": an oblong pastry with a filling of cream, custard, or jelly",
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"n\u0259-\u02c8p\u014dl-y\u0259n",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While selection varies, the strawberry napoleon is a regular favorite. \u2014 Lindsey Mcclave, The Courier-Journal , 16 Oct. 2019",
"On the menu: Tuna tartare, yellowtail carpaccio, live diver-scallop motoyaki, duck breast with foie gras and a fusion dessert of creme-brulee napoleon with matcha and Japanese-whisky butterscotch sauce. \u2014 Joe Gray, chicagotribune.com , 16 Aug. 2019",
"It\u2019s hard to pass this charming French patisserie without stopping for a treat: croissants, cinnamon rolls, apple strudel, \u00e9clairs, napoleons , cream puffs and much more. \u2014 Irene Lechowitzky, Los Angeles Times , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Enjoy a French stew with chicken, rice, baby carrots and napoleon for dessert Following dinner, The Cameo Club, a group of women who have competed in Ms. Senior CT, will provide entertainment. \u2014 Courant Community , 15 May 2018",
"Spread: The all-vegan menu included passed appetizers of quinoa patties with zucchini and sesame paste, garbanzo bean tostadas, avocado toast, wild mushroom polenta cakes and beet napoleon with cashew cheese. \u2014 Ramona Saviss, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Mar. 2018",
"There\u2019s also a separate case for the fancier desserts, like the 85\u00baC Mille Crepe, sea-salt coffee brulee and napoleon cakes. \u2014 Anna Caplan, star-telegram , 25 Oct. 2017",
"His beet and goat cheese napoleons put Mr. Puck on the map, helped define modern California cuisine, and prompted a thousand copycats. \u2014 Julia Moskin, New York Times , 21 Aug. 2017",
"Guests can expect a fresh look, new logo and updates to the ever-evolving menu, but favorites like the lamb osso buco, salmon and crab napoleon and rum cake will stay. \u2014 Star-telegram, star-telegram.com , 5 July 2017"
],
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": a hypothetically related group of American Indian languages that includes the Athabascan family, Tlingit, and Haida"
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"n\u00e4-\u02c8d\u0101-(\u02cc)n\u0101",
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"na- (from Haida na to dwell & Tlingit na people) + Dene D\u00e9n\u00e9"
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"1932, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": one of various peoples that inhabit the jungle of Central India and practice shifting agriculture with the use of a digging stick",
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"\u02c8n\u00e4ik\u02ccp\u00e4d"
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"noun"
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"\u02ccnar\u0259\u0307n\u02c8yer\u0113"
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"town south of Waterbury in southwest central Connecticut on the",
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": an organ mutation stop with metal pipes that sounds the twelfth above the fundamental tone"
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"trademark"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": a member of any of the indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere",
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"geographical name"
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"city built on a site in south central Myanmar (Burma) to serve as the national administrative capital beginning in 2006"
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"noun"
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"geographical name"
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],
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"\u02c8n\u022f-kr\u0259-t\u0259s"
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"noun"
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"Late Latin Nazarae us (from Greek Naz\u0113raios , from Nazareth, Nazeret Nazareth) + English -an":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"We nabbed seats in the front row of the theater.",
"the officer nabbed the purse snatcher before he could escape",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite trying and trying and trying and not getting any early action on WMDs, Operation Iraqi Freedom did ultimately nab Hussein and many of his henchmen. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Marc Almond and David Ball\u2019s reunited Soft Cell could nab a return to the top flight with Happiness Not Included (BMG), which bows at No. 3 on the midweek survey. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 11 May 2022",
"Simply turn it on to shine an angled beam of light directly in front of the vacuum to illuminate and nab the microscopic dust that other vacuums miss. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"The Cold War-era technique was similar to the one attempted by Rocket Lab: the film canister fell to Earth from outer space and used parachutes to slow its descent so that planes could nab the intel. \u2014 Jennifer Korn, CNN , 2 May 2022",
"With five picks in the top 100, there is a decent chance that the Texans nab one of them early. \u2014 Stephanie Stradley, Chron , 22 Apr. 2022",
"For those of us lucky enough to nab a spot at PDF for dinner (and stay for dessert), that sentiment makes it to the plate. \u2014 Kendra Vaculin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 May 2022",
"High schooler Emyrson Flora, 16, was the first singer of the night to nab a spot in the top 20. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
"And as soon as the show ended, with flashpots and lasers, some fans literally ran from their seats \u2014 not to beat the crowd, rather to nab a spot in line at one of the merch tables. \u2014 Karen Bliss, Variety , 26 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": a naive person",
": naive"
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"n\u00e4-\u02c8\u0113f"
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"aw-shucks",
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the senator, newly elected and still na\u00eff , will learn soon enough how Washington really works",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As Rose Nylund, the benevolent and good-hearted naif from St. Olaf, Minn., White could generally be counted on to provide the show\u2019s heart. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Chaplin the promethean filmmaker was also his own worst enemy, a comedic and business genius, a political naif , even a poseur in certain ways, but also a man who could never escape either his childhood or his attraction to childlike women. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
"But Murphy doesn\u2019t quite know what to do with a naif like Monica (cf. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Christie was a naif who weathered being publicly dumped by her first husband, losing both parents suddenly, seeing the horrors of World War I as a nurse and enduring a mental illness that led to an extended disappearance. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Christie was a naif who weathered being publicly dumped by her first husband, losing both parents suddenly, seeing the horrors of World War I as a nurse and enduring a mental illness that led to an extended disappearance. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Christie was a naif who weathered being publicly dumped by her first husband, losing both parents suddenly, seeing the horrors of World War I as a nurse and enduring a mental illness that led to an extended disappearance. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Christie was a naif who weathered being publicly dumped by her first husband, losing both parents suddenly, seeing the horrors of World War I as a nurse and enduring a mental illness that led to an extended disappearance. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Christie was a naif who weathered being publicly dumped by her first husband, losing both parents suddenly, seeing the horrors of World War I as a nurse and enduring a mental illness that led to an extended disappearance. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020"
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"circa 1598, in the meaning defined above"
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},
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"type":"adjective",
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"marked by unaffected simplicity artless , ingenuous",
"deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment",
"credulous",
"not previously subjected to experimentation or a particular experimental situation",
"not having previously used a particular drug (such as marijuana)",
"not having been exposed previously to an antigen",
"self-taught , primitive",
"produced by or as if by a self-taught artist",
"showing lack of experience or knowledge",
"being simple and sincere",
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"not having been exposed previously to an antigen"
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"aw-shucks",
"dewy",
"dewy-eyed",
"green",
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"simple",
"simpleminded",
"uncritical",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
],
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"cosmopolitan",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anyone who thinks a space trip is a run-of-the-mill, roller-coaster ride is naive . \u2014 Jim Clash, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The Southwest Center has been a part of the species' survival program for years but most of its wolves are retired, too old to reproduce and too naive to be released into the wild. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 4 June 2022",
"Call me naive , but this whole concept is tough to fit into my brain. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Many were naive when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, thinking communism was consigned to an irrecoverable past. \u2014 Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"But what may start off as altruistic, if a bit naive , motives can mutate into something resembling status-obsession detached from its purported original mission. \u2014 Ethan Lamb, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The two groups\u2019 well-meaning remedy proposals, however, ring a bit naive . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Hammer is entirely naive , and played almost entirely for comic effect with just a little pinch of evil and corruption sprinkled in. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
"Gift registries are so common now that the very idea of deferring to the donors\u2019 ideas is deemed naive . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French na\u00efve , feminine of na\u00eff , from Old French, inborn, natural, from Latin nativus native",
"first_known_use":[
"1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": not covered by clothing : nude",
": devoid of customary or natural covering : bare : such as",
": not enclosed in a scabbard",
": not provided with a shade",
": lacking pubescence or enveloping or subtending parts",
": lacking foliage or vegetation",
": lacking an external covering (as of hair, feathers, or shell)",
": scantily supplied or furnished",
": lacking embellishment : unadorned",
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": marked by a lack of protection or coverage by blockers",
": lacking confirmation or support",
": devoid of concealment or disguise",
": unaided by any optical device or instrument",
": not backed by the writer's ownership of the commodity contract or security",
": having no clothes on : nude",
": lacking a usual or natural covering",
": not in its case or without a covering",
": stripped of anything misleading : plain",
": not aided by an artificial device",
": lacking some natural external covering (as of hair or myelin)",
": unaided by any optical device or instrument",
": characterized by the lack of an interest or of exclusive control, use, or possession",
": not backed by the option writer's ownership of the commodity, the contract for the commodity, or the security"
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"\u02c8n\u0101-k\u0259d",
"especially Southern",
"\u02c8n\u0101-k\u0259d",
"\u02c8n\u0101-k\u0259d"
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"invested",
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"suited"
],
"examples":[
"He was naked from the waist up.",
"had recurrent nightmares about being naked in public",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kim Phuc Phan Thi, who is shown as a terrified, naked 9-year-old fleeing a deadly napalm attack. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
"Both songs are featured in a video directed by her partner, Quinn Wilson, which features Straus performing in a bar, serving shots, laying naked on a pool table, and making out with herself \u2014 normal King Princess stuff. \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
"In recent years, Playboy has seemed to sideline (although certainly not eliminate) naked women from its content. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 5 June 2022",
"Two hours later, video footage shows Coleman dragging her limp, partially naked body onto the elevator at his building and into his sixth-floor apartment. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Two moments remain fixed: being introduced to Elston Howard, the first-base coach and former catcher; and not being introduced to a famously mustachioed relief pitcher, naked as a sheared sheep, on his leisurely way to the shower. \u2014 Mark Singer, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
"The disturbing discovery of her half naked body in a street prompted public outcry at the time over San Francisco\u2019s rampant drug problem. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 1 May 2022",
"Popper was photographed after the massacre, standing near the naked body of a dead Selknam, as three of his men training their Winchester rifles on the horizon, as if to shoot attackers. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Before Agnes comes into her life, the narrator wrestles with the difficulty of understanding the medieval perception of the naked body. \u2014 Michele Filgate, Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2021"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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": not provided with a shade",
": lacking pubescence or enveloping or subtending parts",
": lacking foliage or vegetation",
": lacking an external covering (as of hair, feathers, or shell)",
": scantily supplied or furnished",
": lacking embellishment : unadorned",
": unarmed , defenseless",
": marked by a lack of protection or coverage by blockers",
": lacking confirmation or support",
": devoid of concealment or disguise",
": unaided by any optical device or instrument",
": not backed by the writer's ownership of the commodity contract or security",
": having no clothes on : nude",
": lacking a usual or natural covering",
": not in its case or without a covering",
": stripped of anything misleading : plain",
": not aided by an artificial device",
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],
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"\u02c8n\u0101-k\u0259d"
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"examples":[
"He was naked from the waist up.",
"had recurrent nightmares about being naked in public",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kim Phuc Phan Thi, who is shown as a terrified, naked 9-year-old fleeing a deadly napalm attack. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
"Both songs are featured in a video directed by her partner, Quinn Wilson, which features Straus performing in a bar, serving shots, laying naked on a pool table, and making out with herself \u2014 normal King Princess stuff. \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
"In recent years, Playboy has seemed to sideline (although certainly not eliminate) naked women from its content. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 5 June 2022",
"Two hours later, video footage shows Coleman dragging her limp, partially naked body onto the elevator at his building and into his sixth-floor apartment. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Two moments remain fixed: being introduced to Elston Howard, the first-base coach and former catcher; and not being introduced to a famously mustachioed relief pitcher, naked as a sheared sheep, on his leisurely way to the shower. \u2014 Mark Singer, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
"The disturbing discovery of her half naked body in a street prompted public outcry at the time over San Francisco\u2019s rampant drug problem. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 1 May 2022",
"Popper was photographed after the massacre, standing near the naked body of a dead Selknam, as three of his men training their Winchester rifles on the horizon, as if to shoot attackers. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Before Agnes comes into her life, the narrator wrestles with the difficulty of understanding the medieval perception of the naked body. \u2014 Michele Filgate, Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2021"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": worthy of being named : memorable",
": capable of being named : identifiable"
],
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"\u02c8n\u0101-m\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"citable",
"memorable",
"mentionable",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
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"examples":[
"not one nameable accomplishment in all of her years in the senate",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In distributing blame so widely yet specifically, Sorkin and Zukin strongly suggested that nameable individuals had made identifiable mistakes, ceding vision in the name of short-term goals. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Raphael\u2019s portrait of Baldassare Castiglione exists at one specific point on the planet, and nowhere else, having begun in one nameable place and followed a track through time, owner by owner and wall to wall. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 19 Oct. 2020",
"What helps people survive is specific hope for a nameable and better future. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 25 May 2020",
"Klein seems to suggest, accurately, that the core alliance of the modern G.O.P.\u2014economic \u00e9lites and poor whites\u2014is the strategic creation of nameable individuals. \u2014 Stephen Metcalf, The New Yorker , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Thirteen nanometers is far, far, far beneath nameable perception. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, Wired , 21 Jan. 2020",
"With every interesting flavor, there usually turn out to be three specific, nameable elements that create the mystery, and all the rest of that. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 14 May 2018",
"Until last year, Sterling K. Brown and Brian Tyree Henry had carved out parallel careers as recognizable but not particularly nameable actors. \u2014 Jeremy Egner, New York Times , 25 Aug. 2017"
],
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"1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185800"
},
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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": a descriptive often disparaging epithet",
": reputation",
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": family , clan",
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": by authority of",
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"\u02c8n\u0101m",
"\u02c8n\u0101m"
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"appellation",
"appellative",
"cognomen",
"compellation",
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"call",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And as of July 1, college golfers (and all college athletes) will be permitted to monetize their name , image, and likeness to put cash in their pockets. \u2014 Steve Marantz, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Itehil doesn\u2019t have the brand- name cache of Goal Zero or Jackery. \u2014 Mike Richard And Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
"His name , James Alexander Philip Theo, was announced several days later; his full surname is Mountbatten-Windsor. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 10 June 2022",
"Christopher Harding has a few labels to his name : entrepreneur, investor, pro-sports owner, hotelier, philanthropist and art collector, among others. \u2014 Caroline Tell, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The film showed Golden's mother's name , Barbara Golden, as well as the family's address on West New York Street in an Indianapolis Star clip. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"From there, type in Watson\u2019s name in the defendant field. \u2014 cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"Kate Hudson and Gwyneth Paltrow are among the other big- name stars expected to attend. \u2014 al , 9 June 2022",
"Inspired by the building's past, the property's d\u00e9cor incorporates vintage school memorabilia, and the name of each room \u2014 as well as its design \u2014 is based on a school subject, such as art or math. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Florida and possibly San Jose (yet to name a new GM) also could be contemplating a change. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Now, the mayor will name a replacement who will serve in the role until November 2023, the end of the term. \u2014 Brittany Shepherd, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
"One-third couldn\u2019t name any branch of the government at all. \u2014 Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
"Out of this arose a class of craft artists like Wendell Castle, Sam Maloof and Dale Chihuly, to name a few, working to make furniture, sculpture, jewelry, glass and ceramic works, and taught by professors revered as legendary. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"Sea Pines' epic PGA Tour course, Harbour Town Golf Links, to name just a few. \u2014 Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2022",
"Miles Teller, Glen Powell and Jay Ellis \u2014 just to name a few). \u2014 Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
"At their second meeting, those whom Amy brought together would name themselves Families for Safe Streets, positioning their fledgling organization against an epidemic that most Americans don\u2019t see. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"The lawsuits filed Tuesday collectively name seven additional defendants who were Minneapolis police officers present for the arrests of Code and Pope. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi And Andy Rose, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Although pancake mix and syrup are not sold out in most stores, most popular or name brand items are harder to come by. \u2014 Dallas News , 26 Apr. 2020"
],
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"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
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"Adjective",
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200347"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": worthy of being named : memorable",
": capable of being named : identifiable"
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"\u02c8n\u0101-m\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"citable",
"memorable",
"mentionable",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"observable",
"remarkable"
],
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"forgettable",
"unmemorable",
"unremarkable"
],
"examples":[
"not one nameable accomplishment in all of her years in the senate",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In distributing blame so widely yet specifically, Sorkin and Zukin strongly suggested that nameable individuals had made identifiable mistakes, ceding vision in the name of short-term goals. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Raphael\u2019s portrait of Baldassare Castiglione exists at one specific point on the planet, and nowhere else, having begun in one nameable place and followed a track through time, owner by owner and wall to wall. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 19 Oct. 2020",
"What helps people survive is specific hope for a nameable and better future. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 25 May 2020",
"Klein seems to suggest, accurately, that the core alliance of the modern G.O.P.\u2014economic \u00e9lites and poor whites\u2014is the strategic creation of nameable individuals. \u2014 Stephen Metcalf, The New Yorker , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Thirteen nanometers is far, far, far beneath nameable perception. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, Wired , 21 Jan. 2020",
"With every interesting flavor, there usually turn out to be three specific, nameable elements that create the mystery, and all the rest of that. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 14 May 2018",
"Until last year, Sterling K. Brown and Brian Tyree Henry had carved out parallel careers as recognizable but not particularly nameable actors. \u2014 Jeremy Egner, New York Times , 25 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195024"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a child's nurse or caregiver",
": a child's nurse"
],
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"\u02c8na-n\u0113",
"\u02c8na-n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"babysitter",
"dry nurse",
"nurse",
"nursemaid",
"nurser",
"sitter"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"When I was growing up, I had a nanny .",
"wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most of the abuse Emrik suffered was captured by nanny cameras the suspects had installed throughout their Meridian apartment. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"Still, then the couple invites Leanne Grayson (Nell Tiger Free), a young nanny who is creepily comfortable cradling and walking an inanimate object like an actual child. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 25 May 2022",
"So when Clarkson\u2019s nanny was kind enough to give her the most priceless gift of all, she was overcome with emotion at having the chance to relax, if only for one day. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 11 May 2022",
"Amanda Morris Hunt is persuasive as a confident nanny who speaks to a bone-weary young mother (Megan Graves, excellent) in a park. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Song revealed the two do not have a nanny , but her mother has been with them, helping the new parents out. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 2 Feb. 2022",
"There is her job as a nanny , her search for a new roommate and her tech millionaire brother\u2019s newfound Buddhist enlightenment. \u2014 Becky Meloan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"We\u2019ve also been privileged to have a part-time nanny to help out, and my parents [who live in the area] help out as well. \u2014 Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com , 3 Mar. 2021",
"In Nikyatu Jusu\u2019s Nanny, Anna Diop starred as Aisha, a Senegalese woman working as a nanny for an Upper East Side family in New York City and trying to earn enough money to bring her son to the United States. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1785, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203322"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a child's nurse or caregiver",
": a child's nurse"
],
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"\u02c8na-n\u0113",
"\u02c8na-n\u0113"
],
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"babysitter",
"dry nurse",
"nurse",
"nursemaid",
"nurser",
"sitter"
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"examples":[
"When I was growing up, I had a nanny .",
"wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most of the abuse Emrik suffered was captured by nanny cameras the suspects had installed throughout their Meridian apartment. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"Still, then the couple invites Leanne Grayson (Nell Tiger Free), a young nanny who is creepily comfortable cradling and walking an inanimate object like an actual child. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 25 May 2022",
"So when Clarkson\u2019s nanny was kind enough to give her the most priceless gift of all, she was overcome with emotion at having the chance to relax, if only for one day. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 11 May 2022",
"Amanda Morris Hunt is persuasive as a confident nanny who speaks to a bone-weary young mother (Megan Graves, excellent) in a park. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Song revealed the two do not have a nanny , but her mother has been with them, helping the new parents out. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 2 Feb. 2022",
"There is her job as a nanny , her search for a new roommate and her tech millionaire brother\u2019s newfound Buddhist enlightenment. \u2014 Becky Meloan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"We\u2019ve also been privileged to have a part-time nanny to help out, and my parents [who live in the area] help out as well. \u2014 Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com , 3 Mar. 2021",
"In Nikyatu Jusu\u2019s Nanny, Anna Diop starred as Aisha, a Senegalese woman working as a nanny for an Upper East Side family in New York City and trying to earn enough money to bring her son to the United States. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably of baby-talk origin",
"a nanosecond was about all that it took her to accept his marriage proposal",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Much of the planet may be loosening coronavirus restrictions, but China, which can lock down a city in a nanosecond , is ever vigilant. \u2014 Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"In its latest project, called Vault, prime archival pieces are dusted off for online sale \u2014 a venture that is mostly an exercise in frustration as Vault objects sell out in about a nanosecond . \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Data is now distributed to global investors within a nanosecond , a very different world from the late 1990s. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The video flies by in a nanosecond , cutting between students from one school to the next. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"The stone-age minds of voters evolved for eons to deal with hunter-gatherer societies but have been forced to address modern politics for only an evolutionary nanosecond . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2021",
"The role of FinOps (financial operations) is important in an on-premises or traditional environment, as well as in the cloud where automation can drive costs through the roof in a matter of a nanosecond . \u2014 Jeffrey Ton, Forbes , 6 May 2021",
"And talk about intensity, like many other high achieving entrepreneurs, every nanosecond of his time aligns attention with intension. \u2014 Sanford Stein, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Amid the many circuitries of outrage, distraction, and algorithmic surveillance that now go by the name of online life, the temptation to log off and unplug for good grows greater by the nanosecond . \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 3 Sep. 2021"
": to sleep briefly especially during the day : doze",
": to be off guard",
": a short sleep especially during the day : snooze",
": a hairy, fuzzy, or downy surface (as on a fabric)",
": to raise a nap on (fabric or leather)",
": a pick or recommendation as a good bet to win a contest (such as a horse race)",
": one named in a nap",
": to pick or single out in a nap",
": a short sleep especially during the day",
": to sleep briefly especially during the day",
": to be unprepared",
": a hairy or fluffy surface (as on cloth)"
],
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"\u02c8nap",
"\u02c8nap"
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
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"Verb (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"1608, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (3)",
"1895, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (3)",
"1927, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221900"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": to sleep briefly especially during the day : doze",
": to be off guard",
": a short sleep especially during the day : snooze",
": a hairy, fuzzy, or downy surface (as on a fabric)",
": to raise a nap on (fabric or leather)",
": a pick or recommendation as a good bet to win a contest (such as a horse race)",
": one named in a nap",
": to pick or single out in a nap",
": a short sleep especially during the day",
": to sleep briefly especially during the day",
": to be unprepared",
": a hairy or fluffy surface (as on cloth)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8nap",
"\u02c8nap"
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
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"Verb (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"1608, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (3)",
"1895, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (3)",
"1927, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215336"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": egoism , egocentrism",
": narcissistic personality disorder",
": love of or sexual desire of one's own body",
": narcissistic personality disorder",
": love of or sexual desire for one's own body",
": the state or stage of development in psychoanalytic theory in which there is considerable erotic interest in one's own body and ego and which in abnormal forms persists through fixation or reappears through regression"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u00e4r-s\u0259-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m",
"\u02c8n\u00e4r-s\u0259-\u02ccsiz-\u0259m"
],
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"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
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"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
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"examples":[
"in his narcissism , he just assumed that everyone else wanted to hear the tiny details of his day",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the business world, meanwhile, narcissism and greed define most leaders. \u2014 Elizabeth Macbride, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Consider the dismantlement of the mental-health system in the 70s, the cult of narcissism and the retreat of religious values. \u2014 WSJ , 3 June 2022",
"The doc\u2019s history is interrupted by a quick, contrasting photo of Jay-Z \u2014 standing for rock and hip-hop commercialization that turned black musical sincerity into an obsession with narcissism , power, and political approbation. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 18 May 2022",
"There are a huge number of new shows premiering this spring, and many of them explore the true stories of startups that imploded thanks to fraud, narcissism and shoddy leadership. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Scheidel gives short shrift to the Eurocentric narcissism that regards the fall of Rome as the only memorable disaster in world history. \u2014 Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Colin Firth is uncanny as Peterson, mimicking his avuncular bonhomie, and hinting at the stormy temper and dangerous narcissism that lurks beneath it. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
"Just like oversharing on the internet, Ukrainians might conclude, Western non-diplomacy sprang from deep-seated narcissism and a need for validation, a compensation for feelings of inadequacy. \u2014 James Harkin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"My father\u2019s narcissism was one of small differences, a client will tell me, again and again, seeming proud of their articulation. \u2014 Kathleen Alcott, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"German Narzissismus , from Narziss Narcissus, from Latin Narcissus ",
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"1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171251"
},
"narcissist":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism : such as",
": an extremely self-centered person who has an exaggerated sense of self-importance",
": a person affected with narcissistic personality disorder",
": a person who is overly concerned with his or her physical appearance",
": of, relating to, or characterized by narcissism : narcissistic",
": an individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism or narcissistic personality disorder"
],
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"\u02c8n\u00e4r-s\u0259-sist",
"-s\u0259st"
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"ego-tripper",
"egocentric",
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"egotist"
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"1917, in the meaning defined above",
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"1934, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":"adjective",
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"of, relating to, or characterized by narcissism such as",
"extremely self-centered with an exaggerated sense of self-importance marked by or characteristic of excessive admiration of or infatuation with oneself",
"\u2014 see also narcissistic personality disorder",
"displaying or marked by excessive concern with one's own physical appearance",
"of, relating to, or characterized by narcissism or narcissistic personality disorder"
": a person (such as a government agent) who investigates narcotics violations",
": irritate , annoy"
],
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],
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"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"fink",
"informant",
"informer",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
],
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"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"during the war some of the British were narked by their American allies, who were perceived as arrogant"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
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"Noun (1)",
"1859, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1888, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215604"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to tell (a story) in detail",
": to provide spoken commentary for (something, such as a movie or television show)",
": to tell in full detail"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ner-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u02c8na-\u02ccrat",
"na-\u02c8r\u0101t",
"\u02c8ner-\u02cc\u0101t",
"na-\u02c8r\u0101t"
],
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"chart",
"chronicle",
"describe",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The author narrates her story in great detail.",
"a documentary narrated by a famous actor",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lyrics narrate love stories that took a turn for the worst not knowing if there will ever be a second chance. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"Bardot is giving the project her full support, and will narrate the film herself. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"The comic did not linger, ceding the stage to 60 Minutes\u2019 Scott Pelley and company, who helped narrate a presentation largely structured like a telecast of their show. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
"Hawkins will narrate the story, Andoh will play Grandmother Smoo and Bailey will lend his voice to Grandfather Smed. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"Obama is set to narrate a new Netflix documentary series about national parks, and the streamer revealed a first look on Tuesday. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The title refers to the limits of human perception, a theme Mark uses to narrate a new-age journey of self-revelation. \u2014 Stephen Kearse, Rolling Stone , 28 Jan. 2022",
"In addition to the book \u2014 which will be published by Alfred A. Knopf on Nov. 1 \u2014 Bono will also narrate an audiobook through Penguin Random House. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
"John McEnroe will also narrate the upcoming season. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 10 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin narratus , past participle of narrare , from Latin gnarus knowing; akin to Latin gnoscere, noscere to know \u2014 more at know ",
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"1656, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202222"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": the act or process or an instance of narrating",
": story , narrative",
": the act or process or an instance of telling in full detail",
": narrative entry 1"
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"na-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"n\u0259-",
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"report",
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"examples":[
"The novel uses first-person narration .",
"They got a famous actor to do the narration for the documentary.",
"an actor who does narrations for documentaries",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Famed British naturalist commentator David Attenborough adds to the natural history heft with his narration , illuminating the T-Rex courtship ritual. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Its extraneous devices, including a multipurpose Greek chorus, have been stripped away, allowing its strongest elements \u2014 Strathairn and his moving narration \u2014 to tell the harrowing story. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"His relationship with Annie is presented in realistic terms; much of his narration focuses on his battles with self-loathing and suicidal ideation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"Not seen onscreen himself, though fellow photojournalist Brendan Hoffman and various translators are, Palu keeps his narration aptly terse, preferring to mostly let the imagery speak for itself. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 5 May 2022",
"An increasingly large role was played in her narration by her co-leader, Matt. \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"In his narration , Feldmeier said the husband was holding a gun. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Each of these observers was given a tic, motif, or symbolic compulsion to distinguish and vivify his or her narration . \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Obama and Heughan won for their narration of their own works. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 5 Mar. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214016"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": of slender width",
": of less than standard or usual width",
": woven in widths usually less than 18 inches (46 centimeters)",
": limited in size or scope",
": illiberal (see illiberal sense a ) in views or disposition : prejudiced",
": stingy , niggardly",
": barely sufficient : close",
": barely successful",
": minutely precise : meticulous",
": relatively rich in protein as compared with carbohydrate and fat",
": tense sense 3",
": to decrease the breadth or extent of : contract",
": to decrease the scope or sphere of : limit",
": to lessen in width or extent : contract",
": a narrow part or passage",
": a strait connecting two bodies of water",
": of slender or less than usual width",
": limited in size or extent",
": not broad or open in mind or views",
": barely successful : close",
": to make or become less wide",
": to limit in number : become fewer",
": a narrow passage connecting two bodies of water"
],
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"\u02c8ner-(\u02cc)\u014d",
"\u02c8na-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
"\u02c8ner-\u014d"
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"fine",
"hairline",
"needlelike",
"paper-thin",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Staked at the fringes of George Fishler\u2019s green lawn on a narrow street in the foothills of Mount Olympus, the red and black text sign calls out for attention like a campaign endorsement. \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Spacing: Some shelves have very narrow spacing between the tines while others provide more room for thick or curved plates. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"These systems were programmed with brittle rules and canned responses and could only handle a very narrow set of use cases without breaking down. \u2014 Gaurav Tewari, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Mourners filled the narrow street to press against the vehicle and pay their respects. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"The worksite was on a narrow street bordered by homes. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"As of Wednesday morning, the race was down to the wire between establishment candidate Dave McCormick, a finance wizard who served in the George W. Bush administration, and Oz, who had opened up a very narrow lead. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 18 May 2022",
"But British fish and chip shops, which traditionally operate under very narrow margins, are feeling a particular squeeze because of the industry's reliance on Russian imports. \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 16 May 2022",
"The group was nearly evenly matched by about 15 local and federal law enforcement officers who stood in front of Kavanaugh\u2019s home as demonstrators slowly walked up and down one block of his narrow street. \u2014 Dan Morse, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So, in 2020, the team turned to A.I. to try to narrow down the hits. \u2014 Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The fall docket already includes Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case that could give the court\u2019s conservative majority an opportunity to further narrow the Voting Rights Act of 1965, for example. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The transparency law is intended to narrow the gender pay gap, especially for women of color. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022",
"And with the Louisiana governor, John Bel Edwards, watching from near midcourt, L.S.U., which rallied in the fourth quarter on Saturday to beat Jackson State, scrambled again late to try to narrow the gap. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Oregon State entered the ninth inning holding a three-run lead, but Ducks designated hitter Brennan Milone belted a two-run homer to left field to narrow Oregon\u2019s deficit to 8-7. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2022",
"Make sure to narrow your search to your area to find the best keywords that people are searching for. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"More important, Ukraine has succeeded in pushing Russia to narrow its goals down to conquering the East rather than destroying the entire nation. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Detectives were then able to use DNA found at the crime scene along with info in public DNA databases \u2013 and the mountain of data the students helped organize - to narrow the killer down to Gilham and two of his brothers in the fall. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There are options for the wide and the narrow of feet, for minimalist fans and thick-sole pounders, for mountain speedsters and fire-road plodders\u2014and every runner in between. \u2014 Justin Nyberg, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
"Despite his considerable narrow -mindedness, Simmons found a counterintuitive wisdom in his bodily extremism, a blind faith only in that which facilitates maximum performance\u2014call it optimization on steroids. \u2014 Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Democratic societies are encountering unprecedented challenges, which come not only from authoritarian regimes but equally from inside a society with narrow -mindedness, greed for power, and material desire, which are ingrained in human nature. \u2014 Stephen Mooallem, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Neither enjoys a large-enough back seat to support adults for hours on end, but the Ford squeezes out a narrow of victory in cargo room. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 26 June 2021",
"No Trump-supporting, independent, or conservative-leaning characters appear except as foils to help illustrate the narrow -mindedness of the main subjects. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2020",
"Ranked choice changes the very act of voting by allowing people to shift their support from losing candidates to more viable options as the field narrows , essentially doing on paper what caucusgoers have typically done in person. \u2014 Jacey Fortin, New York Times , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Further on, as the road narrows and deteriorates, there are fewer women. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2020",
"Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren \u2013 have the most to lose on Super Tuesday as the crowded field narrows and the front runners emerge. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 27 Feb. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And Supergrass\u2019 association with the glut of Britpop bands of their nascence , most of whom didn\u2019t make a dent in the American consciousness, has no bearing on their music, which boasts a timelessness that is admirable. \u2014 Lily Moayeri, Variety , 14 May 2022",
"All of the pieces were manufactured in the early 1940s\u2014which happens to be the era when surfing was in its nascence as a sport in America. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 11 Nov. 2021",
"In 1965, when Mr. Chadabe was 27 and computer music was in its nascence , he was asked by the State University of New York at Albany to run its electronic music studio. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2021",
"To say this approach has been well-received by customers and critics is perhaps the understatement of the year, and though still in its nascence Musaafer looks to become a landmark on Houston\u2019s culinary landscape. \u2014 Joanna O'leary, Chron , 11 Feb. 2021",
"Deli\u0107 has worked on the experiment since its nascence \u2014first as an undergraduate student, then a PhD student, and now as a postdoctoral researcher. \u2014 Sophia Chen, Wired , 30 Jan. 2020",
"The answer can be found in the nascence of hip-hop. \u2014 Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2018",
"The answer can be found in the nascence of hip-hop. \u2014 Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2018",
"Several artists who began their careers as sculptors and painters embraced video art in its nascence in the 1960s and early 1970s. \u2014 Edith Newhall, Philly.com , 2 Nov. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Democratic primary has not been a nasty one; the two leading candidates have largely chosen to attack Grassley rather than each other. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"The market selloff has been nasty \u2014down, down, down for seven weeks in a row. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"In the glory days of trade unionism in the 1960s and 1970s, the labor situation periodically turned nasty , and there was rock-throwing violence. \u2014 Matt Durot, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"The woman thought that this was terrible, like this was nasty . \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"Before election day, the campaign trail had frequently turned nasty , for supporters and candidates alike. \u2014 Timothy W. Martin And Dasl Yoon, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Oregon State led 10-3 at halftime, following a first half when the Beavers defense gave a lot, but turned nasty in the red zone. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Nearly two weeks away from family and friends, plus her beloved yorkie and golden retriever mix \u2014 and a nasty case of the flu. \u2014 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun , 24 May 2022",
"Many of the models in zigzag dresses and skirt suits looked like angry, nasty , crazy women ready to kill for love or money. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 May 2022"
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"And sometimes, the replies to my work get really nasty . \u2014 Adam Feuerstein, STAT , 28 June 2022",
"Looking Back: How nasty could this year\u2019s downturn become? \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
"But the good news is none of the strategists that spoke with Fortune anticipate this recession would be especially nasty , but rather more garden variety. \u2014 Anne Sraders, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
"Fantasy sports are supposed to be fun, but when taken to the extreme, things can get nasty . \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 29 May 2022",
"If conditions turn nasty on future trips, the NRS Endurance Pants are a sufficient response. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 4 May 2022",
"In the media and on social media, debates about Ms. Thomas often get nasty . \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The weather across much of Wisconsin is forecast to turn nasty \u2014 in brief, sudden bursts \u2014 beginning on Friday afternoon, forecasters say. \u2014 Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Feb. 2022",
"The Democratic primary has not been a nasty one; the two leading candidates have largely chosen to attack Grassley rather than each other. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 2 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Serbian goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic will replace Turner ($7 million transfer to Arsenal), who is with the US national team and will depart after the Revolution\u2019s game against Minnesota on June 19. \u2014 Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The November 2015 attacks started around 9:20 p.m. local time at the Stade de France, where the French national soccer team was taking on Germany. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"Kelli Braitsch starred on Oklahoma\u2019s first national championship team in 2000. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"The away uniforms for next season were leaked \u2014 white jerseys with green badges and trim, suspiciously familiar to the Saudi national team. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"The work rate of those three might be unmatched in the USL Championship, and Herivaux, the 26-year-old Haitian national team contributor, is beginning to look like a confident leader. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 9 June 2022",
"In Ecuador, by contrast, Castillo has become a rallying cry, a symbol, despite having played relatively few games with the national team. \u2014 Daniel Alarc\u00f3n, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"Hundreds of young women and girls came forward to accuse Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics national team doctor, of inappropriate or criminal behaviour. \u2014 Luke Barr, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
"Eddie\u2019s father was a boxer, and so was his uncle, who competed for the Cuban national team. \u2014 Roman Stubbs, Anchorage Daily News , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Since the planes were built in the US and the flights took place after export restrictions were in effect, the Russian national would have needed a license from the Department of Commerce to fly them to Russia. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
"The 51-year-old Mexican national will now be transported to Texas to face charges for failing to report his location to immigration officials in a separate case. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 7 June 2022",
"Igor Danchenko, a Russian national linked to the Steele dossier, still faces Durham charges. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
"Her mother, a Russian national , is sheltering with her husband and child. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The 30-year-old Ukraine national was released from the makeshift government quarantine facility Friday, after three negative tests in the past week. \u2014 Fox News , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a 33-year-old Malaysian national , appeared in court on Tuesday for a last-ditch appeal against his death sentence, which was scheduled for Wednesday morning. \u2014 Feliz Solomon, WSJ , 9 Nov. 2021",
"One of the suspects, Yaroslov Vasinkyi, a 22-year-old Ukrainian national , was arrested last month by Polish authorities and is accused of unleashing ransomware known as Sodinokibi/REvil against Kaseya, an information software company, in July. \u2014 Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Skripal and his daughter survived, though one other British national died and another became severely ill. \u2014 Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News , 9 Apr. 2022"
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"Adjective",
"The country's Nationalist Party won the election.",
"a nationalist rant against the immigrants supposedly flooding the country",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Even considering the vast electoral machinery stacked against them, a united bloc of the Hungarian opposition had hopes of at least weakening the right-wing nationalist \u2019s mandate. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"Many French who cast ballots for him, however, did so only to bar Marine Le Pen\u2014a far-right, anti-immigrant nationalist \u2014from France\u2019s highest office. \u2014 Stacy Meichtry, WSJ , 7 May 2022",
"For many who voted for left-wing candidates in the first round April 10, this runoff vote presents a unpalatable choice between a nationalist in Le Pen, and a president who some feel has veered to the right during his first term. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Apr. 2022",
"For many who voted for left-wing candidates in the first round April 10, this runoff vote presents a unpalatable choice between a nationalist in Le Pen, and a president who some feel has veered to the right during his first term. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
"\u00d6zdemir was friendly with Necmettin Erbakan, an Islamic nationalist and a vitriolic critic of Western culture. \u2014 The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"After the win, Macron acknowledged that many voters went for him only to keep out the nationalist , Le Pen. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"In this strange atmosphere, overshadowed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron, a centrist, holds a slight lead over Marine Le Pen, a hard-right nationalist , according to the latest polls. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Miky Lee found herself in the eye of a storm whipped up by Park Geun-hye, South Korea\u2019s first woman president (2013-17), a fierce nationalist who traded favors and influence with some of Korea\u2019s chaebols. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Since 2014, India has been ruled by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 24 May 2022",
"That column referred to comments by Hu, the influential former editor-in-chief of the nationalist tabloid Global Times. \u2014 Fortune , 23 May 2022",
"Amid the frenzy, Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the nationalist tabloid Global Times, rushed to clarify on China's Twitter-like Weibo that the report was misleading because the name of the suspect in question has three characters. \u2014 Nectar Gan, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Chinese military commentator Song Zhongping told nationalist tabloid the Global Times that howitzers are not urgently needed or useful for Taiwan. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Independent media is increasingly being stamped out under Orb\u00e1n, a hardline nationalist leader who has railed against immigrants and the LGBTQ community. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"Just one example of the targeted persecution of Muslims is a controversial citizenship law granting Indian citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants, introduced by the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019. \u2014 Akanksha Singh And Roshan Abbas, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"The protesters said Muslims were violently targeted by authorities in the aftermath of Hindu-Muslim clashes in parts of three states ruled by Modi\u2019s Hindu nationalist party. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Marine Le Pen\u2019s past links to Vladimir Putin are doing little to dent support for her, leaving the nationalist leader the top rival for Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential election. \u2014 Ania Nussbaum, Bloomberg.com , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"the political party's nationalistic ideology",
"a nationalistic display of the country's flag at all civic events",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vu\u010di\u0107, who was elected to a second term as president in April, is one of the few European leaders maintaining close ties to Vladimir Putin, a relationship strengthened by their common Christian Orthodox faith and their nationalistic outlook. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"These organizations often force churches to teach counter to their dogma, and often insert nationalistic propaganda into worship. \u2014 Fox News , 25 May 2022",
"That nationalistic glow extends to Maverick's courting of a former paramour, Jennifer Connelly, but there's a bittersweet sentimentality in their reconnection, the kind of unhurried adult romance that doesn't make it on screen much anymore. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"Instead, Putin can mostly offer his public a deep nationalistic grievance. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"Many historians agree that\u2019s exactly what happened: The level of sacrifice imposed on German citizens created fertile grounds for far-right, nationalistic doctrines, leading to the rise of Nazism. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 23 Mar. 2022",
"There, pro-Russia and anti-Western, nationalistic voices have also dominated, while there has been a suppression of pro-Ukrainian or anti-war messages on platforms and across the media landscape. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In place of these bonds, Tokarczuk challenges us to focus on the invisible similarities, the butterfly-effect linkages of fate and circumstance that don\u2019t appear in traditional accounts of history or in contemporary nationalistic myths. \u2014 Jake Bittle, The New Republic , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Yet Trump\u2019s was only one of many dysfunctional nationalistic responses, which ranged from near-total border closures to the hoarding by rich countries of personal protective equipment, oxygen and vaccines. \u2014 Lawrence O. Gostin, Scientific American , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nadia misses Ruth's death, but not her own nativity \u2014 literally giving birth to herself on a 1982 subway platform. \u2014 EW.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"There were eggs, elaborately painted with minuscule nativity scenes. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
"There are usually lavish decorations, stalls selling arts and crafts, the waft of spicy gingerbread biscuits, South Tyrolean panforte and mulled wine, nativity scenes and Advent calendar windows. \u2014 Rob Hodgetts, CNN , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The decorations also include figures from nativity scenes. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Plastic nativity scenes are quirky and very charming. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Nov. 2021",
"The camel was part of a live drive-thru nativity display at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame. \u2014 Doha Madani, NBC News , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Dalton First United Methodist Church, in Dalton, Ga., had a drive-through nativity event in early December. \u2014 Ian Lovett, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2021",
"See displays of nativity sets from around the world, a Dickens village, Santa Claus collection, Christmas trees and more Friday-Sunday through Dec. 31 by entering front door of church. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 20 Dec. 2021"
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"a soldier in his natty blue uniform",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s the perfect gift for dads who love natty wine and value. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 June 2022",
"Head out back to the waterfront garden with your glass of natty wine and basket of crispy chicken sprinkled with vinegar powder and served with a side of ranch. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 May 2022",
"Despite our example's natty red seats and decent roster of tech and convenience features, the RX's biggest turnoffs are its aging interior and its infotainment system's unintuitive touchpad controller. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Because from pictures on Instagram, turning an Airstream into a natty home looks pretty glamorous. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Plus the women occasionally borrow the guys' natty hats. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Mar. 2022",
"And, all the better to hold the collection\u2019s tortoise-print sunglasses and hair picks, natty silk scarves, and branded Moleskine notebooks. \u2014 Rachel Marlowe, Vogue , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Particularly when subbing in for the standard nylon of a puffer jacket, the material makes a natty topper for a wide range of cold-weather looks. \u2014 Kareem Rashed, Robb Report , 4 Dec. 2021",
"The Volt is also available in a natty silver scheme with orange highlights. \u2014 Bill Roberson, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021"
],
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": begotten as distinguished from adopted",
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": of or relating to nature as an object of study and research",
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": being neither sharp nor flat",
": having the pitch modified by the natural sign",
": of an off-white or beige color",
": one born without the usual powers of reason and understanding",
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": something that is likely to become an immediate success",
": one that is obviously suitable for a specific purpose",
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": being or acting as expected : normal",
": present or existing at birth : born in a person or animal",
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": occurring in the normal course of life",
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": based on an inherent sense of right and wrong",
"\u2014 see also natural law , natural right",
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": arising from the usual course of events",
": begotten as distinguished from adopted",
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"\u02c8na-ch\u0259-r\u0259l",
"\u02c8nach-r\u0259l",
"\u02c8na-ch\u0259-r\u0259l",
"\u02c8nach-r\u0259l",
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"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
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"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
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"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
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"goon",
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"imbecile",
"jackass",
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"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
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"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
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"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Chinese state companies and businesses are hoovering up natural resources, as well as engaging in major infrastructure and construction projects across the region, from stadiums and railways to ports and dams. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"People in upstate New York organize to protect their drinking water against fracking; Ecuadorians to protect mangrove forests; people in Niger against the oil companies ravaging their natural resources. \u2014 Liza Featherstone, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
"Global warming is making more of the arctic region accessible, as the increasingly warming climate creates pathways through the Arctic Ocean for shipping, and opens up previously-untapped natural resources for exploitation. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 9 June 2022",
"Letters submitted to the city from nearby residents also shared concerns about potential impacts the Horizon project could have on natural resources in addition to concerns about drainage, density, privacy, and property values. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"Ravina Advani, head of energy, natural resources and renewables at BNP Paribas SA, said many clients have been making investments in wind and hydropower while the solar investigation plays out. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"Bolsonaro has long argued that the natural resources of indigenous lands must be put to use for indigenous groups' own economic welfare and that of the country. \u2014 Camilo Rocha, Marcia Reverdosa And Kara Fox, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"It\u2019s only natural to want to turn our attention to other topics. \u2014 Josh Weiss, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"So there was never the raging battle over natural resources that took place in other rural California counties, turning many residents against the Democratic Party and others foes derided as tree-huggers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In more intimate settings, Oz can seem like a political natural . \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 May 2022",
"Mozart sets these words to an ascending major sixth, starting from the dominant, D natural . \u2014 Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The intrigues played and secrets kept in Dune make this kind of game a natural for a licensed game and Dune: Betrayal fits the genre nicely. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"First, there\u2019s the impeccable hot dog ($3.62), which features a snappy natural -casing Vienna Beef sausage topped with just mustard, relish, onions and sport peppers. \u2014 Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
"But with vaccination levels lagging in Black and Brown communities, the program seemed a natural to persuade those who have been hardest hit by the pandemic but are often reluctant to get shots. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2021",
"But with vaccination levels lagging in Black and Brown communities, the program seemed a natural to persuade those who have been hardest hit by the pandemic but are often reluctant to get shots. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2021",
"But with vaccination levels lagging in Black and Brown communities, the program seemed a natural to persuade those who have been hardest hit by the pandemic but are often reluctant to get shots. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2021",
"But with vaccination levels lagging in Black and Brown communities, the program seemed a natural to persuade those who have been hardest hit by the pandemic but are often reluctant to get shots. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2021"
],
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"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
"Noun",
"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194320"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": of, characterized by, or according with naturalism"
],
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"\u02ccna-ch\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8li-stik",
"\u02ccnach-r\u0259-"
],
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"lifelike",
"living",
"natural",
"near",
"photo-realistic",
"realistic",
"three-dimensional"
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"nonnatural",
"nonrealistic",
"unnatural",
"unrealistic"
],
"examples":[
"The zoo strives to create naturalistic settings for the animals.",
"the movie's volcanic eruption is so naturalistic that it's easy to forget that it all came out of a computer",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The main point though is that all the acrobatic machinery for Sonic just hangs in the air and feels out of place against the naturalistic art style. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The zoo is famous for being the first to use many design innovations, such as keeping animals in naturalistic settings and putting several species together in one enclosure. \u2014 Michael J. Renner, The Conversation , 23 May 2022",
"The lead actors, including soprano Adelaide Boedecker as their friend, give what is as close to naturalistic acting as this genre allows. \u2014 Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Likewise, Nicot coaxes equally naturalistic , penny-bright turns from the rest of the young cast, especially Charlie Drach as Lucile, Dalva\u2019s classroom nemesis, and adorable Roman Coustere Hachez as tiny urchin Dimi at the group home. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"New ocean bungalows have a naturalistic design and fab lanai with a hanging egg chair swing. \u2014 Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
"Their design process drew inspiration from the naturalistic forms of a zen garden, resulting in two pieces carved in rich limestone, juxtaposed with an in-store exclusive red onyx option launching mid-May. \u2014 Concetta Ciarlo, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"But your next step might be something more blob-like and naturalistic , which seems to be where the trend is heading. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The women are all brown-skinned, but most of the other hues are far from naturalistic . \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021"
],
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"1838, in the meaning defined above"
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": based on an inherent sense of right and wrong",
": being in accordance with or determined by nature",
": having or constituting a classification based on features existing in nature",
": begotten as distinguished from adopted",
": legitimate",
": being a relation by actual consanguinity as distinguished from adoption",
": born to parents not married to each other",
": having an essential relation with someone or something : following from the nature of the one in question",
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": of or relating to nature as an object of study and research",
": having a specified character by nature",
": occurring in conformity with the ordinary course of nature : not marvelous or supernatural",
": formulated by human reason alone rather than revelation",
": having a normal or usual character",
": possessing or exhibiting the higher qualities (such as kindliness and affection) of human nature",
": growing without human care",
": not cultivated",
": existing in or produced by nature : not artificial",
": relating to or being natural food",
": being in a state of nature without spiritual enlightenment : unregenerate",
": living in or as if in a state of nature untouched by the influences of civilization and society",
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": of, relating to, or operating in the physical as opposed to the spiritual world",
": closely resembling an original : true to nature",
": marked by easy simplicity and freedom from artificiality, affectation , or constraint",
": having a form or appearance found in nature",
": having neither flats nor sharps",
": being neither sharp nor flat",
": having the pitch modified by the natural sign",
": of an off-white or beige color",
": one born without the usual powers of reason and understanding",
": a sign \u266e placed on any degree of the musical staff to nullify the effect of a preceding sharp or flat",
": a note or tone affected by the natural sign",
": a result or combination that immediately wins the stake in a game: such as",
": a throw of 7 or 11 on the first cast in craps",
": blackjack sense 1b",
": one having natural skills, talents, or abilities",
": something that is likely to become an immediate success",
": one that is obviously suitable for a specific purpose",
": afro",
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": being or acting as expected : normal",
": present or existing at birth : born in a person or animal",
": having qualities or skills without training or effort",
": occurring in the normal course of life",
": being simple and sincere",
": lifelike",
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": related by blood",
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": of or relating to nature as an object of study and research",
": relating to or being natural food",
": based on an inherent sense of right and wrong",
"\u2014 see also natural law , natural right",
": existing as part of or determined by nature",
": being in accordance with or arising from nature especially as distinguished from operation of law \u2014 see also natural person \u2014 compare artificial",
": arising from the usual course of events",
": begotten as distinguished from adopted",
": being a relation by consanguinity as distinguished from adoption",
": illegitimate"
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"\u02c8na-ch\u0259-r\u0259l",
"\u02c8nach-r\u0259l",
"\u02c8na-ch\u0259-r\u0259l",
"\u02c8nach-r\u0259l",
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"born",
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"airhead",
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"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
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"numbskull",
"oaf",
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"ratbag",
"saphead",
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"shlub",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Chinese state companies and businesses are hoovering up natural resources, as well as engaging in major infrastructure and construction projects across the region, from stadiums and railways to ports and dams. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"People in upstate New York organize to protect their drinking water against fracking; Ecuadorians to protect mangrove forests; people in Niger against the oil companies ravaging their natural resources. \u2014 Liza Featherstone, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
"Global warming is making more of the arctic region accessible, as the increasingly warming climate creates pathways through the Arctic Ocean for shipping, and opens up previously-untapped natural resources for exploitation. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 9 June 2022",
"Letters submitted to the city from nearby residents also shared concerns about potential impacts the Horizon project could have on natural resources in addition to concerns about drainage, density, privacy, and property values. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"Ravina Advani, head of energy, natural resources and renewables at BNP Paribas SA, said many clients have been making investments in wind and hydropower while the solar investigation plays out. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"Bolsonaro has long argued that the natural resources of indigenous lands must be put to use for indigenous groups' own economic welfare and that of the country. \u2014 Camilo Rocha, Marcia Reverdosa And Kara Fox, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"It\u2019s only natural to want to turn our attention to other topics. \u2014 Josh Weiss, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"So there was never the raging battle over natural resources that took place in other rural California counties, turning many residents against the Democratic Party and others foes derided as tree-huggers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In more intimate settings, Oz can seem like a political natural . \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 May 2022",
"Mozart sets these words to an ascending major sixth, starting from the dominant, D natural . \u2014 Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The intrigues played and secrets kept in Dune make this kind of game a natural for a licensed game and Dune: Betrayal fits the genre nicely. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"First, there\u2019s the impeccable hot dog ($3.62), which features a snappy natural -casing Vienna Beef sausage topped with just mustard, relish, onions and sport peppers. \u2014 Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
"But with vaccination levels lagging in Black and Brown communities, the program seemed a natural to persuade those who have been hardest hit by the pandemic but are often reluctant to get shots. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2021",
"But with vaccination levels lagging in Black and Brown communities, the program seemed a natural to persuade those who have been hardest hit by the pandemic but are often reluctant to get shots. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2021",
"But with vaccination levels lagging in Black and Brown communities, the program seemed a natural to persuade those who have been hardest hit by the pandemic but are often reluctant to get shots. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2021",
"But with vaccination levels lagging in Black and Brown communities, the program seemed a natural to persuade those who have been hardest hit by the pandemic but are often reluctant to get shots. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
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"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
"Noun",
"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204118"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the external world in its entirety",
": natural scenery",
": disposition , temperament",
": the inherent character or basic constitution (see constitution sense 2 ) of a person or thing : essence",
": humankind's original or natural condition",
": a simplified mode of life resembling this condition",
": a kind or class usually distinguished by fundamental or essential characteristics",
": the physical constitution or drives of an organism",
": an excretory organ or function",
": the genetically controlled qualities of an organism",
": a creative and controlling force in the universe",
": an inner force (such as instinct, appetite, desire) or the sum of such forces in an individual",
": a spontaneous attitude (as of generosity)",
": the physical world and everything in it",
": natural scenery or surroundings",
": the basic character of a person or thing",
": natural feelings : disposition , temperament",
": sort entry 1 sense 1 , type"
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"\u02c8n\u0101-ch\u0259r",
"\u02c8n\u0101-ch\u0259r"
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"character",
"clay",
"colors",
"complexion",
"constitution",
"genius",
"personality",
"self",
"tone"
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"examples":[
"He devoted himself to the study of nature .",
"That is a color not found in nature .",
"Hunger is nature's way of telling you to eat.",
"Gravity is one of the basic laws of nature .",
"She's very competitive by nature .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In honor of Father's Day on Sunday, the Canadian crooner shared an old picture of himself and his dad hanging out in nature . \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 19 June 2022",
"However, violating them carries no criminal penalty, and any punishment would be administrative in nature and come from the respective bodies governing judges and lawyers\u2019 behavior. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
"That\u2019s the same in nature as well as in fine watchmaking. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"At launch, Cost Plus had carried around 100 medications, all of which are generic in nature and not brand names that patients may be familiar with. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 17 June 2022",
"But most of these same practitioners told the researchers that any solution to ethical AI issues should be both technical and non-technical in nature . \u2014 Phil Hall, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Otherwise, humanity would be condemned to an eternity of pain, much of it musical in nature . \u2014 Joe Queenan, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"But just because a formula is simple in nature doesn't mean that it was easily formulated \u2014 these took about two years to perfect. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 15 June 2022",
"Though nonviolent in nature , conservatives have painted them as an effort to intimidate the justices, especially after Alito\u2019s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization leaked to Politico last month. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 14 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin natura , from natus , past participle of nasci to be born \u2014 more at nation ",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230029"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit",
": extreme disgust",
": a disturbed and unpleasant condition of the stomach : the feeling of being about to vomit",
": deep disgust : loathing",
": a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit"
],
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"\u02c8n\u022f-z\u0113-\u0259",
"-s\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02c8n\u022f-zh\u0259",
"-sh\u0259",
"\u02c8n\u022f-z\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02c8n\u022f-sh\u0259",
"\u02c8n\u022f-z\u0113-\u0259",
"-s\u0113-\u0259; \u02c8n\u022f-zh\u0259",
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"nauseousness",
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"queerness",
"sickness",
"squeamishness"
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"examples":[
"Some people experience nausea when flying.",
"A feeling of nausea suddenly came over me.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Symptoms include fatigue, nausea , vomiting, abdominal pain, jaundice, dark urine, and pale stool. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 31 May 2022",
"Symptoms include fatigue, nausea , vomiting, abdominal pain and jaundice. \u2014 Dee-ann Durbin, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
"Symptoms include fatigue, nausea , vomiting, abdominal pain and jaundice. \u2014 Dee-ann Durbin, Chron , 30 May 2022",
"Symptoms include fatigue, nausea , vomiting, abdominal pain, jaundice, dark urine and pale stools. \u2014 Bylauren Meltzer, ABC News , 29 May 2022",
"Symptoms include fever, fatigue, nausea , vomiting, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, dark urine, light-colored stool, joint pain and jaundice, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"Emma was already experiencing pregnancy symptoms of fatigue, nausea and dizziness, and couldn\u2019t imagine traveling that far. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"Hepatitis symptoms include fever, fatigue, nausea , abdominal pain, dark-colored urine and joint pain, the CDC said. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Drinking enough water will help your skin to heal and ease any headache, fatigue, or nausea . \u2014 Naomi Barr, SELF , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, seasickness, nausea, from Greek nautia, nausia , from naut\u0113s sailor \u2014 more at nautical ",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222416"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
],
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": to become affected with nausea",
": to feel disgust",
": to affect with nausea or disgust",
": to cause to feel nausea",
": to become affected with nausea",
": to affect with nausea"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u022f-zh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"-sh\u0113-",
"-z\u0113-",
"-s\u0113-",
"\u02c8n\u022f-z\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u02c8n\u022f-sh\u0113-",
"\u02c8n\u022f-z(h)\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"-s(h)\u0113-"
],
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"disgust",
"gross out",
"put off",
"repel",
"repulse",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The smell of gasoline nauseates me.",
"It nauseated him to see the way the animals were treated.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some people have reported that the headsets nauseate them. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
"This clip ought to nauseate any constitutionalist: Even Hillary Clinton would not have gone so far as to treat the Constitution as a joke. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 14 Aug. 2020",
"A few weeks later, in early February, Deng, the nurse, was preparing to eat dinner at the hospital office when the sight of food left her nauseated . \u2014 Vivian Wang, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Mar. 2020",
"Money managers at the firm have been telling clients to stick with their current investment plan even as the stock market drops and rebounds, creating a whipsaw effect that\u2019s enough to nauseate even the sturdiest investors. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Patients have become weak, short of breath and sometimes nauseated . \u2014 Denise Grady, New York Times , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Then, in 2013, after a fitness boxing class, Amanda, then 43, felt extremely nauseated and dizzy. \u2014 Meryl Davids Landau, Woman's Day , 27 Jan. 2020",
"About 11 percent of the riders got nauseated or, for other reasons, asked that the car be stopped. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Jan. 2020",
"She was nauseated and vomiting when she was taken to the emergency room of St. Charles Bend. \u2014 Bend Bulletin, oregonlive , 31 Dec. 2019"
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"1625, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
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},
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"adverb",
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": to become affected with nausea",
": to affect with nausea"
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"\u02c8n\u022f-zh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"-sh\u0113-",
"-z\u0113-",
"-s\u0113-",
"\u02c8n\u022f-z\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u02c8n\u022f-sh\u0113-",
"\u02c8n\u022f-z(h)\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"-s(h)\u0113-"
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"disgust",
"gross out",
"put off",
"repel",
"repulse",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off"
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"examples":[
"The smell of gasoline nauseates me.",
"It nauseated him to see the way the animals were treated.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some people have reported that the headsets nauseate them. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
"This clip ought to nauseate any constitutionalist: Even Hillary Clinton would not have gone so far as to treat the Constitution as a joke. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 14 Aug. 2020",
"A few weeks later, in early February, Deng, the nurse, was preparing to eat dinner at the hospital office when the sight of food left her nauseated . \u2014 Vivian Wang, BostonGlobe.com , 14 Mar. 2020",
"Money managers at the firm have been telling clients to stick with their current investment plan even as the stock market drops and rebounds, creating a whipsaw effect that\u2019s enough to nauseate even the sturdiest investors. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Patients have become weak, short of breath and sometimes nauseated . \u2014 Denise Grady, New York Times , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Then, in 2013, after a fitness boxing class, Amanda, then 43, felt extremely nauseated and dizzy. \u2014 Meryl Davids Landau, Woman's Day , 27 Jan. 2020",
"About 11 percent of the riders got nauseated or, for other reasons, asked that the car be stopped. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Jan. 2020",
"She was nauseated and vomiting when she was taken to the emergency room of St. Charles Bend. \u2014 Bend Bulletin, oregonlive , 31 Dec. 2019"
],
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"1625, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
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},
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"adjective",
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": causing nausea or especially disgust"
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"\u02c8n\u022f-zh\u0113-\u02cc\u0101-ti\u014b",
"-sh\u0113-",
"-z\u0113-",
"-s\u0113-"
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"abhorrent",
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"shocking",
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"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"examples":[
"the nauseating smell of rotting garbage",
"The way the animals were treated was nauseating .",
"It was nauseating to see the two of them act like lovesick teenagers.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The grisly encounter that sets the plot in motion is mercifully less nauseating than the novel; one major character is added; and one villain, securely incarcerated in the book, instead remains at large. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Mar. 2022",
"And sometimes, the cooking process looks pretty nauseating , but the finished product turns out to look so normal that commenters suspect the video was cut and edited. \u2014 Lydia Wang, refinery29.com , 2 June 2021",
"With a 25 percent discount, the price is also slightly less nauseating . \u2014 Adrienne So, Wired , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Since the rise of personal video technologies, particularly the smartphone camera, modern lynchings of black men and women like Arbery\u2019s have been captured with nauseating frequency. \u2014 Jason Parham, Wired , 12 May 2020",
"It was finalized on March 31 amid a public-health crisis and a nauseating recession, with only a presidential tweet and a five-sentence press release to show for itself. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 13 Apr. 2020",
"Only one team in the top eight in pace is in the top 10 in free-throw shooting \u2014 Houston, whose best player, James Harden, is an excellent free-throw shooter who gets to the line at a nauseating pace. \u2014 Jace Frederick, Twin Cities , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Violent movies and video games are not the cause of the nauseating wave of mass shootings and random gun deaths in this country; the cause is the guns. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Oct. 2019",
"One way to mitigate the nauseating effects is to drink lots of water, but that meant double the bathroom breaks on the drive there. \u2014 Cady Drell, Glamour , 27 Sep. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1645, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175424"
},
"nauseous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": causing nausea or disgust : nauseating",
": affected with nausea or disgust",
": suffering from nausea",
": causing nausea",
": causing nausea",
": affected with nausea"
],
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"\u02c8n\u022f-sh\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u022f-z\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u022f-sh\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u022f-z\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u022f-sh\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u022f-z\u0113-\u0259s"
],
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"ill",
"nauseated",
"qualmish",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"queer",
"queerish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"squeamish"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After months of feeling increasingly nauseous , unable to keep his food down, Duran decided to go on a bike ride. \u2014 Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Is anyone else getting slightly nauseous watching Harry spin on a moving platform? \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Some less obvious signs include feeling fatigued, moody, or nauseous . \u2014 SELF , 11 Feb. 2022",
"That sort of like nauseous feeling, headache-y, dizzy, where you absolutely are incapacitated. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Lauren Wright remembers her skin peeling, feeling nauseous and vomiting. \u2014 Audrey Mcavoy, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"More healthcare professionals are noticing an influx of COVID-19 patients reporting feeling nauseous and queasy or have uncontrollably vomiting as a primary symptom. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Just to muddy the water a bit, while pouring gels or liquids into a nauseous stomach is to blame, dehydration may be a factor in the nausea. \u2014 Sarah Barker, Outside Online , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Feeling nauseous is another normal and common immune system response to the flu vaccine. \u2014 Beth Krietsch, SELF , 18 Dec. 2021"
],
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"1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190910"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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": of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships",
": of or relating to sailors, navigation, or ships"
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"\u02c8n\u022f-ti-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8n\u00e4-",
"\u02c8n\u022f-ti-k\u0259l"
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"marine",
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"examples":[
"a dictionary of nautical terms",
"collected sextants and other antique nautical equipment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The vessel is expected to reach around 13 knots at full tilt and can cover up to 3,500 nautical miles when traveling at a cruising speed of 10 knots, according to Perini Navi. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 10 June 2022",
"The collection includes aerial maps, nautical maps, topological surveys of the area, and transit guides (including a 1961 New York City subway map and a draft of Frederick Law Olmsted\u2019s original vision for Prospect Park). \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 July 2020",
"Depth finders should be used, and knowledge of tides and nautical maps and an awareness of vulnerable manatees are also essential. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 May 2019",
"Some have logged more than 5,000 nautical miles since the start of the invasion in late February. \u2014 Fortune , 3 June 2022",
"AA Interior Design founder Alexandra Angle created a relaxing bath with nautical vibes anchored by a dark-blue freestanding tub. \u2014 Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful , 1 June 2022",
"Ben Towill and Charlie Layton used the pause for training to row 3,000 nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean. \u2014 WSJ , 28 May 2022",
"Case in point: This easy-on-the-eyes coiled rope basket that gives off major nautical chic vibes, but is also roomy enough to store all the things, from books and toys to sneakers and mittens. \u2014 Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored , 23 Feb. 2021",
"The missile is designed to fly low over the waves at subsonic speeds to avoid radar detection, has a 500-pound warhead, and a range in excess of 67 nautical miles. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin nauticus , from Greek nautikos , from naut\u0113s sailor, from naus ship \u2014 more at nave ",
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"1552, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213847"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a depression in the middle of the abdomen that marks the point of former attachment of the umbilical cord or yolk stalk",
": the central point : middle",
": a hollow or bump in the middle of the stomach that marks the place where the umbilical cord was attached",
": a depression in the middle of the abdomen that marks the point of former attachment of the umbilical cord to the embryo"
],
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"\u02c8n\u0101-v\u0259l",
"\u02c8n\u0101-v\u0259l",
"\u02c8n\u0101-v\u0259l"
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"axis",
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"heart",
"hub",
"locus",
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"nucleus",
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"seat"
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"examples":[
"a city that likes to regard itself as the nation's navel of art and culture",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Murphy has the jacket unzipped to his navel , inviting you to take in the chained medallion that decorates his hairless chest. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Note that mindfulness is not the same thing as navel -gazing. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 19 May 2022",
"Follow suit this spring and consider loading up on a few navel -skimming crop tops to maximize your wardrobe. \u2014 Eni Subair, Vogue , 13 May 2022",
"The first one on the new menu is a toro steak, which comes from the beef belly, or navel . \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Some viewers were scandalized when Ms. Mimieux appeared on-screen wearing a two-piece bathing suit that revealed her navel . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The record is well-suited for spring-summer daydreams and disco dancing, with the Ecuadoran American artist turning what could seem \u2014 in less talented hands \u2014 like navel gazing into something deeper and more inclusive. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"As a writer-director however, his style, though still casually profane, has tended toward the dramedic, the bittersweet, the indulgently navel -gazey. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
"On date night, try the navel , chest, shoulder blades, and ears. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English nafela ; akin to Old High German nabalo navel, Latin umbilicus , Greek omphalos ",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190929"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": useless or excessive self-contemplation"
],
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"\u02c8n\u0101-v\u0259l-\u02c8g\u0101-zi\u014b"
],
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"egocentricity",
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"egotism",
"narcissism",
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"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
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"self-abandonment",
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"unselfishness"
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"first_known_use":[
"1959, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183036"
},
"navigable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships",
": capable of being navigated",
": capable of being steered",
": deep enough and wide enough to permit passage of ships",
": possible to steer"
],
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"\u02c8na-vi-g\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8na-vi-g\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"negotiable",
"passable"
],
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"impassable",
"impassible",
"unnegotiable",
"unpassable"
],
"examples":[
"The marsh was navigable only by canoe.",
"this map shows which rivers are navigable and which aren't",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thanks to climate change, the Arctic has increasingly become a navigable sea route. \u2014 Arthur Herman, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"This hardly seems like the same Little Miami River that flows in the Greater Cincinnati area rather peacefully, with a mildly exciting rapid here and there, easily navigable , and often overflowing with amateur kayakers and canoers. \u2014 Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer , 16 May 2022",
"Reporter Alixel Cabrera also shares how some areas in Salt Lake County will become more navigable for residents. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The tentative visitor count for January 2022 \u2014 about 900 people per day \u2014 would be a pittance at larger, more navigable parks. \u2014 Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"It\u2019s been 50 years since the passage of the Clean Water Act with the goal of cleaning up the country\u2019s navigable waterways, and while there is cause to celebrate what the legislation accomplished, toxins are still fouling rivers and lakes. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The Pacific side of the country is more popular with visitors, since the roads are more navigable and tourist hot spots like Lake Nicaragua, Grenada and San Juan del Sur are clustered along the coastline. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 10 Mar. 2022",
"It was formally christened a navigable waterway in 2010, subject in its entirety, from Chatsworth to Long Beach, to the protections of the federal Clean Water Act. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The small screens are bright and easy to read, and the button layout is quickly navigable , especially once you're used to it. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210900"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
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],
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": the act or practice of navigating",
": the science of getting ships, aircraft, or spacecraft from place to place",
": the method of determining position, course, and distance traveled",
": ship traffic or commerce",
": the act or practice of steering, directing the course of, or finding a way through",
": the science of figuring out the position and course of a ship or aircraft"
],
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"\u02ccna-v\u0259-\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"If you're going to be a good sailor you need to master navigation .",
"I don't mind driving if you're willing to do the navigation .",
"Our new car has an onboard navigation system.",
"Navigation becomes more difficult further upriver.",
"There are back and forward buttons for easier browser navigation .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gray Eagle has much longer legs than Bayraktar, capable of flying up to 2,500 nautical miles versus 186 miles due to the use of satellite navigation . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 25 May 2022",
"This package includes the 18-speaker Harman Kardon surround sound system, a HUD and enhanced navigation , a three-dimensional 360-degree camera, front massaging seats, and a Wi-Fi hotspot. \u2014 Car and Driver , 28 May 2022",
"From the navigation panel on the left, click Security. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 25 May 2022",
"To join the birthday celebrations, tap the Google Maps chevron when in driving mode to make your navigation icon a Street View car; and look for the desktop app's Pegman, decked out in a birthday hat and balloons. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 24 May 2022",
"The navigation keys, except for the arrows, are also programmable. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 24 May 2022",
"Valadao\u2019s success so far has been one of delicate navigation . \u2014 Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"Of course, the fourth-generation design, which has been refined over time, comes fitted with advanced navigation electronics and the latest tech. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 16 May 2022",
"Within two days, V\u00edctor Manuel Hern\u00e1ndez Sandoval, director of navigation services for Mexican Air Space\u2014the country\u2019s air-traffic control authority\u2014had resigned. \u2014 Mary Anastasia O\u2019grady, WSJ , 15 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191355"
},
"navigator":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that navigates or is qualified to navigate",
": an officer on a ship or aircraft responsible for directing its course"
],
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"\u02c8na-v\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8na-v\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101-t\u0259r"
],
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"gob",
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"jack",
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"sailor",
"salt",
"sea dog",
"seafarer",
"seaman",
"shipman",
"swab",
"swabbie",
"swabby",
"tar"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The crew includes a copilot and a navigator .",
"Would you be willing to act as navigator while I drive?",
"The ship is equipped with a satellite navigator .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a lead navigator on D-Day, 1st Lt. William McBride was in charge of guiding a group of 18 bombers to their target. \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 30 May 2022",
"One of his own sons, William, served as a navigator on the Industry, and his son-in-law Pardon Cook was one of the ship\u2019s officers. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Since the coronavirus outbreak, her field of expertise has expanded, earning her a new title: covid navigator . \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2021",
"He'd been transferred to the Army Air Corps and was serving as the navigator in August 1942 when his B-25 bomber clipped pine trees at the end of a runway in Raleigh, North Carolina. \u2014 Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press , 29 May 2022",
"Open positions include career navigator , career center services supervisor, eligibility and intake specialist supervisor; training development coordinator; business services representative and training funds coordinator. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Every year, daring women head to the desert of California and Nevada for the Rebelle Rally\u2014a first-of-its-kind women\u2019s off-road navigation competition that puts driver-and- navigator teams to the test over eight days. \u2014 Outside Online , 12 May 2022",
"Sometimes there are a lot of phone calls back and forth between the navigator and patient, sometimes not. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Trisha Rios is a recovery navigator with Alliance for Living, who is working with Ledge Light, engaging with people in the community on harm reduction and connecting them to treatment. \u2014 Harriet Jones, courant.com , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1574, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191052"
},
"nawab":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": nabob"
],
"pronounciation":[
"n\u0259-\u02c8w\u00e4b"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
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"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
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"examples":[
"a meeting with the nawabs on the university's board of trustees"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1682, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210607"
},
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"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler",
"one who espouses the beliefs and policies of the German Nazis fascist",
"one who is likened to a German Nazi a harshly domineering, dictatorial, or intolerant person",
"a member of a political party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945"
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"a gang of racist Nazis"
],
"history_and_etymology":"German, by shortening & alteration from Nationalsozialist , from national national + Sozialist socialist",
"first_known_use":[
"1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":"noun",
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"a naive person",
"naive"
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"aw-shucks",
"dewy",
"dewy-eyed",
"green",
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"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"simple",
"simpleminded",
"uncritical",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary",
"unworldly",
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],
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"cosmopolitan",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the senator, newly elected and still na\u00eff , will learn soon enough how Washington really works",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"As Rose Nylund, the benevolent and good-hearted naif from St. Olaf, Minn., White could generally be counted on to provide the show\u2019s heart. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Chaplin the promethean filmmaker was also his own worst enemy, a comedic and business genius, a political naif , even a poseur in certain ways, but also a man who could never escape either his childhood or his attraction to childlike women. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
"But Murphy doesn\u2019t quite know what to do with a naif like Monica (cf. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Christie was a naif who weathered being publicly dumped by her first husband, losing both parents suddenly, seeing the horrors of World War I as a nurse and enduring a mental illness that led to an extended disappearance. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Christie was a naif who weathered being publicly dumped by her first husband, losing both parents suddenly, seeing the horrors of World War I as a nurse and enduring a mental illness that led to an extended disappearance. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Christie was a naif who weathered being publicly dumped by her first husband, losing both parents suddenly, seeing the horrors of World War I as a nurse and enduring a mental illness that led to an extended disappearance. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Christie was a naif who weathered being publicly dumped by her first husband, losing both parents suddenly, seeing the horrors of World War I as a nurse and enduring a mental illness that led to an extended disappearance. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Christie was a naif who weathered being publicly dumped by her first husband, losing both parents suddenly, seeing the horrors of World War I as a nurse and enduring a mental illness that led to an extended disappearance. \u2014 Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune , 16 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1891, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"circa 1598, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162625"
},
"na\u00efve":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by unaffected simplicity : artless , ingenuous",
": deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment",
": credulous",
": not previously subjected to experimentation or a particular experimental situation",
": not having previously used a particular drug (such as marijuana)",
": not having been exposed previously to an antigen",
": self-taught , primitive",
": produced by or as if by a self-taught artist",
": showing lack of experience or knowledge",
": being simple and sincere",
": not previously subjected to experimentation or a particular experimental situation",
": not having previously used a particular drug (as marijuana)",
": not having been exposed previously to an antigen"
],
"pronounciation":[
"n\u00e4-\u02c8\u0113v",
"n\u012b-"
],
"synonyms":[
"aw-shucks",
"dewy",
"dewy-eyed",
"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"na\u00eff",
"naif",
"primitive",
"simple",
"simpleminded",
"uncritical",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anyone who thinks a space trip is a run-of-the-mill, roller-coaster ride is naive . \u2014 Jim Clash, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The Southwest Center has been a part of the species' survival program for years but most of its wolves are retired, too old to reproduce and too naive to be released into the wild. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 4 June 2022",
"Call me naive , but this whole concept is tough to fit into my brain. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Many were naive when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, thinking communism was consigned to an irrecoverable past. \u2014 Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"But what may start off as altruistic, if a bit naive , motives can mutate into something resembling status-obsession detached from its purported original mission. \u2014 Ethan Lamb, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The two groups\u2019 well-meaning remedy proposals, however, ring a bit naive . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Hammer is entirely naive , and played almost entirely for comic effect with just a little pinch of evil and corruption sprinkled in. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
"Gift registries are so common now that the very idea of deferring to the donors\u2019 ideas is deemed naive . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French na\u00efve , feminine of na\u00eff , from Old French, inborn, natural, from Latin nativus native",
"first_known_use":[
"1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223135"
},
"naughty":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": guilty of disobedience or misbehavior",
": vicious in moral character : wicked",
": lacking in taste or propriety",
": behaving in a bad or improper way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u022f-t\u0113",
"\u02c8n\u00e4-",
"\u02c8n\u022f-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"contrary",
"errant",
"froward",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous"
],
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"behaved",
"behaving",
"nice",
"orderly"
],
"examples":[
"She gave him a naughty smile.",
"told her to act her age and stop throwing temper tantrums like a naughty little girl",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"First on the birds\u2019 naughty list is Matt Ford, whose remains Ronnie and Marley find on a popular hiking trail. \u2014 Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"Sushi nachos from By Love Art, mix-and-match pierogies from Jaju\u2019s, and naughty waffles from the Farmacy Caf\u00e9. \u2014 Rachel Raczka, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"The Federal Trade Commission is threatening to put naughty education technology companies in time-out. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 20 May 2022",
"Cat Carmichael is the owner of a thriving naughty bakeshop \u2014 who hasn't been intimate with her boyfriend in almost two years thanks to a muscular condition called vaginismus. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 9 May 2022",
"After World War II, the greenery was shaved to the roots to unseat the rats who hid out there, and as part of a vice campaign against naughty trysting. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"There\u2019s something almost naughty about the show\u2019s subversions. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"That naughty behavior has often revolved around what corporate communication can occur on Twitter or similar platforms. \u2014 Simon Constable, Time , 8 Apr. 2022",
"In this antiseptic environment, Ben Affleck arrives as a naughty little gift. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English noughti , from nought ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-123559"
},
"namby-pamby":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking in character or substance : insipid",
": weak , indecisive"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccnam-b\u0113-\u02c8pam-b\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"banal",
"flat",
"insipid",
"milk-and-water",
"watery",
"wishy-washy"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" Namby Pamby , nickname given to Ambrose Philips",
"I dare not say him nay . [=I dare not say no to him]",
"\u2026 he was young and too good-natured to say nay to any woman who wooed him.",
"\u2014 Samuel Butler",
"\"Gold digging, sir?\" \" Nay , sir,\" answered I, starting, \"I was merely\u2014ahem!\u2014merely\u2014I say I was merely digging-round my chimney.\"",
"\u2014 Herman Melville"
],
": denial , refusal":[],
": a negative reply or vote":[
"The nays outnumbered the ayes, and so the measure did not pass."
"I was angry\u2014 nay , furious\u2014at the way they were treating that poor dog.",
"Noun",
"when the votes were tallied, it was 241 yeas and 54 nays",
"gave a resounding nay to the request for a mixed-company camping trip",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"So, coming live from my Van Down By the River, Old Prospector's pickaxe in my right hand, Cowbell in my left, Opera Man wig on my head, El Nino thundering away above it, here are the eight footballers who could, nay should, host SNL. \u2014 SI.com , 9 Oct. 2019",
"And, on Wednesday evening, Rep. Thomas Massie exercised his prerogative to stand apart from his colleagues by voting nay . \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 19 May 2022",
"Student trustee Malinalli Villalobos joined him in voting nay , but the student role is advisory without a vote that counts toward the outcome. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 May 2022",
"The duo is also dressed in matching iridescent corsets shaped like seashells that add to the under-the-sea scenery \u2014 nay , seanery. \u2014 Jennet Jusu, Allure , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Some Palestinian rights advocates, including McCollum, didn\u2019t join Tlaib\u2019s nay . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Emphasize the positive and chase away nay -saying demons. \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Keep your eyes peeled for cult-favorite Nordstrom pieces as well, like those Zella leggings with hundreds\u2014 nay , thousands\u2014of five-star reviews\u2014and the $44 bra with a loyal celeb following. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Asynchronous collaboration is inherently disruptive and a game changer because there\u2019s no place to hide for nay -sayers and defenders of the status quo. \u2014 Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021"
": a community of people composed of one or more nationalities and possessing a more or less defined territory and government",
": a territorial division containing a body of people of one or more nationalities and usually characterized by relatively large size and independent status",
": group , aggregation",
": a tribe or federation of tribes (as of American Indians)",
": country sense 1",
": a community of people made up of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government",
": nationality sense 3",
"Amelia 1846\u20131911 n\u00e9e Moore American temperance agitator"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonwealth",
"country",
"land",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"state"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It's one of the richest nations in the world.",
"the largest state in the nation",
"The President will speak to the nation tonight.",
"The entire nation is celebrating the victory.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Illinois Department of Public Health and other public health departments across the nation have been in contact with the city health department about the ongoing investigation. \u2014 Tatyana Turner, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"The following three focus areas should be on the agenda of boards and CEOs across the nation : 1. \u2014 Jean Accius, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Within a few days, images of the Battle of the Overpass flashed across the nation . \u2014 Mike Smith, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"Initially, the George Floyd murder generated widespread demonstrations and calls for reform across the nation , including some in Carlsbad. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The pandemic devastated the restaurant industry across the nation . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"The march Saturday was one of several that took place across the nation . \u2014 Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal , 11 June 2022",
"Resignations and retirements have mounted in schools across the nation in part because of the Covid pandemic. \u2014 Daniella Silva, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"Jenkins\u2019 dream of a finer fankfurter soon spread across the nation . \u2014 Fox News , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English nacioun , from Anglo-French naciun , from Latin nation-, natio birth, race, nation, from nasci to be born; akin to Latin gignere to beget \u2014 more at kin ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192313"
},
"narrow-minded":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": not willing to accept opinions, beliefs, behaviors, etc. that are unusual or different from one's own : not open-minded",
": something that is narrated : story , account":[
"He is writing a detailed narrative of his life on the island."
],
": a way of presenting or understanding a situation or series of events that reflects and promotes a particular point of view or set of values":[
"The rise of the Tea Party and the weakness of the Obama economy have fueled a Republican narrative about Big Government as a threat to liberty \u2026",
"\u2014 Michael Grunwald",
"The media narrative around Kelly's appointment had two central ideas \u2026 : He would calm and professionalize the White House, and he would provide a more measured leadership style than his boss.",
"\u2014 Perry Bacon Jr."
],
": the art or practice of narration":[
"\u2026 depended not on narrative but on intensity derived from the verity to make the book jump.",
"\u2014 Stanley Kauffmann"
],
": having the form of a story or representing a story":[
"a narrative poem",
"narrative paintings"
],
": of or relating to the process of telling a story":[
"For Dando, the ability to spin a tale is reflective of an appreciation for the country music tradition, one often underrated for it\u2019s masterful ability to drive forth narrative within the confines of just a three minute song. \u2014 Jim Ryan, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Here are the main themes that have emerged so far: An unsettling narrative . \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"However, things veer off in an all-new narrative direction pretty much right away. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 27 June 2022",
"Yet an emergent narrative complicates both these perspectives, positing instead a deep, co-equal bond between humans\u2014particularly those who feel discomfort with rigid taxonomies, or who exist at the margins of society\u2014and sea creatures of the deep. \u2014 Alana Mohamed, The Atlantic , 27 June 2022",
"The narrative feature award comes with a $2,500 prize, presented by Sony Pictures Entertainment, while Netflix presented the John Singleton Award, along with a $5,000 purse. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"With each of its varied narrative threads, Pachinko transforms a colossal subject into a story that is epically human. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
"But a top-notch leading man and stunning musical numbers can only do so much to make up for an overstuffed narrative with pacing issues, a lack of focus and a surprisingly average outing for the usually great Hanks. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"But shifting focus away from the potential severity of the disease runs counter to China's narrative , and the video was therefore swiftly scrubbed from the Chinese internet. \u2014 Selina Wang, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Its central motor and primary technology is narrative : oral stories, transmitted and made collective, power our way forward. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"In an attempt to bring order to a mountain of information and to create a narrative arc that can hold the public\u2019s attention, the committee turned to the storytelling devices of film and television. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"But the episode nonetheless raises questions about how Obi-Wan Kenobi fits into the larger story, and illuminates the difficulty, for the writers, of negotiating an ever-expanding narrative universe without compromising the material that exists. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
"In a sense, the TV show's talking heads are much closer to the narrative style of the book. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 13 May 2022",
"Sorkin describes using wide shots and extreme close-ups to mask the small number of extras, but doesn't offer any other big ideas about tracking the chaos on a narrative level. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Though lacking the narrative elements of the paintings and figurative textiles, some of the decorative pieces are the most striking. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
"With this film there is also a mixture of things that interests me on a narrative level. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 24 Sep. 2021",
"As with her music, Nico\u2019s text is less narrative or dramatic than territorial, a sung tundra. \u2014 Brian Dillon, The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2022"
"although it has undergone several transformations over the years, Times Square remains one of New York's most fabled nabes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Kennedys actually made their first home together in Georgetown, and moved around the nabe several times, The Huffington Post notes. \u2014 Devin Alessio, ELLE Decor , 6 June 2016",
"The Binghamton nabe was once a disused industrial stretch east of Midtown. \u2014 Bob Mehr, Billboard , 8 May 2017",
"There will be a walking tour of Union Square at 2 p.m. with discounts \u2014 for example, 25 percent off a vegan puffer jacket ($345) and other goods at the men\u2019s wear stalwart Rothman\u2019s \u2014 and a photo scavenger hunt in the Flatiron nabe . \u2014 Alison S. Cohn, New York Times , 23 Nov. 2016"
": a drug (such as opium or morphine ) that in moderate doses dulls the senses, relieves pain, and induces profound sleep but in excessive doses causes stupor, coma, or convulsions",
": a drug (such as marijuana or LSD ) subject to restriction similar to that of addictive narcotics whether physiologically (see physiological ) addictive and narcotic or not",
": something that soothes, relieves, or lulls",
": having the properties of, being, or yielding a narcotic",
": inducing mental lethargy or stupor",
": of, involving, or concerned with narcotics : relating to the use of narcotics",
": produced by or as if by narcotics",
": involving, affecting, or intended for people addicted to or dependent on narcotics",
": a drug that in small doses dulls the senses, relieves pain, and brings on sleep but in larger doses has dangerous effects, that includes some (as morphine) that are used in medicine and others (as heroin) that are used illegally, and that often causes addiction",
": of, relating to, or being a narcotic",
": a drug (as codeine, methadone, or morphine) that in moderate doses dulls the senses, relieves pain, and induces profound sleep but in excessive doses causes stupor, coma, or convulsions",
": a drug (as marijuana or LSD) subject to restriction similar to that of addictive narcotics whether in fact physiologically addictive and narcotic or not",
": having the properties of, being, or yielding a narcotic",
": of, involving, or concerned with narcotics : relating to the use of narcotics",
": produced by narcotics",
": involving, affecting, or intended for people addicted to or dependent on narcotics"
],
"pronounciation":[
"n\u00e4r-\u02c8k\u00e4-tik",
"n\u00e4r-\u02c8k\u00e4-tik",
"n\u00e4r-\u02c8k\u00e4t-ik"
],
"synonyms":[
"anesthetic",
"anodyne",
"opiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"dreamy",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"sedative",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"an irradicable sense of self-righteousness seems to be the narcotic that inures these religious fanatics from any realization of the harm they have done",
"Adjective",
"some therapists believe that certain scents can have a narcotic effect on people",
"the lecturer droned on in a narcotic monotone that eventually had the entire class struggling to stay awake",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"According to local police, the three men, who are from the Dumfries and Woodbridge areas, face charges of possession with intent to distribute a narcotic . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"It is not immediately known how the narcotic was released. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"There is no question that fentanyl is a powerful narcotic and can be deadly. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Despite warnings by defense attorneys, the Corrections Department used an experimental process using a Valium-like drug called midazolam in combination with a narcotic . \u2014 Jen Fifield, The Arizona Republic , 5 Aug. 2021",
"In the United States, Chinese-Americans protested the scent, objecting to the commodification of a narcotic that had caused China so much pain in the 19th century when, during the Opium Wars, Britain turned the powerful nation into one of addicts. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2021",
"Two people in Roseville died of apparent drug overdoses over 24 hours, leading police to warn the public about a dangerous new narcotic . \u2014 Katy Read, Star Tribune , 6 Feb. 2021",
"But others, who could make it through tough times until business resumes in a few months, are choosing consumer spending as a narcotic to get them through a bleak and lonely winter. \u2014 Terry Savage, chicagotribune.com , 31 Dec. 2020",
"Oh made multiple recommendations, including medications and specific doses, including a narcotic . \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Dec. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The event is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and will give Porter County residents a place to recycle clean and dry plastic bags and a variety of household hazardous waste items such as pool chemicals, non- narcotic medications, medical sharps and more. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"While a deputy spoke with Jones, colleagues arrived with a narcotic -sniffing dog. \u2014 Kevin Tresolini, USA TODAY , 13 May 2022",
"These led to more troubled behaviors, like punitive exercising (an attempt to lose weight), hair-pulling and narcotic use. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
"They are charged with intent to distribute a narcotic and other charges. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"But the landscape changed after the introduction of the narcotic fentanyl, which is mixed with illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine and sold illegally. \u2014 Sara Novak, Scientific American , 6 June 2022",
"Martha Lopez, 31, and Tania Luna Solis, 30, were arrested on suspicion of crimes including possession of a narcotic drug for sale, according to police. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"Online court records show the other person was charged with possession of a narcotic drug and carrying a handgun without a license. \u2014 Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
"Accused of carrying cannabis oil in her luggage and smuggling a narcotic substance, Griner has been detained since mid-February, and publicly, there\u2019s been little movement on her case. \u2014 Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY , 14 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-220949"
},
"nauseousness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": causing nausea or disgust : nauseating",
": affected with nausea or disgust",
": suffering from nausea",
": causing nausea",
": causing nausea",
": affected with nausea"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u022f-sh\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u022f-z\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u022f-sh\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u022f-z\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u022f-sh\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u022f-z\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"ill",
"nauseated",
"qualmish",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"queer",
"queerish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"squeamish"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After months of feeling increasingly nauseous , unable to keep his food down, Duran decided to go on a bike ride. \u2014 Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Is anyone else getting slightly nauseous watching Harry spin on a moving platform? \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Some less obvious signs include feeling fatigued, moody, or nauseous . \u2014 SELF , 11 Feb. 2022",
"That sort of like nauseous feeling, headache-y, dizzy, where you absolutely are incapacitated. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Lauren Wright remembers her skin peeling, feeling nauseous and vomiting. \u2014 Audrey Mcavoy, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"More healthcare professionals are noticing an influx of COVID-19 patients reporting feeling nauseous and queasy or have uncontrollably vomiting as a primary symptom. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Just to muddy the water a bit, while pouring gels or liquids into a nauseous stomach is to blame, dehydration may be a factor in the nausea. \u2014 Sarah Barker, Outside Online , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Feeling nauseous is another normal and common immune system response to the flu vaccine. \u2014 Beth Krietsch, SELF , 18 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see nausea ",
"first_known_use":[
"1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-070643"
},
"nabob":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a provincial governor of the Mogul empire in India",
": a person of great wealth or prominence"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0101-\u02ccb\u00e4b"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
],
"examples":[
"dressed conservatively so as to make a good impression with the nabobs on the co-op's board",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This doesn\u2019t sound like a con artist or a relentlessly negative nabob . \u2014 Washington Post , 22 June 2021",
"Woody Allen, Elaine May and Larry David have all done it, turning these people into shouting caricatures, guilt givers and nabobs of neuroses. \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 11 May 2020",
"All those nattering nabobs of negativism in the press were certainly guaranteed to give this speech the back of the hand, right? \u2014 Jamie Dupree, AJC.com , 31 Jan. 2018",
"If Tebow does not in fact disagree with Jeffress on any of these points, then his decision looks like nothing more than craven capitulation to the nattering nabobs of negativism and intolerance. \u2014 Robert Klemko, SI.com , 17 Aug. 2017",
"My, oh my, sounds like a nattering nabob of negativity. \u2014 Letter Writers, Twin Cities , 11 June 2017",
"The incessant nattering of the nabobs back there in coach. \u2014 Michael Calore, WIRED , 18 June 2012"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Hindi nav\u0101b & Urdu naw\u0101b , from Arabic nuww\u0101b , plural of n\u0101'ib governor",
"first_known_use":[
"1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
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": of slender width",
": of less than standard or usual width",
": woven in widths usually less than 18 inches (46 centimeters)",
": limited in size or scope",
": illiberal (see illiberal sense a ) in views or disposition : prejudiced",
": stingy , niggardly",
": barely sufficient : close",
": barely successful",
": minutely precise : meticulous",
": relatively rich in protein as compared with carbohydrate and fat",
": tense sense 3",
": to decrease the breadth or extent of : contract",
": to decrease the scope or sphere of : limit",
": to lessen in width or extent : contract",
": a narrow part or passage",
": a strait connecting two bodies of water",
": of slender or less than usual width",
": limited in size or extent",
": not broad or open in mind or views",
": barely successful : close",
": to make or become less wide",
": to limit in number : become fewer",
": a narrow passage connecting two bodies of water"
],
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"\u02c8ner-(\u02cc)\u014d",
"\u02c8na-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
"\u02c8ner-\u014d"
],
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"fine",
"hairline",
"needlelike",
"paper-thin",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin",
"ultrathin"
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"broad",
"fat",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Staked at the fringes of George Fishler\u2019s green lawn on a narrow street in the foothills of Mount Olympus, the red and black text sign calls out for attention like a campaign endorsement. \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Spacing: Some shelves have very narrow spacing between the tines while others provide more room for thick or curved plates. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"These systems were programmed with brittle rules and canned responses and could only handle a very narrow set of use cases without breaking down. \u2014 Gaurav Tewari, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Mourners filled the narrow street to press against the vehicle and pay their respects. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"The worksite was on a narrow street bordered by homes. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"As of Wednesday morning, the race was down to the wire between establishment candidate Dave McCormick, a finance wizard who served in the George W. Bush administration, and Oz, who had opened up a very narrow lead. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 18 May 2022",
"But British fish and chip shops, which traditionally operate under very narrow margins, are feeling a particular squeeze because of the industry's reliance on Russian imports. \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 16 May 2022",
"The group was nearly evenly matched by about 15 local and federal law enforcement officers who stood in front of Kavanaugh\u2019s home as demonstrators slowly walked up and down one block of his narrow street. \u2014 Dan Morse, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So, in 2020, the team turned to A.I. to try to narrow down the hits. \u2014 Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The fall docket already includes Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case that could give the court\u2019s conservative majority an opportunity to further narrow the Voting Rights Act of 1965, for example. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The transparency law is intended to narrow the gender pay gap, especially for women of color. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022",
"And with the Louisiana governor, John Bel Edwards, watching from near midcourt, L.S.U., which rallied in the fourth quarter on Saturday to beat Jackson State, scrambled again late to try to narrow the gap. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Oregon State entered the ninth inning holding a three-run lead, but Ducks designated hitter Brennan Milone belted a two-run homer to left field to narrow Oregon\u2019s deficit to 8-7. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2022",
"Make sure to narrow your search to your area to find the best keywords that people are searching for. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"More important, Ukraine has succeeded in pushing Russia to narrow its goals down to conquering the East rather than destroying the entire nation. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Detectives were then able to use DNA found at the crime scene along with info in public DNA databases \u2013 and the mountain of data the students helped organize - to narrow the killer down to Gilham and two of his brothers in the fall. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There are options for the wide and the narrow of feet, for minimalist fans and thick-sole pounders, for mountain speedsters and fire-road plodders\u2014and every runner in between. \u2014 Justin Nyberg, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
"Despite his considerable narrow -mindedness, Simmons found a counterintuitive wisdom in his bodily extremism, a blind faith only in that which facilitates maximum performance\u2014call it optimization on steroids. \u2014 Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Democratic societies are encountering unprecedented challenges, which come not only from authoritarian regimes but equally from inside a society with narrow -mindedness, greed for power, and material desire, which are ingrained in human nature. \u2014 Stephen Mooallem, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Neither enjoys a large-enough back seat to support adults for hours on end, but the Ford squeezes out a narrow of victory in cargo room. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 26 June 2021",
"No Trump-supporting, independent, or conservative-leaning characters appear except as foils to help illustrate the narrow -mindedness of the main subjects. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2020",
"Ranked choice changes the very act of voting by allowing people to shift their support from losing candidates to more viable options as the field narrows , essentially doing on paper what caucusgoers have typically done in person. \u2014 Jacey Fortin, New York Times , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Further on, as the road narrows and deteriorates, there are fewer women. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2020",
"Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren \u2013 have the most to lose on Super Tuesday as the crowded field narrows and the front runners emerge. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 27 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-113829"
},
"nadir":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer",
": the lowest point"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0101-\u02ccdir",
"\u02c8n\u0101-d\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"depth",
"rock bottom",
"zero"
],
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"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
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"examples":[
"Nantucket reached its nadir in the post-Civil War period. The whaling industry had become moribund, many New Englanders had been lured to California by the discovery of gold, and the island population dropped from ten thousand in 1830 to scarcely more than three thousand in 1880. \u2014 David H. Wood , Antiques , August 1995",
"But then, at the very nadir of that dark abandoned moment, that moment of despair and sickness unto death, \u2026 \u2014 T. Coraghessan Boyle , The Road to Wellville , 1993",
"My nadir was the time I presented an oral book report on \"Les Mis\u00e9rables,\" having read only the Classic Comics version \u2026 \u2014 Stephen Jay Gould , New York Times Book Review , 12 Oct. 1986",
"The relationship between the two countries reached a nadir in the 1920s.",
"the discussion really reached its nadir when people resorted to name-calling",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Critics and online pundits despair over the Jurassic World films as the nadir of modern blockbuster filmmaking (especially as Jurassic World opened just as Transformers had peaked), but audiences young and old show up and mostly have a good time. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"This year\u2019s result is five points lower than the results of the 2021 and 2020 surveys and three points lower than the 2018 and 2019 scores of 56, the previous nadir . \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The industry shrank from its peak of $24 billion in revenue in 1999, adjusted for inflation, to a nadir of $7.7 billion in 2014. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 15 Mar. 2022",
"And thanks largely but not exclusively to the slap heard \u2019round the world and the way it was responded to immediately afterwards (or, more aptly, not), the image of the Academy and the Oscars at an all-time nadir . \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Lessler proposed that last summer\u2019s pre-Delta nadir might serve as a tentative benchmark. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Last year\u2019s cycle represented the nadir of the baseball writers\u2019 annual efforts. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The meeting comes at a near nadir in a relationship that most foreign policy analysts expect will define the 21st century. \u2014 Matthew Brown, USA TODAY , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Transforming the neon flair of the popular Will Smith sitcom into a flashy drama could be the inevitable nadir of the Hollywood reboot machine going through its recyclables. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 9 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Middle French, from Arabic na\u1e0dh\u012br opposite",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-174854"
},
"nail":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a horny sheath protecting the upper end of each finger and toe of humans and most other primates",
": a structure (such as a claw) that terminates a digit and corresponds to a nail",
": a slender usually pointed and headed fastener designed to be pounded in",
": to fasten with or as if with a nail",
": to fix in steady attention",
": catch , trap",
": to expose usually so as to discredit",
": to arrest or punish for an offense",
": to hit or strike in a forceful manner : whack sense 1a",
": to put out (a runner) in baseball",
": to perform or complete perfectly or impressively",
": to gain or win decisively",
": to settle, establish, or represent clearly and unmistakably",
": to copulate with",
": a tough covering protecting the upper end of each finger and toe",
": a slender pointed piece of metal driven into or through something for fastening",
": to fasten with or as if with a nail",
": a horny sheath of thickened and condensed epithelial stratum lucidum that grows out from a vascular matrix of dermis and protects the upper surface of the end of each finger and toe of humans and most other primates and that is strictly homologous with the hoof or claw of other mammals from which it differs chiefly in shape and size",
": a structure (as a claw) that terminates a digit and corresponds to a nail",
": a rod (as of metal) used to fix the parts of a broken bone in normal relation"
],
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"\u02c8n\u0101l",
"\u02c8n\u0101l",
"\u02c8n\u0101(\u0259)l"
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"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
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"hit",
"knock",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Spa has ten rooms, including several treatment suites equipped with trendy amenities like a Quartz Crystal massage bed, a Spa Wave Bed and a Bastien Gonzalez nail salon. \u2014 Katie Lockhart, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
"Marin Slanina, owner of Star Sailor, says there were just two days between robberies, leaving her beer bar, a hair salon and a nail salon to deal with broken windows and empty cash boxes. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 23 May 2022",
"Police said the explosion happened inside the nail salon just after police arrived. \u2014 Lorraine Taylor, Fox News , 17 May 2022",
"The nail salon is a luxury for some moms, so bringing the luxury to their home could be a good gift idea. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 3 May 2022",
"The awardees include an urgent care center, a grocery store, a community kitchen, seafood restaurant, nail salon and a boutique bar. \u2014 Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press , 3 May 2022",
"In 2016, Nina Park went into the business of crafting and selling nail wraps online. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
"Biotin, sometimes referred to as vitamin B7, is the lifeblood of skin, nail and hair health. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"All of Krok's work is hand-painted, and one of her appointments can take anywhere from two to four hours, which includes removing previous polish and sculpting the nail to her liking before starting the design. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But so was the dialogue, and this is where Cerda really nails it. \u2014 Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com , 20 June 2017",
"Marist coach Colleen Biebel also sent Garofalo, who was nailed at home on a perfect relay throw from Barrington shortstop Julia Kozar. \u2014 Tony Baranek, Daily Southtown , 10 June 2017",
"And making sure Johnson nailed all those backing vocals. \u2014 Matt Wake, AL.com , 9 June 2017",
"Some houses had bathtubs, mirrors, furniture, crosses nailed to the wall. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 June 2017",
"By nailing down Chance as the festival\u2019s finale, before even his star-making turn at this year\u2019s Grammy Awards, Sasquatch! grabbed one of this year\u2019s marquee live acts for their youthful audience. \u2014 Charles R. Cross, The Seattle Times , 24 May 2017",
"Why does Apple nail what channel the Cavs game is on but Google does not? \u2014 Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic , 18 May 2017",
"Finally, in 2011, Shell and Eni paid the government $1.3 billion, including about $200 million as a signature bonus -- a onetime fee charged by some oil-producing nations -- to nail down the contract once and for all. \u2014 Chiara Albanese, Bloomberg.com , 9 May 2017",
"How could anyone nail both the keys and the rhythms with perfect accuracy? \u2014 David Pogue, Scientific American , 3 July 2017"
],
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"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-180948"
},
"nadiral":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": relating to or constituting a nadir"
],
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"\u02c8n\u0101d\u0259r\u0259l"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-195741"
},
"naivete":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a naive remark or action",
": the quality or state of being naive"
],
"pronounciation":[
"n\u00e4-\u02cc\u0113v-\u02c8t\u0101",
"-\u02cc\u0113-v\u0259-",
"n\u00e4-\u02c8\u0113v-\u02cct\u0101",
"-\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259-",
"n\u012b-"
],
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"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
],
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"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
],
"examples":[
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall",
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The sort of lacking of social etiquette and on so on, but there's a strange naivete about the consequences of his actions. \u2014 Clarissa Cruz, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"And so there\u2019s both naivete or lack of education, often high expectations, but often difficulty being able to validate one\u2019s own sexuality. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"The may exhibit a certain naivete or roguishness or even the desire to be left alone. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"This vision of British influence has always had a comforting naivete to it. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 9 May 2022",
"Confronted by its own political naivete , embarrassed by self-indulgence, Surrealism withered after World War II. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In both instances, Fed officials relied on comforting data analyses that betrayed breathtaking naivete about the behavior of Wall Street wiseguys and dynamics of financial markets. \u2014 Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Now 80 years old, Tyler can move freely up and down the scale of ages with complete authority, capturing the patient spirit of a retiree, the buoyant expectation of a second-grader or the unstable realm of naivete and dread where teenagers hang out. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The idea that the West is going to inspire these countries to change their ways with the force of its moral example is laughable, an embarrassing display of both naivete and self-importance. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French na\u00efvet\u00e9 , from Old French, inborn character, from naif ",
"first_known_use":[
"1673, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-000716"
},
"naturalist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that advocates or practices naturalism",
": a student of natural history",
": a field biologist",
": a person who studies nature and especially plants and animals as they live in nature"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8na-ch\u0259-r\u0259-list",
"\u02c8nach-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8na-ch\u0259-r\u0259-list",
"\u02c8nach-r\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The naturalist John Muir, recently excoriated as a racist by the Sierra Club, is here covered in a chapter recounting his role in land conservation work around the Sierra Nevada area. \u2014 Jeff Vandermeer, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
"His family, in a statement, remembered Sharpe as a brother and uncle, as well as a naturalist and activist for children\u2019s rights. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Once a month, join a naturalist and volunteers to hike at a vigorous pace for three to five miles. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Sign up for a (virtual) walk in the woods with a naturalist and a California officeholder. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Aug. 2021",
"American naturalist and philosopher Henry David Thoreau put our time in perspective more than a century and a half ago. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
"The city of Amsterdam sent one of her contemporaries, the naturalist and entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian, to Suriname to draw plants. \u2014 Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The New Yorker , 8 May 2021",
"The Palm Beach chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society hosts Roger L. Hammer, author, naturalist , photographer for a presentation on wildflowers in Palm Beach County. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
"The Victorian naturalist Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888), caught in the rigidities of his low-church fundamentalism, often didn\u2019t know what to do with his little boy Edmund, a moody child given to visions and dreams. \u2014 Christoph Irmscher, WSJ , 17 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-033822"
},
"narrow (down)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together plans to narrow down the scope of the investigation into the government scandal"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
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},
"naturalism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": action, inclination, or thought based only on natural desires and instincts",
": a theory denying that an event or object has a supernatural significance",
": the doctrine that scientific laws are adequate to account for all phenomena",
": realism in art or literature",
": a theory or practice in literature emphasizing scientific observation of life without idealization and often including elements of determinism"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8na-ch\u0259-r\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m",
"\u02c8nach-r\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[
"literalism",
"realism",
"representationalism",
"verisimilitude",
"verismo"
],
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"examples":[
"a major exponent of naturalism , Theodore Dreiser depicted life's harsh realities unflinchingly and without moral judgment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The stage has been extended into the theater to create greater proximity to the audience, and the actors strive for naturalism , but the whispering quality that Nelson achieved isn\u2019t feasible in this grander space. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Rahman approaches the sensitive topic of relations between Malays and Chinese Malays with a refreshing honesty and naturalism that contributes positively to Malaysian cinema. \u2014 Richard Kuipers, Variety , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Oliver brings a great deal of observant naturalism to an underwritten role, but there are few sparks between her and the too-boyish Alwyn. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"The project, called Martyn Stewart's Listening Planet, is both a celebration Stewart\u2019s contributions to the field of audio naturalism and his final effort to call attention to vulnerable places and animals. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Feb. 2022",
"So of course, who is overseeing the whole thing but Marlon Brando, the most influential actor of the second half of the 20th century \u2014 the man who sort of invented a new vocabulary of neurotic screen naturalism . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Troye inhabits a character with such conviction and naturalism . \u2014 Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Here, Everett\u2019s turn is unflashy, with the production\u2019s hushed naturalism \u2014 most conspicuous in the tone and casting \u2014 extending to her musical segments. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Perhaps more importantly, the fine cast is not only avowedly contemporary in its exploration of the material, constantly searching for a deeper naturalism , but also very much in the present moment. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 13 Jan. 2022"
],
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"circa 1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": of slender width",
": of less than standard or usual width",
": woven in widths usually less than 18 inches (46 centimeters)",
": limited in size or scope",
": illiberal (see illiberal sense a ) in views or disposition : prejudiced",
": stingy , niggardly",
": barely sufficient : close",
": barely successful",
": minutely precise : meticulous",
": relatively rich in protein as compared with carbohydrate and fat",
": tense sense 3",
": to decrease the breadth or extent of : contract",
": to decrease the scope or sphere of : limit",
": to lessen in width or extent : contract",
": a narrow part or passage",
": a strait connecting two bodies of water",
": of slender or less than usual width",
": limited in size or extent",
": not broad or open in mind or views",
": barely successful : close",
": to make or become less wide",
": to limit in number : become fewer",
": a narrow passage connecting two bodies of water"
],
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"\u02c8ner-(\u02cc)\u014d",
"\u02c8na-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
"\u02c8ner-\u014d"
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"fine",
"hairline",
"needlelike",
"paper-thin",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin",
"ultrathin"
],
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"broad",
"fat",
"wide"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Staked at the fringes of George Fishler\u2019s green lawn on a narrow street in the foothills of Mount Olympus, the red and black text sign calls out for attention like a campaign endorsement. \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Spacing: Some shelves have very narrow spacing between the tines while others provide more room for thick or curved plates. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"These systems were programmed with brittle rules and canned responses and could only handle a very narrow set of use cases without breaking down. \u2014 Gaurav Tewari, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Mourners filled the narrow street to press against the vehicle and pay their respects. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"The worksite was on a narrow street bordered by homes. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"As of Wednesday morning, the race was down to the wire between establishment candidate Dave McCormick, a finance wizard who served in the George W. Bush administration, and Oz, who had opened up a very narrow lead. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 18 May 2022",
"But British fish and chip shops, which traditionally operate under very narrow margins, are feeling a particular squeeze because of the industry's reliance on Russian imports. \u2014 Anna Cooban, CNN , 16 May 2022",
"The group was nearly evenly matched by about 15 local and federal law enforcement officers who stood in front of Kavanaugh\u2019s home as demonstrators slowly walked up and down one block of his narrow street. \u2014 Dan Morse, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So, in 2020, the team turned to A.I. to try to narrow down the hits. \u2014 Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The fall docket already includes Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case that could give the court\u2019s conservative majority an opportunity to further narrow the Voting Rights Act of 1965, for example. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The transparency law is intended to narrow the gender pay gap, especially for women of color. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022",
"And with the Louisiana governor, John Bel Edwards, watching from near midcourt, L.S.U., which rallied in the fourth quarter on Saturday to beat Jackson State, scrambled again late to try to narrow the gap. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Oregon State entered the ninth inning holding a three-run lead, but Ducks designated hitter Brennan Milone belted a two-run homer to left field to narrow Oregon\u2019s deficit to 8-7. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2022",
"Make sure to narrow your search to your area to find the best keywords that people are searching for. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"More important, Ukraine has succeeded in pushing Russia to narrow its goals down to conquering the East rather than destroying the entire nation. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Detectives were then able to use DNA found at the crime scene along with info in public DNA databases \u2013 and the mountain of data the students helped organize - to narrow the killer down to Gilham and two of his brothers in the fall. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There are options for the wide and the narrow of feet, for minimalist fans and thick-sole pounders, for mountain speedsters and fire-road plodders\u2014and every runner in between. \u2014 Justin Nyberg, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
"Despite his considerable narrow -mindedness, Simmons found a counterintuitive wisdom in his bodily extremism, a blind faith only in that which facilitates maximum performance\u2014call it optimization on steroids. \u2014 Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Democratic societies are encountering unprecedented challenges, which come not only from authoritarian regimes but equally from inside a society with narrow -mindedness, greed for power, and material desire, which are ingrained in human nature. \u2014 Stephen Mooallem, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Neither enjoys a large-enough back seat to support adults for hours on end, but the Ford squeezes out a narrow of victory in cargo room. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 26 June 2021",
"No Trump-supporting, independent, or conservative-leaning characters appear except as foils to help illustrate the narrow -mindedness of the main subjects. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2020",
"Ranked choice changes the very act of voting by allowing people to shift their support from losing candidates to more viable options as the field narrows , essentially doing on paper what caucusgoers have typically done in person. \u2014 Jacey Fortin, New York Times , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Further on, as the road narrows and deteriorates, there are fewer women. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2020",
"Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren \u2013 have the most to lose on Super Tuesday as the crowded field narrows and the front runners emerge. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 27 Feb. 2020"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"adverb"
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": by nature : by natural character or ability",
": according to the usual course of things : as might be expected",
": without artificial aid",
": without affectation",
": with truth to nature : realistically",
": without anything added or changed : by natural character",
": in the normal or expected way",
": because of a quality present at birth",
": in a way that is relaxed and normal"
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"\u02c8na-ch\u0259r-\u0259-l\u0113",
"\u02c8nach-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8na-ch\u0259r-",
"\u02c8na-ch\u0259r-\u0259-l\u0113",
"\u02c8nach-r\u0259-l\u0113"
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"congenitally",
"constitutionally",
"inherently",
"innately",
"intrinsically"
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"examples":[
"He's naturally able to make people feel comfortable.",
"Cats are said to be naturally curious.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Before Prussian Blue, artists only used naturally occurring pigments in their work. \u2014 Eva Amsen, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Yes, this has become a thing online and can include any naturally -occurring item\u2014such as sea sponges used for bathing\u2014that may be touted as tampon alternatives on your social media feeds. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 16 June 2022",
"For a naturally occurring hair color, gray and silver shades are surprisingly high maintenance. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
"Melatonin is a naturally -occurring hormone that the brain produces in response to darkness that helps promote sleep. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"The drug, called tirzepatide, works on two naturally -occurring hormones that help control blood sugar and are involved in sending fullness signals from the gut to the brain. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"Penny explains that Hannah is missing an enzyme needed to break down naturally occurring sugars in her body. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Select strains of this naturally -occurring soil bacterium affect only caterpillars, and the bagworm larvae will ingest treated foliage and cease feeding shortly thereafter. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 2 June 2022",
"But sometimes in life, there are things that are naturally occurring, that require less effort. \u2014 Brenton Blanchet, SPIN , 26 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": na\u00efvet\u00e9"
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"-\u02c8\u0113v-t\u0113",
"n\u012b-"
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"artlessness",
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"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
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"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
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"examples":[
"the contention that the royal family took advantage of the young Diana's naivety",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This award-winning film is about the naivety of childhood, love torn apart by conflict, and regret. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
"On the other hand, there may be a certain naivety associated with a mind that is too fixed or too rigid. \u2014 Josephine Kant, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But Kitsch brings a certain slyness to the role, in which Carter\u2019s seeming naivety hides a watchful intuition. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Mar. 2022",
"When Elsa arrives at Fort Worth, her pristine pleated blue Polonaise traveling dress reflects her youthful naivety . \u2014 Emma Fraser And Sophie Brookover, Town & Country , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The duo\u2019s naivety , says Williamson, was what led them to relentlessly forge ahead. \u2014 Taylor Mims, Billboard , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Gladys, on the other hand, was handed everything on a silver platter, and there\u2019s a bit of naivety to her. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Generally, there seems to be a view that ethics is somehow akin to naivety . \u2014 Roger Trapp, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Beat uses Dorothy\u2019s aggressive eyebrows like weapons, Droege plays Rose\u2019s trademark naivety like a master instrumentalist. \u2014 Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times , 17 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1708, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-163331"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the commonsense viewpoint that our perception of the external world is a direct copy of it"
"Such acts of self-denial are shown to be for naught : God exhibits a blas\u00e9 indifference toward suffering. \u2014 Jess Bergman, The New Republic , 22 June 2022",
"When Biden finally called bin Zayed last month, he was told that the time was not right, and promises from both sides to reschedule have so far come to naught . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The second was reducing the number of bid losers\u2014cities or countries who sometimes spent millions for naught . \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The situational dashboard reports the R naught , a value that measures spread, for the region and individual areas of it for the last seven days. \u2014 Terry Demio, The Enquirer , 8 Feb. 2022",
"All your careful tuning care will be for naught after a few days of rust on the edges. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 5 Feb. 2015",
"The situational dashboard reports the R naught , a value that measures spread, for the region and individual areas of it. \u2014 The Enquirer , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Oregon up 49-48 with 11:55 to go -- Oregon long possession with multiple offensive rebounds goes for naught with a turnover, Franck Kepnang with a huge block on the other end. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 18 Dec. 2021",
"The quest for the magic 'stache is not for naught \u2014 Ted wants to make sure his son Henry recognizes him for their Zoom Christmas call. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 15 Dec. 2021"
"Definition of naughts-and-crosses variant of noughts-and-crosses"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213516"
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"adjective",
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": obscure , undistinguished",
": not known by name : anonymous",
": having no legal right to a name (as due to being born to parents not married to each other)",
": not having been given a name : unnamed",
": not marked with a name",
": incapable of precise description : indefinable",
": too repulsive or distressing to describe",
": having no name",
": not marked with a name",
": unknown entry 1 , anonymous",
": not to be described"
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"\u02c8n\u0101m-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u0101m-l\u0259s"
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"anonymous",
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"examples":[
"She left the hotel with a nameless man in a black jacket.",
"The source for my story prefers to remain nameless .",
"A top government official, who shall remain nameless , has expressed concern about the decision.",
"The men were buried there in nameless graves.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The courier, who delivers the dispatches from the battlefield to the Continental Congress, is literally nameless . \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Loretta\u2019s widowhood is acknowledged in brief mentions, but the directors know better than to squeeze in mournful flashbacks or even spell out how the nameless man died. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
"There are over 400,000 members of the subreddit r/collapse who think their nameless sense of dread stands up to reason. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The strange elation that\u2019s powered me through the week \u2014 the simple joy of getting things done \u2014 deflates into a nameless dread. \u2014 Longreads , 20 Apr. 2022",
"And apparently the chicken, which was nameless , is considered beaked and dangerous. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The team wore kelly green jerseys for Cactus League games this spring, but those were nameless and not customized. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Nightlife is limited: There are a few ramshackle, welcoming bars in the village\u2014most are nameless , so just follow the sound of music piped out onto the street. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The airplane, the light bulb\u2014many of the greatest inventions of all time started out as nameless , formless concepts thought up to address some singular purpose. \u2014 Ben Gaddis, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
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": marked by unaffected simplicity : artless , ingenuous",
": deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment",
": credulous",
": not previously subjected to experimentation or a particular experimental situation",
": not having previously used a particular drug (such as marijuana)",
": not having been exposed previously to an antigen",
": self-taught , primitive",
": produced by or as if by a self-taught artist",
": showing lack of experience or knowledge",
": being simple and sincere",
": not previously subjected to experimentation or a particular experimental situation",
": not having previously used a particular drug (as marijuana)",
": not having been exposed previously to an antigen"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anyone who thinks a space trip is a run-of-the-mill, roller-coaster ride is naive . \u2014 Jim Clash, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The Southwest Center has been a part of the species' survival program for years but most of its wolves are retired, too old to reproduce and too naive to be released into the wild. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 4 June 2022",
"Call me naive , but this whole concept is tough to fit into my brain. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Many were naive when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, thinking communism was consigned to an irrecoverable past. \u2014 Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"But what may start off as altruistic, if a bit naive , motives can mutate into something resembling status-obsession detached from its purported original mission. \u2014 Ethan Lamb, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The two groups\u2019 well-meaning remedy proposals, however, ring a bit naive . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Hammer is entirely naive , and played almost entirely for comic effect with just a little pinch of evil and corruption sprinkled in. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
"Gift registries are so common now that the very idea of deferring to the donors\u2019 ideas is deemed naive . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French na\u00efve , feminine of na\u00eff , from Old French, inborn, natural, from Latin nativus native",
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": not having previously used a particular drug (such as marijuana)",
": not having been exposed previously to an antigen",
": self-taught , primitive",
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": not previously subjected to experimentation or a particular experimental situation",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anyone who thinks a space trip is a run-of-the-mill, roller-coaster ride is naive . \u2014 Jim Clash, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The Southwest Center has been a part of the species' survival program for years but most of its wolves are retired, too old to reproduce and too naive to be released into the wild. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 4 June 2022",
"Call me naive , but this whole concept is tough to fit into my brain. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Many were naive when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, thinking communism was consigned to an irrecoverable past. \u2014 Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"But what may start off as altruistic, if a bit naive , motives can mutate into something resembling status-obsession detached from its purported original mission. \u2014 Ethan Lamb, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The two groups\u2019 well-meaning remedy proposals, however, ring a bit naive . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Hammer is entirely naive , and played almost entirely for comic effect with just a little pinch of evil and corruption sprinkled in. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
"Gift registries are so common now that the very idea of deferring to the donors\u2019 ideas is deemed naive . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022"
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": showing lack of experience or knowledge",
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": not previously subjected to experimentation or a particular experimental situation",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anyone who thinks a space trip is a run-of-the-mill, roller-coaster ride is naive . \u2014 Jim Clash, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The Southwest Center has been a part of the species' survival program for years but most of its wolves are retired, too old to reproduce and too naive to be released into the wild. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 4 June 2022",
"Call me naive , but this whole concept is tough to fit into my brain. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Many were naive when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, thinking communism was consigned to an irrecoverable past. \u2014 Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
"But what may start off as altruistic, if a bit naive , motives can mutate into something resembling status-obsession detached from its purported original mission. \u2014 Ethan Lamb, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The two groups\u2019 well-meaning remedy proposals, however, ring a bit naive . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Hammer is entirely naive , and played almost entirely for comic effect with just a little pinch of evil and corruption sprinkled in. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
"Gift registries are so common now that the very idea of deferring to the donors\u2019 ideas is deemed naive . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022"
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"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall",
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The sort of lacking of social etiquette and on so on, but there's a strange naivete about the consequences of his actions. \u2014 Clarissa Cruz, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"And so there\u2019s both naivete or lack of education, often high expectations, but often difficulty being able to validate one\u2019s own sexuality. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"The may exhibit a certain naivete or roguishness or even the desire to be left alone. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"This vision of British influence has always had a comforting naivete to it. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 9 May 2022",
"Confronted by its own political naivete , embarrassed by self-indulgence, Surrealism withered after World War II. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In both instances, Fed officials relied on comforting data analyses that betrayed breathtaking naivete about the behavior of Wall Street wiseguys and dynamics of financial markets. \u2014 Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Now 80 years old, Tyler can move freely up and down the scale of ages with complete authority, capturing the patient spirit of a retiree, the buoyant expectation of a second-grader or the unstable realm of naivete and dread where teenagers hang out. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The idea that the West is going to inspire these countries to change their ways with the force of its moral example is laughable, an embarrassing display of both naivete and self-importance. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
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"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall",
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The sort of lacking of social etiquette and on so on, but there's a strange naivete about the consequences of his actions. \u2014 Clarissa Cruz, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"And so there\u2019s both naivete or lack of education, often high expectations, but often difficulty being able to validate one\u2019s own sexuality. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"The may exhibit a certain naivete or roguishness or even the desire to be left alone. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"This vision of British influence has always had a comforting naivete to it. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 9 May 2022",
"Confronted by its own political naivete , embarrassed by self-indulgence, Surrealism withered after World War II. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In both instances, Fed officials relied on comforting data analyses that betrayed breathtaking naivete about the behavior of Wall Street wiseguys and dynamics of financial markets. \u2014 Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Now 80 years old, Tyler can move freely up and down the scale of ages with complete authority, capturing the patient spirit of a retiree, the buoyant expectation of a second-grader or the unstable realm of naivete and dread where teenagers hang out. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The idea that the West is going to inspire these countries to change their ways with the force of its moral example is laughable, an embarrassing display of both naivete and self-importance. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 1 Apr. 2022"
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"intransitive verb",
"noun"
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": the studied but seemingly casual mention of prominent persons as associates done to impress others"
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],
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": a mineral PbSbO 2 Cl consisting of a brownish yellow lead chloride and stibnite"
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"\u02c8nad\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt",
"\u02c8n\u0101d-"
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"noun"
],
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"noun"
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": that is to say : to wit",
": that is to say"
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"\u02c8n\u0101m-l\u0113",
"\u02c8n\u0101m-l\u0113"
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"to wit",
"videlicet"
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"examples":[
"there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some nonstick pans, namely those coated with a ceramic nonstick finish, should be coated with a thin layer of oil or butter, not cooking spray. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 16 Apr. 2022",
"L\u00ea is asking for more support services for victims, namely those in the AAPI community who might face language barriers or difficulty with the legal process. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The unhappiness is strongest with those on the younger end of that spectrum, namely those 25 and younger. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Of Illinois adults eligible for boosters \u2014 namely those who are at least six months past their second doses of Moderna or Pfizer or two months past their Johnson & Johnson shot \u2014 about 37% have gotten boosters. \u2014 Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Upon hearing this, Howie\u2019s fans, namely those in Canada, immediately flooded his comments section to congratulate him on his new adventure. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 29 Oct. 2021",
"But administration officials have been clear that combat missions in other countries will continue, namely those that do not involve large deployments of American troops or draw intense news media scrutiny. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Sep. 2021",
"The pair disagreed and sparred in court documents over certain issues, namely , Wendi\u2019s relocation from Tallahassee to be closer to her family in south Florida. \u2014 Fox News , 30 May 2022",
"Nor is the standard toolbox of conservation, namely park creation, doing enough to reduce these risks. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"verb"
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": family , clan",
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": to mention or identify by name",
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": to mention explicitly : specify",
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": a word or phrase used to describe and insult someone",
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": to refer to by the word by which a person or thing is known : call by name",
": to appoint to a job of authority",
": to decide on",
": mention entry 2",
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"\u02c8n\u0101m",
"\u02c8n\u0101m"
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"appellation",
"appellative",
"cognomen",
"compellation",
"denomination",
"denotation",
"designation",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"nomenclature",
"title"
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"baptize",
"call",
"christen",
"clepe",
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"designate",
"dub",
"entitle",
"label",
"nominate",
"style",
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"title"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And as of July 1, college golfers (and all college athletes) will be permitted to monetize their name , image, and likeness to put cash in their pockets. \u2014 Steve Marantz, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Itehil doesn\u2019t have the brand- name cache of Goal Zero or Jackery. \u2014 Mike Richard And Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
"His name , James Alexander Philip Theo, was announced several days later; his full surname is Mountbatten-Windsor. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 10 June 2022",
"Christopher Harding has a few labels to his name : entrepreneur, investor, pro-sports owner, hotelier, philanthropist and art collector, among others. \u2014 Caroline Tell, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The film showed Golden's mother's name , Barbara Golden, as well as the family's address on West New York Street in an Indianapolis Star clip. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"From there, type in Watson\u2019s name in the defendant field. \u2014 cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"Kate Hudson and Gwyneth Paltrow are among the other big- name stars expected to attend. \u2014 al , 9 June 2022",
"Inspired by the building's past, the property's d\u00e9cor incorporates vintage school memorabilia, and the name of each room \u2014 as well as its design \u2014 is based on a school subject, such as art or math. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The source said that at one point Clark discussed with Rosen that the president was about to name him acting attorney general and that Rosen could potentially stay on as Clark's deputy. \u2014 Alexander Mallin, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
"The State Department said earlier Thursday that a third American had gone missing several weeks ago, but did not name him. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"The State Department said earlier Thursday that a third American had gone missing several weeks ago but did not name him. \u2014 Amy Cheng And Alex Horton, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"The theater's board has hired a firm to search for Allen's successor, with plans to name the hire in early 2023. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
"However, among all that experience, coach Mike McCarthy didn\u2019t feel the need to name a team captain. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 26 May 2022",
"Ahead of that endorsement, Mr. Clyburn urged Mr. Biden to do two things to turn his campaign around: be more concise in speaking and pledge to name a Black woman to the Supreme Court. \u2014 Eliza Collins, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"Gordillo said the school is considering giving the students the opportunity to name the gym in a contest. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 19 May 2022",
"But the man Brown named was not charged or even named as a suspect in the shootings, making Brown\u2019s decision to blame him alone and name him highly unusual. \u2014 Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Although pancake mix and syrup are not sold out in most stores, most popular or name brand items are harder to come by. \u2014 Dallas News , 26 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun and Verb",
"Middle English, from Old English nama ; akin to Old High German namo name, Latin nomen , Greek onoma, onyma"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-004916"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one who denies, refuses, opposes, or is skeptical or cynical about something"
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"\u02c8n\u0101-\u02ccs\u0101-\u0259r",
"-\u02ccser"
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"misanthrope",
"pessimist"
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"examples":[
"There are always naysayers who say it can't be done.",
"those naysayers who attack the integrity of the entire judicial system",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Publicly, Democrats vented fury at Manchin and his fellow naysayer , Senator Kyrsten Sinema, the eccentric opportunist from Arizona. \u2014 Andrew Cockburn, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 20 Jan. 2021",
"During one of the many times when the criticism of Vogel reached a deafening level, James refused to join the naysayer \u2019s chorus. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The Moon is in your career sector, urging you to aim upwards, but a tense square with Uranus in your partnership sector could bring a naysayer out of the woodwork without warning. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Understand that sometimes the very best ideas will have the most naysayer . \u2014 Meimei Fox, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"When a companion sniffed at the idea of my ordering mackerel crudo, an eavesdropping minder swooped in with a taste of the starter \u2014 and sold the naysayer on the strong-tasting fish lashed with fruity olive oil. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Oct. 2021",
"But Dickens portrayed Moore as a naysayer and someone who has been unable to work with others. \u2014 Jeff Amy, USA TODAY , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Dickens has portrayed Moore as a naysayer , someone who has been unable to work with others. \u2014 Jeff Amy, ajc , 30 Nov. 2021",
"To the naysayer , Roger Bacon's 2021 season was just about wrapped up, thanks to the Bishop Hartley Hawks. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 13 Nov. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1721, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-010712"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": na\u00efvet\u00e9"
],
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"n\u00e4-\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259-t\u0113",
"-\u02c8\u0113v-t\u0113",
"n\u012b-"
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"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
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"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
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"examples":[
"the contention that the royal family took advantage of the young Diana's naivety",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This award-winning film is about the naivety of childhood, love torn apart by conflict, and regret. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
"On the other hand, there may be a certain naivety associated with a mind that is too fixed or too rigid. \u2014 Josephine Kant, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But Kitsch brings a certain slyness to the role, in which Carter\u2019s seeming naivety hides a watchful intuition. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Mar. 2022",
"When Elsa arrives at Fort Worth, her pristine pleated blue Polonaise traveling dress reflects her youthful naivety . \u2014 Emma Fraser And Sophie Brookover, Town & Country , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The duo\u2019s naivety , says Williamson, was what led them to relentlessly forge ahead. \u2014 Taylor Mims, Billboard , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Gladys, on the other hand, was handed everything on a silver platter, and there\u2019s a bit of naivety to her. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Generally, there seems to be a view that ethics is somehow akin to naivety . \u2014 Roger Trapp, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Beat uses Dorothy\u2019s aggressive eyebrows like weapons, Droege plays Rose\u2019s trademark naivety like a master instrumentalist. \u2014 Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times , 17 Jan. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1708, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-013933"
},
"natural history":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a treatise on some aspect of nature",
": the natural development of something (such as an organism or disease) over a period of time",
": the study of natural objects especially in the field from an amateur or popular point of view",
": the natural development of something (as an organism or disease) over a period of time"
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"examples":[
"the natural history of bees",
"We went to the Natural History Museum.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This study also highlights the critical importance of natural history museums for supporting this type of research. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The fact that millions of these pieces are in natural history museums, specifically, where most Americans first learn about Indigenous cultures, is problematic. \u2014 Rachel Parsons, Scientific American , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The Middle East has few natural history museums and even fewer facilities dedicated to paleontology\u2014despite the many regional researchers who work to preserve rare fossils. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Who ever though that a person could learn so much about natural history and evolution, about human culture and human nature by learning about mollusc shells? \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The fossil popped up this week, listed as the star attraction for a new museum of natural history that will open in Abu Dhabi in 2025. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Although the book is more cultural history than natural history , the bald eagle and its impressive abilities are highlighted. \u2014 Olive Fellows, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Many of our state symbols represent the unique aspects of Ohio\u2019s natural history and showcase the incredible diversity and richness of our state. \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The Bald Eagle is the rare natural history that plays as a comedy. \u2014 Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic , 15 Feb. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-021711"
},
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"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of naish variant of nesh"
],
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"\u02c8n\u0101sh"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-070450"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the quality or state of being nameable"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-092429"
},
"naik":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a leader, chief, or governor in India",
": a native subordinate officer in the British India army",
": corporal"
],
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"\u02c8n\u00e4|ik"
],
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"Hindi n\u0101yak , from Sanskrit n\u0101yaka , literally, leader, from nayati he leads; akin to Middle Irish n\u0113, n\u012ba warrior, hero, Avestan nayeiti he leads, brings, Hittite n\u0101i- to control, lead"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-112229"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": inborn , innate",
": belonging to a particular place by birth",
": closely related",
": belonging to or associated with one by birth",
": natural , normal",
": grown, produced, or originating in a particular place or in the vicinity : local",
": living or growing naturally in a particular region : indigenous",
": simple , unaffected",
": constituting the original substance or source",
": found in nature especially in an unadulterated form",
": having a usually superficial (see superficial sense 2 ) resemblance to a specified English plant or animal",
": of, relating to, or being a member of an indigenous people of North or South America : native american",
": one born or reared in a particular place",
": an original or indigenous inhabitant",
": something indigenous to a particular locality",
": a local resident",
": a person who has always lived in a place as distinguished from a visitor or a temporary resident",
": born in a certain place or country",
": belonging to a person because of place of birth",
": existing, living, or growing originally or naturally in a certain region",
": grown, produced, or coming from a certain place",
": natural sense 3",
": a person who was born in or comes from a particular place",
": a kind of plant or animal that originally grew or lived in a particular place",
": belonging to or associated with one by birth",
": living or growing naturally in a particular region",
": constituting the original substance or source",
": found in nature especially in an unadulterated form"
],
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"\u02c8n\u0101-tiv",
"\u02c8n\u0101-tiv",
"\u02c8n\u0101t-iv"
],
"synonyms":[
"aboriginal",
"autochthonous",
"born",
"domestic",
"endemic",
"indigenous"
],
"antonyms":[
"local",
"localite",
"townie",
"towny",
"year-rounder"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, black bears are native to all of Texas, but in the early 1900s, heavy hunting and trapping eliminated almost all of them from the state. \u2014 Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News , 21 June 2022",
"Matt Horton, Arkansas Game and Fish aquatic nuisance species program coordinator, says the growing number of animals, plants, even pathogens, that are not native to Arkansas is concerning because of the negative impact on the environment. \u2014 Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online , 15 June 2022",
"This Sonoma County winery makes its roast with an Aglianico grape, which is native to southern Italy and known for producing some of the most full-bodied wines in the world. \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Three types of catfish are native to the Sooner State: flatheads, blue cats, and channel catfish. \u2014 Matt Carney, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
"Fernanda seemed not to be native to Fernandina Island. \u2014 Sammy Westfall, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The parrot species is native to South America, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago, and is a popular exotic pet due to the bird's high intelligence and ability to mimic what people say. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"This vegetable is derived from the inner part of particular palm tree varieties that are native to South and Central America, according to the Michelin Guide. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 11 June 2022",
"What Jackson wants people to realize is that Michigan is home to more than 450 kinds of bees that are native to the state that live side by side with us in peace. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Pippen, the son of NBA legend Scottie Pippen, is a native of Los Angeles and attended Sierra Canyon High School. \u2014 Aria Gerson, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"Wilson was a native of Vermont and a world class cyclist, according to the Marshals Service. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
"Ousmane Dieng, 19, is a native of France who averaged 8.9 points in 23 games in New Zealand this past season. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"Drummond is a native of Wedowee and a graduate of the University of Alabama. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
"David is a native of Charleston, SC and graduated from Duke University with a degree in history. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"Gilbert Garcia is a native of Brownsville, Texas, with more than 20 years experience writing for weekly and daily newspapers. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 7 June 2022",
"Garcia's nephew Steven Anthony Martinez, 27, of San Antonio is a native of Uvalde and told the Free Press that his family is grateful for the donations. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 25 May 2022",
"Thomas, 6-foot-4, 266 pounds and 23 years old, is a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Adjective and Noun",
"Middle English natif , from Middle French, from Latin nativus , from natus , past participle of nasci to be born \u2014 more at nation"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-113917"
},
"narrow boat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a barge with a beam of less than seven feet (2.1 meters)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1836, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-151632"
},
"nayword":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a word used as a signal : watchword sense 1b",
": a proverb of reproach : byword"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"nay- (of unknown origin) + word"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-032931"
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"\u02c8na-sh\u0259-n\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m",
"\u02c8na-sh\u0259-n\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
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"The war was caused by nationalism and greed.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gripped by increasingly aggressive nationalism , Russia has ditched policies that promoted Russia as part of Europe and has moved advanced Iskander missiles into Kaliningrad. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"This is partly a reflection of Russian nationalism , but it\u2019s also a longing for the role Russia used to have. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
"Republicans energetically reject the cosmopolitanism in favor of the kind of ethno- nationalism embodied in Brexit, Narendra Modi\u2019s India, Viktor Orb\u00e1n\u2019s Hungary, and all the rest. \u2014 Ed Burmila, The New Republic , 15 June 2022",
"The police largely stepped aside, allowing the mourners a rare show of Palestinian nationalism in the Old City, which Israel captured in 1967 and that the Palestinians claim as their capital. \u2014 David S. Cloud, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, the Poles, whose ancestors were the chief victims of Ukrainian nationalism , have admitted nearly three million Ukrainian refugees, reminding us that there are other ways to handle history than stories of eternal victimhood. \u2014 Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The resulting social media attention highlighted the relationship between the populist politician and a world-famous athlete who has sometimes embraced troubling symbols of Serbian nationalism . \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"In their resulting array of arguments, written and spoken, Mishra identifies the development of ideas that continue to shape the world, among them pan-Islamism and Chinese nationalism . \u2014 Bo Seo, The Atlantic , 1 June 2022",
"Researchers say Christian nationalism is often also associated with mistrust of immigrants and Muslims. \u2014 Peter Smith And Deepa Bharath, Anchorage Daily News , 29 May 2022"
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"\u02ccn\u0101-sh\u0259n-\u02c8w\u012bd",
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"The murders attracted nationwide attention.",
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"The shutdown helped create a nationwide shortage of baby formula that prompted desperate parents to drive for hours looking for supplies, or swap and sell to one another to ensure their children could be fed. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"Abbott, the largest manufacturer of infant formula in the country, shuttered its Michigan plant in February 2022, following contamination concerns and a large recall of several of its brands, exacerbating a nationwide shortage of infant formula. \u2014 Sasha Pezenik, ABC News , 8 June 2022",
"The recalls and closure hindered an industry already hobbled by supply chain problems, contributing to a nationwide formula shortage. \u2014 Katherine Dillinger, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"Amid a nationwide shortage of baby formula, the FTC has opened an inquiry. \u2014 Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"The absence of output from the Michigan plant has been a major contributor to a nationwide baby formula shortage plaguing desperate American families. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 5 June 2022",
"Abbott Nutrition resumed production at its Sturgis, Mich., baby formula factory on Saturday, offering hope that a nationwide shortage that has left parents scrambling to find sustenance for their children could ease in the coming weeks. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 June 2022",
"The shutdown of the Michigan plant has contributed to a nationwide shortage of infant formula. \u2014 Bruce Japsen, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"The nationwide formula shortage has focused on the plight of infants. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Marin\u2019s art collection has already done more than 50 museum tours nationwide and globally, but the Cheech will be its first permanent home. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Muddy Bites are sold in close to 3,000 retail locations nationwide and earlier this year announced a major distribution deal with 7-Eleven stores. \u2014 Joan Verdon, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"The refrigerators were sold at Lowe\u2019s, Home Depot and appliance stores nationwide and online at Frigidaire.com from April 2020 through March 2022 for between $1,200 and $4,300. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 4 June 2022",
"As baby formula supplies dried up nationwide and under pressure from the White House, Abbott entered a consent decree with the FDA that laid out the steps needed to resume production at the facility. \u2014 Caroline Linton, CBS News , 4 June 2022",
"Founded in 1995, the company acquired a string of schools nationwide and at its peak enrolled 110,000 students at more than 100 campuses. \u2014 Stacy Cowley, New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"That method now accounts for about half of abortions nationwide and in Kentucky, which reported 4,104 abortions for 2020, the most recent numbers available. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 19 May 2022",
"That happened at a time when employee loyalty nationwide and in Central Indiana dropped more than any other single factor measured, says Bob Helbig, media partnerships director for Energage, which surveys employees for Top Workplaces. \u2014 Michael Schroeder, The Indianapolis Star , 18 May 2022",
"Here's how to get them COVID-19 antiviral pills, Paxlovid and molnupiravir, are becoming increasingly available nationwide and in the Bay Area now that supply has improved since the rollout began in January. \u2014 Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 May 2022"
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"\u02c8n\u0101g"
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"Definition of narrawood variant of narra 2"
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"intransitive verb"
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"definitions":[
": to aim a broadcast at a narrowly defined area or audience"
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"narrow entry 1 + -cast (as in broadcast )"
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"1937, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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": namby-pambiness"
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"\"+\u02cciz\u0259m"
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": the study of structure in narratives"
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"\u02ccner-\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113",
"\u02ccna-r\u0259-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-125648"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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": the hexachord beginning on C"
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"noun"
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": past tense"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a river nymph : naiad",
": a large genus of small aquatic oligochaete worms that is the type of the family Naididae",
"[New Latin, from Latin, naiad]"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153401"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": something (such as a close contest) that induces tension or anxiety"
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"1950, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": shipwreck"
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"Middle French, from Latin naufragium, navifragium , from navis ship + -fragium (from frangere to break)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-200304"
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"noun"
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": a wood-boring tool used for cutting across the grain"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": adder"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-224144"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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": obscure , undistinguished",
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": having no legal right to a name (as due to being born to parents not married to each other)",
": not having been given a name : unnamed",
": not marked with a name",
": incapable of precise description : indefinable",
": too repulsive or distressing to describe",
": having no name",
": not marked with a name",
": unknown entry 1 , anonymous",
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"\u02c8n\u0101m-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8n\u0101m-l\u0259s"
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"anonymous",
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"unbaptized",
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"untitled"
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"baptized",
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"named",
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"She left the hotel with a nameless man in a black jacket.",
"The source for my story prefers to remain nameless .",
"A top government official, who shall remain nameless , has expressed concern about the decision.",
"The men were buried there in nameless graves.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mike was kind to countless others who will remain nameless because Mike wants it that way. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
"This isn\u2019t some nameless , faceless tractor trailer. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
"Even Crews\u2019s nameless characters are as memorable as the main characters of some memoirs. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The courier, who delivers the dispatches from the battlefield to the Continental Congress, is literally nameless . \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Loretta\u2019s widowhood is acknowledged in brief mentions, but the directors know better than to squeeze in mournful flashbacks or even spell out how the nameless man died. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
"There are over 400,000 members of the subreddit r/collapse who think their nameless sense of dread stands up to reason. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The strange elation that\u2019s powered me through the week \u2014 the simple joy of getting things done \u2014 deflates into a nameless dread. \u2014 Longreads , 20 Apr. 2022",
"And apparently the chicken, which was nameless , is considered beaked and dangerous. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-224806"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the vascular epidermis upon which most of the fingernail or toenail rests that has a longitudinally ridged surface often visible through the nail",
": the vascular epidermis upon which most of the fingernail or toenail rests that has a longitudinally ridged surface often visible through the nail",
": matrix sense 1b"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most stickers should be easily removed with the help of your go-to polish remover, or peeled away with no damage to the nail bed . \u2014 Tiffany Dodson And Melody Leibner, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"However, Moore said, the fingernail and nail bed appeared to be intact. \u2014 Emily Yahr, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"Hand-washing, dry weather, and exposure to drying ingredients can all weaken the nail bed and make nails brittle. \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 25 Mar. 2022",
"She got fitted for her nails, the extensions specifically shaped to her nail bed . \u2014 Liana Satenstei, Vogue , 14 Sep. 2021",
"When two-thirds of the nail is completely white and just a sliver on the end of the nail bed is pink, it's called Terry's Nails5. \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 26 July 2021",
"Most fingernail injuries affect the nail plate (the hard part of the nail that grows out), which can crack and potentially fall off, and the nail bed (the skin underneath the nail plate), which can bleed and bruise. \u2014 Jessica Cruel, SELF , 23 Sep. 2020",
"The secret to strong natural nails: a hydrated nail bed . \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 28 May 2020",
"Using sharp nail clippers, cut down your extensions, leaving about two centimeters of nail above your nail bed for safety. \u2014 Sara Tan, Allure , 9 Apr. 2020"
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"first_known_use":[
"1883, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-013730"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": lacrimal bone",
": the terminal phalanx of a digit"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071912"
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"nailbrush":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a small firm-bristled brush for cleaning the hands and especially the fingernails"
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"\u02c8n\u0101l-\u02ccbr\u0259sh"
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"1801, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-083120"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"definitions":[
": to travel by water : sail",
": to steer a course through a medium",
": to operate an airplane",
": get around , move",
": to sail over, on, or through",
": to make one's way over or through : traverse",
": to steer or manage (a boat) in sailing",
": to operate or control the course of",
": to travel by water",
": to sail or travel over, on, or through",
": to steer a course in a ship or aircraft",
": to steer or direct the course of (as a boat)",
": to find information on the Internet or a Web site"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8na-v\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"\u02c8na-v\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t"
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"conn",
"con",
"helm",
"pilot",
"steer"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate More than $3.3 billion is being invested into downtown San Antonio over the next five years. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 21 June 2022",
"This time, the characters navigate Italy, as the futures of the Roys\u2019 media conglomerate, Waystar Royco, and some of its key players become unmoored, ahead of a shocking denouement. \u2014 Lesley O'toole, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"Three Nuyorican sisters navigate the daunting life challenges of single motherhood, career, and family, all while finding humor and solace within the bonds of sisterhood in this absorbing dramedy. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Fans of the drama series are in for a fascinating and unpredictable journey as our 456 real world contestants navigate the biggest competition series ever, full of tension and twists, with the biggest ever cash prize at the end. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 14 June 2022",
"The case highlights how difficult the US immigration system can be to navigate , with layers of bureaucracy and a reliance on paper files that officials have acknowledged slows processing and deepened backlogs during the pandemic. \u2014 Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"At popular beaches on Lake Michigan, swimmers must navigate crashing waves and dangerous riptides on their own. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"At popular beaches on Lake Michigan, swimmers must navigate crashing waves and dangerous riptides on their own. \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Most everyone in Tahoe appears to agree: the region is at a crossroads. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 June 2022"
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"Latin navigatus , past participle of navigare , from navis ship + -igare (from agere to drive) \u2014 more at agent"
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"1588, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-131051"
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"type":[
"noun phrase"
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"definitions":{
": the essential quality or matter":[
"patience is the name of the game in coastal duck hunting",
"It won't cost you anything\u2014zero, nothing, nada .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vera hopes the public works appeal board rejects the nada in relocation fees that the city of Los Angeles will argue La Gloria merits. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2021",
"Cal State Bakersfield archivist Chris Livingston has searched newspaper archives and databases and found nada . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2020",
"Here\u2019s our Mini Crossword, and a clue: Zip, zero, nada (four letters). \u2014 Penn Bullock, New York Times , 16 Feb. 2020",
"From 'Prada to nada ' and back: Has America really recovered from the Great Recession? \u2014 USA TODAY , 25 Feb. 2020",
"From 'Prada to nada ' and back: Has America really recovered from the Great Recession? \u2014 USA TODAY , 25 Feb. 2020",
"No flowers for my wife -- especially on our anniversary or birthday -- nothing, nada , zilch. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Sep. 2019",
"From 'Prada to nada ' and back: Has America really recovered from the Great Recession? \u2014 Janna Herron, USA TODAY , 29 May 2019",
"Try zero, zip, zilch, nada , nil, nix, nothing, bupkis, goose egg. \u2014 Mark Dawidziak, cleveland.com , 18 July 2019"
],
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"Spanish, from Latin ( res ) nata situation, circumstance, literally, a thing come into being":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113652"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115539"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the interest of a nation as a whole held to be an independent entity separate from the interests of subordinate areas or groups and also of other nations or supranational groups":[
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a harmonic produced on an open string of a stringed musical instrument \u2014 compare artificial harmonic":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125126"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a body of law or a specific principle held to be derived from nature and binding upon human society in the absence of or in addition to positive law":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Neither historian, layman, nor lawyer will be persuaded that all the details prescribed in Roe v. Wade are part of either natural law or the Constitution. \u2014 WSJ , 3 May 2022",
"Perhaps Vermeule and Smith are of the view that the natural law does, in fact, forbid the constitutional arrangements adopted by the people through the Constitution. \u2014 J. Joel Alicea, National Review , 3 May 2022",
"Even when LuPone is just shimmying along with the ensemble, her magnetism is as incontrovertible as a natural law . \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"This may cost you dearly in your relationship with your mother; your actions will have consequences, too, since that bit of natural law doesn\u2019t spare people who act in good faith. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"This tells us that the Greater Will, the natural law of the world which the Golden Order worked to uphold, and the study of astrology were at odds with each other. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Thomas has described his judicial philosophy as one of natural law , in which liberty and equality are endowed by God. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Parents who want their children to study CRT, or natural law , or Talmud, or none of these things would be able to find schools that meet their needs. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 14 July 2021",
"That is, American conservatism doesn\u2019t flow solely from appreciating human fallibility, understanding natural law , and valuing prudence. \u2014 Andy Smarick, National Review , 24 Sep. 2021"
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"For family members named Vasilios, Vasiliki, Vaso or any derivative of that name, there will be extra celebrations on Jan. 1, their name day . \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Francis, who was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, funded the special dessert Monday for guests at Rome soup kitchens and shelters to celebrate his name day , the Catholic feast day of St. George, or San Jorge. \u2014 Fox News , 23 Apr. 2018",
"He was born unlucky on the name day of Job, the sufferer. \u2014 Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian , 29 Sep. 2017"
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