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},
"examples":[
"I can't believe I was married to that Neanderthal for three years.",
"Some Neanderthals continue to resist the education reform bill."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Neanderthal , valley in western Germany":""
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"n\u0101-\u02c8\u00e4n-d\u0259r-\u02cct\u00e4l",
"n\u0113-\u02c8an-d\u0259r-\u02cct\u022fl",
"-\u02ccth\u022fl",
"n\u0113-\u02c8an-d\u0259r-\u02ccth\u022fl"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"clod",
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"hulk",
"lout",
"lubber",
"lug",
"lump",
"oaf",
"palooka"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034052",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective or noun",
"noun"
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": a hominid ( Homo neanderthalensis synonym H. sapiens neanderthalensis ) known from skeletal remains in Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia that lived from about 30,000 to 200,000 years ago":[],
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},
"examples":[
"I can't believe I was married to that Neanderthal for three years.",
"Some Neanderthals continue to resist the education reform bill."
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"1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Neanderthal , valley in western Germany":""
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"n\u0101-\u02c8\u00e4n-d\u0259r-\u02cct\u00e4l",
"n\u0113-\u02c8an-d\u0259r-\u02cct\u022fl",
"-\u02ccth\u022fl",
"n\u0113-\u02c8an-d\u0259r-\u02ccth\u022fl"
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"clodhopper",
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"lug",
"lump",
"oaf",
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective or noun",
"noun"
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},
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": mercurial ointment":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the first inversion of the major triad formed on the lowered second degree of a major or minor scale \u2014 see sixth chord":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180309",
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the difference in level between low water at spring tide and high water at neap tide":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a tide of minimum range occurring at the first and the third quarters of the moon":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The bay was filling on a neap tide and the Stags of Broadhaven thrust at the clear white skies in raucous appeal. \u2014 Kevin Barry, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1548, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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},
"neapolitan yellow":{
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"definitions":{
": naples yellow":[]
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"type":[
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"about",
"around",
"by",
"next to",
"nigh"
],
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"was near dead"
],
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"a near win in the primary",
"a near midair collision"
],
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],
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],
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],
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"seemed to be near death"
],
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"her nearest and dearest friend"
],
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"a near desert"
],
": direct , short":[
"the nearest road"
],
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"near related"
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": nearly not happening":[
"a near escape"
],
": not far distant in time, place, or degree":[
"in the near future"
],
": stingy , closefisted":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"The plant was near dead when I got it.",
"as the campers grew cold, so they gravitated nearer to the campfire",
"Preposition",
"I left the box near the door.",
"The cat won't go near fire.",
"There are several beaches near here.",
"She came home near midnight.",
"We feared he was near death.",
"Adjective",
"The nearest grocery store is three blocks away.",
"The near side headlight is out.",
"Verb",
"As the date of the performance neared , we grew more and more anxious.",
"He always cheers up when baseball season nears .",
"The airplane began to descend as it neared the island.",
"He must be nearing 80 years of age.",
"The negotiators were nearing a decision.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"That can be a risky proposition, as creators face a near -constant battle against platform moderation efforts that can sometimes ensnare people who are not violating a company\u2019s rules. \u2014 Kat Tenbarge, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"Though conditions now are nowhere near as distressing as earlier in the pandemic, officials and experts say some protective measures are warranted during periods of elevated coronavirus spread. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"The correlation between Bitcoin and the S&P 500 reached all-time highs on Jan. 31, Bank of America analysts wrote in the report, when the correlation between Bitcoin and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 also were near all-time highs. \u2014 Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"Residents said the Russians had used airstrikes that left large craters, especially around one of the churches in town, but were nowhere near as frequently as artillery fire. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"The Soviet and the American economies were not as intertwined, and the U.S. and Russian economy are nowhere near as intertwined as between us and China. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"In addition, your downtime risks will be near -zero in comparison with on-premises infrastructure. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Just four years later, Bill got into a near -fatal car accident. \u2014 Madeleine Hordinski, The Enquirer , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Charging your car is still nowhere near as easy as gassing up, especially when compared to Europe. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"Low storm chances will be possible mid-afternoon today near and east of the DFW area. \u2014 Dallas News , 6 June 2020",
"The mural ends near St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church, where Trump staged a photo-op on Monday after officers in riot gear fired tear gas and charged demonstrators to make way for the president and his entourage. \u2014 Ben Fox, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2020",
"In April, Virgin Atlantic temporarily suspended all passenger flights after weeks of operating near -empty flights due to the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2020",
"Chaos inside the barbecue shack An LMPD officer fired pepper balls to disperse people near the barbecue shack, and then into the kitchen through the open door, video released by police shows. \u2014 Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal , 5 June 2020",
"For the most part, Black Mirror is a series extrapolating the dark ramifications of humanity\u2019s obsession with technology to dystopian near -future settings. \u2014 Adam Epstein, Quartz , 5 June 2020",
"The path its leaders took in their efforts to lift weak growth, chronically low inflation and near -zero interest rates has been followed, repeatedly, by others in the rich world. \u2014 The Economist , 4 June 2020",
"Prices reflect the storage glut: Henry Hub near -term futures are at $1.82 per million British thermal units, just 27 cents above their multiyear low... \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 4 June 2020",
"Van Nuys had its hottest May ever recorded, and several other SoCal cities experienced near -record highs. \u2014 Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY , 3 June 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Those close to Ross encourage donations to local chapters of the Humane Society in his name, and an East Coast memorial service will be announced in the near future. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"Unfortunately, there's no way to go back to bull market times\u2014at least not in the near future. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"Pieces of the galleon\u2019s lower hull could still be hidden nearby; the team hopes to recover additional hull fragments from other caves in the near future. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Following the release of Proof, BTS announced the group will be going on hiatus, and the seven members will be focusing on solo projects in the near future. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"With Netflix planning to bring ads to its service in the near future, that would certainly be an effective way to kickstart the process. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 21 June 2022",
"With Apple exploring next-generation display options, will the mini-LED roll down the portfolio in the near future",
"Hopefully, Meg takes this as encouragement that this look is stress-reducing for us, too, and pulls it out again in the near future. \u2014 Rosemary Donahue, Allure , 20 June 2022",
"What that currently translates to is a collection of interactive experiences that takes visitors into a vision of the near future. \u2014 Nicola Chilton, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If all goes well, the big-budget summer pic should near or cross $200 million globally in its debut. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"Most episodes will run close to 75 minutes long, and episode 7 will near the 98-minute mark. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 23 May 2022",
"Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at fuel savings company GasBuddy, predicted average gas prices may soon near $4.50 in a statement. \u2014 Forbes Staff Reports, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Temperatures, however, plummeted from the mid-80s to near freezing in less than a day after a strong cold front passed through San Antonio and South Central Texas on Wednesday. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Rain should take over most of the area overnight as temperatures spike to near or past 40 before dropping a bit into sunrise. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Wind chills will drop into the teens in the northern part of the state to near freezing in Miami. \u2014 Jay Croft, CNN , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Fresno, California, could also near its all-time temperature record of 115 degrees on Sunday. \u2014 Allison Chinchar, CNN , 11 July 2021",
"Several cities in Colorado, including Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins, are expected to near or reach triple-digit heat Tuesday. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 15 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"circa 1522, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ner , partly from ner nearer, from Old English n\u0113ar , comparative of n\u0113ah nigh; partly from Old Norse n\u00e6r nearer, comparative of n\u0101- nigh \u2014 more at nigh":"Adverb, Preposition, Adjective, and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8nir"
],
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"around",
"by",
"close",
"hard",
"in",
"nearby",
"nigh"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055501",
"type":[
"adjective",
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"noun",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
"near and dear":{
"antonyms":[],
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": very close in relationship":[
"friends who are near and dear",
"my nearest and dearest friend"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182305",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"near at hand":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": close enough to reach easily":[
"Be sure to have a fire extinguisher near at hand ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162422",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"near beer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of various malt liquors considered nonalcoholic because they contain less than a specified percentage of alcohol":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The near beer is not meant to be a refreshment, but a musical instrument. \u2014 Michael Roberts, Outside Online , 17 June 2022",
"The overall effect is that today\u2019s NA beer is practically indistinguishable from the real stuff, fighting the stigma that near beer is only for losers. \u2014 Kate Browne, SELF , 23 Nov. 2021",
"So off the two ran to Loxy\u2019s den, where Loxy began to speed-read his handy-dandy cookbook about slicing and dicing sweetmeat and Tex Mex green beans and chugalugging them down with mai tais, Tia Marias, pale ale and near beer . \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 July 2019",
"These are near beer compared to the photographic images. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 5 Apr. 2018",
"But near beer should, in time, be good for the industry\u2019s health. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 4 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010853",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"near miss":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a miss (as with a bomb) close enough to cause damage":[],
": a near collision (as between aircraft)":[],
": close call":[],
": something that falls just short of success":[]
},
"examples":[
"After years of near misses , the team has finally won a championship.",
"a near miss with death prompted him to give up skydiving",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Budgets: Information security and data privacy budgets tend to swell following a breach or a near miss . \u2014 Jim Deloach, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"His near miss stands out in British history, as does the significant loss of life. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"There was one final, near miss effort to help Jack clean up. \u2014 Dan Koeppel, Outside Online , 5 Sep. 2019",
"Ukraine's nuclear plant operator, Energoatom, said one cruise missile buzzed the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear plant, about 220 miles to the south, on its way to the capital \u2014 citing the dangers of such a near miss . \u2014 CBS News , 5 June 2022",
"Ukraine's nuclear plant operator, Energoatom, said one cruise missile buzzed the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear plant, about 220 miles to the south, on its way to the capital \u2014 citing the dangers of such a near miss . \u2014 Katie Wadington, USA TODAY , 5 June 2022",
"Nuclear plant operator Energoatom said one cruise missile buzzed close to the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear plant, 220 miles to the south, and warned of the catastrophic dangers if such a near miss turned into a direct hit. \u2014 John Leicester, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"And with more than 30,000 Starlink satellites planned for orbit in the next coming years, the chance of a near miss or collision is likely to rise. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The UKMet model suggests that the storm is a near miss , battering the beaches but just giving the D.C. area a little light snow. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"close call",
"close shave"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103847",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"near money":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": assets (such as savings accounts or government bonds) quickly and easily converted to cash":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The marker stands at the site where the 14-year-old boy\u2019s body was pulled out of the Tallahatchie River near Money , Miss. \u2014 Madeleine Carlisle, Time , 20 Oct. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120217",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"near relation":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who is a close relative (such as a sister, brother, parent, etc.)":[
"Only near relations were invited to the wedding."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194017",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"near seal":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a fur (as rabbit) dressed to simulate true seal":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190726",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nearabout":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": nearly , almost":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"nearabout from near entry 2 + about; nearabouts from near entry 2 + about + -s":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232503",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"nearby":{
"antonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote"
],
"definitions":{
": close at hand":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Charlestown High School is nearby on Medford Street between Elm and Polk streets, and the school was holding its graduation ceremony on the field across Medford Street from the school. \u2014 Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"In places where there are no rubber fig trees nearby , villagers must first plant a sapling on the river bank and wait 10-15 years for the aerial roots to appear before building the bamboo framework. \u2014 Anne Pinto-rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
"Pippa's sister Kate and her family were nearby in the royal box. \u2014 Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com , 5 June 2022",
"Where to stay: There are several campgrounds nearby , and standard chain lodging can be found off the interstates surrounding the park. \u2014 Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
"Another boater nearby was able to pull the man out of the water and attempt CPR. \u2014 Susan Svrluga, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Francis will be nearby at FAMU to begin a path toward the medical field. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
"There are several structures nearby , the forestry division said, and officials estimate there are 20 or more within a mile of where the wildfire is burning. \u2014 Megan Pacer, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
"An armed Uvalde school district officer, who had been nearby , responded to reports that a driver involved in a crash had exited his vehicle with a gun. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"nir-\u02c8b\u012b",
"\u02c8nir-\u02cc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close-up",
"immediate",
"near",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"proximate"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065822",
"type":[
"adverb or adjective"
]
},
"nearest":{
"antonyms":[
"about",
"around",
"by",
"next to",
"nigh"
],
"definitions":{
": almost , nearly":[
"was near dead"
],
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"a near win in the primary",
"a near midair collision"
],
": approach":[],
": approximating the genuine":[
"near silk"
],
": at, within, or to a short distance or time":[
"sunset was drawing near"
],
": being the closer of two":[
"the near side"
],
": being the left-hand one of a pair":[
"the near wheel of a cart"
],
": close to":[
"beaches near the city",
"seemed to be near death"
],
": closely related or intimately associated":[
"her nearest and dearest friend"
],
": closely resembling the standard or typical":[
"a near desert"
],
": direct , short":[
"the nearest road"
],
": in a close or intimate manner : closely":[
"near related"
],
": in a frugal manner":[],
": nearly not happening":[
"a near escape"
],
": not far distant in time, place, or degree":[
"in the near future"
],
": stingy , closefisted":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"The plant was near dead when I got it.",
"as the campers grew cold, so they gravitated nearer to the campfire",
"Preposition",
"I left the box near the door.",
"The cat won't go near fire.",
"There are several beaches near here.",
"She came home near midnight.",
"We feared he was near death.",
"Adjective",
"The nearest grocery store is three blocks away.",
"The near side headlight is out.",
"Verb",
"As the date of the performance neared , we grew more and more anxious.",
"He always cheers up when baseball season nears .",
"The airplane began to descend as it neared the island.",
"He must be nearing 80 years of age.",
"The negotiators were nearing a decision.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"That can be a risky proposition, as creators face a near -constant battle against platform moderation efforts that can sometimes ensnare people who are not violating a company\u2019s rules. \u2014 Kat Tenbarge, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"Though conditions now are nowhere near as distressing as earlier in the pandemic, officials and experts say some protective measures are warranted during periods of elevated coronavirus spread. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"The correlation between Bitcoin and the S&P 500 reached all-time highs on Jan. 31, Bank of America analysts wrote in the report, when the correlation between Bitcoin and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 also were near all-time highs. \u2014 Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"Residents said the Russians had used airstrikes that left large craters, especially around one of the churches in town, but were nowhere near as frequently as artillery fire. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"The Soviet and the American economies were not as intertwined, and the U.S. and Russian economy are nowhere near as intertwined as between us and China. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"In addition, your downtime risks will be near -zero in comparison with on-premises infrastructure. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Just four years later, Bill got into a near -fatal car accident. \u2014 Madeleine Hordinski, The Enquirer , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Charging your car is still nowhere near as easy as gassing up, especially when compared to Europe. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"Low storm chances will be possible mid-afternoon today near and east of the DFW area. \u2014 Dallas News , 6 June 2020",
"The mural ends near St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church, where Trump staged a photo-op on Monday after officers in riot gear fired tear gas and charged demonstrators to make way for the president and his entourage. \u2014 Ben Fox, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2020",
"In April, Virgin Atlantic temporarily suspended all passenger flights after weeks of operating near -empty flights due to the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2020",
"Chaos inside the barbecue shack An LMPD officer fired pepper balls to disperse people near the barbecue shack, and then into the kitchen through the open door, video released by police shows. \u2014 Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal , 5 June 2020",
"For the most part, Black Mirror is a series extrapolating the dark ramifications of humanity\u2019s obsession with technology to dystopian near -future settings. \u2014 Adam Epstein, Quartz , 5 June 2020",
"The path its leaders took in their efforts to lift weak growth, chronically low inflation and near -zero interest rates has been followed, repeatedly, by others in the rich world. \u2014 The Economist , 4 June 2020",
"Prices reflect the storage glut: Henry Hub near -term futures are at $1.82 per million British thermal units, just 27 cents above their multiyear low... \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 4 June 2020",
"Van Nuys had its hottest May ever recorded, and several other SoCal cities experienced near -record highs. \u2014 Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY , 3 June 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Pieces of the galleon\u2019s lower hull could still be hidden nearby; the team hopes to recover additional hull fragments from other caves in the near future. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Following the release of Proof, BTS announced the group will be going on hiatus, and the seven members will be focusing on solo projects in the near future. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"With Netflix planning to bring ads to its service in the near future, that would certainly be an effective way to kickstart the process. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 21 June 2022",
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"What that currently translates to is a collection of interactive experiences that takes visitors into a vision of the near future. \u2014 Nicola Chilton, CNN , 20 June 2022",
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"If all goes well, the big-budget summer pic should near or cross $200 million globally in its debut. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
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"Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at fuel savings company GasBuddy, predicted average gas prices may soon near $4.50 in a statement. \u2014 Forbes Staff Reports, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Temperatures, however, plummeted from the mid-80s to near freezing in less than a day after a strong cold front passed through San Antonio and South Central Texas on Wednesday. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Feb. 2022",
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"Though conditions now are nowhere near as distressing as earlier in the pandemic, officials and experts say some protective measures are warranted during periods of elevated coronavirus spread. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"The correlation between Bitcoin and the S&P 500 reached all-time highs on Jan. 31, Bank of America analysts wrote in the report, when the correlation between Bitcoin and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 also were near all-time highs. \u2014 Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"Residents said the Russians had used airstrikes that left large craters, especially around one of the churches in town, but were nowhere near as frequently as artillery fire. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"The Soviet and the American economies were not as intertwined, and the U.S. and Russian economy are nowhere near as intertwined as between us and China. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"In addition, your downtime risks will be near -zero in comparison with on-premises infrastructure. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Charging your car is still nowhere near as easy as gassing up, especially when compared to Europe. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"The mural ends near St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church, where Trump staged a photo-op on Monday after officers in riot gear fired tear gas and charged demonstrators to make way for the president and his entourage. \u2014 Ben Fox, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2020",
"In April, Virgin Atlantic temporarily suspended all passenger flights after weeks of operating near -empty flights due to the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2020",
"Chaos inside the barbecue shack An LMPD officer fired pepper balls to disperse people near the barbecue shack, and then into the kitchen through the open door, video released by police shows. \u2014 Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal , 5 June 2020",
"For the most part, Black Mirror is a series extrapolating the dark ramifications of humanity\u2019s obsession with technology to dystopian near -future settings. \u2014 Adam Epstein, Quartz , 5 June 2020",
"The path its leaders took in their efforts to lift weak growth, chronically low inflation and near -zero interest rates has been followed, repeatedly, by others in the rich world. \u2014 The Economist , 4 June 2020",
"Prices reflect the storage glut: Henry Hub near -term futures are at $1.82 per million British thermal units, just 27 cents above their multiyear low... \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 4 June 2020",
"Van Nuys had its hottest May ever recorded, and several other SoCal cities experienced near -record highs. \u2014 Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY , 3 June 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Those close to Ross encourage donations to local chapters of the Humane Society in his name, and an East Coast memorial service will be announced in the near future. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"Unfortunately, there's no way to go back to bull market times\u2014at least not in the near future. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"Pieces of the galleon\u2019s lower hull could still be hidden nearby; the team hopes to recover additional hull fragments from other caves in the near future. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Following the release of Proof, BTS announced the group will be going on hiatus, and the seven members will be focusing on solo projects in the near future. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"With Netflix planning to bring ads to its service in the near future, that would certainly be an effective way to kickstart the process. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 21 June 2022",
"With Apple exploring next-generation display options, will the mini-LED roll down the portfolio in the near future",
"Hopefully, Meg takes this as encouragement that this look is stress-reducing for us, too, and pulls it out again in the near future. \u2014 Rosemary Donahue, Allure , 20 June 2022",
"What that currently translates to is a collection of interactive experiences that takes visitors into a vision of the near future. \u2014 Nicola Chilton, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If all goes well, the big-budget summer pic should near or cross $200 million globally in its debut. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"Most episodes will run close to 75 minutes long, and episode 7 will near the 98-minute mark. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 23 May 2022",
"Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at fuel savings company GasBuddy, predicted average gas prices may soon near $4.50 in a statement. \u2014 Forbes Staff Reports, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Temperatures, however, plummeted from the mid-80s to near freezing in less than a day after a strong cold front passed through San Antonio and South Central Texas on Wednesday. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Rain should take over most of the area overnight as temperatures spike to near or past 40 before dropping a bit into sunrise. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Wind chills will drop into the teens in the northern part of the state to near freezing in Miami. \u2014 Jay Croft, CNN , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Fresno, California, could also near its all-time temperature record of 115 degrees on Sunday. \u2014 Allison Chinchar, CNN , 11 July 2021",
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"Changes in premiums made renewing event cancellation insurance nearly impossible (reason: too many exclusions). \u2014 Karen Weaver, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The growth of ghost guns, which still make up a small number of the overall number of guns in the country, has raised concerns because of the rate at which the problem is growing and because the guns are nearly impossible to be identified. \u2014 Mark Morales And Pervaiz Shallwani, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"Carbon monoxide deaths caused by generators predictably follow nearly every major power outage caused by extreme weather, which scientists say is becoming more common with climate change. \u2014 Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
"The Amtrak train had hit the dump truck near Mendon, derailing two locomotives and nearly every train car, The Post reported. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News , 29 June 2022",
"The United States Postal Service passport acceptance facility accepts walk-ins for the service, but nearly every appointment was booked for the next 45 days. \u2014 Jiovanni Lieggi, Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"The Amtrak train had hit the dump truck near Mendon, derailing two locomotives and nearly every train car, The Post reported. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Tasty lichens would be nearly impossible to spot; predators would become an unavoidable peril. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 June 2022",
"This past winter, as the omicron surge made PCR testing nearly impossible, sham testing sites swabbed patients\u2019 noses but returned no results, collecting their data and then their cash. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022"
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"That can be a risky proposition, as creators face a near -constant battle against platform moderation efforts that can sometimes ensnare people who are not violating a company\u2019s rules. \u2014 Kat Tenbarge, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"Though conditions now are nowhere near as distressing as earlier in the pandemic, officials and experts say some protective measures are warranted during periods of elevated coronavirus spread. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"The correlation between Bitcoin and the S&P 500 reached all-time highs on Jan. 31, Bank of America analysts wrote in the report, when the correlation between Bitcoin and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 also were near all-time highs. \u2014 Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"Residents said the Russians had used airstrikes that left large craters, especially around one of the churches in town, but were nowhere near as frequently as artillery fire. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"The Soviet and the American economies were not as intertwined, and the U.S. and Russian economy are nowhere near as intertwined as between us and China. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"In addition, your downtime risks will be near -zero in comparison with on-premises infrastructure. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Just four years later, Bill got into a near -fatal car accident. \u2014 Madeleine Hordinski, The Enquirer , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Charging your car is still nowhere near as easy as gassing up, especially when compared to Europe. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"Low storm chances will be possible mid-afternoon today near and east of the DFW area. \u2014 Dallas News , 6 June 2020",
"The mural ends near St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church, where Trump staged a photo-op on Monday after officers in riot gear fired tear gas and charged demonstrators to make way for the president and his entourage. \u2014 Ben Fox, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2020",
"In April, Virgin Atlantic temporarily suspended all passenger flights after weeks of operating near -empty flights due to the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2020",
"Chaos inside the barbecue shack An LMPD officer fired pepper balls to disperse people near the barbecue shack, and then into the kitchen through the open door, video released by police shows. \u2014 Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal , 5 June 2020",
"For the most part, Black Mirror is a series extrapolating the dark ramifications of humanity\u2019s obsession with technology to dystopian near -future settings. \u2014 Adam Epstein, Quartz , 5 June 2020",
"The path its leaders took in their efforts to lift weak growth, chronically low inflation and near -zero interest rates has been followed, repeatedly, by others in the rich world. \u2014 The Economist , 4 June 2020",
"Prices reflect the storage glut: Henry Hub near -term futures are at $1.82 per million British thermal units, just 27 cents above their multiyear low... \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 4 June 2020",
"Van Nuys had its hottest May ever recorded, and several other SoCal cities experienced near -record highs. \u2014 Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY , 3 June 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Those close to Ross encourage donations to local chapters of the Humane Society in his name, and an East Coast memorial service will be announced in the near future. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"Unfortunately, there's no way to go back to bull market times\u2014at least not in the near future. \u2014 Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"Pieces of the galleon\u2019s lower hull could still be hidden nearby; the team hopes to recover additional hull fragments from other caves in the near future. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Following the release of Proof, BTS announced the group will be going on hiatus, and the seven members will be focusing on solo projects in the near future. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"With Netflix planning to bring ads to its service in the near future, that would certainly be an effective way to kickstart the process. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 21 June 2022",
"With Apple exploring next-generation display options, will the mini-LED roll down the portfolio in the near future",
"Hopefully, Meg takes this as encouragement that this look is stress-reducing for us, too, and pulls it out again in the near future. \u2014 Rosemary Donahue, Allure , 20 June 2022",
"What that currently translates to is a collection of interactive experiences that takes visitors into a vision of the near future. \u2014 Nicola Chilton, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If all goes well, the big-budget summer pic should near or cross $200 million globally in its debut. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"Most episodes will run close to 75 minutes long, and episode 7 will near the 98-minute mark. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 23 May 2022",
"Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at fuel savings company GasBuddy, predicted average gas prices may soon near $4.50 in a statement. \u2014 Forbes Staff Reports, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Temperatures, however, plummeted from the mid-80s to near freezing in less than a day after a strong cold front passed through San Antonio and South Central Texas on Wednesday. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Rain should take over most of the area overnight as temperatures spike to near or past 40 before dropping a bit into sunrise. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Wind chills will drop into the teens in the northern part of the state to near freezing in Miami. \u2014 Jay Croft, CNN , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Fresno, California, could also near its all-time temperature record of 115 degrees on Sunday. \u2014 Allison Chinchar, CNN , 11 July 2021",
"Several cities in Colorado, including Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins, are expected to near or reach triple-digit heat Tuesday. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 15 June 2021"
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"Curious, Downs, who is the executive director of Haereticus Environmental Laboratory, flew down with a team of researchers to investigate the nearshore habitat. \u2014 Kari Molvar, Vogue , 14 Aug. 2018",
"In Maui alone, 55 gallons a day pour into nearshore waters, according to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 7 July 2018",
"Although not typically viewed in the same vein as wolves, tigers and leopards, sea otters are an apex predator of the nearshore marine ecosystem\u2014the narrow band between terrestrial and oceanic habitat. \u2014 Smithsonian , 21 Apr. 2017",
"Remember, however, the nearshore fishery Sunday is only inside the 40-fathom line between Cape Falcon (Manzanita) and Humbug Mountain (Port Orford). \u2014 Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com , 29 Aug. 2017",
"Louisiana's share of money must be used for restoration projects, with most aimed at wetlands and other coastal and nearshore habitats. \u2014 Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com , 3 July 2017",
"Clearances for existing nearshore reefs range from 6 feet at the Pickets to 27 feet at Grand Isle 9 (the old Freeport Sulfur Mine) and 44 feet at South Timbalier 86. \u2014 Todd Masson, NOLA.com , 9 June 2017",
"Bottomfish/halibut -- Check the ocean before planning to cross the bar for bottomfish or the June 1 opening of the nearshore halibut season along the central Oregon Coast (Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain). ",
"At the same time, a river system is often the primary source of sediments, which define and build the nearshore habitat, and nutrients and wood, which support life. \u2014 National Geographic , 2 June 2016"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From the fourth row of media seating at Hinkle, the post beneath the nearside basket is tough to see. \u2014 Stefan Krajisnik, The Indianapolis Star , 20 Mar. 2021"
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"Pity the fictional characters who are projections of a misogynistic or nearsighted writer\u2019s longing. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Aug. 2021",
"But the consolation, for a nearsighted person like me, is seeing individual gestures and mirroring so well. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 Feb. 2021",
"Childhood is an important time to think about myopia because myopic children tend to become more nearsighted over time. \u2014 Olivia Killeen, The Conversation , 21 May 2020",
"Throughout The Great, the black comedy\u2019s satirical tone captures how theatrical and nearsighted politics can become amid a crisis. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 21 May 2020",
"Oxpeckers riding on rhinos feast on ticks, and their calls warn the nearsighted herbivores about approaching humans. \u2014 Susanne Bard, Scientific American , 22 Apr. 2020",
"At seven miles up and over ten miles from the landing site (or about 11 kilometers up and 16 kilometers away), the suddenly nearsighted radar was unable to lock onto anything. \u2014 Frank O\u2019brien, Ars Technica , 30 Jan. 2020",
"Dear Mayo Clinic: My son is nearsighted and has been wearing glasses for three years. \u2014 Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com , 20 Nov. 2019",
"The nearsighted landing radar fix was even more straightforward. \u2014 Frank O\u2019brien, Ars Technica , 30 Jan. 2020"
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"\u02c8ni(\u0259)r-\u02c8s\u012bt-\u0259d",
"\u02c8nir-\u02ccs\u012b-t\u0259d"
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"myopic",
"shortsighted"
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
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"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"messy",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
],
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"neat brandy",
"neat cement"
],
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"kept her room neat"
],
": free from irregularity : smooth":[
"neat silk"
],
": in a neat manner":[
"his hair combed back neat",
"\u2014 J. M. Cain"
],
": marked by skill or ingenuity : adroit":[
"a neat trick"
],
": marked by tasteful simplicity":[
"a neat outfit"
],
": net":[
"neat profit"
],
": precise , systematic":[
"mathematics \u2026 retains the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife",
"\u2014 Bertrand Russell"
],
": the common domestic bovine ( Bos taurus )":[],
": very pleasant, fun, or enjoyable : wonderful , excellent":[
"\u2014 used as a generalized term of enthusiastic approval had a neat time! What a neat idea! We met some neat people at the party."
],
": without admixture or dilution : straight":[]
},
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"Adjective",
"He keeps his apartment neat and clean.",
"The store is always busy but they manage to keep the shelves stocked and neat .",
"a nice neat pile of magazines",
"Fold the paper to make a neat edge.",
"a neat man who always wore a suit",
"He's got a neat way of memorizing information.",
"There is, unfortunately, no neat solution to the problem.",
"She's a neat person who has traveled a lot.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The white chairs the graduates sit in are spaced out in neat rows taking up much of the football field. \u2014 Freep.com , 10 June 2022",
"The 27 coffins \u2014 each draped with a blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag \u2014 were laid out before the ceremony in three neat rows with only enough room to walk between them. \u2014 Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"There are bright lights and two sets of monitor screens, metal tables with instruments laid out in neat rows. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"With its colorful homes aging gracefully in the Mediterranean sun, and its harbor holding dinghies in neat rows, Portofino is the archetypal Italian seaside village. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"Putin\u2019s speech was preceded by the usual show of pomp and pageantry, with neat rows of soldiers in parade uniforms and a military orchestra performing patriotic songs. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 9 May 2022",
"Mar\u00eda Castro crouches over a cloth laid with neat rows of vintage records. \u2014 Vogue , 8 Mar. 2022",
"These outdoor solar lights offer both practicality and whimsy in one neat package. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 31 May 2022",
"But discoveries in the past 30 years have dramatically altered that clean and neat story. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Late last year Toyota announced ambitious electrification plans for its lineup and showed off a cornucopia of neat -looking concept cars, from a low-slung Lexus supercar to a butch Toyota Tacoma\u2013like pickup truck and an angular Toyota sports car. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 14 June 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":"Adjective",
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"Middle English neet , from Old English n\u0113at ; akin to Old High German n\u014dz head of cattle, Old English n\u0113otan to make use of, Lithuanian nauda use":"Noun",
"Middle French net , from Latin nitidus bright, neat, from nit\u0113re to shine; probably akin to Middle Irish n\u00edam luster":"Adjective and Adverb"
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"\u02c8n\u0113t"
],
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"antiseptic",
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"groomed",
"kempt",
"orderly",
"picked up",
"prim",
"shipshape",
"smug",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trig",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-groomed"
],
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"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
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},
"examples":[
"I am trying to neaten my desk.",
"neatened the living room in anticipation of company",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Speaking of space, keep scrolling to see a few helpful products that can quickly neaten your beauty station. \u2014 Essence , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Clean Furniture Fabric Go through the house and strip and remake beds; neaten any pillows or furniture blankets. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, Woman's Day , 27 Jan. 2021",
"By the morning of the breakfast, the farm had been neatened . \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2019",
"By the morning of the breakfast, the farm had been neatened . \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2019",
"By the morning of the breakfast, the farm had been neatened . \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2019",
"By the morning of the breakfast, the farm had been neatened . \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2019",
"By the morning of the breakfast, the farm had been neatened . \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2019",
"By the morning of the breakfast, the farm had been neatened . \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2019"
],
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"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8n\u0113-t\u1d4an"
],
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"pick up",
"redd (up ",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up ",
"tidy (up)",
"trim"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191646",
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"neath":{
"antonyms":[
"above",
"over"
],
"definitions":{
": beneath":[]
},
"examples":[
"neath his calm surface there was seething anger"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1582, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0113th"
],
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"below",
"beneath",
"under"
],
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"type":[
"preposition"
]
},
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": a person who is compulsively neat":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Newgarden is a neatnik , an organizer, someone who wonders aloud about his OCD tendencies. \u2014 Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star , 24 May 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8n\u0113t-nik"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nearmost":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": nearest":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144053"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a technology for digitally transmitting information over short distances (usually between a smartphone and another device) using radio waves":[]
},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The system relies on near field communication , or NFC, to securely connect. \u2014 Mark Gurman, Bloomberg.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Luxury brands are increasingly turning to NFCs ( near field communication ) embedded in their goods to offer additional safeguards. \u2014 Kristin Savilia, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Furthermore, the app can\u2019t have access to hardware such as near field communication , Bluetooth or a camera. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Related Coverage Mark Mullison, CIO of security services provider Allied Universal Corp., saw shipment delays in February and March of the custom near field communication tags and Bluetooth beacons the company uses for one of its security products. \u2014 Agam Shah, WSJ , 8 Apr. 2020",
"All of them, however, leverage near field communication (NFC) technology. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 15 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1996, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221829"
},
"near point":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the point nearest the eye at which an object is accurately focused on the retina at full accommodation":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At that point, Longman came in and shot Breinholt in the head at near point -blank range. \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Nonetheless, at some near point in time, the eviction moratorium will no longer be constitutionally sustainable and will have to come to an end. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Chios, Greece\u2014Framed on both sides by squat stone walls, a narrow road leads to Vial, a refugee camp on Chios, a Greek island in the northern Aegean that is, at its nearest point , just four miles off the coast of Turkey. \u2014 Patrick Strickland, The New York Review of Books , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Two private pilots have been fined for disturbing walruses hauled out near Point Lay on the Chukchi Sea coast in September 2017, in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 26 Sep. 2019",
"Having to leave at the nearest point of play highlighted just how much Spurs fans appreciate his brilliance. \u2014 SI.com , 22 Oct. 2019",
"Geary, 24, was driving an Escalade along the Pacific Coast Highway with Thicke, 42, as a passenger when their vehicle reportedly collided with another car near Point Dume and Zuma Beach. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 8 Sep. 2019",
"And up near Point Loma, get swept up in the views of crashing waves and majestic Sunset Cliffs. \u2014 Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News , 30 Aug. 2019",
"Spanning an acre near Point Dume, the property consists of a single-story home and a detached guesthouse. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 21 Aug. 2019"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230332"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an occurrence in which a person comes very close to dying and has memories of a spiritual experience (such as meeting dead friends and family members or seeing a white light) during the time when death was near":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234240"
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"Neapolitan ice cream":{
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"noun"
],
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": a brick of from two to four layers of ice cream of different flavors":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
"Nearctic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or being the biogeographic subregion that includes Greenland and North America north of tropical Mexico":[]
},
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"\u02ccn\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4rk-tik",
"-\u02c8\u00e4r-tik"
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"ne- + arctic entry 1":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1858, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011657"
},
"nearly gave someone a heart attack":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
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"He fell off the swing and nearly gave me a heart attack ."
"Middle English, from Latin neapolitanus of Naples, from Greek neapolit\u0113s citizen of Naples, from Neapolis Naples":""
},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030249"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to the shorter wavelengths of radiation in the infrared spectrum and especially to those between 0.7 and 2.5 micrometers":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-(\u02cc)fr\u00e4-",
"\u02ccnir-\u02ccin-fr\u0259-\u02c8red"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1950, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043315"
},
"near-print":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a duplicating process (as typewriting and offset) that resembles typographical printing but does not involve the setting of metal type":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061000"
},
"near gale":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": moderate gale \u2014 see Beaufort Scale Table":[]
},
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1958, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064217"
},
"Near East":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name"
],
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"the countries of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa":[
"\u2014 sometimes used interchangeably with Middle East , which has become the more common term"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080350"
},
"neaped":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": left aground by the high water of a spring tide : stranded , grounded":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from past participle of neap entry 2":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080416"
},
"neap":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or constituting a neap tide":[],
": neap tide":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0113p"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"These effects interact with each other, creating peaks and troughs during spring and neap tides. \u2014 Jo Marchant, Wired , 1 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English neep , from Old English n\u0113p being at the stage of neap tide":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093618"
},
"near-fall":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a wrestling fall scoring usually two points and achieved by pinning both shoulders to the mat for more than one but less than two seconds or by holding both shoulders to within two inches of the mat for at least two seconds":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122508"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"preposition"
],
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": almost , nearly":[],
": close to : next to : near":[],
": adjacent , near":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English nerhand, nerehand , from nerhand, nerehand , adverb":"Preposition"
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172003"
},
"near completion":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
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"The project is near completion ."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210151"
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
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"\u2014 used of an interpolation technique",
"Both image resizing operations are performed using the nearest neighbor interpolation method.",
"\u2014 Franco A. Del Colle et al. , Journal of Computer Science & Technology , 1 Apr. 2008",
"One of the main areas of collaborative filtering we exploited is the nearest-neighbor approach. A movie's \"neighbors\" in this context are other movies that tend to be scored most similarly when rated by the same viewer.",
"\u2014 Robert M. Bell et al. , IEEE Spectrum , May 2009"
": a mandolin having four pairs of strings \u2014 compare milanese mandolin":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-185900"
},
"Neanthropinae":{
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"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": recent man ( Homo sapiens ) when treated by anthropologists as though distinct from more primitive species of the same genus at the subfamily level":[]
": of, resembling, or belonging to humans of the surviving species ( Homo sapiens ) as distinguished from primitive hominids (such as a Neanderthal ) that are known only through fossil remains":[
"neanthropic man",
"neanthropic characteristics"
],
"\u2014 compare palaeoanthropic":[
"neanthropic man",
"neanthropic characteristics"
]
},
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"\u00a6n\u0113+"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-055332"
},
"near thing":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an attempt that is almost not successful":[
"Our team won the match, but it was a very near thing ."
]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-102840"
},
"near-ultraviolet":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or being the longest wavelengths of radiation in the ultraviolet spectrum especially between 300 and 400 nanometers":[]
"islands at the western end of the Aleutians in southwestern Alaska \u2014 see attu":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8nir"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124634"
},
"near wilt":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a disease of peas caused by a fungus ( Fusarium oxysporum pisi ) and differing from true wilt in that it is found only on scattered plants, develops more slowly, and causes brick red rather than orange coloration":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124824"
},
"near the mark":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
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"Their estimate was pretty near the mark ."
]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150917"
},
"nearsightedness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects : myopia sense 1":[
"Myopia ( nearsightedness ) results when incoming light from distant objects focuses in front of the retina, usually because the eye-ball is elongated. Close vision is fine, but distance vision is poor.",
"\u2014 Consumer Reports",
"\u2026 people who suffer from extreme nearsightedness , whose world loses its crisp edge just a few inches from their noses.",
"\u2014 Diedtra Henderson",
"A tiny laser beam programmed by computer vaporizes tissue to reshape the cornea, correcting nearsightedness and astigmatism in many cases.",
"\u2014 Michael Precker"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8nir-\u02ccs\u012b-t\u0259d-n\u0259s"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The study found that there was some relationship between myopia, or nearsightedness , and intelligence, but there's a lot of other stuff going on, too. \u2014 Harry Enten, CNN , 21 May 2022",
"Though nearsightedness isn\u2019t typically thought of as a serious health problem, high myopia can lead to damage in the central retinal area, causing retinal detachment, glaucoma, and cataracts. \u2014 Emily Mullin, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Another man with the condition required multiple eyeglass prescriptions, shifting even between nearsightedness and farsightedness in the span of a day. \u2014 Joe Didonato, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The 24-year-old was one of the first patients in the United States to undergo a new vision-correction surgery, called EVO, that uses an implantable collamer lens to treat nearsightedness . \u2014 Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 13 Apr. 2022",
"In 2019, the FDA approved the first soft contact lens that slows the progression of myopia, or nearsightedness , in children. \u2014 Emily Mullin, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Her nearsightedness , coupled with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, means that the overall shape and weight of a headset are not only uncomfortable but impractical. \u2014 Grant Stoner, Wired , 1 Mar. 2022",
"For disabled designer and writer Basil Wright, looking at vivid images for more than a few seconds can cause a headache because of nearsightedness , leading them to question\u2014does this image need to be in the rule book? \u2014 Pearse Anderson, Wired , 17 Jan. 2022",
"The daily disposable, which hit the market in early 2020, is helping to create a profound shift in vision care for nearsightedness , technically known as myopia. \u2014 Fortune , 12 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1811, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164743"
},
"neascus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": black grub":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"n\u0113\u02c8ask\u0259s"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from ne- + Greek askos sack, bladder":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-211313"
},
"near islands":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"islands at the western end of the Aleutians in southwestern Alaska \u2014 see attu":[]
},
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"\u02c8nir"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-065442"
},
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"adjective"
],
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"pronounciation":[
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],
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},
"neanic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"n\u0113\u02c8anik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek neanikos youthful, vigorous, from neanias young man + -ikos -ic; akin to Greek neos new":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-112158"
},
"Neanderthalian":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": belonging or relating to Neanderthals":[],
": neanderthal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"-ly\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Neanderthal ( man ) + -ian":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-131053"
},
"Neanderthaler":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": neanderthal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German, literally, inhabitant of the Neanderthal, from Neanderthal , valley in western Germany":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133907"
},
"neat's-foot oil":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pale yellow fatty oil made especially from the bones of cattle and used chiefly as a leather dressing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0113ts-\u02ccfu\u0307t-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1639, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-162003"
},
"neat and tidy":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": clean and organized":[
"The house is neat and tidy ."
]
},
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},
"neaten":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to set in order : make neat":[],
": to finish (something, such as a piece of sewing) carefully":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0113-t\u1d4an"
],
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"pick up",
"redd (up ",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up ",
"tidy (up)",
"trim"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"I am trying to neaten my desk.",
"neatened the living room in anticipation of company",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Speaking of space, keep scrolling to see a few helpful products that can quickly neaten your beauty station. \u2014 Essence , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Clean Furniture Fabric Go through the house and strip and remake beds; neaten any pillows or furniture blankets. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, Woman's Day , 27 Jan. 2021",
"By the morning of the breakfast, the farm had been neatened . \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2019",
"By the morning of the breakfast, the farm had been neatened . \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2019",
"By the morning of the breakfast, the farm had been neatened . \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2019",
"By the morning of the breakfast, the farm had been neatened . \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2019",
"By the morning of the breakfast, the farm had been neatened . \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2019",
"By the morning of the breakfast, the farm had been neatened . \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-195020"
},
"neat freak":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who always wants things to be very orderly and clean":[
"My first college roommate was a real neat freak ."
