 Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science , 22 Feb. 2018",
      "Well, egg shells are semipermeable , and the older the egg, the more air can get through the shell, which explains why old eggs float. \u2014 Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day , 2 May 2020",
      "The process of moving water across a semipermeable membrane is called osmosis. \u2014 Svenja Lohner, Scientific American , 9 Jan. 2020",
      "By pumping the positive ions\u2014like sodium or potassium\u2014to the other side of a semipermeable membrane, researchers can create two pools of water: one with a positive charge, and one with a negative charge. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 4 Dec. 2019",
      "The semipermeable membranes were sheets of purple celluloid Gonzaga students had ordered from England, 135 square yards of it, at a cost of $300. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 5 Aug. 2019"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011239"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": somewhat popular":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02c8p\u00e4-py\u0259-l\u0259r",
      "-mi-"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bloomberg\u2019s images, in paid-for spots on meme accounts, are not really spreading; apart from a semipopular parody post that mocks the former mayor, there have been no major copy-pastes of his template. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 28 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1860, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024917"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having functional and persistent foliage during part of the winter or dry season":[],
      ": tending to be evergreen in a mild climate but deciduous in a rigorous climate":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccse-\u02ccm\u012b-",
      "\u02ccse-m\u0113-\u02c8e-v\u0259r-\u02ccgr\u0113n",
      "-mi-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025537"
  }
}