": to adapt (a musical composition) by scoring for voices or instruments other than those for which originally written":[],
": to bring about an agreement or understanding":[
"She arranged to have a table at the restaurant."
],
": to bring about an agreement or understanding concerning : settle":[
"arrange an exchange of war prisoners"
],
": to make preparations : plan":[
"He arranged for a vacation with his family."
],
": to make preparations for : plan":[
"arranged a reception for the visitor"
],
": to put into a proper order or into a correct or suitable sequence, relationship, or adjustment":[
"arrange flowers in a vase",
"arrange cards alphabetically"
]
},
"examples":[
"She arranged her pictures on her desk.",
"He arranged some fresh fruit neatly on a plate.",
"arranging flowers in a vase",
"We arranged and rearranged the order several times.",
"She arranged her hair on top of her head.",
"Please arrange a meeting with your partners.",
"I think we can arrange a deal.",
"Let's arrange our schedules so that we can meet for lunch.",
"You'll need to arrange transportation from the airport.",
"He arranged her last two albums.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Buryak immediately started calling all his friends and met with high-ranking authorities, pleading for help to arrange a prisoner exchange, which the Russian soldiers had said was the only way to secure Vlad\u2019s release. \u2014 Reis Thebault, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"Rather than allowing travelers to arrange their own accommodations, China insists on allocating a room to those entering. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"In a letter sent to the White House on Wednesday, 44 organizations \u2014 including the National Organization for Women, the Human Rights Campaign and the National Urban League \u2014 called for Biden to arrange a deal for Griner\u2019s release. \u2014 Myah Taylor, Los Angeles Times , 26 June 2022",
"Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, were both charged with conspiracy to arrange travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ harvesting, police said. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"The hospital in Malta initially took more than 24 hours to provide copies of her medical records needed to arrange the transfer, Mr. Weeldreyer said. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"No one joins the workforce to arrange calendars, for example. \u2014 Agur J\u00f5gi, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that the State Department was working to arrange a new call but did not say when that would be. \u2014 Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Maine requires rural communities without public secondary schools to arrange for their young residents\u2019 educations in one of two ways. \u2014 Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1601, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English arengen \"to draw up in ranks,\" borrowed from Anglo-French arenger (continental Old French arengier ) \"to draw up in ranks, put in proper order,\" from a-, prefix forming transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad- ) + rengier, ranger \"to set in ranks,\" derivative of renc, ranc \"line of soldiers, jousting lists, line or rank of persons or things\" \u2014 more at rank entry 1":""
},
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"\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101nj"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for arrange order , arrange , marshal , organize , systematize , methodize mean to put persons or things into their proper places in relation to each other. order suggests a straightening out so as to eliminate confusion. ordered her business affairs arrange implies a setting in sequence, relationship, or adjustment. arranged the files numerically marshal suggests gathering and arranging in preparation for a particular operation or effective use. marshaling the facts for argument organize implies arranging so that the whole aggregate works as a unit with each element having a proper function. organized the volunteers into teams systematize implies arranging according to a predetermined scheme. systematized billing procedures methodize suggests imposing an orderly procedure rather than a fixed scheme. methodizes every aspect of daily living",
"synonyms":[
"agree (on)",
"decide",
"fix",
"set",
"settle"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170100",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
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": a piece of music that has been changed so that it can be performed by particular types of voices or instruments":[],
": a preliminary measure : preparation":[
"travel arrangements"
],
": an informal agreement or settlement especially on personal, social, or political matters":[
"arrangements under the new regime"
],
": something arranged: such as":[],
": something made by arranging parts or things together":[
"a floral arrangement"
],
": the act of arranging":[
"was responsible for the arrangement of the details"
],
": the state of being arranged : order":[
"everything in neat arrangement"
]
},
"examples":[
"They changed the arrangement of furniture in the room.",
"the collection and arrangement of data",
"a chronological arrangement of historical events",
"We tried several different arrangements of the parts.",
"Having my brother and his wife living nearby was an ideal arrangement for our family.",
"The family had very unusual living arrangements .",
"\u201cWhat were your sleeping arrangements ",
"We'll have to change the seating arrangements for the dinner party.",
"Her job includes arrangement of her boss's travel plans.",
"There was an unusual political arrangement between the two countries.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Arent & Pykd propped up a vase with a dramatic arrangement that flatters the color scheme, plus two bottles of spirits and a decorative bowls. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 29 June 2022",
"The Kleefeld arrangement , announced in April 2019, was negotiated by the university during the absence of museum leadership. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Spears, 40, was freed from her conservatorship in November after a judge ruled in favor of termination, ending the 13-year arrangement , which had legally stripped her from making her own personal and financial decisions. \u2014 Saba Hamedy, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
"Similarly, the scenic design by Randall Parsons is a clever arrangement of stars and stripes \u2014 as wood flooring, as subtle browns rather than as garish red, white and blue. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
"Some reports argue that this marks the start of a new, post-Russian OPEC+ arrangement , and a thawing of Saudi-US relations. \u2014 Baker Institute, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Through that multi-million-dollar arrangement , announced in March 2021 and stuck in collaboration with MPI Artists, TEG MJR promotes all Snoop Dogg tours globally outside of North America. \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
"The band soon disappeared, the song going through one of those unorthodox Turnstile twists, as the ambient, electronic arrangement from the track played over the speakers. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
"But, in DeafBlind space, this was a comfortable arrangement , ideal for generating ad-hoc clusters of tactile conversations, with no armrests or conference tables to separate people\u2019s bodies. \u2014 Andrew Leland, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1690, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, going back to Middle French arengement, from arenger \"to arrange \" + -ment -ment":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101nj-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blueprint",
"design",
"game",
"game plan",
"ground plan",
"master plan",
"plan",
"program",
"project",
"road map",
"scheme",
"strategy",
"system"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063152",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrant":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": being notoriously without moderation : extreme":[
"we are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
]
},
"examples":[
"that statement is complete and arrant nonsense",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Well, both of those statements are arrant nonsense. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Jan. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English arraunt, variant of erraunt \"wandering, itinerant\" (reflecting lowering of \u0115 to \u0103 before r ); arraunt, erraunt in sense \"notorious, reprobate\" (hence, \"extreme\") from its use in the collocation theef erraunt, erraunt theif \"outlawed robber roaming the country\" \u2014 more at errant":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er-\u0259nt",
"\u02c8a-r\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004038",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"array":{
"antonyms":[
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"definitions":{
": a body of soldiers : militia":[
"the baron and his feudal array"
],
": a data structure in which similar elements of data are arranged in a table":[],
": a group of elements forming a complete unit":[
"an antenna array"
],
": a number of mathematical elements arranged in rows and columns":[],
": a regular and imposing grouping or arrangement : order":[
"lined up \u2026 in soldierly array",
"\u2014 Donald Barthelme"
],
": a series of statistical data arranged in classes in order of magnitude":[],
": an orderly listing of jurors impaneled":[],
": clothing , attire":[],
": rich or beautiful apparel : finery":[],
": to arrange or display in or as if in an array":[
"The \u2026 data are arrayed in descending order.",
"\u2014 Ed Burnett"
],
": to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn":[
"\u2026 he had already arrayed himself in his best clothes.",
"\u2014 Thomas Hardy"
],
": to set or place in order : draw up , marshal":[
"the forces arrayed against us"
],
": to set or set forth in order (something, such as a jury) for the trial of a cause":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She arrayed herself in rich velvets and satins.",
"a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath",
"Noun",
"an array of solar panels",
"an array of baseball gloves in the corner of his room",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"My first task was to unpack the boxes and array the pages contained within across a long mahogany conference table, preparing them for Callahan\u2019s inspection. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2021",
"During President Barack Obama's troop surge, about 100,000 military personnel were arrayed across the country, fighting to win remote areas from Taliban control. \u2014 Missy Ryan, Anchorage Daily News , 19 May 2020",
"These fears stem from China\u2019s military capabilities arrayed along much of India\u2019s Himalayan border and the failure to resolve a border dispute. \u2014 Sumit Ganguly, Quartz India , 25 Feb. 2020",
"With his administration engulfed by crisis, Trump can no longer control the forces once solidly arrayed behind him. \u2014 Philip Rucker, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Oct. 2019",
"The 6,000-square-foot home is in a neighborhood overlooking Lake Zurich that was once a vineyard but is now arrayed with golf courses and polite villa-style mansions. \u2014 Christopher Bollen, New York Times , 18 Feb. 2020",
"The cabinet displayed forty dials arrayed in four rows and ten columns. \u2014 Andrew Whitby, Wired , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Go Family-Style, but on the Side The table was arrayed , simply, with Calvin Klein glassware and plates and flatware from the Italian company Match. \u2014 Kurt Soller, New York Times , 14 Feb. 2020",
"Jewelry, watches and other accessories were arrayed on a long table; cowboy boots, high-heeled pumps and clogs sat neatly along a windowsill. \u2014 Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There will be plenty of food from an array of food vendors and food trucks with taco offerings, Mexican dishes and desserts. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Economists attribute it to an array of forces related to supply chains, the local cost of doing business, taxes and environmental policy, among other factors. \u2014 Adrian Blanco, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"Thompson, 44, credits his theater participation as a child for introducing him to a wide array of genres, but comedy was the one that stuck. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"Taking the small-scale truly international is The Standard, which has gone from a handful of hotels in the U.S. to a global array of warm-weather escapes, thanks to investment from the Thai real estate firm Sansiri. \u2014 Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure , 11 June 2022",
"This has been exacerbated by the emergence of cloud computing and a huge array of developer tools that have made setting up a tech business that much easier. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Whatever the case, clearly the Blazers had enough intrigue in Griffin to work him out, adding him to a wide array of prospects who offer differing strengths for the Blazers to choose from. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
"Rome, home to a wide array of ancient monuments and structures, is no stranger to tourist vandalism. \u2014 Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"Every subsequent installment has been produced and at least partially shot here, utilizing a huge array of British talent. \u2014 Adrian Wootton, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English aray, array, arraye \"preparation, arrangement, condition, line of soldiers, equipment, adornment,\" borrowed from Anglo-French arrai, arraie \"order, arrangement, condition, ordered list of jurors, body of men, entourage, equipment,\" noun derivative of arraier \"to order, array entry 1 \"":"Noun",
"Middle English arayen, arrayen \"to put in order, prepare, marshal (troops), equip, adorn,\" borrowed from Anglo-French arraier, arreyer, aroier \"to arrange, order, marshal, set in order (a jury, assize), equip, attire, adorn\" (continental Old French areer ), going back to Vulgar Latin *arr\u0113d\u0101re, from Latin ad- ad- + Vulgar Latin *-r\u0113d\u0101re, in *conr\u0113d\u0101re, presumed adaptation of Gothic garedan \"to make provisions\" \u2014 more at curry entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adorn",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"do up",
"doll up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061259",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"arrear":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an unfinished duty":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural arrears of work that have piled up"
],
": an unpaid and overdue debt":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural paying off the arrears of the past several months"
],
": the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural They were in arrears with the rent. [=they had failed to pay the rent when it was due]"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"China appears to be up to date in its payments; there are no amounts in arrears from prior years on WHO's report. \u2014 Fox News , 11 Apr. 2020",
"The country has virtually no arrears pending to the IMF. \u2014 Golnar Motevalli, Bloomberg.com , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Zimbabwe, locked out of outbreak aid programs because of debt arrears , has thrown itself at the mercy of organizations including the International Monetary Fund with no response so far. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 7 Feb. 2020",
"Or, your loan could be recalculated and the arrears added to the loan balance, which might make your monthly payments go up. \u25a0 A repayment plan. \u2014 Michelle Singletary, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2020",
"Eligible customers would receive a $25 monthly credit toward current water bills with any arrears suspended for one to two years. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Somewhere between the case of an isolated bankruptcy (American Airlines) and mass default (Indonesia, with 70% of businesses in arrears ) is the borderline between individual and systemic bankruptcy. \u2014 Peter Coy, Bloomberg.com , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Gasoline taxes are collected two months in arrears and expected to drop 20-25 percent. \u2014 Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al , 26 Apr. 2020",
"Currently, the service department and some part-timers are paid two weeks in arrears . \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 20 Apr. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, in plural arrers, arrears \"balance due, unpaid debt,\" borrowed from Anglo-French arere, arrere (also sometimes in plural) \"state of being behind in payment,\" noun derivative of arere, ariere, adverb, \"back, backward, behind\" (also continental Old French), going back to Vulgar Latin *ad retr\u014d, from Latin ad \"to, toward\" + retr\u014d \"toward the rear, in the rear, behind\" \u2014 more at at entry 1 , retro-":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8rir"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"arrearage",
"debt",
"indebtedness",
"liability",
"liabilities",
"obligation",
"score"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111849",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrearage":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the condition of being in arrears":[]
},
"examples":[
"the new buyer must pay the arrearage on the home before moving in",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The GoFundMe was created with an initial goal of $20,000, to pay off the nearly $14,000 arrearage and put the extra funds toward some minor home repairs. \u2014 Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic , 29 May 2022",
"Last month, the Chase Lloyd House Board of Trustees, which oversees the mansion, approved a $24,000 grant from its endowment to help pay off rent arrearage for women living in Annapolis public housing. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Money will come from a state water and wastewater arrearage payment program, administered by the California Water Resources Control Board, that will offer $985 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to pay for the debt. \u2014 Tammy Murga Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Of the 5,800 cases resolved with payment by UniteCT, the average arrearage was just over four months\u2019 rent, indications that most applicants continued to pay some rent during the moratorium. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, courant.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Applicants were rejected for various reasons, Liu said, including not actually being past-due, providing no evidence that their arrearage was linked to COVID-19, or their landlord refused to provide supporting documentation. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com , 18 May 2021",
"Except for rare instances when confidentiality is important (such as pending negotiations or member arrearage questions), questions regarding association money should be answered without hesitation. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 June 2019",
"The landlord was excited the Latin American-themed restaurant opened in the building, but the restaurant accumulated a significant rent arrearage since their opening, Donnie Miller, assistant property manager at Waterside Place, said in an e-mail. \u2014 Janelle Nanos, BostonGlobe.com , 8 May 2018",
"Bean said Dean didn't honor an agreement made between the garbage collector and his predecessor in which Brighton was to pay $5,000 a month on arrearage . \u2014 Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com , 13 Oct. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English arrerage, arerage \"unpaid debt, balance due, state of being behind in payment,\" borrowed from Anglo-French arrerage, from arere, arrere arrear + -age -age":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8rir-ij"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"arrears",
"debt",
"indebtedness",
"liability",
"liabilities",
"obligation",
"score"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115311",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrears":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an unfinished duty":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural arrears of work that have piled up"
],
": an unpaid and overdue debt":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural paying off the arrears of the past several months"
],
": the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural They were in arrears with the rent. [=they had failed to pay the rent when it was due]"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"China appears to be up to date in its payments; there are no amounts in arrears from prior years on WHO's report. \u2014 Fox News , 11 Apr. 2020",
"The country has virtually no arrears pending to the IMF. \u2014 Golnar Motevalli, Bloomberg.com , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Zimbabwe, locked out of outbreak aid programs because of debt arrears , has thrown itself at the mercy of organizations including the International Monetary Fund with no response so far. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 7 Feb. 2020",
"Or, your loan could be recalculated and the arrears added to the loan balance, which might make your monthly payments go up. \u25a0 A repayment plan. \u2014 Michelle Singletary, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2020",
"Eligible customers would receive a $25 monthly credit toward current water bills with any arrears suspended for one to two years. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 24 Mar. 2020",
"Somewhere between the case of an isolated bankruptcy (American Airlines) and mass default (Indonesia, with 70% of businesses in arrears ) is the borderline between individual and systemic bankruptcy. \u2014 Peter Coy, Bloomberg.com , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Gasoline taxes are collected two months in arrears and expected to drop 20-25 percent. \u2014 Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al , 26 Apr. 2020",
"Currently, the service department and some part-timers are paid two weeks in arrears . \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 20 Apr. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, in plural arrers, arrears \"balance due, unpaid debt,\" borrowed from Anglo-French arere, arrere (also sometimes in plural) \"state of being behind in payment,\" noun derivative of arere, ariere, adverb, \"back, backward, behind\" (also continental Old French), going back to Vulgar Latin *ad retr\u014d, from Latin ad \"to, toward\" + retr\u014d \"toward the rear, in the rear, behind\" \u2014 more at at entry 1 , retro-":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8rir"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"arrearage",
"debt",
"indebtedness",
"liability",
"liabilities",
"obligation",
"score"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105606",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrent":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English arenten , from Middle French arenter , from Old French, from a- (from Latin ad- ) + -renter (from rente income from a property)":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"a\u02c8rent",
"\u0259\u02c8-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202641",
"type":[
"noun,",
"transitive verb"
]
},
"arrest":{
"antonyms":[
"apprehension",
"arrestment",
"bust",
"collar",
"pinch"
],
"definitions":{
": check , slow":[
"Its growth was arrested ."
],
": in legal custody":[
"The suspect was placed under arrest ."
],
": the act of stopping":[],
": the condition of being stopped or inactive \u2014 compare cardiac arrest":[],
": the taking or detaining in custody by authority of law":[
"The investigation led to his arrest ."
],
": to bring to a stop":[
"Sickness arrested his activities."
],
": to catch suddenly and engagingly":[
"arrest attention"
],
": to make inactive":[
"an arrested tumor"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The police arrested him on drug charges.",
"The police officer said, \u201cI'm arresting you in the name of the law.\u201d",
"The drugs can't arrest the disease's progress, but they can slow it down considerably.",
"Noun",
"The police are investigating the case but they have not yet made any arrests .",
"She was charged with resisting arrest .",
"The information has led to the arrest of three suspects.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The law enforcement officers were originally at the home to arrest a suspect in relation to a felony warrant. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"Hilliard, who has 16 years of experience as a law enforcement officer, was trying to arrest a suspect who was wanted on several felony warrants in multiple jurisdictions Sunday when the suspect shot and killed Hilliard after a foot chase. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 13 June 2022",
"Details of the case are contained in an affidavit from Deputy City Attorney Cameron Haas seeking a warrant to arrest the instructor. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Officers are working to identify and arrest a suspect. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 26 May 2022",
"The news comes during heightened tensions between Iran and Sweden over Stockholm\u2019s decision to arrest and prosecute an Iranian official for murder and war crimes. \u2014 Miriam Berger, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"The footage shows an officer helping to arrest a suspect and place them into a police vehicle. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 10 May 2022",
"Compounding the issue was that Belarus, Russia\u2019s closest ally and a major producer of a key fertilizer called potash, was hit with its own sanctions in February for forcing a commercial airliner to land in order to arrest a dissident. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"The approach helped states save their money, which some local governments later reinvested in their efforts to arrest the spread of the virus. \u2014 Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The boy was placed under arrest and charged with three counts of delinquency for operating under the influence of alcohol, driving to endanger, and operating a motor vehicle without a license, police said. \u2014 Deanna Schwartz, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"The 30-year-old mother was placed under arrest by police. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 26 June 2022",
"In a statement released on its website on Wednesday, Brazil\u2019s federal police said that 13 search and seizure warrants had been issued and five people were under arrest in the case. \u2014 D\u00c9bora \u00c1lvares, ajc , 22 June 2022",
"According to several outlets, including The New York Times and Variety, Haggis is currently under arrest . \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"Bizio has confirmed to Variety that Haggis is under arrest . \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"The following day, Nathaniel Glover, better known as Kidd Creole, who helped create the blueprint for rap music, was under arrest for the murder of John Jolly, 55. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun"
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"Middle English arest, arrest, borrowed from Anglo-French arest, areste, noun derivative of arester \"to stop, hinder, seize and detain (a lawbreaker)\" \u2014 more at arrest entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English aresten, arresten \"to stop, halt (something or someone), come to a halt, wait, restrain, seize (a lawbreaker), take into custody,\" borrowed from Anglo-French arester (also continental Old French), going back to Vulgar Latin *arrest\u0101re, from Latin ad- ad- (in Vulgar Latin marking or reinforcing transitivity) + rest\u0101re \"to remain, be left unchanged\" \u2014 more at rest entry 4":"Verb"
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"\u0259-\u02c8rest"
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"apprehend",
"bust",
"collar",
"nab",
"nail",
"nick",
"pick up",
"pinch",
"pull in",
"restrain",
"run in",
"seize"
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"noun",
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"arrest entry 1 + -able":""
},
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"\u0259-\u02c8re-st\u0259-b\u0259l also a-"
],
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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": a substance that stimulates an insect to stop locomotion":[]
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"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"arrest entry 1 + -ant entry 1":""
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"\u0259-\u02c8re-st\u0259nt"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110410",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": apprehension by legal authority":[
"the arrestation of the criminal"
],
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": stopping":[
"the sudden arrestation of life under the magic spell",
"\u2014 E. V. Lucas"
]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Middle French arestation , from arester + -ation":""
},
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"\u02cca\u02ccre\u02c8st\u0101sh\u0259n"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195711",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrested":{
"antonyms":[
"apprehension",
"arrestment",
"bust",
"collar",
"pinch"
],
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": check , slow":[
"Its growth was arrested ."
],
": in legal custody":[
"The suspect was placed under arrest ."
],
": the act of stopping":[],
": the condition of being stopped or inactive \u2014 compare cardiac arrest":[],
": the taking or detaining in custody by authority of law":[
"The investigation led to his arrest ."
],
": to bring to a stop":[
"Sickness arrested his activities."
],
": to catch suddenly and engagingly":[
"arrest attention"
],
": to make inactive":[
"an arrested tumor"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The police arrested him on drug charges.",
"The police officer said, \u201cI'm arresting you in the name of the law.\u201d",
"The drugs can't arrest the disease's progress, but they can slow it down considerably.",
"Noun",
"The police are investigating the case but they have not yet made any arrests .",
"She was charged with resisting arrest .",
"The information has led to the arrest of three suspects.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The law enforcement officers were originally at the home to arrest a suspect in relation to a felony warrant. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"Hilliard, who has 16 years of experience as a law enforcement officer, was trying to arrest a suspect who was wanted on several felony warrants in multiple jurisdictions Sunday when the suspect shot and killed Hilliard after a foot chase. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 13 June 2022",
"Details of the case are contained in an affidavit from Deputy City Attorney Cameron Haas seeking a warrant to arrest the instructor. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Officers are working to identify and arrest a suspect. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 26 May 2022",
"The news comes during heightened tensions between Iran and Sweden over Stockholm\u2019s decision to arrest and prosecute an Iranian official for murder and war crimes. \u2014 Miriam Berger, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"The footage shows an officer helping to arrest a suspect and place them into a police vehicle. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 10 May 2022",
"Compounding the issue was that Belarus, Russia\u2019s closest ally and a major producer of a key fertilizer called potash, was hit with its own sanctions in February for forcing a commercial airliner to land in order to arrest a dissident. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"The approach helped states save their money, which some local governments later reinvested in their efforts to arrest the spread of the virus. \u2014 Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The boy was placed under arrest and charged with three counts of delinquency for operating under the influence of alcohol, driving to endanger, and operating a motor vehicle without a license, police said. \u2014 Deanna Schwartz, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"The 30-year-old mother was placed under arrest by police. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 26 June 2022",
"In a statement released on its website on Wednesday, Brazil\u2019s federal police said that 13 search and seizure warrants had been issued and five people were under arrest in the case. \u2014 D\u00c9bora \u00c1lvares, ajc , 22 June 2022",
"According to several outlets, including The New York Times and Variety, Haggis is currently under arrest . \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"Bizio has confirmed to Variety that Haggis is under arrest . \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"The following day, Nathaniel Glover, better known as Kidd Creole, who helped create the blueprint for rap music, was under arrest for the murder of John Jolly, 55. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English arest, arrest, borrowed from Anglo-French arest, areste, noun derivative of arester \"to stop, hinder, seize and detain (a lawbreaker)\" \u2014 more at arrest entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English aresten, arresten \"to stop, halt (something or someone), come to a halt, wait, restrain, seize (a lawbreaker), take into custody,\" borrowed from Anglo-French arester (also continental Old French), going back to Vulgar Latin *arrest\u0101re, from Latin ad- ad- (in Vulgar Latin marking or reinforcing transitivity) + rest\u0101re \"to remain, be left unchanged\" \u2014 more at rest entry 4":"Verb"
},
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"\u0259-\u02c8rest"
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"apprehend",
"bust",
"collar",
"nab",
"nail",
"nick",
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"pinch",
"pull in",
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"run in",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005746",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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},
"arrestee":{
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": a person who is under arrest":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Goodman also said Kelly\u2019s reliance on booking numbers \u2014 rather than the jail system\u2019s average daily population \u2014 ignores how much time each arrestee actually spends in custody. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Minutes later, a very different cohort of conservatives took center stage: political strategist and January 6th arrestee Alex Bruesewitz, Ryan Fournier of Students for Trump, and Instagram influencer Rogan O\u2019Handley. \u2014 Laura Jedeed, The New Republic , 26 Feb. 2022",
"These posts often include a combination of an arrestee \u2019s name, hometown, age, arrest charges and, in the past, booking photo. \u2014 Joey Cappelletti, oregonlive , 17 Jan. 2022",
"The seventh arrestee was Chan Pui-man, the former associate publisher of now-defunct Apple Daily and the wife of Chung, local media reported. \u2014 Zinnia Lee, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Instead, each police department will be required to ensure an arrestee is secure and later transferred to the jail. \u2014 Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star , 22 Dec. 2021",
"In about a fifth of those cases, the arrestee remained in jail because prosecutors accepted a different charge, such as gun possession or burglary. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Additionally, Desadier allegedly tried to cover up the use of force by misleading his superiors after the arrestee in Ouachita Parish complained in the presence of Desadier's supervising officers. \u2014 Christina Carrega, CNN , 29 Oct. 2021",
"When a crime ends in arrest, the SFPD usually presents the arrestee \u2019s case to the San Francisco District Attorney\u2019s office. \u2014 Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"arrest entry 1 + -ee entry 1":""
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"\u0259-\u02ccres-\u02c8t\u0113",
"\u0259-\u02ccre-\u02c8st\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073539",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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": tailhook":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025735",
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"noun"
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},
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"boring",
"drab",
"dry",
"dull",
"heavy",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"uninteresting"
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": catching the attention : striking , impressive":[
"an arresting image"
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},
"examples":[
"an arresting film about tribal traditions in Africa",
"at seven feet tall, he's an arresting figure in any crowd",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One thing which is truly arresting is the fetichism sparked by Eva Per\u00f3n, which is highly contemporary. \u2014 Pablo Sandoval, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"In the visually arresting video, the singer is seen in a lush landscape wearing pretty, flowing pastel outfits, aptly capturing the season and embracing spring fever. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 6 May 2022",
"Time Out of Mind was the arresting sound of a singer-songwriter entering his final act with eyes wide open, scared and vulnerable but not naive or intimidated. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But the most arresting change has come from Germany. \u2014 David Isaac, sun-sentinel.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The house\u2019s most arresting design elements are the curved exterior walls that have been compared to tree trunks and elephant legs. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The Nasca culture succeeded the Paracas and made some of the most arresting art. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The images looked somehow more arresting and otherworldly on a small screen\u2014more consistent with the elevated rhetoric of the show. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2022",
"For most of the year, the company\u2019s most arresting story has been its stock rebound, as Live Nation is on track to end the year up 58% over 2020. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1792, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"from present participle of arrest entry 1":""
},
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"\u0259-\u02c8re-sti\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"consuming",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
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"apprehension",
"arrestment",
"bust",
"collar",
"pinch"
],
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"Its growth was arrested ."
],
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],
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": the condition of being stopped or inactive \u2014 compare cardiac arrest":[],
": the taking or detaining in custody by authority of law":[
"The investigation led to his arrest ."
],
": to bring to a stop":[
"Sickness arrested his activities."
],
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"arrest attention"
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": to make inactive":[
"an arrested tumor"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The police arrested him on drug charges.",
"The police officer said, \u201cI'm arresting you in the name of the law.\u201d",
"The drugs can't arrest the disease's progress, but they can slow it down considerably.",
"Noun",
"The police are investigating the case but they have not yet made any arrests .",
"She was charged with resisting arrest .",
"The information has led to the arrest of three suspects.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The law enforcement officers were originally at the home to arrest a suspect in relation to a felony warrant. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 23 June 2022",
"Hilliard, who has 16 years of experience as a law enforcement officer, was trying to arrest a suspect who was wanted on several felony warrants in multiple jurisdictions Sunday when the suspect shot and killed Hilliard after a foot chase. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 13 June 2022",
"Details of the case are contained in an affidavit from Deputy City Attorney Cameron Haas seeking a warrant to arrest the instructor. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Officers are working to identify and arrest a suspect. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 26 May 2022",
"The news comes during heightened tensions between Iran and Sweden over Stockholm\u2019s decision to arrest and prosecute an Iranian official for murder and war crimes. \u2014 Miriam Berger, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"The footage shows an officer helping to arrest a suspect and place them into a police vehicle. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 10 May 2022",
"Compounding the issue was that Belarus, Russia\u2019s closest ally and a major producer of a key fertilizer called potash, was hit with its own sanctions in February for forcing a commercial airliner to land in order to arrest a dissident. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"The approach helped states save their money, which some local governments later reinvested in their efforts to arrest the spread of the virus. \u2014 Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The boy was placed under arrest and charged with three counts of delinquency for operating under the influence of alcohol, driving to endanger, and operating a motor vehicle without a license, police said. \u2014 Deanna Schwartz, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"The 30-year-old mother was placed under arrest by police. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 26 June 2022",
"In a statement released on its website on Wednesday, Brazil\u2019s federal police said that 13 search and seizure warrants had been issued and five people were under arrest in the case. \u2014 D\u00c9bora \u00c1lvares, ajc , 22 June 2022",
"According to several outlets, including The New York Times and Variety, Haggis is currently under arrest . \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"Bizio has confirmed to Variety that Haggis is under arrest . \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"The following day, Nathaniel Glover, better known as Kidd Creole, who helped create the blueprint for rap music, was under arrest for the murder of John Jolly, 55. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English arest, arrest, borrowed from Anglo-French arest, areste, noun derivative of arester \"to stop, hinder, seize and detain (a lawbreaker)\" \u2014 more at arrest entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English aresten, arresten \"to stop, halt (something or someone), come to a halt, wait, restrain, seize (a lawbreaker), take into custody,\" borrowed from Anglo-French arester (also continental Old French), going back to Vulgar Latin *arrest\u0101re, from Latin ad- ad- (in Vulgar Latin marking or reinforcing transitivity) + rest\u0101re \"to remain, be left unchanged\" \u2014 more at rest entry 4":"Verb"
},
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"\u0259-\u02c8rest"
],
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"apprehend",
"bust",
"collar",
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"nick",
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"restrain",
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"verb"
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},
"arrival":{
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"decamping",
"decampment",
"departing",
"departure",
"disappearance",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave-taking",
"parting",
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": the attainment of an end or state":[]
},
"examples":[
"They were awaiting the arrival of guests.",
"When is the mail scheduled for arrival ",
"They track the number of airport arrivals and departures.",
"They were late arrivals at the party.",
"They are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their wedding day.",
"the changes that occur with the arrival of spring",
"the arrival of new technology",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hair's arrival to a rather traditional theater scene sparked controversy. \u2014 Justine Browning, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"After arrival in Washington, the plan is for four days of education and experiences for the students. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"Last month, Bubl\u00e9 chatted about the upcoming arrival with PEOPLE at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"Of the nine racers that started, Wallace\u2019s arrival at just after 1 a.m. meant all of them made it as far as Galena on Saturday. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, the arrival of American long-range artillery systems, and Ukrainians trained on how to use them, should help Ukraine in the battles to come, said Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"The Tigers had the worst starting rotation in baseball in 2020, before Fetter's arrival , with a 6.37 ERA. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"Beyonc\u00e9 has given fans a month to preorder box sets before the album\u2019s arrival , mindful of fans affected by inflation. \u2014 Jaelani Turner-williams, Billboard , 21 June 2022",
"The Los Angeles native is the second player to transfer into U of L since Payne's arrival in March, joining former Tennessee forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield. \u2014 Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal , 21 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English arivaile, arrival \"act of arriving, landing, disembarkation,\" borrowed from Anglo-French arrivayle, arivail, from ariver, arriver \"to arrive entry 1 \" + -ayle, -ail, in part going back to Latin -\u0101lis -al entry 2 , in part a collective suffix going back to Latin -\u0101lia, from neuter plural of -\u0101lis -al entry 1":""
},
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"\u0259-\u02c8r\u012b-v\u0259l"
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"advent",
"appearance",
"coming",
"incoming"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213444",
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"noun"
]
},
"arrive":{
"antonyms":[
"go",
"leave"
],
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": happen":[],
": one who has risen rapidly to success, power, or fame":[],
": to achieve success":[
"After years of climbing the corporate ladder, he felt he had finally arrived ."
],
": to be near in time : come":[
"The moment has arrived ."
],
": to make an appearance : to come upon the scene":[
"The crowd became silent when the officers arrived ."
],
": to reach a destination":[
"The train arrived late."
],
": to reach by effort or thought":[
"arrived at a decision"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He arrived home at six o'clock.",
"We had some dinner before arriving at the station.",
"When do you expect them to arrive in Boston",
"Their flight is due to arrive at 11:30.",
"The train from New York is now arriving .",
"They arrived late at the party.",
"The mail hasn't arrived yet.",
"The new version of the software has finally arrived in stores.",
"There's always a lot to do when spring arrives .",
"When is their baby expected to arrive ",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Hamish Bowles did the costumes, but the airline lost two suitcases, which didn\u2019t arrive until the day of the performance. \u2014 Marshall Heyman, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
"Typically, monsoon season doesn\u2019t arrive until mid-July, which can see thunderstorms and lightning strikes. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The bear had been sitting 50 feet up a pine tree as deputies waited below for bear trappers to come tranquilize it, a Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office news release says, but the trappers didn\u2019t arrive in time. \u2014 Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"However, the hottest day of the year typically doesn\u2019t arrive until the second half of July for much of the U.S., according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. \u2014 Justin Grieser, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"Even Friday\u2019s brief flirtation with downpours, which did not arrive despite the severe weather warnings, plenty of attendees found refuge in the tent. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Florida missed Tuesday's deadline to pre-order vaccines, meaning shipments through the federal program likely will not arrive there until the end of the month, according to the news outlet. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"While Renaissance won\u2019t arrive for another month, the Beyhive does have a small teaser of what to expect from the record. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
"The ban didn't arrive without much internal and external debate. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"By the time the Scout duo arrive , the electric off-roader space will be fairly crowded, with the current players\u2014the GMC Hummer EV and Rivian R1T\u2014set to be joined by an electric Jeep Wrangler and others. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 11 May 2022",
"Aside from starvation, many hoiho arrive at the Penguin Place with disease and injury -- and that's where The Wildlife Hospital, Dunedin, which specializes in native species, steps in. \u2014 CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The single and video arrive after Kay Flock was arrested on first degree murder charges in connection to the killing of a barbershop patron in Harlem in December and taken to jail, as New York Daily News reports. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Russian attacks have destroyed vital infrastructure, and the port of Odessa \u2014 where almost all of Ukraine\u2019s imports by sea arrive \u2014 is closed because of the war. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In the meantime, families like the Slonovskas arrive , suitcases in hand, exhausted. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The storm starts soon after Sophie and Bee arrive , forcing the crew to retreat indoors. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The 2003 Dublin Regulation stipulates that the European Union countries where would-be refugees first arrive generally must process asylum claims. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The nurses say staff shortages mean there's often a delay in checking on patients as more arrive for care, and there are too many people wanting treatment and not enough beds. \u2014 CNN , 5 Mar. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"1866, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English ariven, arriven \"to reach the end of a journey by sea, disembark, reach a destination,\" borrowed from Anglo-French ariver, arriver \"to bring (a person, a ship) to shore, to reach a destination by ship, disembark\" (also continental Old French), going back to Vulgar Latin *arr\u012bp\u0101re, parasynthetic derivative from Latin ad r\u012bpam \"up to the shore, at the shore\" from ad \"to, at\" + r\u012bpam, accusative of r\u012bpa \"bank, shore\"; (sense 3) borrowed from French arriver (attested in this sense since the 18th century) \u2014 more at at entry 1 , river":"Verb",
"borrowed from French, past participle of arriver \"to reach a destination, achieve success,\" going back to Old French ariver \"to reach a destination by ship\" \u2014 more at arrive entry 1":"Noun"
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"come",
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"get through",
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"turn up"
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"unpretentiousness"
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"He was like a movie star at his high school reunion, muting his arrogance and trying to be a regular guy for old times' sake. He seemed to genuinely appreciate the honor. \u2014 Carlo Rotella , New York Times Sports Magazine , June 2008",
"This kind of official arrogance is not new, of course, although it is perhaps more common in dictatorships than in democracies. \u2014 Ian Buruma , New York Times Book Review , 17 Sept. 2006",
"Arrogance is, at once, what an athlete most needs and what fans least want to see. \u2014 Dan Le Batard , ESPN , 15 Mar. 2004",
"A British expat who could have stepped out of a Graham Greene plot, Twyman makes an improbable Jamaican hero. His self-assurance borders on arrogance , particularly when something is not done precisely the way he would do it himself. \u2014 Barry Estabrook , Gourmet , July 2003",
"Her arrogance has earned her a lot of enemies.",
"We were shocked by the arrogance of his comments.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By the way, this arrogance isn\u2019t limited to sports\u2014businesses of all kinds have shown a willingness to tolerate questionable personnel if the questionable personnel can benefit the bottom line. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 28 June 2022",
"Christon possesses the confidence \u2014 what some call athletic arrogance \u2014 that comes with success and faith in his abilities. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"The show makes tantalizing equivalences between the filmmaking process and the justice system as storytelling vehicles, without ever tipping into art-house arrogance . \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Some of his critics see Musk\u2019s attitude toward his intelligence and ability to generate wealth as evidence of ultimate arrogance . \u2014 Marc Fisher, Christian Davenport And Faiz Siddiqui, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"Some of his critics see Musk\u2019s attitude toward his intelligence and ability to generate wealth as evidence of ultimate arrogance . \u2014 Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"But beneath his outer asceticism, there also appears to be a note of arrogance , of the proudly intrepid colonialist setting off to bring God to the primitive subjects of Danish rule. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"Bivol\u2019s signature victory was over someone named Joe Smith Jr., who, incidentally, owed his fame to a moment of arrogance by another champion. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
"These Timberwolves have a different demeanor \u2013 a confidence that walks right up to the line of arrogance . \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English arrogaunce, errogaunce, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French arrogance, arrogaunce, borrowed from Latin arrogantia, noun derivative of arrogant-, arrogans \"insolent, overbearing, arrogant \"":""
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"\u02c8a-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8er-\u0259-g\u0259n(t)s",
"\u02c8er-\u0259-g\u0259ns"
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"assumption",
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"consequence",
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"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin arrogantia":""
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"-si",
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"Tim Blixseth, the founder of the Yellowstone Club and other gated hideaways, tells Frank: \"I don't like most rich people. They can be arrogant .\" This from a man who owns two Shih Tzus named Learjet and G2. \u2014 Alex Beam , New York Times Book Review , 10 June 2007",
"Arrogant execs are not the only targets of investors' ire. \u2026 There's no telling how much money analysts such as Meeker cost investors with their interminable buy recommendations on Internet stocks that eventually went bust. \u2014 Marcia Vickers et al. , Business Week , 25 Feb. 2002",
"Despite her social and business status in Washington, Graham remained unassuming and down to earth. Her quiet but steady courage affirmed women such as Geneva Overhosler, a former editor and Post ombudsman, by showing a woman could be powerful without being arrogant . \u2014 Mark Fitzgerald et al. , Editor & Publisher , 23 July 2001",
"Shakespeare must have known that while his audiences loved to see villains punished and arrogant young men humbled, they did not want to fidget and squirm through mea culpas before the final scene. \u2014 Elaine Showalter , Civilization , April/May 1999",
"She's first in her class, but she's not arrogant about it.",
"the arrogant young lawyer elbowed his way to the head of the line of customers, declaring that he was too busy to wait like everybody else",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Rex dies suddenly, and his arrogant , bratty, self-righteous son, Vince (Ben Foster), boots Stanley from the new job and orders him back on the road to find a potential star for the team to draft. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"The Illuminati might mock 616-Strange for being more arrogant than their own Strange. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 14 May 2022",
"In the Hitchcockian thriller, Plemons is enjoyably arrogant as a wealthy tech CEO who travels with his wife (Lily Collins) for a last-minute getaway. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
"To many of their citizens back home, Mr. Macron came across as insufferably arrogant . \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Committee members viewed the resistance as arrogant , said one of the people. \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Some people, including this writer, consider such things to be intrusive, arrogant and rude by design. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Le Pen has accused the incumbent of being arrogant and aloof. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 23 Apr. 2022",
"By the early 1990s, the Grammy voting body had become ever more out-of-touch, complacent, arrogant and, most of all, old. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Apr. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English arrogant, arragaunt, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin arrogant-, arrogans \"insolent, overbearing, presumptuous,\" from present participle of arrog\u0101re \"to lay claim to, claim to possess, be conceited\" \u2014 more at arrogate":""
},
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"\u02c8a-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8er-\u0259-g\u0259nt"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for arrogant proud , arrogant , haughty , lordly , insolent , overbearing , supercilious , disdainful mean showing scorn for inferiors. proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness. too proud to take charity arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted. a conceited and arrogant executive haughty suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position. a haughty aristocrat lordly implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power. a lordly condescension insolent implies contemptuous haughtiness. ignored by an insolent waiter overbearing suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence. an overbearing supervisor supercilious implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness. an aloof and supercilious manner disdainful suggests a more active and openly scornful superciliousness. disdainful of their social inferiors",
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"chesty",
"haughty",
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"hifalutin",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
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": exaggerating or disposed to exaggerate one's own worth or importance often by an overbearing manner":[
"an arrogant official"
],
": showing an offensive attitude of superiority : proceeding from or characterized by arrogance":[
"an arrogant reply"
]
},
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"Tim Blixseth, the founder of the Yellowstone Club and other gated hideaways, tells Frank: \"I don't like most rich people. They can be arrogant .\" This from a man who owns two Shih Tzus named Learjet and G2. \u2014 Alex Beam , New York Times Book Review , 10 June 2007",
"Arrogant execs are not the only targets of investors' ire. \u2026 There's no telling how much money analysts such as Meeker cost investors with their interminable buy recommendations on Internet stocks that eventually went bust. \u2014 Marcia Vickers et al. , Business Week , 25 Feb. 2002",
"Despite her social and business status in Washington, Graham remained unassuming and down to earth. Her quiet but steady courage affirmed women such as Geneva Overhosler, a former editor and Post ombudsman, by showing a woman could be powerful without being arrogant . \u2014 Mark Fitzgerald et al. , Editor & Publisher , 23 July 2001",
"Shakespeare must have known that while his audiences loved to see villains punished and arrogant young men humbled, they did not want to fidget and squirm through mea culpas before the final scene. \u2014 Elaine Showalter , Civilization , April/May 1999",
"She's first in her class, but she's not arrogant about it.",
"the arrogant young lawyer elbowed his way to the head of the line of customers, declaring that he was too busy to wait like everybody else",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Rex dies suddenly, and his arrogant , bratty, self-righteous son, Vince (Ben Foster), boots Stanley from the new job and orders him back on the road to find a potential star for the team to draft. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"The Illuminati might mock 616-Strange for being more arrogant than their own Strange. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 14 May 2022",
"In the Hitchcockian thriller, Plemons is enjoyably arrogant as a wealthy tech CEO who travels with his wife (Lily Collins) for a last-minute getaway. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
"To many of their citizens back home, Mr. Macron came across as insufferably arrogant . \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Committee members viewed the resistance as arrogant , said one of the people. \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Some people, including this writer, consider such things to be intrusive, arrogant and rude by design. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Le Pen has accused the incumbent of being arrogant and aloof. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 23 Apr. 2022",
"By the early 1990s, the Grammy voting body had become ever more out-of-touch, complacent, arrogant and, most of all, old. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 2 Apr. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English arrogant, arragaunt, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin arrogant-, arrogans \"insolent, overbearing, presumptuous,\" from present participle of arrog\u0101re \"to lay claim to, claim to possess, be conceited\" \u2014 more at arrogate":""
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"\u02c8a-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8er-\u0259-g\u0259nt"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for arrogant proud , arrogant , haughty , lordly , insolent , overbearing , supercilious , disdainful mean showing scorn for inferiors. proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness. too proud to take charity arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted. a conceited and arrogant executive haughty suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position. a haughty aristocrat lordly implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power. a lordly condescension insolent implies contemptuous haughtiness. ignored by an insolent waiter overbearing suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence. an overbearing supervisor supercilious implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness. an aloof and supercilious manner disdainful suggests a more active and openly scornful superciliousness. disdainful of their social inferiors",
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"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
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"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
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"superior",
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"type":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202402",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"arrogate":{
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": to claim on behalf of another : ascribe":[],
": to claim or seize without justification":[],
": to make undue claims to having : assume":[]
},
"examples":[
"They've arrogated to themselves the power to change the rules arbitrarily.",
"She arrogated the leadership role to herself .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But who, aside from the advertising executives at OkCupid, would want to arrogate to themselves this sort of authority, cataloging novel ethical codes of romance",
"Regulatory agencies cannot arrogate to themselves power to decide major questions. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The Chinese Communist Party, bizarrely, arrogates to itself the right to approve his successor. \u2014 The Economist , 11 Dec. 2019",
"The pattern is always the same: One branch arrogates to itself a power reserved to another. \u2014 Sherif Girgis, National Review , 5 Dec. 2019",
"While Europa Clipper\u2019s development has proceeded apace, however, the SLS rocket has remained mired in setbacks and was arrogated by the Artemis lunar program instigated by the Trump administration. \u2014 Jillian Kramer, Scientific American , 20 Aug. 2019",
"The rapid team collapse was head-spinning news not only in Australia but also among worldwide fans of cricket, a sport that arrogates to itself a particular moral sanctimony. \u2014 Damien Cave And Rick Gladstone, New York Times , 29 Mar. 2018"
],
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"1537, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"borrowed from Latin arrog\u0101tus, past participle of arrog\u0101re \"to appoint along with (another magistrate), lay claim to, claim to possess, make undue claims, be conceited,\" from ar-, assimilated form of ad- ad- + rog\u0101re \"to ask, request\" \u2014 more at rogation":""
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"\u02c8er-\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"\u02c8a-r\u0259-"
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"appropriate",
"commandeer",
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"press",
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"take over",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041222",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": to claim on behalf of another : ascribe":[],
": to claim or seize without justification":[],
": to make undue claims to having : assume":[]
},
"examples":[
"They've arrogated to themselves the power to change the rules arbitrarily.",
"She arrogated the leadership role to herself .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But who, aside from the advertising executives at OkCupid, would want to arrogate to themselves this sort of authority, cataloging novel ethical codes of romance",
"Regulatory agencies cannot arrogate to themselves power to decide major questions. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The Chinese Communist Party, bizarrely, arrogates to itself the right to approve his successor. \u2014 The Economist , 11 Dec. 2019",
"The pattern is always the same: One branch arrogates to itself a power reserved to another. \u2014 Sherif Girgis, National Review , 5 Dec. 2019",
"While Europa Clipper\u2019s development has proceeded apace, however, the SLS rocket has remained mired in setbacks and was arrogated by the Artemis lunar program instigated by the Trump administration. \u2014 Jillian Kramer, Scientific American , 20 Aug. 2019",
"The rapid team collapse was head-spinning news not only in Australia but also among worldwide fans of cricket, a sport that arrogates to itself a particular moral sanctimony. \u2014 Damien Cave And Rick Gladstone, New York Times , 29 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1537, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"borrowed from Latin arrog\u0101tus, past participle of arrog\u0101re \"to appoint along with (another magistrate), lay claim to, claim to possess, make undue claims, be conceited,\" from ar-, assimilated form of ad- ad- + rog\u0101re \"to ask, request\" \u2014 more at rogation":""
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"\u02c8er-\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"\u02c8a-r\u0259-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072552",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mineral Na 2 (Fe, Mn) 5 (PO 4 ) 4 consisting of a phosphate of sodium, iron, and manganese occurring in Brazil as dark green monoclinic masses":[]
},
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"Portuguese arrojadita , from Miguel Arrojado Lisb\u00f4a 20th century Brazilian geologist + Portuguese -ita -ite":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": curved , rounded":[
"arrondi arm posture or leg movement in ballet dancing"
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},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French, past participle of arrondir":""
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"\u02cca\u02ccr\u014d\u207f\u02c8d\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085650",
"type":[
"adjective"
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": an administrative district of some large French cities":[],
": the largest division of a French department":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Located in the 13th arrondissement , the Fran\u00e7ois-Mitterrand site of the National Library was designed by architect Dominique Perrault as towers resembling open books. \u2014 Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Located in the Louvre Post Office nestled in the bustling and oh-so historic first arrondissement , the Hotel Madame Reve offers an escape from the quotidian. \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"And a chef who once worked the kitchens at Venice\u2019s Gjusta and Gjelina is cooking up California-meets-Nashville cuisine in the 10th arrondissement and will soon launch a spot in the 11th. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Another project from Saar Zafrir, this revamp of an old hotel is bringing new life to Parc de la Villette in the city\u2019s northeastern edge, in the 19th arrondissement . \u2014 Ann Abel, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"His first address, BMK Paris-Bamako in the 10th arrondissement , opened in 2017 and quickly became a local favorite, attracting the attention of Le Figaro, which included the small, casual spot in its list of top restaurants that year. \u2014 Vivian Song, Robb Report , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Hollybelly in the 10th arrondissement or a martini at the iconic Hemingway Bar at the Ritz before catching a show at Le Palais Garnier, the ornate Napoleon III-era opera house where Op\u00e9ra National de Paris stages its performances. \u2014 Jessica Puckett, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Caviar Kaspia opened in Paris\u2019s eighth arrondissement on the Place de la Madeleine in 1927 and has been a favorite among the fashion elite and celebrities for decades. \u2014 Sam Dangremond, Town & Country , 20 Apr. 2022",
"A few months ago, de Vilmorin moved into his apartment in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. \u2014 Alexandre Marain, Vogue , 19 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1746, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
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"borrowed from French, \"action of making round or rounding off, circumscription of boundaries, extension of a territory, subdivision of a French department,\" going back to Middle French, \"rounding off,\" from arrondiss-, variant stem of arrondir \"to make round, round off\" (going back to Old French arondir, from a-, prefix forming transitive verbs \u2014 going back to Latin ad- ad- \u2014 + -rondir, verbal derivative of reund, rond round entry 1 ) + -ment -ment":""
": a missile shot from a bow and usually having a slender shaft, a pointed head, and feathers at the butt":[],
": a painful or damaging experience or occurrence that is likened to being shot with an arrow":[
"\u2026 to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune \u2026",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": to hit or throw (something) toward a target fast and straight like an arrow":[
"Mia Hamm \u2026 doesn't even look up as she arrows a pass to her teammate with almost telepathic confidence.",
"\u2014 David Hirshey"
],
": to move fast and straight like an arrow in flight":[
"Just below us, a hunting peregrine falcon arrowed across the sere fields \u2026",
"\u2014 Tom Mueller"
],
": to shoot (an animal) with an arrow":[
"In the spring, only boy turkeys can be shot or arrowed .",
"\u2014 Fred LeBrun"
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},
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"Noun",
"The arrow on the map points north.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Last year, a Norwegian man armed with knives and a bow and arrow killed five people in a town in southern Norway. \u2014 Maria Sanminiatelli, Karl Ritter, Anchorage Daily News , 25 June 2022",
"Prey, set to launch exclusively on Hulu on August 5, twists the series' naming convention to clarify that our favorite alien beast is now in the bow-and- arrow sights of an eager hunter. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022",
"Also coming down was a toy bow-and- arrow \u2014 and two child-sized golf clubs that appear to be from the early 1900\u2032s Ouimet era. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"One of the more successful ways to kill them has been nighttime bowfishing \u2014 using a bow and arrow \u2014 on smaller boats equipped with bright lights. \u2014 Jason Nark, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"This is a government reform that is aimed like an arrow at a very serious problem. \u2014 NBC News , 12 June 2022",
"Also, none of the Avengers called to see why Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) shot a giant arrow in the middle of a bridge in Hawkeye. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 8 June 2022",
"Or a single flaming arrow igniting the entire countryside and yielding Wagnerian images of sublime destruction. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"This directionality is widely considered to impose an arrow of time. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Launch's default look is subdued, but the board comes with blue and red Esc and arrow keys for extra pop. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Kate came to the bow and arrow on her own, though Clint's years of experience are still a benefit. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"In Bears Ears -- named for the twin buttes that rise above the landscape -- tourists and looters routinely steal ceramic shards, arrow heads and other remnants of the settlements of the Ancestral Puebloan Indians who lived in the area. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Meanwhile, Katurah plays the help, who is readying weapons, from knives to bow and arrow to guns and RPGs in between skits. \u2014 Rohan Preston, Star Tribune , 8 July 2021",
"Video captured McCormick in an argument with some protesters, and showed him getting a bow and arrow out of his car and pointing it at several people. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 Nov. 2020",
"The steering tracks arrow straight, and the brakes inspire confidence with both a 184-foot stop from 70 mph and firm feel. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Residents at Windsor Ridge in Jeffersonville are using Nerf guns and bow and arrow sets, miniature dart boards, a bowling set, remote-control cars and more during the pandemic to pass time. \u2014 David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal , 31 Mar. 2020",
"However, the crowning moment was without doubt his third of the night, Messi parting Real like the red sea and arrowing a fierce shot beyond Iker Casillas. \u2014 SI.com , 24 June 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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": a flatfish ( Atheresthes stomias ) of the northern Pacific coast of North America that has eyes on the right side and a large mouth with prominent arrow-shaped teeth":[
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"Consider the arrowtooth flounder , which has proliferated as the Bering Sea warms.",
"\u2014 Sandi Doughton , Seattle Times , 1 Oct. 2006"
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"\u02c8er-\u0259-",
"\u02c8er-\u014d-\u02ccwu\u0307d",
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],
": to be near in time : come":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8r\u012bv",
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"He arrived home at six o'clock.",
"We had some dinner before arriving at the station.",
"When do you expect them to arrive in Boston",
"Their flight is due to arrive at 11:30.",
"The train from New York is now arriving .",
"They arrived late at the party.",
"The mail hasn't arrived yet.",
"The new version of the software has finally arrived in stores.",
"There's always a lot to do when spring arrives .",
"When is their baby expected to arrive ",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Hamish Bowles did the costumes, but the airline lost two suitcases, which didn\u2019t arrive until the day of the performance. \u2014 Marshall Heyman, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
"Typically, monsoon season doesn\u2019t arrive until mid-July, which can see thunderstorms and lightning strikes. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The bear had been sitting 50 feet up a pine tree as deputies waited below for bear trappers to come tranquilize it, a Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office news release says, but the trappers didn\u2019t arrive in time. \u2014 Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"However, the hottest day of the year typically doesn\u2019t arrive until the second half of July for much of the U.S., according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. \u2014 Justin Grieser, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"Even Friday\u2019s brief flirtation with downpours, which did not arrive despite the severe weather warnings, plenty of attendees found refuge in the tent. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Florida missed Tuesday's deadline to pre-order vaccines, meaning shipments through the federal program likely will not arrive there until the end of the month, according to the news outlet. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"While Renaissance won\u2019t arrive for another month, the Beyhive does have a small teaser of what to expect from the record. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
"The ban didn't arrive without much internal and external debate. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"By the time the Scout duo arrive , the electric off-roader space will be fairly crowded, with the current players\u2014the GMC Hummer EV and Rivian R1T\u2014set to be joined by an electric Jeep Wrangler and others. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 11 May 2022",
"Aside from starvation, many hoiho arrive at the Penguin Place with disease and injury -- and that's where The Wildlife Hospital, Dunedin, which specializes in native species, steps in. \u2014 CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The single and video arrive after Kay Flock was arrested on first degree murder charges in connection to the killing of a barbershop patron in Harlem in December and taken to jail, as New York Daily News reports. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Russian attacks have destroyed vital infrastructure, and the port of Odessa \u2014 where almost all of Ukraine\u2019s imports by sea arrive \u2014 is closed because of the war. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In the meantime, families like the Slonovskas arrive , suitcases in hand, exhausted. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The storm starts soon after Sophie and Bee arrive , forcing the crew to retreat indoors. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The 2003 Dublin Regulation stipulates that the European Union countries where would-be refugees first arrive generally must process asylum claims. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The nurses say staff shortages mean there's often a delay in checking on patients as more arrive for care, and there are too many people wanting treatment and not enough beds. \u2014 CNN , 5 Mar. 2022"
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"borrowed from French, past participle of arriver \"to reach a destination, achieve success,\" going back to Old French ariver \"to reach a destination by ship\" \u2014 more at arrive entry 1":"Noun"
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],
": to be near in time : come":[
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"He arrived home at six o'clock.",
"We had some dinner before arriving at the station.",
"When do you expect them to arrive in Boston",
"Their flight is due to arrive at 11:30.",
"The train from New York is now arriving .",
"They arrived late at the party.",
"The mail hasn't arrived yet.",
"The new version of the software has finally arrived in stores.",
"There's always a lot to do when spring arrives .",
"When is their baby expected to arrive ",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Hamish Bowles did the costumes, but the airline lost two suitcases, which didn\u2019t arrive until the day of the performance. \u2014 Marshall Heyman, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
"Typically, monsoon season doesn\u2019t arrive until mid-July, which can see thunderstorms and lightning strikes. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The bear had been sitting 50 feet up a pine tree as deputies waited below for bear trappers to come tranquilize it, a Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office news release says, but the trappers didn\u2019t arrive in time. \u2014 Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"However, the hottest day of the year typically doesn\u2019t arrive until the second half of July for much of the U.S., according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. \u2014 Justin Grieser, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"Even Friday\u2019s brief flirtation with downpours, which did not arrive despite the severe weather warnings, plenty of attendees found refuge in the tent. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Florida missed Tuesday's deadline to pre-order vaccines, meaning shipments through the federal program likely will not arrive there until the end of the month, according to the news outlet. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"While Renaissance won\u2019t arrive for another month, the Beyhive does have a small teaser of what to expect from the record. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
"The ban didn't arrive without much internal and external debate. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"By the time the Scout duo arrive , the electric off-roader space will be fairly crowded, with the current players\u2014the GMC Hummer EV and Rivian R1T\u2014set to be joined by an electric Jeep Wrangler and others. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 11 May 2022",
"Aside from starvation, many hoiho arrive at the Penguin Place with disease and injury -- and that's where The Wildlife Hospital, Dunedin, which specializes in native species, steps in. \u2014 CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The single and video arrive after Kay Flock was arrested on first degree murder charges in connection to the killing of a barbershop patron in Harlem in December and taken to jail, as New York Daily News reports. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Russian attacks have destroyed vital infrastructure, and the port of Odessa \u2014 where almost all of Ukraine\u2019s imports by sea arrive \u2014 is closed because of the war. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In the meantime, families like the Slonovskas arrive , suitcases in hand, exhausted. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The storm starts soon after Sophie and Bee arrive , forcing the crew to retreat indoors. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The 2003 Dublin Regulation stipulates that the European Union countries where would-be refugees first arrive generally must process asylum claims. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The nurses say staff shortages mean there's often a delay in checking on patients as more arrive for care, and there are too many people wanting treatment and not enough beds. \u2014 CNN , 5 Mar. 2022"
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": one that is a new and uncertain arrival (as in social position or artistic endeavor)":[]
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"the town's old money immediately shunned these vulgar arrivistes , who may have had the cash but certainly not the class",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The underdog pick is Cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun), an ingenuous arriviste who, long-limbed and blunder-prone, provides much of the show\u2019s comic relief. \u2014 Naomi Fry, The New Yorker , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Three years ago, Gaga got dinged for being an Oscars arriviste ; there could have been a hundred people in the room and not enough of them voted for her in Best Actress. \u2014 Nate Jones, Vulture , 30 Sep. 2021",
"But every now and then even captains of industry get taken by surprise, and lately they\u2019ve been kept on their toes by a barrage of novel financial vehicles and the arriviste investors driving up their value. \u2014 Emily Stewart, Town & Country , 3 June 2021",
"Pfeiffer\u2019s madcap turn is not a drag queen, but her graying red hair, pale skin, and low voice impersonate French art-film actress Isabelle Huppert, whom an American arriviste might envy as a model of haughtiness. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Vance, the scion of a prominent Democratic family\u2014the kind of insider whom the arriviste Trump has long resented\u2014now has the power to rewrite Trump\u2019s place in history. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2021",
"Storied firms like Sequoia Capital, an early investor in Apple, Google, and LinkedIn, have a significant edge over the arrivistes . \u2014 Alex Webb, Bloomberg.com , 1 May 2020",
"Meanwhile, Anne must contend with the mewling of her petulant dud of a son, Oliver (Richard Goulding), and his bored arriviste wife, Susan (Alice Eve). \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Apr. 2020",
"Reginald Pole \u2014 a descendant of the once-ruling Plantagenets, who regard the Tudors as arrivistes \u2014 now spreads heresy and treason on the Continent. \u2014 Thomas Mallon, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020"
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"borrowed from French, going back to Old French riere ban, arriereban, arier ban \"body of subvassals summoned by the king,\" alteration (by assimilation of the first element to ariere, arriere \"backward, behind\") of herban, araban, arban \"service due a feudal lord in place of military service,\" going back to an Old Low Franconian outcome of regional West Germanic *hariban- \"summoning of the war band\" (whence also Old High German heripan in same sense), from Germanic *harji- \"armed force, host\" + *banna- \"calling up, summons, proclamation\" \u2014 more at arrear , harry , ban entry 2":""
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": a computer peripheral designed to perform fast numerical calculations on large amounts of data":[]
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"borrowed from Spanish, borrowed from Arabic al rub\u02bd \"the quarter\" (the unit being a quarter of a Spanish quintal), from al \"the\" + rub\u02bd \"quarter,\" derivative of a root r-b-\u02bd, whence also arba\u02bda \"four\"":""
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"circa 1637, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Across the arroyo , in Mt. Washington, a ravine park is named for 1920s subdivider Carlin G. Smith. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"Boris, 29, ran across the muddy arroyo of the Rio Grande on Dec. 3 from Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez to El Paso. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Far closer, a gang of 30 to 40 dark javelina barreled up a nearby arroyo . \u2014 San Antonio Express-News , 18 Oct. 2019",
"Just below La Cachucha at the edge of a deep arroyo was a hairpin turn to the left. \u2014 San Antonio Express-News , 18 Oct. 2019",
"Native rainbow trout and arroyo chubs were once abundant across Southern California. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Sep. 2019",
"Perks include a fireplace, heated patios, hot tub built into the rocks, and a fire pit overlooking the arroyo . \u2014 Megan Barber, Curbed , 14 June 2019",
"More than 1,000 different taxonomic categories of California native plants are arranged in displays focused on the state\u2019s geography \u2014 from arroyo to redwood, canyon to desert, and meadow to woodland. \u2014 Jill K. Robinson, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 June 2018",
"Perhaps farmers had neglected to plow this strip of ground for fear that the arroyo would collapse, but for whatever reason, there was a small population of San Quint\u00edn kangaroo rats remaining there. \u2014 Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian , 1 May 2018"
],
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"borrowed from Spanish, probably of pre-Latin substratal origin":""
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"1777, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123120"
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": a brilliantly colored crab ( Stenorhynchus seticornis ) that is widely distributed in the southern Atlantic":[]
},
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": a relieving arch behind the face of a wall":[]
},
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"French, literally, rear arching, from arri\u00e8re rear, behind + voussure arching, bend of an arch, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin volsura , from volsus (past participle of Latin volvere to roll) + Latin -ura -ure":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142735"
},
"arridge":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": arris":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8arij"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration (influenced by ridge ) of arris":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143549"
},
"arrows":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a missile shot from a bow and usually having a slender shaft, a pointed head, and feathers at the butt":[],
": a painful or damaging experience or occurrence that is likened to being shot with an arrow":[
"\u2026 to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune \u2026",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
],
": to move fast and straight like an arrow in flight":[
"Just below us, a hunting peregrine falcon arrowed across the sere fields \u2026",
"\u2014 Tom Mueller"
],
": to hit or throw (something) toward a target fast and straight like an arrow":[
"Mia Hamm \u2026 doesn't even look up as she arrows a pass to her teammate with almost telepathic confidence.",
"\u2014 David Hirshey"
],
": to shoot (an animal) with an arrow":[
"In the spring, only boy turkeys can be shot or arrowed .",
"\u2014 Fred LeBrun"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8er-\u014d",
"\u02c8a-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
"\u02c8er-(\u02cc)\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The arrow on the map points north.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Last year, a Norwegian man armed with knives and a bow and arrow killed five people in a town in southern Norway. \u2014 Maria Sanminiatelli, Karl Ritter, Anchorage Daily News , 25 June 2022",
"Prey, set to launch exclusively on Hulu on August 5, twists the series' naming convention to clarify that our favorite alien beast is now in the bow-and- arrow sights of an eager hunter. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022",
"Also coming down was a toy bow-and- arrow \u2014 and two child-sized golf clubs that appear to be from the early 1900\u2032s Ouimet era. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"One of the more successful ways to kill them has been nighttime bowfishing \u2014 using a bow and arrow \u2014 on smaller boats equipped with bright lights. \u2014 Jason Nark, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"This is a government reform that is aimed like an arrow at a very serious problem. \u2014 NBC News , 12 June 2022",
"Also, none of the Avengers called to see why Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) shot a giant arrow in the middle of a bridge in Hawkeye. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 8 June 2022",
"Or a single flaming arrow igniting the entire countryside and yielding Wagnerian images of sublime destruction. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"This directionality is widely considered to impose an arrow of time. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Launch's default look is subdued, but the board comes with blue and red Esc and arrow keys for extra pop. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Kate came to the bow and arrow on her own, though Clint's years of experience are still a benefit. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"In Bears Ears -- named for the twin buttes that rise above the landscape -- tourists and looters routinely steal ceramic shards, arrow heads and other remnants of the settlements of the Ancestral Puebloan Indians who lived in the area. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Meanwhile, Katurah plays the help, who is readying weapons, from knives to bow and arrow to guns and RPGs in between skits. \u2014 Rohan Preston, Star Tribune , 8 July 2021",
"Video captured McCormick in an argument with some protesters, and showed him getting a bow and arrow out of his car and pointing it at several people. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 Nov. 2020",
"The steering tracks arrow straight, and the brakes inspire confidence with both a 184-foot stop from 70 mph and firm feel. \u2014 K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Residents at Windsor Ridge in Jeffersonville are using Nerf guns and bow and arrow sets, miniature dart boards, a bowling set, remote-control cars and more during the pandemic to pass time. \u2014 David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal , 31 Mar. 2020",
"However, the crowning moment was without doubt his third of the night, Messi parting Real like the red sea and arrowing a fierce shot beyond Iker Casillas. \u2014 SI.com , 24 June 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English arwe, arowe, going back to Old English earh (strong noun, probably neuter), arwe, arewe (weak feminine noun), going back to Germanic *arhw\u014d- \"arrow,\" presumably originally an adjectival derivative \"belonging to the bow\" (whence also Old Icelandic \u01ebr, genitive \u01ebrvar \"arrow,\" and, with an additional suffix, Gothic arhwazna ), going back to dialectal Indo-European *ark w - \"bow,\" whence also Latin arcus \"bow, rainbow, arch\"":"Noun",
"derivative of arrow entry 1":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150422"
},
"arroyo grape":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": chicken grape":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184708"
},
"arrhythmic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking rhythm or regularity":[
"To assist my arrhythmic descents I'd been swinging my arms and shoulders too wildly.",
"\u2014 Kenny Moore",
"The conductor-less orchestra pit produces arrhythmic and atonal sounds \u2026",
"\u2014 Josef Woodard"
],
": of, relating to, characterized by, or resulting from arrhythmia":[
"\u2026 less than 10 percent of untreated patients develop cardiac problems such as heart block , with its resultant arrhythmic heartbeat",
"\u2014 Thomas J. Daniels and Richard C. Falco"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-mik",
"\u0101-\u02c8rit\u035fh-mik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But at the arrhythmic heart of the matter were these two stories. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Mar. 2021",
"For example, a family of anti- arrhythmic drugs that was effective in stopping asymptomatic irregular heartbeats was subsequently found to increase the risk of cardiac arrest when given to heart attack survivors. \u2014 G. Caleb Alexander, STAT , 10 Apr. 2020",
"The team suspected that a gene called RYR2 could be the culprit -- mutations of the gene can cause a cardiac arrhythmic disorder that can lead to exercise-fainting spells, seizures or even sudden cardiac death. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 16 Jan. 2020",
"The kickoff of the NFL\u2019s 100th season was the Rust Bowl, an arrhythmic matchup of two teams who rested their starters in exhibition games this summer and wound up paying the price. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Sep. 2019",
"Not all children are embarrassed by their parents\u2019 arrhythmic flossing. \u2014 Joanna Sugden, WSJ , 26 July 2018",
"For those that were deemed sudden cardiac deaths, just over half were arrhythmic \u2014 where devices like an automated external defibrillator can save someone\u2019s life. \u2014 Kimberly Veklerov, SFChronicle.com , 18 June 2018",
"Sudden death was the first manifestation of cardiac disease for more than half the arrhythmic cases, the study found, meaning the individuals had no prior warning sign to their condition. \u2014 Kimberly Veklerov, SFChronicle.com , 18 June 2018",
"Others are more avant-garde and incorporate acrobatic moves, or an arrhythmic dance known as flossing. \u2014 New York Times , 7 July 2018"
": an apparatus that is used to halt the forward motion of an airplane landing on an aircraft carrier by catching a hook on the airplane's tail and that consists of a series of wire cables extending across the flight deck":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201200"
},
"arriba":{
"type":[
"Spanish adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": upward : higher":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4-\u02c8r\u0113-b\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210149"
},
"arribada":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the synchronized, large-scale nesting of some species of sea turtle (such as the Kemp's ridley and olive ridley )":[
"During an arribada , hundreds of thousands of these 2-foot-long turtles (the smallest [sea turtles] in the world) gather off certain beaches, and over several days, come ashore to dig holes in the sand and lay eggs.",
"\u2014 Susan Scott , Honolulu Star-Bulletin , 28 Sept. 2009",
"The arribada appears to be a behavior unique to the genus Lepidochelys , and the arribadas of olive ridleys are considered one of the wonders of the world.",
"\u2014 Ann Barkau Meylan , Natural History , November 1986"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4r-\u0113-\u02c8b\u00e4-d\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Spanish, literally, \"landing, arrival,\" from arribar \"to land, put to shore, arrive\" (going back to Vulgar Latin arr\u012bp\u0101re ) + -ada , suffix of action and collectivities":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000000"
},
"arrowroot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several plants (such as coontie) that yield starch":[],
"Start by dissolving it in cold water (a one-to-one ratio of arrowroot powder to cornstarch should do the trick) before slowly adding to room-temperature sauces. \u2014 Antara Sinha, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 June 2022",
"Formulated with Seventh Generation\u2019s five-ingredient odor-control complex, including arrowroot powder, this deodorant delivers 24 hours of odor control and long-lasting nourishment. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"The clean, vegan, and cruelty-free formula is infused with natural botanicals such as arrowroot and matcha. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"In Pretty Frank\u2019s Charcoal Seaside deodorant jar, arrowroot powder and baking soda absorb moisture and odor. \u2014 Corey Buhay, Outside Online , 23 Jan. 2020",
"But the crackers are still made by hand by her factory crew\u2014largely refugees from countries such as Afghanistan and Somalia\u2014who scoop the arrowroot and seed dough onto sheets and flatten it with rolling pins. \u2014 Anne Kadet, Fortune , 15 Dec. 2021",
"To make a homemade version, whir 1 cup granulated sugar with 1 teaspoon cornstarch or arrowroot powder in a food processor until finely ground to powder. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 12 Dec. 2021",
"The active ingredients to block odor are mandelic acid derived from almonds and arrowroot powder to absorb sweat. \u2014 Patricia Fox, Better Homes & Gardens , 7 July 2021",
"When scraped, arrowroot flesh looks uncannily like snow. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"arrow entry 1 + root entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002339"
},
"arrow grass":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several grasses of the genus Aristida (such as A. purpurascens )":[],
": porcupine grass sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from the shape of the burst capsules":""
