dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/bac_MW.json

{
  "Backstein":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a German cheese resembling limburger that is produced in brick shape":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1911, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German backstein k\u00e4se, literally, brick cheese, from backstein brick (from backen to bake\u2014from Old High German backan\u2014+ stein stone, from Old High German) + k\u00e4se cheese; akin to Old High German bahhan to bake":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u00e4k\u02ccs(h)t\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193122",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "back":{
    "antonyms":[
      "ago",
      "agone",
      "since",
      "syne"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a place away from the front":[
        "sat in back"
      ],
      ": a show of contempt":[],
      ": a swimming race in which swimmers use the backstroke":[
        "She placed first in the 100-meter back ."
      ],
      ": articulated at or toward the back of the oral passage : formed deep within the mouth":[
        "back vowels"
      ],
      ": behind":[
        "One day, I was sitting in the tiny parlor in back of the store \u2026",
        "\u2014 John McNulty"
      ],
      ": being at or in the back":[
        "back door"
      ],
      ": being in arrears : overdue":[
        "is owed several months in back pay"
      ],
      ": capacity for labor, effort, or endurance":[
        "Put your back into it!"
      ],
      ": constituting the final 9 holes of an 18-hole course":[],
      ": distant from a central or main area":[
        "back roads"
      ],
      ": having returned or been returned":[],
      ": in a delayed or retarded condition":[
        "Bad weather set the launch date back several days."
      ],
      ": in return or reply":[
        "forgot to write back"
      ],
      ": moving or operating backward : reverse":[
        "back action with oars"
      ],
      ": not current":[
        "back issues of a magazine"
      ],
      ": something at or on the back for support":[
        "back of a chair"
      ],
      ": spinal column":[
        "She had surgery on her back ."
      ],
      ": spine sense 1c":[
        "The title is on the book's back ."
      ],
      ": substantiate":[
        "\u2014 often used with up needs to back up her argument with evidence"
      ],
      ": the back considered as an area of vulnerability":[
        "the police officer's partner always watches his back"
      ],
      ": the back considered as the seat of one's awareness of duty or failings":[
        "get off my back"
      ],
      ": the body considered as the wearer of clothes":[
        "They were left with nothing but the clothes on their backs ."
      ],
      ": the part of a lower animal (such as a quadruped ) corresponding to the human back":[
        "riding on the back of an elephant"
      ],
      ": the part of one's mind where thoughts and memories are stored to be drawn on":[],
      ": the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine":[],
      ": to articulate (a speech sound) with the tongue farther back : to form deeper within the mouth":[],
      ": to assume financial responsibility for":[
        "back a new company"
      ],
      ": to be at the rear part of : to be at the back (see back entry 1 sense 2 ) of":[
        "a row of garages back the building"
      ],
      ": to cause to go back (see back entry 2 sense 1a ) or in reverse":[
        "back the car into the garage"
      ],
      ": to furnish with a rear part : to furnish with a back (see back entry 1 sense 2 )":[
        "back a skirt with stiff material"
      ],
      ": to get into inadvertently":[
        "backed into the antiques business"
      ],
      ": to have the rear part facing in the direction of something":[
        "The house backs onto a golf course."
      ],
      ": to manage the sails of a ship so as to keep it clear of obstructions as it floats down with the current of a river or channel":[],
      ": to move backward":[
        "backed into a parking space",
        "\u2014 often used with up back up to give him some space Let's back up a little to clarify what we're saying."
      ],
      ": to or at an angle off the vertical":[
        "leaned back on his chair"
      ],
      ": to or toward a former state":[
        "went back to private life"
      ],
      ": to provide musical accompaniment for":[
        "\u2014 often used with up a singer backed up by a guitarist"
      ],
      ": to shift counterclockwise \u2014 compare veer entry 1 sense 2":[],
      ": to support by material or moral assistance":[
        "backing a candidate for governor",
        "\u2014 often used with up back up a friend in a fight"
      ],
      ": to take opposite positions alternately : shilly-shally":[
        "has been back and filling on the issue"
      ],
      ": to, toward, or at the rear":[
        "asked the crowd to move back"
      ],
      ": to, toward, or in a place from which a person or thing came":[
        "She left home and never went back .",
        "put the book back"
      ],
      ": under restraint":[
        "He wanted to fight but his friends held him back .",
        "holding back a laugh"
      ],
      ": without one's knowledge":[
        "talking about me behind my back"
      ],
      "river 605 miles (974 kilometers) long in Nunavut, Canada, rising along the border with the Northwest Territories and flowing east-northeast into the Arctic Ocean":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She was carrying her little daughter on her back .",
      "She has a pain in the small of her back .",
      "I slapped him on his back to congratulate him.",
      "She stabbed him in the back .",
      "He was handcuffed with his hands behind his back .",
      "a bird with a spotted back",
      "riding on the back of a horse",
      "a comfortable chair with a padded back",
      "Adverb",
      "The soldiers moved back from the front lines.",
      "The police asked the crowd to move back from the scene of the accident.",
      "He left his friends two miles back .",
      "She turned around and looked back toward him.",
      "a chapter beginning several pages back",
      "He left his home and never went back .",
      "It's time to go back home.",
      "She took the book off the shelf and forgot to put it back .",
      "In the opening chapter the author looks back on his youth.",
      "an event back in the last century",
      "Adjective",
      "He keeps his wallet in his back pocket.",
      "We came in through the back entrance.",
      "We drove on the back roads instead of the main roads.",
      "The company owes him several months in back pay.",
      "Verb",
      "I'm backing him for President.",
      "She backed the winner of the race and won a lot of money.",
      "She backed her argument with written evidence.",
      "She backed the singer on the guitar.",
      "She backed into a parking space.",
      "She backed out of the garage.",
      "The dog kept growling but backed off cautiously.",
      "back a skirt with stiff material",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Police were called at 9:55 p.m. to the 400 block of Curley Street in the Ellwood Park neighborhood where officers found a woman who had been shot in the back . \u2014 Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun , 24 June 2022",
      "There are four speeds and two charging ports in back \u2014Micro-USB and Type-C\u2014and the fan is said to get maximum juice in roughly 3 hours. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
      "But when Hover explained that she was related to both the sender and receiver, the employee said there were two more cards in the back . \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
      "Inside the funeral home, every seat was taken and dozens of latecomers stood in the back . \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
      "The footage also offers a peek of some potential body modifications, including a dual-exhaust system in the back and an all-new front bumper that appears to have active aero elements. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
      "The project also added a smaller, more intimate, second soundstage in the back , which holds 50 people and hosts a variety of live performances. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 June 2022",
      "Three televisions hang on each side of the bar, which sits in the middle as a focal point, with tables along the wall and an open kitchen in the back . \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
      "Toward the end of the year, Bolder, a former hairdresser, had styled Bowie\u2019s flowing locks into a sort of awkward bi-level, short on top and long in the back . \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "In addition, the U.S. was preparing to announce the purchase of an advanced surface-to-air missile system for Kyiv to help Ukraine fight back against Vladimir Putin\u2019s aggression. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
      "Investigators, who were back at the home Monday, have not released details. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 27 June 2022",
      "Kevin Kelleher here, filling in for Jessica who will be back tomorrow. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
      "One way to fight back is to know the actual probabilities around investment risks. \u2014 Bill Stone, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
      "The phenomenon is back for more crazy antics featuring the beloved trio of Charles, Oliver, and Mabel. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 26 June 2022",
      "Broadway\u2019s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon that inspired the blockbuster film and live television event is back on tour. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 26 June 2022",
      "At 10:30 Sunday morning 200 motorcycles will start up and roar in unison to announce that Pride is back after a two-year, too-quiet absence. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 June 2022",
      "Argomaniz is a 22-year-old pitcher from the University of Richmond going into his senior season who is back for his second summer with the Chinooks. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 25 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The last major city still under Ukrainian control in the Luhansk province \u2014 which together with neighboring Donetsk makes up the Donbas \u2014 has been pummeled by artillery in a back -and-forth fight that remains hard to decipher. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "After a bit of back -and-forth, Caroline Stanbury managed to briefly diffuse the tension by teaching everyone how to figure out their stripper names. \u2014 Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Patrick Wisdom hit a go-ahead home run in the bottom of the eighth to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-7 win in a back -and-forth game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 May 2022",
      "In the Eastern Conference, there was finally a bit of back -and-forth as the top-seeded Miami Heat forced a decisive Game 7 by gutting out a 111-103 victory in Boston over the Celtics on Friday night. \u2014 Paul Newberry, ajc , 28 May 2022",
      "The Sun went on to win 79-71, claiming the upper hand in a back -and-forth battle between two of the top teams in the WNBA. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
      "Next to Jesse Mueller\u2019s desk, in the back corner of the pro shop at Grand Canyon University\u2019s golf course, there\u2019s a framed drawing of the ninth hole at San Francisco\u2019s Olympic Club. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
      "Unfortunately, all of this back -and-forth misses a much larger, much more important point. \u2014 Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "After a recent practice there, Cambage, the team\u2019s new star center, lounged in a black folding chair in a back corner of the basketball court, waving at teammates who passed by on their way out. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The pain can flare at any time of the month and because endometrial-like tissue can attach to any organ, symptoms may range from GI issues and heavy periods to back pain and fatigue. \u2014 Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
      "Britt enjoyed a sizable fundraising advantage, with close to $2 million coming from the Senate Leadership Fund to back a super PAC aligned with Britt. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
      "But these ties also make India more reticent to back major outcomes from a BRICS summit. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 22 June 2022",
      "Panels of both the FDA and CDC's outside vaccine advisers voted unanimously last week to back making shots available for children as young as 6 months old. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 21 June 2022",
      "With energy policy in Europe moving away from gas in the medium term, governments may have to step in to back the longer-duration contracts demanded by sellers. \u2014 Wood Mackenzie, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "The company also prioritizes sustainability and has several practices in place to back this up. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, Travel + Leisure , 10 June 2022",
      "In the past two months, businesses and investors have pledged roughly $2 billion to back emerging technologies that promise to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which is seen as crucial to limiting climate change. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar And Ed Ballard, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "Alta Fox failed to get shareholders to back its call for Hasbro to spin off its gaming division to unlock shareholder value. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adverb",
      "1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bac , aphetic form of abak aback":"Adverb",
      "Middle English, from Old English b\u00e6c ; akin to Old High German bah back, Old Norse bak":"Noun",
      "Middle English, partly attributive use of bac, back back entry 1 , partly derivative of back back entry 2":"Adjective",
      "verbal derivative of back entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for back Verb support , uphold , advocate , back , champion mean to favor actively one that meets opposition. support is least explicit about the nature of the assistance given. supports waterfront development uphold implies extended support given to something attacked. upheld the legitimacy of the military action advocate stresses urging or pleading. advocated prison reform back suggests supporting by lending assistance to one failing or falling. refusing to back the call for sanctions champion suggests publicly defending one unjustly attacked or too weak to advocate his or her own cause. championed the rights of children recede , retreat , retract , back mean to move backward. recede implies a gradual withdrawing from a forward or high fixed point in time or space. the flood waters gradually receded retreat implies withdrawal from a point or position reached. retreating soldiers retract implies drawing back from an extended position. a cat retracting its claws back is used with up, down, out , or off to refer to any retrograde motion. backed off on the throttle",
    "synonyms":[
      "rear",
      "reverse",
      "tail"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180603",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "geographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "back (up":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that serves as a substitute or support":[
        "I brought an extra pencil for backup .",
        "a backup plan"
      ],
      ": musical accompaniment":[
        "The tunes include banjo and guitar backup ."
      ],
      ": additional personnel who provide assistance":[
        "The police officer called for backup ."
      ],
      ": an accumulation caused by a stoppage in the flow":[
        "traffic backup"
      ],
      ": to accumulate in a congested state":[
        "traffic backed up for miles"
      ],
      ": to move into a position behind (a teammate) in order to assist on a play":[],
      ": hold back sense 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bottleneck",
      "jam",
      "jam-up",
      "logjam",
      "snarl",
      "tailback",
      "tie-up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "His role on the team is to be a backup to the regular quarterback.",
      "We have an extra radio as a backup in case this one doesn't work.",
      "We have an extra radio for backup .",
      "He provides backup for the regular quarterback.",
      "She sang backup on his CD.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Last season, Gaffney was the primary backup for Cole off the bench. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
      "The problem is that the Blazers plan to start Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons at guard, with Josh Hart as the primary backup . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
      "Moore II\u2019s backup at the nickel might be up for grabs, but Dabo\u2019s transition is going to be tougher than most. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 9 May 2022",
      "Other candidates include fifth-year senior Nick Patti, who was Pickett\u2019s primary backup last season and started the Chick-Fil-A Bowl against Michigan State before an injury ended his day. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "The closed-loop, one-two punch of AI and automation requires humans to be deeply involved, first in training the intelligence and then serving as its backup , manually resolving complex or ambiguous issues. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "And backing up an old iPhone or iPad device and then restoring that backup to a new phone or tablet should move the app over. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "While building slowly started to pick back up , global supply chain issues in the past couple of years blunted the progress. \u2014 Brittany Anas, House Beautiful , 24 June 2022",
      "The attractions include 11 water slides, some of which loop outside the translucent walls of the six-story, 65,000-square-foot structure, some of which drop below floor level before shooting back up . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
      "Chip shortages will end, dealer lots will fill back up and prices will come back down. \u2014 Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 15 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
      "Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it",
      "Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it",
      "Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it \u2014 that\u2019s a gift. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1801, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153033"
  },
  "back (up ":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that serves as a substitute or support",
      ": musical accompaniment",
      ": additional personnel who provide assistance",
      ": an accumulation caused by a stoppage in the flow",
      ": a copy of computer data (such as a file or the contents of a hard drive)",
      ": the act or an instance of making a backup",
      ": to accumulate in a congested state",
      ": to move into a position behind (a teammate) in order to assist on a play",
      ": hold back sense 1",
      ": to make a copy of (a computer file or data) to protect against accidental loss or corruption",
      ": to make copies of all the files on (a device)",
      ": a person who takes the place of or supports another",
      ": a situation in which the flow of something becomes blocked",
      ": a copy of information stored on a computer"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "His role on the team is to be a backup to the regular quarterback.",
      "We have an extra radio as a backup in case this one doesn't work.",
      "We have an extra radio for backup .",
      "He provides backup for the regular quarterback.",
      "She sang backup on his CD.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The closed-loop, one-two punch of AI and automation requires humans to be deeply involved, first in training the intelligence and then serving as its backup , manually resolving complex or ambiguous issues. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "And backing up an old iPhone or iPad device and then restoring that backup to a new phone or tablet should move the app over. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
      "Your shower is likely to work just fine, but the Simple Shower Gravity Shower Kit ($15) is an inexpensive, compact backup if your home loses its supply of clean tap water. \u2014 Matt Jancer, Wired , 12 June 2022",
      "The Browns could help the 49ers, too, by sending Mayfield to San Francisco to be Trey Lance\u2019s backup . \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
      "The incident caused Highway 101 traffic to backup during the morning rush hour with the closure of a northbound lane. \u2014 Brian J. Varela, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
      "After the 2020 season was canceled due to the pandemic, Okey hit .237 with 13 total extra-base hits as the Bats\u2019 backup behind Beau Taylor. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
      "The team excused its former starter, Baker Mayfield, from its off-season program as the front office seeks to trade him, and the current backup , the journeyman Jacoby Brissett, is not seen as a multiyear starter. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Junior Lance Ware is set to return as Tshiebwe's primary backup . \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "While the year after saw a decrease of 28%, this year's numbers appear to be on their way back up . \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 13 June 2022",
      "Press back up so forcefully that your body leaves the ground, jumping slightly to the right. \u2014 Greg Presto, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, nuclear radiation detectors are back up and running at the Chernobyl site for the first time since the war began, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog said. \u2014 Dan Lamothe And Cate Cadell, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
      "Nuclear radiation detectors are back up and running at the Chernobyl site for the first time since the war began, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog said. \u2014 Cate Cadell, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
      "Previously contentious votes came back up for discussion. \u2014 Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
      "Mark Smucker, president and CEO, said on an earnings call that the company is working with the FDA to get the Lexington facility back up and running. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
      "Just after noon, his head dropped to the table, then jerked back up . \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "Let\u2019s back up here and get a running start at this bedrock of Latter-day Saint belief. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1801, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p",
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bottleneck",
      "jam",
      "jam-up",
      "logjam",
      "snarl",
      "tailback",
      "tie-up"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-173547",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "back arrow":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": back button":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hit the back arrow on the settings screen and get back to the main Privacy page. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 July 2021",
      "When you\u2019re finished, tap the back arrow and you\u2019re all set. \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "When introduced in 2019, once the list of available plans appeared, the only way to return to the drug or pharmacy pages was to click the back arrow . \u2014 Diane Omdahl, Forbes , 11 May 2021",
      "Clicking the browser's back arrow created an endless series of new sites. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 16 Oct. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1980, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044743",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "back away":{
    "antonyms":[
      "advance"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to move away (as from a stand on an issue or from a commitment)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1833, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "drop back",
      "fall back",
      "pull out",
      "recede",
      "retire",
      "retreat",
      "withdraw"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091355",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "back bacon":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": canadian bacon":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Europeans want fattier parts\u2014belly and shoulders\u2014for their salami, saucisson and bratwurst and prefer streaky to back bacon . \u2014 The Economist , 27 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1902, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101251",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "back down":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to withdraw from a commitment or position":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1849, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "back off",
      "back out",
      "cop out",
      "fink out",
      "renege"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082323",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "back draft":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an explosion of the gaseous products of incomplete combustion in admixture with air sometimes occurring during a fire (as in a building or mine)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": counter electromotive force":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1893, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195847",
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      "noun"
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      ": in a bad position in which one is forced to do something in order to avoid failure":[
        "We knew that with so little time and money left to finish the project we had our backs to the wall ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-074107",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": magazines, newspapers, etc., published before the current issue":[
        "The library has a large collection of back issues ."
      ]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140435",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a football official whose duties include keeping the game's official time and identifying eligible pass receivers":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "His crew is set to include Bryan Neale (umpire), Derick Bowers (down judge), Carl Johnson (line judge), Rick Patterson (field judge), Keith Washington (side judge), Scott Halverson ( back judge ) and Roddy Ames (replay official). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1947, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015946",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "back line":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": the group or line of defensive players in some sports (such as ice hockey, soccer, and rugby)":[
        "Though it ends with Rolfe and forward Mike Magee, the counterattack can only start if the back line is solid with the ball.",
        "\u2014 Seth Gruen , Chicago Sun-Times , 7 July 2013"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1925, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132149",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "back matter":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": matter following the main text of a book":[]
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      "A list of geographical names appears in the back matter of the dictionary.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The text and stock photos will appeal to older children, but there's also back matter that dives deeper into each type of dormancy. \u2014 Star Tribune , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "Tucked away in the back matter , there\u2019s a tragic coda. \u2014 Constance Grady, Vox , 24 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1922, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224054",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "back mutation":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": mutation of a previously mutated gene to its former condition":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1927, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235730",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "back nine":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": holes 10 through 18":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100145",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "back number":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": an issue (as of a magazine) preceding the current one":[],
      ": something that is out of date":[
        "the building has become a back number in construction and design",
        "\u2014 Lee Graham"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201445",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "before"
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      ": behind":[
        "\u2026 stood leaning against a parked car out back of the building \u2026",
        "\u2014 Peter Goldman et al.",
        "They now sit \u2026 just two games back of the Yankees in the wild card race.",
        "\u2014 Steve Buckley"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the equipment shed is a concrete structure back of the school"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1694, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abaft",
      "behind"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115721",
    "type":[
      "preposition"
    ]
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  "back of beyond":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a remote place":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1816, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103328",
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ]
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  "back off":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": back down":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "you'd better not back off on your promise to do all the planning for the big dance"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1920, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "back down",
      "back out",
      "cop out",
      "fink out",
      "renege"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050814",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "back order":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a business order yet to be fulfilled because stock is unavailable":[],
      ": to assign to the status of back order":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The book I want to buy is a back order and won't be shipped for three weeks.",
      "The book I want to buy is on back order and won't be shipped for three weeks.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The city opened the bridge last year, and was supposed to put the sealant on at that time, but the material has been on back order . \u2014 Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Not surprisingly, the non-toy version was well beyond my household budget, and \u2014 less surprisingly, still \u2014 months on back order . \u2014 Marci Vogel, Los Angeles Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "These gifts won\u2019t clutter closets and won\u2019t be on back order . \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Stores are sold out, websites are on back order and prices are stubbornly high. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "When a piece of equipment broke, Slowinski tried to buy a new one, only to find that a replacement was on back order with no delivery date. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "Avoid anything on back order or coming from another country. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Shipping logjams are seemingly putting everything on back order . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "Perfect Hoodie appears on the Gap website to be either sold out or on back order . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 30 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1887, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1901, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u022fr-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184817",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "back out":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to withdraw especially from a commitment or contest":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "she backed out on her offer to help with the wedding planning"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1801, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "back down",
      "back off",
      "cop out",
      "fink out",
      "renege"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193523",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "back talk":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": impudent, insolent, or argumentative replies":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Don't give me any back talk !",
      "his mother sent him to his room because of his constant back talk",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Any rebelliousness or back talk was considered witchcraft, and punished accordingly. \u2014 Johnny Edwards, ajc , 17 June 2022",
      "Watching Felton brings back talk of Duke Johnson following Hue Jackson around to meetings in 2017. \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 31 July 2021",
      "The audience\u2019s engagement with the play itself, a recent hit Off Broadway, was likewise palpable, with hoots and gasps and back talk that enhanced the comedy as well as the dramatic turns. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
      "Flo from Alice This sassy Texas waitress wouldn\u2019t take any back talk or nonsense from the customers at the diner. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Southern Living , 5 Apr. 2020",
      "And the Roborock won\u2019t give you any sassy back talk like Rosie. \u2014 Ann Lien, House Beautiful , 24 June 2019",
      "After a week off, Gov. Ned Lamont is back talking about tolls, this time convening a meeting at the state Capitol to continue discussions ahead of a potential tolls vote this summer. \u2014 Russell Blair, courant.com , 21 June 2019",
      "His message is always the same: No fouls, no bad conduct, and whatever happens, no back talk to the referees. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 29 June 2018",
      "It will be broken down into two back-to- back talks , one with drama writers, and another with comedy writers. \u2014 refinery29.com , 6 June 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1832, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backchat",
      "cheek",
      "impertinence",
      "impudence",
      "insolence",
      "mouth",
      "sass",
      "sauce"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013639",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "back to front":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": with the back where the front should be":[
        "He accidentally put the sweater on back to front ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114753",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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  "back turn":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an inverted turn":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1801, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015403",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "back up":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": additional personnel who provide assistance":[
        "The police officer called for backup ."
      ],
      ": an accumulation caused by a stoppage in the flow":[
        "traffic backup"
      ],
      ": hold back sense 1":[],
      ": musical accompaniment":[
        "The tunes include banjo and guitar backup ."
      ],
      ": one that serves as a substitute or support":[
        "I brought an extra pencil for backup .",
        "a backup plan"
      ],
      ": to accumulate in a congested state":[
        "traffic backed up for miles"
      ],
      ": to move into a position behind (a teammate) in order to assist on a play":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "His role on the team is to be a backup to the regular quarterback.",
      "We have an extra radio as a backup in case this one doesn't work.",
      "We have an extra radio for backup .",
      "He provides backup for the regular quarterback.",
      "She sang backup on his CD.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Last season, Gaffney was the primary backup for Cole off the bench. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
      "The problem is that the Blazers plan to start Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons at guard, with Josh Hart as the primary backup . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
      "Moore II\u2019s backup at the nickel might be up for grabs, but Dabo\u2019s transition is going to be tougher than most. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 9 May 2022",
      "Other candidates include fifth-year senior Nick Patti, who was Pickett\u2019s primary backup last season and started the Chick-Fil-A Bowl against Michigan State before an injury ended his day. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "The closed-loop, one-two punch of AI and automation requires humans to be deeply involved, first in training the intelligence and then serving as its backup , manually resolving complex or ambiguous issues. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "And backing up an old iPhone or iPad device and then restoring that backup to a new phone or tablet should move the app over. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "While building slowly started to pick back up , global supply chain issues in the past couple of years blunted the progress. \u2014 Brittany Anas, House Beautiful , 24 June 2022",
      "The attractions include 11 water slides, some of which loop outside the translucent walls of the six-story, 65,000-square-foot structure, some of which drop below floor level before shooting back up . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
      "Chip shortages will end, dealer lots will fill back up and prices will come back down. \u2014 Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 15 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
      "Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it",
      "Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it",
      "Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it \u2014 that\u2019s a gift. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1801, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bottleneck",
      "jam",
      "jam-up",
      "logjam",
      "snarl",
      "tailback",
      "tie-up"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222129",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "back vent":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a ventilating pipe attached to a waste pipe on the sewer side of its trap to prevent siphonage":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1915, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071356",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "back-and-forth":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Adverb",
      "The chair rocked back and forth .",
      "The children were shuttled back and forth between school and home.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Why go back and forth trying to schedule a meeting when our calendars can do it for us",
      "This includes devotion to family: several months ago, Chad's father suffered a major stroke, and he's been frequently flying back and forth to California to visit. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Instead of moving back and forth between fiction and reality, Cruise\u2019s music can live fully in both. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "Others continue past her, moving their hips and arms back and forth on their way to class. \u2014 Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News , 10 June 2022",
      "That meant lots of flying back and forth between villages. \u2014 Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
      "Each nostril is tuned to detect some odors better than others, with the specialization moving back and forth . \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 May 2022",
      "In the end, the two spent only a couple of months flying back and forth to see one another before Burton decided to move in with Solberg in New York. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 9 May 2022",
      "As with past Slaw Device pedals, moving your feet back and forth on these things feels like sliding an ice skate across a pristine frozen lake. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1613, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
      "1941, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u0259n(d)-\u02c8f\u022frth"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "barter",
      "commutation",
      "dicker",
      "exchange",
      "quid pro quo",
      "swap",
      "trade",
      "trade-off",
      "truck"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103240",
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "back-arc":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a geological region that forms at a subduction zone when the overriding plate thins and begins to spread out":[
        "\u2014 often used before another noun The hot springs there are not connected at all to the midocean ridge system: they lie on what is called a back-arc spreading center, a geologic feature that occurs not where two plates separate but where they collide. \u2014 Robert Kunzig , The Restless Sea , 1999 On the opposite end of a tectonic plate from its spreading zone may be a subduction zone, a span where two plates collide and one plate is forced beneath the other. Weak spots emerge near the edge of the disappearing plate, permitting magma to punch through and form conventional, conical volcanoes that happen to be underwater. These vulnerable areas are known as back-arc basins. \u2014 Janet Raloff , Science News , 7 Oct. 2006 back-arc vents"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1975, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115919",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "back-formation":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a word formed by subtraction of a real or supposed affix from an already existing longer word (such as burgle from burglar )":[],
      ": the formation of back-formations":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1888, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-f\u022fr-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194606",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "back-of-the-envelope":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": done quickly to provide a rough estimate : not exact":[
        "did a back-of-the-envelope calculation",
        "His method is, in effect, a back-of-the-envelope time-and-motion study.",
        "\u2014 Ian Stewart"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1968, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183244",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "back-office":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the inner workings of a business or institution : internal":[
        "back-office operations"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1915, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02c8\u00e4-f\u0259s",
      "-\u02c8\u022f-f\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074326",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "back-order":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a business order yet to be fulfilled because stock is unavailable":[],
      ": to assign to the status of back order":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The book I want to buy is a back order and won't be shipped for three weeks.",
      "The book I want to buy is on back order and won't be shipped for three weeks.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The city opened the bridge last year, and was supposed to put the sealant on at that time, but the material has been on back order . \u2014 Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Not surprisingly, the non-toy version was well beyond my household budget, and \u2014 less surprisingly, still \u2014 months on back order . \u2014 Marci Vogel, Los Angeles Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "These gifts won\u2019t clutter closets and won\u2019t be on back order . \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Stores are sold out, websites are on back order and prices are stubbornly high. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "When a piece of equipment broke, Slowinski tried to buy a new one, only to find that a replacement was on back order with no delivery date. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "Avoid anything on back order or coming from another country. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Shipping logjams are seemingly putting everything on back order . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "Perfect Hoodie appears on the Gap website to be either sold out or on back order . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 30 Sep. 2021"
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        "\u2014 Kara Driscoll"
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      "1901, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "1935, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "By keeping the Kalman filter as the backbone of the model, neural augmentation of Kalman filters provides robust generalization to unseen scenarios better than a single Kalman while keeping interpretability of the model. \u2014 Karl Freund, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "This large canon serves as the backbone of Wednesday. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 8 June 2022",
      "Black women have long been thought of as the backbone of the Democratic Party. \u2014 Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "This new partnership provides Sky Deutschland with long-term access to our award-winning documentaries as the backbone of their new channels. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System has operated for nearly 45 years as the backbone of our economy. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The new destroyers definitely will have some features that reduce their radar signatures, but the omission is curious for a ship likely to serve as the backbone of the fleet into the 2070s. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Kelly described small businesses as the backbone of Arizona's economy. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "China's economic planners view SMEs as the backbone of the economy since small firms employ the majority of the country's population and are integral players in China's tech sector. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 15 Nov. 2021"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "She is the backbone of the family.",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "By keeping the Kalman filter as the backbone of the model, neural augmentation of Kalman filters provides robust generalization to unseen scenarios better than a single Kalman while keeping interpretability of the model. \u2014 Karl Freund, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "This large canon serves as the backbone of Wednesday. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 8 June 2022",
      "Black women have long been thought of as the backbone of the Democratic Party. \u2014 Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "This new partnership provides Sky Deutschland with long-term access to our award-winning documentaries as the backbone of their new channels. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System has operated for nearly 45 years as the backbone of our economy. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The new destroyers definitely will have some features that reduce their radar signatures, but the omission is curious for a ship likely to serve as the backbone of the fleet into the 2070s. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Kelly described small businesses as the backbone of Arizona's economy. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "China's economic planners view SMEs as the backbone of the economy since small firms employ the majority of the country's population and are integral players in China's tech sector. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 15 Nov. 2021"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "modern machinery has significantly eased the backbreaking work of farming",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Its constant work building a personal brand and then effectively monetizing that brand to enable the work to be a full-time job is even more backbreaking . \u2014 Keith Bendes, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
      "The trials pay better than dishwashing, require no skills and are far less backbreaking than loading and unloading boxes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2021",
      "The Kings were leading 80-60 at the time and led by as many as 26 in the game, dealing the Blazers\u2019 playoff chase a backbreaking blow. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2020",
      "Plus, large shovels hold a backbreaking amount of snow. \u2014 James Jackson, Popular Mechanics , 18 Sep. 2019",
      "Drawing on unprecedented research, Chang shows how these men performed some of the most dangerous, most backbreaking work to build out the railroad from California, yet received virtually no credit for their contributions. \u2014 Chris Fuchs, NBC News , 5 Nov. 2019",
      "Spraying fields with pesticides and fertilizers, the drones -- which can cover up to 60 acres a day -- could boost crop yields, save time and make backbreaking field work much easier, according to Bug Away. \u2014 Sarah Lazarus And Dan Tham, CNN , 3 July 2019",
      "Facing the possibility of major defections, a roster implosion or a backbreaking salary cap position, Brand tap-danced his way through the minefield in impressive fashion. \u2014 Ben Golliver, The Denver Post , 3 July 2019",
      "Unable to afford any other kind of fishing, Theophile ended up going into the nearby cane fields, taking the backbreaking work of processing sugar. \u2014 Alec Jacobson, National Geographic , 3 May 2019"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1766, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070515",
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      "Don't give me any backchat !",
      "there'll be no backchat from you, young lady",
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      "Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
      "Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
      "Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
      "Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
      "Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
      "Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
      "Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020",
      "Written in the most glorious prose, its beat and buoyancy is delivered by Dominic Hoffman, a master at capturing the rhythm of backchat and in rendering Brooklynese, Southern and Spanish speech. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 24 Dec. 2020"
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      "1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "By eliminating barriers like childcare, fear of being alone in the backcountry and even lack of bathrooms, events give women domain on the dirt Just below Clayton Peak, Kali Hartzold found her momentum. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "Knowing that a quick status update can be sent off in seconds is a comfort in the backcountry . \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 17 June 2022",
      "The Board of Supervisors is pursuing a plan to expand legal marijuana operations in the backcountry , including cultivation, testing, commercial sale and other facets of the industry. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "There's the wild: in treehouses or in a tent in the backcountry . \u2014 Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer , 16 May 2022",
      "For subscribers: An electric bike rode into the backcountry . \u2014 Will Carless, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "The family was driving a minivan and not prepared for backcountry conditions. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "The tent weighs 5 pounds 15 ounces and has heavy-duty zippers, reinforced seams, and MSR\u2019s Mini Grounghog stakes, plus the guy-out points are built to handle rough backcountry conditions. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 28 Aug. 2014",
      "Qui\u00f1onez recently completed a 100-day solo survival test in the frozen Manitoban backcountry \u2014an experience that likely prepared him for starvation and severe cold. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 3 June 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1746, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091714",
    "type":[
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": indirect , devious":[],
      ": involving or being a play in basketball in which a player moves behind the defense and toward the basket to receive a quick pass":[
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The industry officials said the lawsuit was a backdoor effort to curtail fossil fuel development and would harm the economy. \u2014 Lisa Friedman, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "Sure, Congress found backdoor ways to fund its main provisions, but the symbolism of its fall from the books wasn\u2019t to be missed. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Banks ran backdoor , beating Kentucky guard Kellan Grady to the rim and finishing the layup against a late contest to trim the lead to four. \u2014 Joel Lorenzi, The Indianapolis Star , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "With time, perhaps this support could amount to a kind of backdoor NATO membership. \u2014 The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "The Spurs were ahead by four after Poeltl hit Tre Jones for a backdoor layup with 4:06 left. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "This is a backdoor way of rewarding Big Labor, after pro-union legislation faltered in Congress. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Although Valley Girls never happened, Brittany Snow was ultimately cast in the role for a backdoor episode of Gossip Girl, which aired toward the end of season 2 in 2009. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "The November 3 version of the Build Back Better Act has resurrected retirement law changes that will curb high balance accounts and popular wealth building strategies including backdoor Roth IRAs and aftertax 401(k) contributions. \u2014 Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195422",
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      "adjective"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": the recall of military personnel to active duty or the extension of active military duty beyond the originally contracted time in order to maintain troop strength":[
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        "\u2014 John Kerry , quoted in Federal News Service , 2 June 2004"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "2003, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "1801, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175818",
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      "The mountains provided a perfect backdrop for the wedding photos.",
      "The novel unfolds against a backdrop of war.",
      "The city provides the backdrop for the love story.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Michael Chabon took the golden age of comic books, beginning in 1939, as the backdrop for his exuberant third novel, which consists of a delightful series of improbable escapes. \u2014 Alice Mcdermott, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
      "The Swiss Alps served as a stunning backdrop for the beautiful moment. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Those design touches serve as the backdrop for some truly beautiful pieces, including many from the Tiffany archives. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 2 June 2022",
      "Selma has served as the backdrop for a number of presidential visits including one notable bridge crossing on March 7, 2015, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches. \u2014 al , 1 May 2022",
      "The Bullis High School football stadium served as the backdrop for Haskins\u2019 final celebration of life. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "His love of striking colors was encouraged by his old friend, the late British painter Howard Hodgkin, who preferred them to plain white walls as a backdrop for artworks. \u2014 Kate Bolick, ELLE Decor , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains serve as the perfect backdrop for the luxurious Old Edwards Inn and Spa, a historic retreat established in 1878. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "At the entrance of Hawaii\u2019s Marine Corps Base (MCBH), a view of the bay and green mountains serves as a backdrop for the proud Iwo Jima Memorial. \u2014 Fox News , 9 Apr. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045308",
    "type":[
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185737",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "ago",
      "agone",
      "since",
      "syne"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a place away from the front":[
        "sat in back"
      ],
      ": a show of contempt":[],
      ": a swimming race in which swimmers use the backstroke":[
        "She placed first in the 100-meter back ."
      ],
      ": articulated at or toward the back of the oral passage : formed deep within the mouth":[
        "back vowels"
      ],
      ": behind":[
        "One day, I was sitting in the tiny parlor in back of the store \u2026",
        "\u2014 John McNulty"
      ],
      ": being at or in the back":[
        "back door"
      ],
      ": being in arrears : overdue":[
        "is owed several months in back pay"
      ],
      ": capacity for labor, effort, or endurance":[
        "Put your back into it!"
      ],
      ": constituting the final 9 holes of an 18-hole course":[],
      ": distant from a central or main area":[
        "back roads"
      ],
      ": having returned or been returned":[],
      ": in a delayed or retarded condition":[
        "Bad weather set the launch date back several days."
      ],
      ": in return or reply":[
        "forgot to write back"
      ],
      ": moving or operating backward : reverse":[
        "back action with oars"
      ],
      ": not current":[
        "back issues of a magazine"
      ],
      ": something at or on the back for support":[
        "back of a chair"
      ],
      ": spinal column":[
        "She had surgery on her back ."
      ],
      ": spine sense 1c":[
        "The title is on the book's back ."
      ],
      ": substantiate":[
        "\u2014 often used with up needs to back up her argument with evidence"
      ],
      ": the back considered as an area of vulnerability":[
        "the police officer's partner always watches his back"
      ],
      ": the back considered as the seat of one's awareness of duty or failings":[
        "get off my back"
      ],
      ": the body considered as the wearer of clothes":[
        "They were left with nothing but the clothes on their backs ."
      ],
      ": the part of a lower animal (such as a quadruped ) corresponding to the human back":[
        "riding on the back of an elephant"
      ],
      ": the part of one's mind where thoughts and memories are stored to be drawn on":[],
      ": the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine":[],
      ": to articulate (a speech sound) with the tongue farther back : to form deeper within the mouth":[],
      ": to assume financial responsibility for":[
        "back a new company"
      ],
      ": to be at the rear part of : to be at the back (see back entry 1 sense 2 ) of":[
        "a row of garages back the building"
      ],
      ": to cause to go back (see back entry 2 sense 1a ) or in reverse":[
        "back the car into the garage"
      ],
      ": to furnish with a rear part : to furnish with a back (see back entry 1 sense 2 )":[
        "back a skirt with stiff material"
      ],
      ": to get into inadvertently":[
        "backed into the antiques business"
      ],
      ": to have the rear part facing in the direction of something":[
        "The house backs onto a golf course."
      ],
      ": to manage the sails of a ship so as to keep it clear of obstructions as it floats down with the current of a river or channel":[],
      ": to move backward":[
        "backed into a parking space",
        "\u2014 often used with up back up to give him some space Let's back up a little to clarify what we're saying."
      ],
      ": to or at an angle off the vertical":[
        "leaned back on his chair"
      ],
      ": to or toward a former state":[
        "went back to private life"
      ],
      ": to provide musical accompaniment for":[
        "\u2014 often used with up a singer backed up by a guitarist"
      ],
      ": to shift counterclockwise \u2014 compare veer entry 1 sense 2":[],
      ": to support by material or moral assistance":[
        "backing a candidate for governor",
        "\u2014 often used with up back up a friend in a fight"
      ],
      ": to take opposite positions alternately : shilly-shally":[
        "has been back and filling on the issue"
      ],
      ": to, toward, or at the rear":[
        "asked the crowd to move back"
      ],
      ": to, toward, or in a place from which a person or thing came":[
        "She left home and never went back .",
        "put the book back"
      ],
      ": under restraint":[
        "He wanted to fight but his friends held him back .",
        "holding back a laugh"
      ],
      ": without one's knowledge":[
        "talking about me behind my back"
      ],
      "river 605 miles (974 kilometers) long in Nunavut, Canada, rising along the border with the Northwest Territories and flowing east-northeast into the Arctic Ocean":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She was carrying her little daughter on her back .",
      "She has a pain in the small of her back .",
      "I slapped him on his back to congratulate him.",
      "She stabbed him in the back .",
      "He was handcuffed with his hands behind his back .",
      "a bird with a spotted back",
      "riding on the back of a horse",
      "a comfortable chair with a padded back",
      "Adverb",
      "The soldiers moved back from the front lines.",
      "The police asked the crowd to move back from the scene of the accident.",
      "He left his friends two miles back .",
      "She turned around and looked back toward him.",
      "a chapter beginning several pages back",
      "He left his home and never went back .",
      "It's time to go back home.",
      "She took the book off the shelf and forgot to put it back .",
      "In the opening chapter the author looks back on his youth.",
      "an event back in the last century",
      "Adjective",
      "He keeps his wallet in his back pocket.",
      "We came in through the back entrance.",
      "We drove on the back roads instead of the main roads.",
      "The company owes him several months in back pay.",
      "Verb",
      "I'm backing him for President.",
      "She backed the winner of the race and won a lot of money.",
      "She backed her argument with written evidence.",
      "She backed the singer on the guitar.",
      "She backed into a parking space.",
      "She backed out of the garage.",
      "The dog kept growling but backed off cautiously.",
      "back a skirt with stiff material",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Police were called at 9:55 p.m. to the 400 block of Curley Street in the Ellwood Park neighborhood where officers found a woman who had been shot in the back . \u2014 Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun , 24 June 2022",
      "There are four speeds and two charging ports in back \u2014Micro-USB and Type-C\u2014and the fan is said to get maximum juice in roughly 3 hours. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
      "But when Hover explained that she was related to both the sender and receiver, the employee said there were two more cards in the back . \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
      "Inside the funeral home, every seat was taken and dozens of latecomers stood in the back . \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
      "The footage also offers a peek of some potential body modifications, including a dual-exhaust system in the back and an all-new front bumper that appears to have active aero elements. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
      "The project also added a smaller, more intimate, second soundstage in the back , which holds 50 people and hosts a variety of live performances. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 June 2022",
      "Three televisions hang on each side of the bar, which sits in the middle as a focal point, with tables along the wall and an open kitchen in the back . \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
      "Toward the end of the year, Bolder, a former hairdresser, had styled Bowie\u2019s flowing locks into a sort of awkward bi-level, short on top and long in the back . \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "In addition, the U.S. was preparing to announce the purchase of an advanced surface-to-air missile system for Kyiv to help Ukraine fight back against Vladimir Putin\u2019s aggression. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
      "Investigators, who were back at the home Monday, have not released details. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 27 June 2022",
      "Kevin Kelleher here, filling in for Jessica who will be back tomorrow. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
      "One way to fight back is to know the actual probabilities around investment risks. \u2014 Bill Stone, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
      "The phenomenon is back for more crazy antics featuring the beloved trio of Charles, Oliver, and Mabel. \u2014 Jessica Radloff, Glamour , 26 June 2022",
      "Broadway\u2019s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon that inspired the blockbuster film and live television event is back on tour. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 26 June 2022",
      "At 10:30 Sunday morning 200 motorcycles will start up and roar in unison to announce that Pride is back after a two-year, too-quiet absence. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 June 2022",
      "Argomaniz is a 22-year-old pitcher from the University of Richmond going into his senior season who is back for his second summer with the Chinooks. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 25 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The last major city still under Ukrainian control in the Luhansk province \u2014 which together with neighboring Donetsk makes up the Donbas \u2014 has been pummeled by artillery in a back -and-forth fight that remains hard to decipher. \u2014 Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "After a bit of back -and-forth, Caroline Stanbury managed to briefly diffuse the tension by teaching everyone how to figure out their stripper names. \u2014 Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Patrick Wisdom hit a go-ahead home run in the bottom of the eighth to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-7 win in a back -and-forth game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 31 May 2022",
      "In the Eastern Conference, there was finally a bit of back -and-forth as the top-seeded Miami Heat forced a decisive Game 7 by gutting out a 111-103 victory in Boston over the Celtics on Friday night. \u2014 Paul Newberry, ajc , 28 May 2022",
      "The Sun went on to win 79-71, claiming the upper hand in a back -and-forth battle between two of the top teams in the WNBA. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
      "Next to Jesse Mueller\u2019s desk, in the back corner of the pro shop at Grand Canyon University\u2019s golf course, there\u2019s a framed drawing of the ninth hole at San Francisco\u2019s Olympic Club. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
      "Unfortunately, all of this back -and-forth misses a much larger, much more important point. \u2014 Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "After a recent practice there, Cambage, the team\u2019s new star center, lounged in a black folding chair in a back corner of the basketball court, waving at teammates who passed by on their way out. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The pain can flare at any time of the month and because endometrial-like tissue can attach to any organ, symptoms may range from GI issues and heavy periods to back pain and fatigue. \u2014 Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
      "Britt enjoyed a sizable fundraising advantage, with close to $2 million coming from the Senate Leadership Fund to back a super PAC aligned with Britt. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
      "But these ties also make India more reticent to back major outcomes from a BRICS summit. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 22 June 2022",
      "Panels of both the FDA and CDC's outside vaccine advisers voted unanimously last week to back making shots available for children as young as 6 months old. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 21 June 2022",
      "With energy policy in Europe moving away from gas in the medium term, governments may have to step in to back the longer-duration contracts demanded by sellers. \u2014 Wood Mackenzie, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "The company also prioritizes sustainability and has several practices in place to back this up. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, Travel + Leisure , 10 June 2022",
      "In the past two months, businesses and investors have pledged roughly $2 billion to back emerging technologies that promise to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which is seen as crucial to limiting climate change. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar And Ed Ballard, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "Alta Fox failed to get shareholders to back its call for Hasbro to spin off its gaming division to unlock shareholder value. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adverb",
      "1548, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bac , aphetic form of abak aback":"Adverb",
      "Middle English, from Old English b\u00e6c ; akin to Old High German bah back, Old Norse bak":"Noun",
      "Middle English, partly attributive use of bac, back back entry 1 , partly derivative of back back entry 2":"Adjective",
      "verbal derivative of back entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for back Verb support , uphold , advocate , back , champion mean to favor actively one that meets opposition. support is least explicit about the nature of the assistance given. supports waterfront development uphold implies extended support given to something attacked. upheld the legitimacy of the military action advocate stresses urging or pleading. advocated prison reform back suggests supporting by lending assistance to one failing or falling. refusing to back the call for sanctions champion suggests publicly defending one unjustly attacked or too weak to advocate his or her own cause. championed the rights of children recede , retreat , retract , back mean to move backward. recede implies a gradual withdrawing from a forward or high fixed point in time or space. the flood waters gradually receded retreat implies withdrawal from a point or position reached. retreating soldiers retract implies drawing back from an extended position. a cat retracting its claws back is used with up, down, out , or off to refer to any retrograde motion. backed off on the throttle",
    "synonyms":[
      "rear",
      "reverse",
      "tail"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000010",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "geographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "background":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a level of computer processing at which the processor uses time not required for a primary task to work on an additional task \u2014 compare foreground entry 1":[],
      ": an image that displays on a computer screen underneath the various available icons and windows":[
        "using a family photograph as her computer background"
      ],
      ": an inconspicuous position":[
        "shy people who try to stay in the background"
      ],
      ": information essential to understanding of a problem or situation":[
        "background information"
      ],
      ": intrusive sound or radiation (see radiation sense 2b ) that interferes with received or recorded electronic signals":[
        "a recording with a lot of background noise"
      ],
      ": the circumstances or events antecedent to a phenomenon or development":[
        "the economic background of the American Civil War",
        "took place against a background of increasing tension"
      ],
      ": the conditions that form the setting within which something is experienced":[
        "\u2026 set in a background of tropical luxuriance.",
        "\u2014 Tom Marvel"
      ],
      ": the part of a painting representing what lies behind objects in the foreground":[
        "dark shadows in the background of the painting"
      ],
      ": the scenery or ground behind something":[
        "a picture of her son with mountains in the background",
        "background scenery for the play"
      ],
      ": the total of a person's experience, knowledge, and education":[
        "comparing the candidates' backgrounds",
        "ran a background check to make sure she had no criminal record"
      ],
      ": to give less attention or emphasis to (something) : to place (something) in the background":[
        "Graham peoples her novel with genuine, endearing characters and keeps the grisly murders tactfully backgrounded \u2026",
        "\u2014 Publishers Weekly Reviews"
      ],
      ": to provide with background":[
        "\u2026 a richly backgrounded study of a silent movie star \u2026",
        "\u2014 Hollis Alpert"
      ],
      ": with the understanding that information offered for publication will not be attributed to a specific source":[
        "an official speaking on background"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Objects in the foreground are drawn larger than those in the background .",
      "a photograph of a house with mountains in the background",
      "red letters printed on a white background",
      "An ethnic conflict that was simmering away in the background finally erupted into civil war.",
      "Let me provide you with some background on this problem.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Provide gun sellers with greater access to background checks. \u2014 Alan Gassman, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "The legislation expands background checks amid other measures, and is expected to pass the House. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
      "The legislation will enhance background checks for potential gun buyers under the age of 21, requiring for the first time that authorities have time to examine juvenile records, including mental health records beginning at age 16. \u2014 Emily Cochrane, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "The 234-193 vote, with 14 Republicans joining all Democrats present in favor, put into law a requirement that background checks cover the juvenile and mental-health records of gun purchasers under 21 years of age. \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
      "Their ruling is at odds with President Joe Biden, who has repeatedly urged Congress to pass gun-safety measures, including one that would ban assault weapons and another that would require universal background checks. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
      "The SAFE Act, passed in 2013, bans assault-style weapons with military features, requires background checks for nearly all sales and transfers of ammunition and firearms and prohibits people convicted of certain offenses from possessing guns. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
      "Both women should not be driving, according to background checks. \u2014 cleveland , 23 June 2022",
      "There is also evidence that background checks and prohibitions based on domestic violence may prevent violent crime, and waiting periods may reduce suicides and violent crime. \u2014 Asheley Van Ness, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "On the Ranch's other website, there is no information on the horses or weight restrictions, just information on the services offered and background on the ranch itself. \u2014 Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
      "Spooner-Gomez prepares in-house marketing with fliers about the student and their dish then shares background on the meals with faculty. \u2014 Peggy Hernandez, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Would background checks beyond those that already exist help",
      "As the name implies, the feature minimizes background noise that might otherwise be picked up through your device\u2019s microphone. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 23 May 2022",
      "As an example, Jacobs notes that on traditional sets, there is a hierarchy of who gets to eat first \u2014 cast, crew and finally background performers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
      "Bisschop was in charge of finalizing the film\u2019s look, and focused on making foreground elements detailed and background art hazier and unfocused, reflecting the ways memories function. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Spring smells the same every year, and that scent is sharpest when the season is new \u2014 before the smell grows familiar and is relegated to background noise. \u2014 Genevieve Fullan, Longreads , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The law mandates background checks for employees; requires adequate food, clothing and medical care for students; and says parents must be allowed access to their children at any time without prior notice. \u2014 Jim Salter, ajc , 2 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cc(g)rau\u0307nd",
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccgrau\u0307nd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for background Noun background , setting , environment , milieu , mise-en-sc\u00e8ne mean the place, time, and circumstances in which something occurs. background often refers to the circumstances or events that precede a phenomenon or development. the shocking decision was part of the background of the riots setting suggests looking at real-life situations in literary or dramatic terms. a militant reformer who was born into an unlikely social setting environment applies to all the external factors that have a formative influence on one's physical, mental, or moral development. the kind of environment that produces juvenile delinquents milieu applies especially to the physical and social surroundings of a person or group of persons. an intellectual milieu conducive to artistic experimentation mise-en-sc\u00e8ne strongly suggests the use of properties to achieve a particular atmosphere or theatrical effect. a gothic thriller with a carefully crafted mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
    "synonyms":[
      "backdrop",
      "ground"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002029",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "background radiation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the microwave radiation pervading the universe that exhibits a corresponding blackbody temperature of 2.7 K and that is the principal evidence supporting the big bang theory":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Regulatory limits on annual exposure around nuclear plants are less than a year\u2019s background radiation from rocks and cosmic rays. \u2014 Robert Hargraves, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The background radiation in most of the 18-mile Exclusion Zone around the nuclear plant, after 36 years, poses scant risks and is about equivalent to a high-altitude airplane flight. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The latency period for lung cancer from radiation is longer than five years and 74 mSv spread over four years is not enough dose to cause any health effects, being lower than background radiation in many many places on Earth. \u2014 James Conca, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Many factors contribute to errors in quantum systems, including the environment, noise from internal components, background radiation , cabling, and even noise caused by qubits themselves. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
      "The needle jumps, showing a reading 50% higher than the already elevated background radiation . \u2014 Gavin Blair, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "The aircraft belong to the Energy Department\u2019s National Nuclear Security Administration, which is testing naturally occurring background radiation levels ahead of the 2021 presidential inauguration. \u2014 Gabriel T. Rubin, WSJ , 23 Oct. 2020",
      "The federal helicopter survey was originally supposed to fly above parts of the Bay Area as part of a research project to study background radiation levels. \u2014 Cynthia Dizikes, SFChronicle.com , 3 Sep. 2020",
      "That means, Martens said, that there\u2019s about a 2 in 10,000 chance that random background radiation produced the signal as opposed to solar axions themselves. \u2014 Rafi Letzter, Scientific American , 17 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1968, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181228"
  },
  "backhand":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a catch (as in baseball) made to the side of the body opposite the hand being used":[],
      ": handwriting whose strokes slant downward from left to right":[],
      ": made with a backhand":[
        "a backhand tennis stroke"
      ],
      ": to do, hit, or catch backhand":[],
      ": with a backhand":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She has a good backhand but a weak forehand.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Instead of headlining on her own, Lopez is asked to share the main stage with Shakira, making the giant gig feel like both a boost and a backhand . \u2014 Helena Andrews-dyer, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s another backhand stop, forcing him to run to his right before planting and throwing. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
      "With her fourth match point on Pegula\u2019s serve, \u015awi\u0105tek finally put the match away with a backhand winner up the line. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "When a backhand from Tsitsipas sailed wide on the first match point, Djokovic simply raised his arms and smiled. \u2014 Andrew Dampf, ajc , 15 May 2022",
      "Svejkovsky knocks the rebound of Schaefer\u2019s shot out of the air and in with a backhand . \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
      "Her backhand was solid and smooth and found corners, flat and fast. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
      "But Parry, with her rare one-handed backhand , still had to come up with the goods under duress to close out the match and secure her first victory over a top-50 player. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "The property also has a partnership with LUX Tennis, a Spanish tennis concierge service, with a resident tennis coach who can teach you how to hit that perfect serve or improve your backhand . \u2014 Sandra Ramani, Robb Report , 7 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The Warriors got on the board first in the bottom of the second inning after Kula placed a slow ground ball perfectly to the backhand side of Maloney shortstop David Stimpson. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
      "Unbothered, Gauff broke right back to lead 4-3, smacking a backhand winner that brought Mom and Dad out of their seats in the player guest box. \u2014 Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "Carter used his 6-foot-3 frame to stretch for a backhand tap in front of the net that slipped by Shesterkin 14:12 into the first, the 18-year veteran\u2019s eight goals in 12 career playoff games since joining Pittsburgh at the 2021 trade deadline. \u2014 Will Graves, Hartford Courant , 14 May 2022",
      "Hellberg made a good save on a backhand attempt by Fabian Zetterlund in the first period, but Dawson Mercer forced Seider into committing a turnover that ended with Mercer stuffing the puck on Hellberg late in the period. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Nadal got a break back in closing to 5-3, but his backhand error gave Fritz another break and the set. \u2014 Fox News , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Canadiens goalie Jake Allen was helpless to stop Brad Marchand's backhand for the game-winner 34 seconds into overtime. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "In the second quarter, Hirshfield converted a strong backhand shot and Dimeo followed with another goal 30 seconds later to increase the Vikings\u2019 lead to 6-3 with 4:36 left. \u2014 Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "Greiss made eight saves in the first period, including stopping Barclay Goodrow's wrist shot from just outside the crease and denying Chris Kreider on a backhand attempt. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Working on a crossover dribble, backstroke or backhand takes patience and determination. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "But Fritz battled back, benefitting from Rublev\u2019s faulty backhand and ending the game with an ace. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "In the tiebreak, Alcaraz earned an early mini-break and then ripped a two-handed backhand up the line for a 3-1 lead. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
      "The left-handed Nadal repeatedly pounded the Italian\u2019s backhand and took him out of his comfort zone. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "But Nadal closed it out by pulling Opelka out of the court and the American's backhand landed wide. \u2014 Beth Harris, ajc , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Knight\u2019s no-look backhand through the crease set up Harmon for a tap-in at the right post to open the scoring 12:29 in. \u2014 John Wawrow, courant.com , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Korda\u2019s versatile and aggressive game, distinguished by his punishing backhand , is a marvel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Nadal really mixed it up beginning the second set and went to his bag of tricks by serving-and-volleying, hitting the slice backhand and using several drop shots when Medvedev was way back in the court. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Nick Schmaltz scored with a backhand shot from close range at 5:27 of the final period, and the Coyotes held on for a 2-1 win over the team with the NHL's best record, the Colorado Avalanche, Thursday night at Gila River Arena. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Perhaps shortstop Jorge Mateo doesn\u2019t fumble a backhand grounder. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Smith dodged from behind the cage wrapping a backhand shot in mid-air past Gladstone. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 14 May 2022",
      "Gostisbehere scored from long range when Jakob Chychrun couldn't gather in a puck and managed to send a backhand pass to his teammate for the shot. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "Andy Andreoff collected a loose puck at the top of the crease and threaded a backhand pass through traffic to Chris Terry, who fired a shot by Wolf Pack starter Adam H\u00faska 14:47 into the game. \u2014 Staff Reports, courant.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "Rasmus Ristolainen displayed stellar stickwork in the slot before a backhand pass to Mayhew, whose wrister from a sharp angle beat Quick. \u2014 Aaron Bracy, ajc , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Kozak fumbles the puck but is able to backhand it back to Cagnoni who manages to get it through a diving Vikman. \u2014 Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "Vladislav Namestnikov moved the puck into Columbus\u2019 zone along the boards, pulled up and slipped a backhand pass to Rasmussen, who fired a shot from the top of the left circle. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 16 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1657, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1695, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1767, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
      "circa 1896, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cchand"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090303",
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      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "adverb or adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[
      "artless",
      "candid",
      "genuine",
      "heartfelt",
      "honest",
      "sincere",
      "undesigning",
      "unfeigned"
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      ": using or made with a backhand":[]
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      "We were disappointed by his backhanded apology.",
      "\u201cYou throw okay, for a girl\u201d is a bit of a backhanded compliment",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Phillip Danault got the secondary assist and really made the goal happen with a twirl-around backhanded pass to Durzi that left the Flyers helplessly out of position. \u2014 Aaron Bracy, ajc , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "The 1-0 lead didn\u2019t last long as CC\u2019s Parker Jamieson answered at 6:07 of the same period with a backhanded rebound after defenseman Nick Condon\u2019s shot from the left point caromed off the goalpost. \u2014 Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Morant showcased his singular style in the second quarter, launching skyward to pirouette midair and dish a backhanded layup off the backboard. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Without hesitation, Tibbs gives the white man a backhanded slap in return. \u2014 Dennis Mclellan, Los Angeles Times , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "His biggest highlight was a scrambling backhanded pass to Seth Williams that went for 34 yards and led to a field goal. \u2014 Tim Booth, ajc , 22 Aug. 2021",
      "The adults clink Prosecco flutes and swap backhanded compliments. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "If anyone delivers any backhanded compliments about your progress, just brush off their jealousy. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "White land-grabbing \u2014 the result of a Black sellout\u2019s backhanded collaboration, to the detriment of this nascent Black community\u2019s survival \u2014 is what proves the threat. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 9 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1748, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cchan-d\u0259d",
      "\u02c8bak-\u02c8han-d\u0259d"
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      "artificial",
      "counterfeit",
      "double",
      "double-dealing",
      "double-faced",
      "fake",
      "feigned",
      "hypocritical",
      "insincere",
      "Janus-faced",
      "jive",
      "left-handed",
      "lip",
      "mealy",
      "mealymouthed",
      "Pecksniffian",
      "phony",
      "phoney",
      "phony-baloney",
      "phoney-baloney",
      "pretended",
      "two-faced",
      "unctuous"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224906",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a compliment that implies it is not really a compliment at all":[
        "She paid me a backhanded compliment when she said my work was \"surprisingly good.\""
      ]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225615",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": left-handed rope":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1898, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204851",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a backhand shot":[],
      ": bribe":[]
    },
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      "She hit a backhander into the net.",
      "the customs official let us know that he might be prepared to look the other way if an appropriate backhander was slipped into his palm",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Chytil got his second of the night and fourth of the postseason on a backhander past Kochetkov through traffic from the left circle at 6:47 to restore the Rangers\u2019 three-goal lead. \u2014 Vin A. Cherwoo, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
      "Andrei Svechnikov also scored, beating Igor Shesterkin with a backhander on a breakaway midway through the third period as the Hurricanes protected their Game 5 lead. \u2014 Aaron Beard, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022",
      "Larionov scored again less than 5\u00bd minutes later on a high backhander with Roy out of position trying for a loose puck. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022",
      "But only 27 seconds later, after Valeri Kamensky\u2019s backhander hit the post, Avs captain Joe Sakic put the puck through Vernon\u2019s five-hole. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
      "Trailing 3-1, Foligno lifted a backhander over Luukkonen for his first goal of the season. \u2014 Ken Powtak, ajc , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "The lead grew to 2-0 at 8:15 when Walker roofed a short-side backhander over Robbins to complete a beautiful give-and-go play with McLaughlin. \u2014 Randy Johnson, Star Tribune , 21 Jan. 2021",
      "Miele took a pass from Brian O'Neil at the blue line, streaked up the ice, and found the back of the net with an elevated backhander . \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "The turning point came late in the second period after the U.S. took a 2-1 lead on Alex Carpenter\u2019s backhander . \u2014 Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02c8han-d\u0259r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "boodle",
      "bribe",
      "cumshaw",
      "fix",
      "sop"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090451",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "hindrance"
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      ": endorsement especially of a warrant by a magistrate":[],
      ": something forming a back":[
        "a tape with adhesive backing"
      ],
      ": support , aid":[
        "financial backing",
        "\u2026 sectarian or ethnic warlords battling for territory, with the backing of sponsors from neighboring countries.",
        "\u2014 Aparisim Ghosh"
      ],
      ": the music that is played along with someone who is singing or playing the main tune : the music that accompanies the lead musician":[
        "\u2026 she plans to record the songs with the backing of an orchestra.",
        "\u2014 Cortney Harding"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The tape has an adhesive backing .",
      "The project has received financial backing from several investors.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What's particularly telling, Grede says, is that both brands can survive without their respective celebrity backing . \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "Other regions in Spain have also stepped up their backing . \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "The commitments to the nascent industry of carbon removal have boosted its financial backing by about 30 times. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar And Ed Ballard, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "Despite its billionaire backing , Monaco doesn\u2019t boast the same spending power as Europe\u2019s elite. \u2014 Henry Flynn, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "European Union leaders intend to give their political backing to a ban on Russian oil, paving the way for a possible agreement next month on a sixth package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Ewa Krukowska, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
      "Cruz spoke for about 25 minutes at the Brooks rally, running down a list of jokes ridiculing Democrats and the media but also making clear his backing of Brooks. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 23 May 2022",
      "And, on the movie side, Chopra gave his backing to the exclusive theatrical window. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
      "On Tuesday, one Democrat who previously had withheld public support for the bill, Sen. Bob Casey (Pa.), announced his backing . \u2014 Mike Debonis, Rachel Roubein, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1745, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ba-ki\u014b",
      "\u02c8bak-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abetment",
      "aid",
      "assist",
      "assistance",
      "boost",
      "hand",
      "help",
      "helping hand",
      "leg up",
      "lift",
      "support"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114757",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rabbet or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1857, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010550",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": kickback":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1888, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192027",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": backcountry , hinterland":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His protagonist, living in direst poverty in Brazil\u2019s arid backlands , decides to migrate to the wealthier coast. \u2014 Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities , 1 Dec. 2019",
      "Born in the arid backlands of Brazil\u2019s north-east, Mr Gilberto arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1950 as a singer in one of the then-fashionable vocal ensembles. \u2014 The Economist , 11 July 2019",
      "Tucked in the emerald backlands of Fayetteville, Georgia, inside a cavernous soundstage at Pinewood Studios, Mara Brock-Akil is in full field marshall mode. \u2014 Jason Parham, WIRED , 19 June 2018",
      "Patr\u00edcia Santos da Silva, 24, and her family live in the city of Santana do Ipanema, in the western backlands of Alagoas. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 1 Nov. 2017",
      "Some escaped and formed clandestine communities in the backlands of the rainforest, independent villages known as quilombos. \u2014 Smithsonian , 21 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1683, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccland"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "backcountry",
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      "backwoods",
      "bush",
      "frontier",
      "hinterland",
      "outback",
      "outlands",
      "up-country"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050905",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "backland(s)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": backcountry , hinterland":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His protagonist, living in direst poverty in Brazil\u2019s arid backlands , decides to migrate to the wealthier coast. \u2014 Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities , 1 Dec. 2019",
      "Born in the arid backlands of Brazil\u2019s north-east, Mr Gilberto arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1950 as a singer in one of the then-fashionable vocal ensembles. \u2014 The Economist , 11 July 2019",
      "Tucked in the emerald backlands of Fayetteville, Georgia, inside a cavernous soundstage at Pinewood Studios, Mara Brock-Akil is in full field marshall mode. \u2014 Jason Parham, WIRED , 19 June 2018",
      "Patr\u00edcia Santos da Silva, 24, and her family live in the city of Santana do Ipanema, in the western backlands of Alagoas. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 1 Nov. 2017",
      "Some escaped and formed clandestine communities in the backlands of the rainforest, independent villages known as quilombos. \u2014 Smithsonian , 21 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1683, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccland"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backcountry",
      "backwater",
      "backwoods",
      "bush",
      "frontier",
      "hinterland",
      "outback",
      "outlands",
      "up-country"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201421",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "backlash":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a snarl in that part of a fishing line wound on the reel":[],
      ": a strong adverse reaction (as to a recent political or social development)":[],
      ": a sudden violent backward movement or reaction":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After backlash , Lizzo's latest song has gone through another draft. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 14 June 2022",
      "After backlash against a human-sounding AI feature for Google Assistant in 2018, the company promised to add a disclosure. \u2014 Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
      "After backlash against a human-sounding AI feature for Google Assistant in 2018, the company promised to add a disclosure. \u2014 Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
      "Then, Rosin backpedaled a day later after a backlash ensued and Bechdel got in the last word. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
      "The company has since taken down the tweet after a backlash , but gun companies have increasingly targeted young children, especially boys. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 27 May 2022",
      "After backlash from some of its most loyal frequent fliers, Delta Air Lines has opted to take a different approach in tightening access to its Sky Club airport lounges. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 12 May 2022",
      "By the next day, after an intense backlash from public health experts, Delta had taken the offending language down. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 4 May 2022",
      "After the backlash , Airbnb quickly reversed its policy. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cclash"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083159",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "backlight":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The keyboard's auto backlight , which turns on or off depending on the environment's lighting, works well. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 13 May 2022",
      "And the vehicle\u2019s curvaceous backlight and lack of rear-quarter windows emphasize the car\u2019s dramatic fastback profile. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 9 May 2022",
      "Amazon also sells a Signature Edition of the Paperwhite that adds Qi wireless charging, 32GB of storage space (up from the standard model's 8GB), and an auto-adjusting backlight . \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "With almost 18,000 five-star reviews on Amazon, this affordable meat thermometer has some seriously high-end features, including a backlight option and a probe that rotates 180\u00ba. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 16 May 2022",
      "Beneath each keycap there is an RGB backlight and a choice of 19 dynamic lighting patterns and a further 8 colors of backlights. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "The display and its backlight reportedly work as well. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Perhaps more notable is the bump from a 12-bit to a 14-bit backlight . \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "The keyboard's flashiest aspect is its white backlight . \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1822, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccl\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200936",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "backmarker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": also-ran":[],
      ": one starting a handicapped race, game, or match with a high adverse handicap":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1895, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1964, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back entry 1 + marker":"Noun"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125419",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "backmasking":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the encoding of audio materials (such as words conveying a secret message) on a recording in such a way that they can only be heard and understood when the recording is played backwards":[
        "Of the new bills, Rhode Island's is unique in that it calls for several different labels, including one that says \"parental warning: this record contains backmasking that makes a verbal statement when this program is played backwards\" \u2026",
        "\u2014 Richard Harrington , Washington Post , 14 Mar. 1990"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1982, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccma-ski\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203030",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "backmost":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of backmost superlative of back"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak\u02ccm\u014dst"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203221",
    "type":[]
  },
  "backpack":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bag or small pack (as of canvas, polyester, or nylon) used for carrying personal belongings or supplies : knapsack":[
        "I rode my bicycle to the market and rode home with my backpack full of exotic lettuces and basil-garlic baguettes.",
        "\u2014 Meredith Maran",
        "Each morning, tens of thousands of moms load phones, along with homework, into the backpacks of schoolchildren.",
        "\u2014 Michael Specter"
      ],
      ": a large pack (as of canvas or nylon) that is supported by an external or internal frame (as of aluminum) and is used especially for carrying supplies when hiking and camping":[
        "The logistics of the trip required that I carry all my stuff in a backpack . Since I didn't want to lug too heavy a load on the hiking leg of the trip, I pared way down.",
        "\u2014 Daisann McLane"
      ],
      ": a load carried on the back":[],
      ": a pack (see pack entry 1 sense 1a ) that usually has two shoulder straps and is carried on the back: such as":[],
      ": a piece of equipment designed for use while being carried on the back":[
        "By wearing a jet-propelled \"space backpack ,\" astronauts will be able to move freely in space, making it possible to build, repair, and maintain craft in orbit \u2026",
        "\u2014 Business Week",
        "I'm soaring above the central Sahara in a powered paraglider, a single-seat aircraft that looks like a flying lawn chair. Developed in France, it combines an inflated, parachute-like wing with a 50-pound motorized backpack .",
        "\u2014 George Steinmetz"
      ],
      ": to carry (food or equipment) on the back especially in hiking":[],
      ": to hike with a backpack":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "stuffed her backpack with so many books that she could barely walk",
      "Verb",
      "After college, she backpacked through Europe.",
      "We're planning to go backpacking in a national park this summer.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Police found a silver derringer-style gun in his backpack at the time of his arrest. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
      "Latasha had put a bottle of juice in her backpack and had $2 in her hand. \u2014 Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The juice bottles in her backpack were a somewhat unusual brand, Wallace said, and investigators tried to research who distributed them. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Start at the trailhead in the small community of Sugar Pine and pack in (and pack out) lunch in your backpack . \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Talking with the group, the officers discovered that Benton had marijuana in his backpack . \u2014 Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
      "Police found a black tactical vest, a knife, a Glock 17 pistol with two magazines and ammunition, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, nail punch, crowbar, pistol light, duct tape, hiking boots and other items in his backpack and suitcase. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
      "When the first hiker was swept into the water, the second removed their backpack and tried to help but was carried deeper into the ocean. \u2014 CBS News , 1 June 2022",
      "Tyler still had people-pleasing tendencies, keeping mustard packets in his backpack for students experiencing period cramps. \u2014 al , 28 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "If your kid is more of a dino fan, Cat & Jack also makes a dinosaur toddler backpack in a similar size. \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 16 June 2022",
      "It can be easily tossed in your carry-on, purse, beach bag, fanny pack, or backpack to add comfort to all kinds of warm-weather occasions, from amusement park trips to concerts and sports games. \u2014 Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure , 9 June 2022",
      "Some of the men used their personal belongings \u2014 a sweater and backpack straps \u2014 as tourniquets. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "Together, that\u2019d pack up small and light enough to backpack with yet provide a comfortable night\u2019s sleep, keep bugs off my entire body, and give me a daytime shade/rain structure. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 26 June 2017",
      "Frequent traveler Mia Clarke prefers any travel-friendly carry-on bag or backpack . \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The case is compact and easy to fit in a pocket, purse, or backpack . \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 17 May 2022",
      "Many have sacrificed function for fashion, but not so for this Stackers backpack . \u2014 Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day , 5 May 2022",
      "Herm\u00e8s coat, $4,375, Hermes.com, The Row jacket, $1,820, TheRow.com, Dior Men pants, $1,200, Dior.com, Bottega Veneta sneakers, $1,300, BottegaVeneta.com. Play the game\u2014and win\u2014in an athletic zip-up and backpack . \u2014 Jason Rider, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun",
      "1899, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccpak"
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    "synonyms":[
      "kit bag",
      "knapsack",
      "pack",
      "packsack",
      "rucksack"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213156",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the final 9 holes of an 18-hole golf course":[
        "The duo had a little trouble on the backside , though, as they bogeyed the par-3 11th hole.",
        "\u2014 Brian Girasoli"
      ],
      ": the part of a playing field or court (as in football or basketball) that is away from where the main action or play is occurring":[
        "\u2014 often used before another noun a backside tackle"
      ],
      ": the part of the body of a four-legged animal corresponding to the buttocks : rump sense 1a":[
        "\u2026 admits she hit the dog's backside but denies hitting it on the head.",
        "\u2014 Ann Krueger"
      ],
      ": the part of the body that a person sits on : buttocks":[
        "I slid down on my backside , heaving or rowing myself with my arms and using my good leg for steering \u2026",
        "\u2014 Oliver Sacks"
      ],
      ": the side opposite the homestretch on a racecourse : backstretch":[
        "When challenged on the backside the final time around, Tudor Palm would have no part of it, and burst to the lead again.",
        "\u2014 Jackie Burke"
      ],
      ": the side or surface opposite the front or face of something : the farthest or reverse side : back":[
        "A tight, rocky couloir drops down the backside of the peak \u2026",
        "\u2014 Mike Beaudry",
        "The guy with the clipboard pulled me over, pointed to an innocuous little knob on the back side of the engine and said it's part of the computer and needs to be replaced.",
        "\u2014 Tom and Ray Magliozzi"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "our backsides were sore after sitting on those hard benches for so long",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Moisture entrained northwest and wrapping northward on the backside of the clockwise-spinning high is being drawn over New Mexico. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "Gusty winds will occur on the backside of a front that will move through today. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 June 2022",
      "On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "The mini sports section is on the backside of California section. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet. \u2014 Jim Vertuno And Heather Hollingsworth, Chron , 25 May 2022",
      "As the cooler air filters in on the backside of the front, Monday will bring cooler temperatures in cities including New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Atlanta -- where highs are forecast to be in the 70s. \u2014 Pedram Javaheri, CNN , 19 May 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccs\u012bd",
      "-\u02ccs\u012bd"
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      "behind",
      "booty",
      "bootie",
      "bottom",
      "breech",
      "bum",
      "buns",
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      "buttocks",
      "caboose",
      "can",
      "cheeks",
      "derriere",
      "derri\u00e8re",
      "duff",
      "fanny",
      "fundament",
      "hams",
      "haunches",
      "heinie",
      "hunkers",
      "keister",
      "keester",
      "nates",
      "posterior",
      "rear",
      "rear end",
      "rump",
      "seat",
      "tail",
      "tail end",
      "tush"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083252",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to lapse morally or in the practice of religion":[],
      ": to revert to a worse condition : retrogress":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Smokers who quit often backslide within a year.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the Cardinals look like a good bet to backslide . \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2022",
      "Carlson, of course, has said next to nothing about the autocratic character of Orban\u2019s rule, which critics on both sides of the Atlantic cast as a cautionary tale of how democracies backslide . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Aug. 2021",
      "Until proven otherwise, expect the Panthers\u2019 offense to backslide and struggle without McCaffrey as its workhorse. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "But when that federal oversight ended, the plaintiffs said the department began to backslide . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 July 2021",
      "Kreider worries wellness progress might backslide this summer. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 June 2021",
      "Barring a new, completely unforeseen development, experts do not anticipate California will backslide to any degree similar to the state\u2019s previous three pandemic surges. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2021",
      "Pressure by the Trump administration got the Merkel government to beef up its military spending, but Berlin may backslide absent heavy-duty Biden administration urgings. \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "There were fears that Texas could backslide , particularly as new variants of the virus emerge. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1554, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccsl\u012bd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002850",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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  "backsplice":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a finish for the end of a rope that consists of a crown knot with the strands tucked over and under in the standing part":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1923, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back entry 3 + splice":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131125",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "backspread":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an arbitrage operation like a spread but performed when the difference in price between the two markets is less than the normal one":[],
      ": to close the transactions previously made in a spreading operation":[],
      ": to transfer a hedge from one market to another":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1933, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Intransitive verb",
      "circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back entry 2 + spread":"Intransitive verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180728",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "backspring":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a spring hawser led at a forward angle to the wharf from the stern or midships":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1951, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back entry 3 + spring":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074651",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "allegiance",
      "devotion",
      "faithfulness",
      "fealty",
      "fidelity",
      "loyalty",
      "staunchness",
      "steadfastness"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": betrayal (as by a verbal attack against one not present) especially by a false friend":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She was hurt by her former friend's backstabbing .",
      "a reality TV show that seems to have raised backstabbing to an art form",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jack Dorsey accused of \u2018 backstabbing \u2019 his own Twitter board by helping Elon Musk as shareholders meet by Christiaan Hetzner (Some of these stories require a subscription to access. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
      "Nonetheless, life starts reshaping itself into something very much akin to where it was headed two decades earlier, proving that some behavioral currents (cattiness, backstabbing , etc.) run deeper than wokeness. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 13 May 2022",
      "When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this look at backstabbing , fake friends and a party gone wrong. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
      "There is just ambition, backstabbing and a mean streak of bullying. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "There are tongue lashings, loud outbursts of indignation, trash talking and all sorts of backstabbing commentary. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Whereas that title is a podcast set in the 90s, and delves into corporate backstabbing and other excesses around the 1-900 boom of the era, this TV show coming to the streamer is set against the backdrop of a much more universal motif. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Her book is seamy, full of score-settling, gossip and backstabbing . \u2014 Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The qualitative shift in the series begins around the fourth episode, which steps up both the action and the military strategy while also stepping up the backstabbing and character reversals. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccsta-bi\u014b"
    ],
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      "betrayal",
      "business",
      "disloyalty",
      "double cross",
      "faithlessness",
      "falseness",
      "falsity",
      "infidelity",
      "perfidy",
      "sellout",
      "treachery",
      "treason",
      "two-timing",
      "unfaithfulness"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175813",
    "type":[
      "adjective,",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
      "allegiance",
      "devotion",
      "faithfulness",
      "fealty",
      "fidelity",
      "loyalty",
      "staunchness",
      "steadfastness"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": betrayal (as by a verbal attack against one not present) especially by a false friend":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She was hurt by her former friend's backstabbing .",
      "a reality TV show that seems to have raised backstabbing to an art form",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jack Dorsey accused of \u2018 backstabbing \u2019 his own Twitter board by helping Elon Musk as shareholders meet by Christiaan Hetzner (Some of these stories require a subscription to access. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
      "Nonetheless, life starts reshaping itself into something very much akin to where it was headed two decades earlier, proving that some behavioral currents (cattiness, backstabbing , etc.) run deeper than wokeness. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 13 May 2022",
      "When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this look at backstabbing , fake friends and a party gone wrong. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
      "There is just ambition, backstabbing and a mean streak of bullying. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "There are tongue lashings, loud outbursts of indignation, trash talking and all sorts of backstabbing commentary. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Whereas that title is a podcast set in the 90s, and delves into corporate backstabbing and other excesses around the 1-900 boom of the era, this TV show coming to the streamer is set against the backdrop of a much more universal motif. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Her book is seamy, full of score-settling, gossip and backstabbing . \u2014 Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The qualitative shift in the series begins around the fourth episode, which steps up both the action and the military strategy while also stepping up the backstabbing and character reversals. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccsta-bi\u014b"
    ],
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      "business",
      "disloyalty",
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      "faithlessness",
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      "falsity",
      "infidelity",
      "perfidy",
      "sellout",
      "treachery",
      "treason",
      "two-timing",
      "unfaithfulness"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211905",
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      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[
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      "fealty",
      "fidelity",
      "loyalty",
      "staunchness",
      "steadfastness"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": betrayal (as by a verbal attack against one not present) especially by a false friend":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She was hurt by her former friend's backstabbing .",
      "a reality TV show that seems to have raised backstabbing to an art form",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jack Dorsey accused of \u2018 backstabbing \u2019 his own Twitter board by helping Elon Musk as shareholders meet by Christiaan Hetzner (Some of these stories require a subscription to access. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
      "Nonetheless, life starts reshaping itself into something very much akin to where it was headed two decades earlier, proving that some behavioral currents (cattiness, backstabbing , etc.) run deeper than wokeness. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 13 May 2022",
      "When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this look at backstabbing , fake friends and a party gone wrong. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
      "There is just ambition, backstabbing and a mean streak of bullying. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "There are tongue lashings, loud outbursts of indignation, trash talking and all sorts of backstabbing commentary. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Whereas that title is a podcast set in the 90s, and delves into corporate backstabbing and other excesses around the 1-900 boom of the era, this TV show coming to the streamer is set against the backdrop of a much more universal motif. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Her book is seamy, full of score-settling, gossip and backstabbing . \u2014 Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The qualitative shift in the series begins around the fourth episode, which steps up both the action and the military strategy while also stepping up the backstabbing and character reversals. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccsta-bi\u014b"
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      "disloyalty",
      "double cross",
      "faithlessness",
      "falseness",
      "falsity",
      "infidelity",
      "perfidy",
      "sellout",
      "treachery",
      "treason",
      "two-timing",
      "unfaithfulness"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101209",
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    ]
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  "backstaff":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an instrument similar to a cross-staff but fitted with a reflector and formerly used for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1627, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back entry 1 + staff ; from the position of the observer, whose back is turned toward the sun when using it":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042351",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "backstage":{
    "antonyms":[
      "openly",
      "publicly"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in or to a backstage area":[],
      ": in private : secretly":[],
      ": of or relating to the inner working or operation (as of an organization)":[],
      ": of or relating to the private lives of theater people":[],
      ": of, relating to, or occurring in the area behind the stage and especially in the dressing rooms":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adverb",
      "After the show, we went backstage to meet the band.",
      "some of the most important decisions were made backstage , and only presented to the full committee afterward",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The documentary contains memorable clips such as McDaniel's acceptance speech and footage of backstage pandemonium. \u2014 CNN , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Some of the backstage makeup artists must have put Fox's very divisive black eye shadow on their mood boards, since both the Stephane Rolland and Chanel shows featured smudgy, emo-esque eye makeup. \u2014 Alaina Demopoulos, Allure , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "Corniel says that Drakeo (real name: Darrell Caldwell) was backstage with a group of people including his younger brother Devonte, who raps under the name Ralfy the Plug. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "One photograph that appears in the book, in fact, conveys the casualness of the backstage scene: David Attie posed before his own camera, clearly just playing around, with the actual Bert and Ernie puppets on his hands. \u2014 Christopher Bonanos, Vulture , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Photographer Darrel Hunter was backstage to get a close-up glimpse at all the details before the show; scroll through his best behind-the-scenes photos here. \u2014 Vogue , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "And because Lamb\u2019s has a long tradition of working with a familiar ensemble of artists, no fewer than four married couples are part of this year\u2019s onstage and backstage team. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "There would be no backstage platinum-record presentation this time. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "Some are waking up, some are getting ready for the show, some are backstage , some are hanging out after the show. \u2014 Liam Hes, Vogue , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "The duke and duchess were photographed in a rare moment of PDA while backstage at the Earthshot Awards at Alexandra Palace in London. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
      "Glikas Gloria Steinem and Sandra Oh backstage at Suffs. \u2014 Madison Feller, ELLE , 27 May 2022",
      "Bonnie Raitt and blues musician Buddy Guy backstage at the Vic Theater in Chicago, 1989. \u2014 Alan Paul, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "There were so many accounts of what happened backstage . \u2014 Michael Tyrone Delaney, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "After their show in Liverpool, Jagger's girlfriend Melanie Hamrick posted an adorable video on her Instagram Story of their son Deveraux, 5, dancing backstage during the concert. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
      "The opportunity to leave my troubles backstage and be whisked away to a completely different world was everything to me, especially growing up as a young Black person in predominantly white institutions. \u2014 Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
      "Model Kate Moss, who testified during rebuttal on Depp\u2019s behalf, reportedly attended a show and spent time backstage afterwards. \u2014 Christie D\u2019zurilla, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Before the siblings stepped out in front of the cameras, Jenna was already turning heads backstage with her dramatic daytime outfit. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccst\u0101j",
      "\u02c8bak-\u02c8st\u0101j"
    ],
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    "synonyms":[
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      "in camera",
      "intimately",
      "privately",
      "secretly"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173520",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "adverb or adjective"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": permission to go backstage (as at a theater) and usually to meet the performers":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183238",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  },
  "backstager":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a movie or play about the making of movies or plays":[
        "The glitzy, tap-happy \"42nd Street\" \u2026 is the quintessential backstager about putting on a show \u2026",
        "\u2014 Houston Chronicle , 9 July 2009"
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      ": someone who works backstage on the production of a play":[
        "As actors and backstagers will tell you, just because something's been around a while doesn't mean it's any less vibrant or effective.",
        "\u2014 Kate Luce Angell , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 26 July 2007"
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1944, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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    "pronounciation":[
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    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232028",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "backstairs":{
    "antonyms":[
      "open",
      "overt",
      "public"
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    "definitions":{
      ": secret , furtive":[
        "backstairs political deals"
      ],
      ": sordid , scandalous":[
        "backstairs gossip"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "an influential Washington lobbyist who has been involved in a number of backstairs deals to limit regulation of financial institutions",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And in North Carolina, a boyish trial lawyer with jury-pleasing charm (John Edwards) knocked off Lauch Faircloth, a GOP senator who played a backstairs role in getting Kenneth Starr appointed as independent counsel. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 6 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccsterz"
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    "synonyms":[
      "behind-the-scenes",
      "clandestine",
      "covert",
      "furtive",
      "hole-and-corner",
      "hugger-mugger",
      "hush-hush",
      "private",
      "privy",
      "secret",
      "sneak",
      "sneaking",
      "sneaky",
      "stealth",
      "stealthy",
      "surreptitious",
      "undercover",
      "underground",
      "underhand",
      "underhanded"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221501",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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  "backstamp":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stamp (such as a date stamp or postmark) on the back of a piece of mail":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1904, in the meaning defined above":"Transitive verb",
      "1906, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back entry 1 + stamp":"Transitive verb"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010911",
    "type":[
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      "transitive verb"
    ]
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    "definitions":{
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1899, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a stay extending aft from a masthead":[],
      ": a strengthening or supporting device at the back (as of a carriage or a shoe)":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At the same time, backstay cables that ran from the tower to the ground came loose and swung around wildly. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 3 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccst\u0101"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174221",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": stool sense 6a":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180727",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a screen or fence for keeping a ball from leaving the field of play":[],
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      ": something at the back serving as a stop: such as":[],
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        "\u2014 David M. Oshinsky"
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      ": to play the position of goalkeeper for":[
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      ": to serve as a backstop to":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The pitch got past the catcher and rolled all the way to the backstop .",
      "kept some gold as a backstop in case the value of the local currency collapsed",
      "Verb",
      "the Nobel-winning geneticist was of course backstopped in his research by a team of highly talented assistants",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In the past, TerraUSD maintained its $1 price by relying on traders who acted as its backstop . \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "And that\u2019s against a team lacking their defensive backstop . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The automobile could become an unlikely crucial new backstop for keeping the lights on in an era of more frequent wildfires, hotter heat waves and aging power infrastructure in California. \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Yet there was still a backstop , a way for the panic to end. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "But if things go wrong, city and state legislators have agreed to serve as a backstop , which means tax dollars will be used to cover any cost overruns. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "The ball caromed perfectly off the backstop , allowing Alfaro to recover it, spin and outrun Park on a dive at the plate. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "To stave off those concerns, Do Kwon, a South Korean developer who created TerraUSD, co-founded the Luna Foundation Guard, a nonprofit in part charged with building a mass of reserves to act as a confidence backstop . \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "The Heat had built a season around Bam the backstop . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Now, some of the world\u2019s top investors are lining up to backstop his ambitions. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 5 May 2022",
      "Following the example of cloud hosting platforms, SaaS platforms are beginning to benefit by adding secondary providers to backstop their primary services. \u2014 Venky Balasubramanian, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "New York State could put in the same model to encourage the formation of such funds to backstop franchise loans. \u2014 Peter Su, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
      "And with shadow bank money still outside traditional regulatory control, the Fed has been on alert to backstop its issuers. \u2014 Lev Menand, Time , 4 May 2022",
      "In addition to all the protections of America\u2019s vast legal system that ensure privatizers don\u2019t get constantly robbed, in many privatization plans the government offers to backstop the private buyer against losses. \u2014 Robin Kaiser-schatzlein, The New Republic , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "McKay, whose father Ross played his lone NHL game for the Hartford Whalers in 1990-91 and helped backstop the Springfield Falcons to the Calder Cup that same season, was named after that Dryden, legendary Canadiens goalie Ken Dryden. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "In another positive sign, there has been no rush from banks to borrow via the Federal Reserve\u2019s standing repo facility, which the central bank established last year to backstop money markets. \u2014 Sam Goldfarb, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "The most important is that not all people own a smartphone at all, much less multiple devices that can backstop each other if one is lost or stolen. \u2014 Lily Hay Newman, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1819, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccst\u00e4p"
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      "aid",
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      "back",
      "help",
      "prop (up)",
      "support"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082727",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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  "backtrack":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": to go back to an earlier point in a sequence":[],
      ": to retrace one's course":[],
      ": to reverse a position":[]
    },
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      "The hikers realized they had made a wrong turn and would have to backtrack .",
      "Let me backtrack for a moment and pick up our previous conversation.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But even China may yet be forced to backtrack on its control of the tech giants, as regulations have already weakened their productivity and, in combination with the COVID-19 pandemic, undermined the growth of the Chinese economy. \u2014 Wendell Wallach, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
      "On Sunday, during the CBS telecast of the final round of the RBC Canadian Open, Monahan didn\u2019t backtrack on his decision. \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
      "Federal regulators rarely backtrack , especially as quickly as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Don\u2019t Say Gay bill, only to backtrack and take a stronger stance against the legislation when the company\u2019s staff and fans pushed back. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Biogen launched Aduhelm in June at a price of $56,000 a year, only to backtrack in December and cut the price in half to quell backlash over the price. \u2014 Joseph Walker, WSJ , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Then, many had to backtrack again because some employees simply said \u2018no\u2019. \u2014 Andrew Mawson, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "Originally sent in July 2020, Lightfoot would backtrack on the call to defund the force during protests over the murder of George Flood, and ultimately increase the budget. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Merkel would later backtrack on her decision, one that would haunt her political career. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cctrak"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115332",
    "type":[
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": back track":[],
      ": backtrack":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1832, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1907, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back trail":"Verb"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183504",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": additional personnel who provide assistance":[
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      ": an accumulation caused by a stoppage in the flow":[
        "traffic backup"
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      ": musical accompaniment":[
        "The tunes include banjo and guitar backup ."
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      ": one that serves as a substitute or support":[
        "I brought an extra pencil for backup .",
        "a backup plan"
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      ": to accumulate in a congested state":[
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      ": to move into a position behind (a teammate) in order to assist on a play":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "His role on the team is to be a backup to the regular quarterback.",
      "We have an extra radio as a backup in case this one doesn't work.",
      "We have an extra radio for backup .",
      "He provides backup for the regular quarterback.",
      "She sang backup on his CD.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Last season, Gaffney was the primary backup for Cole off the bench. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022",
      "The problem is that the Blazers plan to start Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons at guard, with Josh Hart as the primary backup . \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022",
      "Moore II\u2019s backup at the nickel might be up for grabs, but Dabo\u2019s transition is going to be tougher than most. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 9 May 2022",
      "Other candidates include fifth-year senior Nick Patti, who was Pickett\u2019s primary backup last season and started the Chick-Fil-A Bowl against Michigan State before an injury ended his day. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "In addition to the inconvenience of the bridge being impassable into Canada, and the backup of traffic at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, there are serious international commerce concerns. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "The closed-loop, one-two punch of AI and automation requires humans to be deeply involved, first in training the intelligence and then serving as its backup , manually resolving complex or ambiguous issues. \u2014 Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "And backing up an old iPhone or iPad device and then restoring that backup to a new phone or tablet should move the app over. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "While building slowly started to pick back up , global supply chain issues in the past couple of years blunted the progress. \u2014 Brittany Anas, House Beautiful , 24 June 2022",
      "The attractions include 11 water slides, some of which loop outside the translucent walls of the six-story, 65,000-square-foot structure, some of which drop below floor level before shooting back up . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
      "Chip shortages will end, dealer lots will fill back up and prices will come back down. \u2014 Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 15 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up . \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
      "Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it",
      "Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it",
      "Getting back up , dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it \u2014 that\u2019s a gift. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1801, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cc\u0259p"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bottleneck",
      "jam",
      "jam-up",
      "logjam",
      "snarl",
      "tailback",
      "tie-up"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042547",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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  "backup light":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a light mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle and so connected that it shines only when the vehicle is in reverse gear illuminating the road behind":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1924, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114627",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "backup relay":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a secondary relay to protect a power system against faults in the event of failure of the primary relay to function as desired":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1950, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082250",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "backup signal":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": dwarf signal":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091519",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "backveld":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": backcountry":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1903, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back entry 3 + veld ; probably partial translation of Afrikaans agterveld":""
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113700",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "backward":{
    "antonyms":[
      "rearward",
      "retrograde"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": diffident , shy":[
        "I have been backward to begin my canvass.",
        "\u2014 Edmund Burke"
      ],
      ": directed or turned toward the back":[
        "a backward glance"
      ],
      ": done or executed backward":[
        "a backward somersault"
      ],
      ": in a reverse or contrary direction or way":[
        "Count backward from 10."
      ],
      ": retarded in development":[
        "a technologically backward village"
      ],
      ": the part behind or past":[
        "\u2026 the dark backward \u2026 of time \u2026",
        "\u2014 Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": to make extreme efforts (as at concession)":[
        "He said he would bend over backward to make the deal."
      ],
      ": toward a worse state":[
        "His new job felt like a step backward ."
      ],
      ": toward the back or rear":[
        "She glanced backward over her shoulder."
      ],
      ": toward the past":[
        "a journey backward in time"
      ],
      ": with the back foremost":[
        "Take three steps backward ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adverb",
      "a sudden movement backward , not forward",
      "I heard a noise behind me and glanced backward .",
      "He pushed the throttle backward .",
      "She took a small step backward .",
      "a journey backward in time",
      "The narrative moves backward and forward in time.",
      "Adjective",
      "a technologically backward village that has no running water",
      "a backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Within moments, the car lurches backward into what appears to be a white BMW. \u2014 Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
      "With 100 seconds left in the first period, after Larionov dropped a pass near the blue line for McCarty, Forsberg shoved Larionov, who fell backward against the boards and to the ice. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
      "Sam Braslow, a reporter with the Beverly Hills Courier, was filmed being shoved backward by one group of officers through another line of officers. \u2014 Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
      "Start with the goal and work backward , and be sure to take a structured, professional approach to communicate on LinkedIn. \u2014 Will Van Der Sanden, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "People need to learn to understand backward better. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "But a pair of bogeys plunged him backward \u2014while Fitzpatrick got hot again. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
      "Roxy relentlessly pushed music forward, but so much of your very vibrant solo career\u2014including the newest material just out\u2014is about looking backward by covering long-ago songs. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 18 June 2022",
      "Many Indian states, and the central government, have been bending over backward to get Tesla to establish a manufacturing plant in India and take advantage of the country\u2019s massive market. \u2014 Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "In turn, this can lead to even more complexity that becomes more difficult to maintain, due to the introduction of new dependencies and the desire to provide backward compatibility. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
      "The reasoning behind this decision-making is understandable: Maintaining backward compatibility is considered good customer service. \u2014 Ev Kontsevoy, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Justin, in a black hoodie, black leather pants, chunky white sneakers, and a backward baseball cap, had stars from Lady Gaga to Billie Eilish dancing. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Staking out an opinion in search of evidence has the process exactly backward . \u2014 Aaron R. Hanlon, The New Republic , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "The studio\u2019s first productions were short films directed by Twomey, one based on an Inuit myth, and one, in Irish, about a boy whose head is on backward . \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New Yorker , 11 Dec. 2020",
      "Pat\u2019s in the Flats was a safe haven for the backward washouts to make their mark creatively. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
      "Materials with strong certification requirements at the source need fiber-forward traceability, while materials currently considered low risk are more suitable to product- backward systems. \u2014 Madhava Venkatesh Raghavan, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "In June, Xbox Live Gold members will get Aven Colony and Project Highrise: Architect\u2019s Edition, as well as Super Meat Boy and Raskulls via backward compatibility. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 31 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "When a claim is more general (e.g., a claim such as suppliers involved in making the garment treat their workers well), it can be ascertained through traceability data after it\u2019s been produced (product- backward ). \u2014 Madhava Venkatesh Raghavan, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Lead actor winner Adrien Brody bounded onstage, grabbed Berry \u2014 who was presenting the award \u2014 and bent her backward , delivering a deep smooch to the stunned actress. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "There are 10 days in February where the date reads the same backward and forwards, but Tuesday\u2019s date is twice as nice. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Start with some light jogging, then perform some dynamic flexibility exercises, such as giant walking lunges and standing forward- backward and side-to-side leg swings. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "Climate change isn\u2019t illusory, but certainly my drifting backward was. \u2014 John Crowley, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Bo Nix spiked a snap backward , and it was ruled intentional grounding rather than a fumble. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Wave patterns are unpredictable, seawater corrodes metal generating machinery, and waves\u2019 energy is simultaneously dispersed across three dimensions (up-down, forward- backward and left-right). \u2014 Maddie Bender, Scientific American , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "Each feint elicits a response, maybe a defensive parry or a hop backward . \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1610, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-w\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "back",
      "rearward",
      "rearwards"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073423",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "backward compatible":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": compatible with older equipment or previous versions of software":[
        "Dolby Digital is backward compatible and supports earlier versions of Dolby such as Pro Logic.",
        "\u2014 Consumer Reports"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As well as the lag-free video, StarTech\u2019s docking station is compatible with Windows Thunderbolt 4/USB4 laptops or Apple M1 Max/M1 Pro, plus backward compatible with Intel Thunderbolt 3 MacBooks. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Wi-Fi 7 should also be backward compatible with products using the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz spectrum bands, but there's still a lot to learn about the upcoming technology. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Also, Microsoft updated its list of backward compatible games for the first time in ages. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "All the cables in the new range are completely backward compatible with HDMI 2.0b and 1.4b standards and are available in 1.5- and 3-meter lengths. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "In addition, this API is backward compatible and available on the previous 5th generation Qualcomm AI Engine. \u2014 Karl Freund, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Choudry, a 23-year veteran at Microsoft, helped ensure the Xbox 360 was backward compatible with the first console. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 June 2021",
      "Certain backward compatible games from Xbox 360 and OG Xbox will jump to 1440p resolution on Series S, at least. \u2014 Kyle Orland And Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 22 Nov. 2020",
      "Spencer recommits that the Series X will be backward compatible with Xbox One accessories and software, along with Xbox One compatible 360 and original Xbox games. \u2014 Gene Park, Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1975, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114438",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "backwardation":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the premium paid in backwardation \u2014 compare contango":[],
      ": the seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares on the London Stock Exchange with the consent of the buyer upon payment of a premium to the latter":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "backward entry 1 + -ation":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccbakw\u0259(r)\u02c8d\u0101sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083501",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "backwards":{
    "antonyms":[
      "rearward",
      "retrograde"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": diffident , shy":[
        "I have been backward to begin my canvass.",
        "\u2014 Edmund Burke"
      ],
      ": directed or turned toward the back":[
        "a backward glance"
      ],
      ": done or executed backward":[
        "a backward somersault"
      ],
      ": in a reverse or contrary direction or way":[
        "Count backward from 10."
      ],
      ": retarded in development":[
        "a technologically backward village"
      ],
      ": the part behind or past":[
        "\u2026 the dark backward \u2026 of time \u2026",
        "\u2014 Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": to make extreme efforts (as at concession)":[
        "He said he would bend over backward to make the deal."
      ],
      ": toward a worse state":[
        "His new job felt like a step backward ."
      ],
      ": toward the back or rear":[
        "She glanced backward over her shoulder."
      ],
      ": toward the past":[
        "a journey backward in time"
      ],
      ": with the back foremost":[
        "Take three steps backward ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adverb",
      "a sudden movement backward , not forward",
      "I heard a noise behind me and glanced backward .",
      "He pushed the throttle backward .",
      "She took a small step backward .",
      "a journey backward in time",
      "The narrative moves backward and forward in time.",
      "Adjective",
      "a technologically backward village that has no running water",
      "a backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Within moments, the car lurches backward into what appears to be a white BMW. \u2014 Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
      "With 100 seconds left in the first period, after Larionov dropped a pass near the blue line for McCarty, Forsberg shoved Larionov, who fell backward against the boards and to the ice. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
      "Sam Braslow, a reporter with the Beverly Hills Courier, was filmed being shoved backward by one group of officers through another line of officers. \u2014 Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
      "Start with the goal and work backward , and be sure to take a structured, professional approach to communicate on LinkedIn. \u2014 Will Van Der Sanden, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "People need to learn to understand backward better. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "But a pair of bogeys plunged him backward \u2014while Fitzpatrick got hot again. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
      "Roxy relentlessly pushed music forward, but so much of your very vibrant solo career\u2014including the newest material just out\u2014is about looking backward by covering long-ago songs. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 18 June 2022",
      "Many Indian states, and the central government, have been bending over backward to get Tesla to establish a manufacturing plant in India and take advantage of the country\u2019s massive market. \u2014 Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "In turn, this can lead to even more complexity that becomes more difficult to maintain, due to the introduction of new dependencies and the desire to provide backward compatibility. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
      "The reasoning behind this decision-making is understandable: Maintaining backward compatibility is considered good customer service. \u2014 Ev Kontsevoy, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Justin, in a black hoodie, black leather pants, chunky white sneakers, and a backward baseball cap, had stars from Lady Gaga to Billie Eilish dancing. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Staking out an opinion in search of evidence has the process exactly backward . \u2014 Aaron R. Hanlon, The New Republic , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "The studio\u2019s first productions were short films directed by Twomey, one based on an Inuit myth, and one, in Irish, about a boy whose head is on backward . \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New Yorker , 11 Dec. 2020",
      "Pat\u2019s in the Flats was a safe haven for the backward washouts to make their mark creatively. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
      "Materials with strong certification requirements at the source need fiber-forward traceability, while materials currently considered low risk are more suitable to product- backward systems. \u2014 Madhava Venkatesh Raghavan, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "In June, Xbox Live Gold members will get Aven Colony and Project Highrise: Architect\u2019s Edition, as well as Super Meat Boy and Raskulls via backward compatibility. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 31 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "When a claim is more general (e.g., a claim such as suppliers involved in making the garment treat their workers well), it can be ascertained through traceability data after it\u2019s been produced (product- backward ). \u2014 Madhava Venkatesh Raghavan, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Lead actor winner Adrien Brody bounded onstage, grabbed Berry \u2014 who was presenting the award \u2014 and bent her backward , delivering a deep smooch to the stunned actress. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "There are 10 days in February where the date reads the same backward and forwards, but Tuesday\u2019s date is twice as nice. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Start with some light jogging, then perform some dynamic flexibility exercises, such as giant walking lunges and standing forward- backward and side-to-side leg swings. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "Climate change isn\u2019t illusory, but certainly my drifting backward was. \u2014 John Crowley, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "Bo Nix spiked a snap backward , and it was ruled intentional grounding rather than a fumble. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Wave patterns are unpredictable, seawater corrodes metal generating machinery, and waves\u2019 energy is simultaneously dispersed across three dimensions (up-down, forward- backward and left-right). \u2014 Maddie Bender, Scientific American , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "Each feint elicits a response, maybe a defensive parry or a hop backward . \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2021"
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      "a general recession was the backwash of the crisis in the housing market",
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      "Cleaning regularly is important because there will inevitably be some backwash in your rinsing apparatus after use, which can contain virus particles, bacteria, allergens or other irritants that were flushed from the nose, Lane said. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Rarick said backwash from the waves hitting this stretch of coastline hardened with sandbags, tarps and boulders is also disrupting the famous surf breaks. \u2014 Sophie Cocke, ProPublica , 20 Oct. 2012",
      "Watery with pebble- and fleck-size bits of squash and carrots that reminded me of sipping a toddler\u2019s backwash . \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "Yet the bill carves out interest from muni debt from MAGI so that states and cities don\u2019t get caught in the backwash . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "It\u2019s not as if the Americans, who won 33 medals (and 16 golds) in Rio needed much rookie assistance to leave the world in their backwash again. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 July 2021",
      "Bidon is cycling lingo and the French word for water bottle, and the fans pleaded for one as a race souvenir, Covid-19 and backwash be damned. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2021",
      "Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel, who left everyone in their backwash at the Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, each could have a chance at six gold medals in Tokyo. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2021",
      "Retain their own then let the initial wave of big money spending wash over them before searching the backwash for good deals. \u2014 David Moore, Dallas News , 17 Mar. 2021"
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      "1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "The once sleepy backwater is now a thriving city.",
      "a distant backwater that didn't even have electricity at that time",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Quite the claim about a place that\u2019s frequently been lamented by outsiders as being too Mormon, too white, too conservative, too backwater . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
      "The senator claimed the city had failed to install a concrete sub-base under the asphalt and fill the excavation with road slurry, resulting in a sinkhole, the sewer collapsing and causing backwater at her property. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
      "The Gulf state, which includes Dubai and Abu Dhabi, has grown from a desert backwater into the region\u2019s second-biggest economy, in part based on its status as a global tax-haven for both individuals and companies. \u2014 Rory Jones, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "The West has rallied to Ukraine\u2019s support, pumping billions of dollars in aid and weaponry into what had previously been something of a backwater on Europe\u2019s eastern fringe. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "The Encore casino \u2014 DeMaria\u2019s legacy \u2014 has transformed its longstanding reputation as a perpetually declining industrial backwater . \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
      "Thousands of evacuations will be necessary, and backwater flooding along the Little Miami, Great Miami and Licking Rivers will results in major damage. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
      "If the virtuous cycle of technological development and population density is the underlying cause of economic growth, Europe should have remained a backwater . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "After some searching, Berent landed an entry-level position at Sun Microsystems, in a backwater division reviewing contracts. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 14 Apr. 2022"
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      "1629, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction",
      "Magee embraces their fierce sort of backwoods independence. \u2014 Outside Online , 7 May 2020",
      "Maggie Rogers blew minds with her 2019 debut, showcasing a blend of backwoods Maryland folk and French club thump. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 3 June 2022",
      "When Chicago went up in flames in the Great Fire of 1871, the city\u2019s upper crust grabbed the family silver and boarded railroad trains to Lake Geneva, Wis., a backwoods town on a sparkling lake about 80 miles to the north. \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "Vuori\u2019s performance apparel products span bright long-sleeve crews and durable ripstop pants that transition easily from trail to backwoods bar. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
      "The cooler will serve as your backwoods ceviche chilling station. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
      "These days, recipes often include some chemical leavening, butter and milk, turning the hearty backwoods fare into a more refined treat similar to Irish soda bread. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
      "Jewel had endured a tumultuous childhood in the backwoods of Alaska and had immersed herself in the subject of mental health over the ensuing years. \u2014 Katherine Sayre, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty run afoul of the locals while on a canoe trip in the backwoods of Georgia in this still-shocking 1972 survival thriller directed by John Boorman. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Frances Quinlan Quinlan had planned to celebrate her 34th birthday in a backwoods cabin this week, before a Friday show in Ohio. \u2014 Megan Spurrell, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 6 May 2020",
      "The potholes are worth it, however, for the great weekend of backwoods hiking and exploring . \u2014 Stef Schrader, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2020",
      "With a freestanding design, premium lightweight aluminum poles, and two entry doors, this backwoods house packs in serious features for the money. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 7 Apr. 2020",
      "Clustered among pine forests and sunny prairies along scenic backwoods roads 20 miles south of town, Perkins Tank and JD Dam Lake comprise a water-centric tour of the Kaibab National Forest\u2019s southern sector. \u2014 Mare Czinar, azcentral , 5 July 2019",
      "The Curse of Buckout Road Witches burning at the stake, backwoods albino killers and a modern day stalker prove to be more than urban legends on this New York state byway. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Sep. 2019",
      "The weekend gets going on Friday with music from Gator Nate, the lovable backwoods yahoo and role model for many a UF pledge. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 22 Aug. 2019",
      "The customizable routes offer dozens of options ranging from easy strolls just steps from town to long-distance backwoods excursions. \u2014 Mare Czinar, azcentral , 21 June 2019",
      "Forty years later, a backwoods hunter from Kentucky who grew up in a log cabin won the presidency, in part by mythologizing his own origins on the frontier in terms of the natural aristocracy of the common man. \u2014 Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books , 7 Feb. 2019"
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      "1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081855",
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      "adjective",
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      "Noun",
      "We spent the evening relaxing in the backyard .",
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      "Adjective",
      "an orchid that is a favorite with backyard horticulturists",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Julie Givens, whose family currently owns the property, told the WSJ that hiking, horseback riding, kayaking, snowmobiling and fly fishing can all be done right in the home\u2019s (massive) backyard . \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s an orgy going on in the backyard , boobs and penises being flashed. \u2014 Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
      "Big trees can be found anywhere \u2013 a backyard , a local park, or a hiking trail. \u2014 Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022",
      "Second-story terraces overlook the backyard , which adds a sunken fire pit and 65-foot-long swimming pool. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Not long after erecting it in their Cambridge backyard , friends and colleagues came a-calling. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
      "The country was so poor and unstable, the explanation went, that if the United States didn\u2019t take over, some other power would \u2014 in America\u2019s backyard , no less. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "Days later, one of the top throwers in the country in Auburn\u2019s backyard \u2014 Briarwood Christian\u2019s Christopher Vizzina \u2014 committed to Clemson. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
      "Heirloom Rustic Ales in the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood is a fantastic local brewery with a spacious backyard , perfect for day drinking. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 12 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "He was attracted to the backyard view of the buttress, which looks more like a lush hillside than a strategy to keep landslides at bay. \u2014 Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
      "Adirondack chairs are a backyard classic thanks to their sturdy, comfortable structure and pleasing design. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The building includes a backyard flagstone patio and is minutes from the Smithsonian National Zoo. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Fulton County investigators say Lanz\u2019s Acworth home shares a backyard fence with the Hicks home. \u2014 Fox News , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "Lanz\u2019s home on Delphinium Boulevard shares a backyard fence with the couple\u2019s home. \u2014 Jennifer Peebles, ajc , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "In a warming world, demand for refrigeration systems may rise as owners of small ice rinks \u2014 especially backyard versions that have traditionally relied on naturally freezing temperatures \u2014 struggle to keep the ice intact. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "There was a glance behind a backyard fence, one darted across the road at night and the back seat commentary to top them all, a father and son who went fishing and spotted the zebras on their trip back. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "Variety 600079592 Living in Colorado Springs with a backyard view of Pikes Peak, Julia and Bobby Gillis aren't easily wowed by spectacular scenery. \u2014 Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 20 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1719, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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      "vicinage",
      "vicinity"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220854",
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      "noun"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": the presence of bacteria in the blood":[],
      "\u2014 compare septicemia , viremia":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Adverse effects include bacteremia /sepsis, pneumonia, invasive fungal rhinosinusitis, and disseminated fungal infection. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 June 2022",
      "One of the infections that spiked, rising by a third between the end of 2019 and the end of last year, was bacteremia \u2014dissemination of infectious bacteria throughout the bloodstream, which can lead to sepsis and septic shock\u2014caused by MRSA. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, Wired , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "These protect against pneumonia and other serious diseases, such as meningitis and bacteremia , from the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, also called pneumococcus. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 10 May 2021",
      "The most common are a secondary bacterial pneumonia, or bacteremia (a rise of bacteria in the bloodstream), involving organisms such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae. \u2014 David Pride, Scientific American , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "Twenty of the 34 patients did become infected, including 11 patients with Covid-19. Fourteen developed a form of pneumonia linked to the bacterial infection, four of whom also had bacteremia , a blood infection. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The pneumococcal vaccine protects you from harmful bacteria that can cause serious infections throughout your body resulting in pneumonia (lung), meningitis (brain and spinal cord), or bacteremia (bloodstream). \u2014 Courtney Schmidt, Health.com , 14 Oct. 2020",
      "Shortly after birth, the baby showed signs of respiratory distress, was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, and was found to have a life-threatening blood infection\u2014diagnosed as late-onset group B Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) bacteremia . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 30 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, alteration of bacteriemia , from bacteri- + -emia":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1873, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144006"
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      "combining form"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin bacterium":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161423"
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      "noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Keeping your nail trimmed will prevent less dirt and bacteria from building up under your nails. \u2014 ELLE , 1 July 2022",
      "The new warning protocol will largely be reserved for the spring and summer when testing can reveal the presence of fecal bacteria , but sewage often cannot be seen or smelled in the water, county officials said. \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 June 2022",
      "An antimicrobial layer also helps eliminate up to 99.9% of surface bacteria . \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 29 June 2022",
      "Three swimming areas at Connecticut state parks were closed due to bacteria levels on Wednesday, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 29 June 2022",
      "Vibrio bacteria lives naturally in certain coastal waters and are present in higher concentrations between May and October when water temperatures are warmer. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 28 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s because lager beer appears to increase the diversity of your gut bacteria . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 26 June 2022",
      "After removing the dust from your dashboard, use disinfecting wipes to kill germs and bacteria living on your dash. \u2014 Hearst Autos Research, Car and Driver , 24 June 2022",
      "In addition to protecting your feet from potentially harmful objects, shoes are a barrier from infection-causing viruses, fungi, and bacteria that tend to linger on surfaces such as pool decks, Dr. Markinson says. \u2014 Melissa Matthews, SELF , 23 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "plural of bacterium":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1864, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163110"
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172542"
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  "back dive":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dive from a position facing the diving board":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Next question: How high is the dive from the top platform of the Bravo Eugenia and can Jerry Jones execute a back dive with two full somersaults",
      "Children learn all kinds of things at camp, not just how to do a back dive or carve a walking stick. \u2014 Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al.com , 17 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175650"
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  "back button":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an icon on a computer screen that typically depicts a backward pointing arrow and that returns the user to a previously shown window or web page":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Garmin also integrated a physical home/ back button below the screen, where a haptic one used to sit. \u2014 Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Please hit the back button on your browser or return to the homepage. \u2014 Harpers Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "The Watch4 replaces the Watch Active line with a more minimalistic and simple touch screen interface and two buttons, one home button, and one back button . \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 2 Oct. 2021",
      "The Car Thing is fairly simple: an oversize knob allows a user to scroll through content and select songs, while a single button below it acts as a back button . \u2014 Colin Beresford, Car and Driver , 13 Apr. 2021",
      "Once each back button is assigned an input, the accessory behaves like a native extension of the controller, so there\u2019s no additional friction when using the gamepad with a PC. \u2014 Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica , 9 June 2020",
      "Now, hit the back button to go to the main settings. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "On the right side is a back button and a home button, used for navigating and interacting with the watch, and a speaker grille is on the left side of the round housing. \u2014 Jason Cipriani, CNN Underscored , 27 Sep. 2019",
      "Now, with Android 10, that back button has been replaced with a side-swipe gesture, which is sometimes confusing. \u2014 Wired , 3 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1993, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183459"
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  "bacteriacide":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bactericide":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "bak\u02c8tir\u0113\u0259\u02ccs\u012bd"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by alteration":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1928, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194208"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the condition of being out of active consideration or development":[
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In sum, Germany would rearm after decades of intentionally putting its military on the back burner . \u2014 Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
      "That is because the murder charge puts the domestic violence case firmly on the back burner . \u2014 Christopher Goffardstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Considered a non-essential business by Navajo Nation, the duo put plans on the back burner once again. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 23 May 2022",
      "Now, as the economic outlook is increasingly clouded, the Communist Party is putting its campaign on the back burner . \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "As for Master Raymond's story, that's on the back burner for now. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
      "Now, as the economic outlook is increasingly clouded, the Communist Party is putting its campaign on the back burner . \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "David Fincher puts his trademark psychological thriller on the back burner , and this time gives the dramedy biopic a go with Mank. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
      "Take on learning a new skill that has been sitting on the back burner . \u2014 Mark Nevins, Forbes , 13 May 2022"
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      "1943, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "abbreviation"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001806"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The disease was caused by a bacterium that would later become known as Yersinia pestis. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
      "Some ticks are harmless, but others can become infected with a virus or bacterium , typically after feeding on animals, and then transmit an illness-causing pathogen to humans through a blood-sucking bite. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Perhaps with the historiographical crime of labeling one age dark and another golden, or the idea that a bacterium or a virus could be the singular cause of societal progress. \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "In this way, a resistance gene in a bacterium that does not infect humans can quickly spread to one that does, says Michiel Vos, a microbiologist at the University of Exeter in England. \u2014 Allison Parshall, Scientific American , 16 May 2022",
      "Consider the case of Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that can cause diseases ranging from minor skin infections to pneumonia and drug-resistant staph infections. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Scientists used a bacterium to clone each piece of the genome, and then studied them in smaller groups. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "McCabe\u2019s group found that a particular probiotic bacterium , Lactobacillus reuteri, protected mice from the bone loss that normally follows antibiotic treatment. \u2014 Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The gene was stitched into an array of others that confer resistance to additional antibiotics, making the bacterium \u2014which Kassem grew on lab plates and then sequenced\u2014a potentially formidable foe. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, Wired , 14 Feb. 2022"
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      "New Latin, from Greek bakt\u0113rion staff":""
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      "1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a bench in a British legislature (such as the House of Commons) occupied by rank-and-file members \u2014 compare front bench":[]
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      "the Prime Minister's supporters on the backbenches",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a vote of confidence in Parliament on Monday night, London time, after a backbench revolt by members of his own Conservative Party, Sir Graham Brady announced Monday morning. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 6 June 2022",
      "And until now, the total number of letters has only been known by one man, Graham Brady, chairman of a group called the 1922 Committee, which represents backbench Conservative lawmakers. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 6 June 2022",
      "May served as prime minister from 2016 to 2019 and continues to serve as a backbench member of Parliament. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "That could cost the quiet backbench Democrat Jerry McNerney, who might find himself a sacrificial lamb. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Johnson\u2019s fate lies in the hands of his backbench MPs, 15% of whom \u2014 54 MPs \u2014 can trigger a vote on his leadership by submitting letters of no confidence. \u2014 Time , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "The effort is being led by Representative Mo Brooks, Republican of Alabama, a backbench conservative. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Dec. 2020",
      "The prime minister is under pressure, especially after a big backbench Tory revolt on December 1st against his new covid-19 tier system. \u2014 The Economist , 5 Dec. 2020",
      "The package balanced his need to prevent another upsurge in the virus with a desire to avoid antagonizing 70 of his Conservative backbench lawmakers who have threatened to rebel over lockdown measures. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 23 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1799, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014408"
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      "noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1722, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020323"
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    "type":[
      "verb"
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "examples":[
      "an increase in salary backdated to the beginning of the year",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "They are being sued for publishing and amplifying the claims of a postal worker in Erie, Pa., who implicated his boss in a plot to backdate mail-in ballots and help elect President Biden. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Because the samples could not be accurately tested after three days, workers would backdate them so they would still be processed by the lab, Washington authorities said. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "For those who had to wait to file a new claim, unemployment workers will be able to backdate any new initial claims. \u2014 Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal , 13 Apr. 2021",
      "Hopkins claimed in the affidavit that post office workers were directed to pick up late ballots and backdate them, which was first reported by the investigative group Project Veritas. \u2014 Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner , 11 Nov. 2020",
      "Last week, the group's leader, James O'Keefe, shared a video by Pennsylvania postal worker Richard Hopkins claiming that employees in his mail facility were ordered to backdate ballots mailed after Election Day. \u2014 Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner , 11 Nov. 2020",
      "Meanwhile, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel raised another series of claims during a news conference Friday in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., alleging that election workers in Detroit were told to backdate certain ballots. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 9 Nov. 2020",
      "The other was an allegation from a postal worker in Pennsylvania that a postmaster had instructed workers to backdate ballots mailed after Election Day. \u2014 Michelle L. Price, Star Tribune , 12 Nov. 2020",
      "Richard Hopkins' claim that a postmaster in Erie, Pa., instructed postal workers to backdate ballots mailed after Election Day was cited by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in a letter to the Department of Justice calling for a federal investigation. \u2014 Shawn Boburg, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Nov. 2020"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1822, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021215"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a device shaped like a hand, mounted at the end of a stick, and used to scratch one's own back":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032945"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the reciprocal exchange of favors, services, assistance, or praise":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccskra-chi\u014b"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1882, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041903"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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      ": a science that deals with bacteria and their relations to medicine, industry, and agriculture":[],
      ": bacterial life and phenomena":[]
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      "(\u02cc)bak-\u02cctir-\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4l-\u0259-j\u0113",
      "(\u02cc)bak-\u02cctir-\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Later, we\u2019ll be joined by Bet\u00fcl Ka\u00e7ar, an assistant professor of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 June 2022",
      "According to Cotton, his surgical bacteriology cured 85% of his patients of psychiatric illness. \u2014 Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "Once the initial assessment was finished, Lossie would dissect the bird and send samples to different labs with the ADDL: The histology lab to make microscopic slides, the bacteriology lab, the virology lab and the molecular diagnostic lab. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "But after graduation, one woman was drafted to the WNBA and the other quietly chose microbiology and worked a long career in tuberculosis bacteriology . \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2020",
      "Is the outbreak an indication that China\u2019s scientists are well behind their Western peers, at least in the areas of virology and bacteriology ",
      "He instead enrolled at the University of Maine, which had a bacteriology department. \u2014 Harrison Smith, Washington Post , 12 May 2018",
      "Another one of my idols is Robert Koch, known as the founding father of bacteriology . \u2014 Hanna Howard, Teen Vogue , 9 Mar. 2018",
      "Two years later, Dr. Gunther earned a master of science degree in agricultural bacteriology . \u2014 Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com , 27 July 2017"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042609"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": having grooved venom-conducting teeth located posteriorly in the roof of the mouth \u2014 compare front-fanged , opisthoglypha":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1923, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050257"
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
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      ": in or toward the eastern part of a country or region":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051823"
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    "type":[
      "verb, transitive + intransitive"
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      ": to set controlled fires to eliminate the fuel in the path of a wildfire":[
        "Much of the work has involved backburning the pine plantations and bulldozing an abundance of thick, flammable underbrush that has accumulated over the years.",
        "\u2014 Jan Hollingsworth , Tampa Tribune , 8 June 1999",
        "\u2026 bulldozing fire lines, backburning to deprive the fires of fuel and air-dropping fire retardant when the smoke is not too thick and the wind not too capricious.",
        "\u2014 Gary Blonston , Miami Herald , 31 Aug. 1984",
        "An isolated cottage \u2026 lay directly in the fire's path and our five-member crew was dispatched to back-burn .",
        "\u2014 Peter Meredith , Australian Geographic , January\u2013March 1995",
        "\u2026 firefighters could have dug a line to stop the fire, but backburning is much more ecologically sound \u2026",
        "\u2014 Tom Ragan , Albuquerque Journal , 5 July 1997"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u00a6b\u0259rn"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1966, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061536"
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  "back bulb":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a pseudobulb on certain types of orchid plants that remains on the plant after the terminal growth has been removed and is used in the propagation of certain orchids":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063454"
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    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to conceal (something, such as cards or coins) on the side of the hand away from the audience in sleight of hand":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065414"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
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      ": an ornamental comb with a wide top and a few long teeth worn high at the back of the head":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1955, in the meaning defined above":"Transitive verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065539"
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  "back-paint":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to paint the back or concealed portion of (something, such as wood trim)":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1925, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070500"
  },
  "backcloth":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": backdrop":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cckl\u022fth"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Morris\u2019s giant vertical beam traverses back and forth across the front of the stage, shining on the backcloth and the dancers in its path. \u2014 Melissa Harris, The New York Review of Books , 11 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1874, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073758"
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  "bacteritic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": showing the presence of or caused by bacteria":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6bakt\u0259\u00a6ritik"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bacteri- + -itic":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080141"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a movement (as in gymnastics) in which from a standing position with the knees straight the body is arched backward until the hands touch the floor over the head":[],
      ": a posture or pose (as in yoga) that extends the front of the body and bends the spine backwards":[
        "\u2026 this action supports your lower back and generates a strong lift of the belly out of the pelvis to help release the spine into a deep backbend .",
        "\u2014 Barbara Benagh"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccbend"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The two traded soaring vocals before Judd finally asserted her singular pipes, and Pearce gave her proper due with an awestruck backbend . \u2014 Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
      "That athleticism is on display when Richlen performs what most simply call the backbend , a move that involves an extreme, limbo-style backwards lean. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Sep. 2021",
      "Toward the finish of the number, the oddball spun around to reveal a second face on the back of her head before offering up one final backbend . \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 31 May 2019",
      "Players execute backbends and supine twists under high ceilings in low light. \u2014 Erik Brady, USA TODAY , 18 Feb. 2020",
      "Brit, 37, starts off balancing in the air on Sam\u2019s feet before showing off her stellar backbend , shoulder stretch, and camel pose skills. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 28 Oct. 2019",
      "In addition to her handstand walking, Spears was also shown doing backbends and balancing on her partner's feet. \u2014 Leah Groth, Health.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
      "Jenny walked toward the front of the room, watching her son perform cartwheels and backbends with a friend, dressed just as himself. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Oct. 2019",
      "When the coast was clear at the Anna Sui rehearsal, Hill even showed off her gymnastics skills and did a backbend on the runway. \u2014 Brooke Bobb, Vogue , 19 Feb. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1911, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082846"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or caused by bacteria":[
        "bacterial infection"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "bak-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259l"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The first occurred when Turcich fell ill with a bacterial infection, which took him several months to recover from, and the second was due to the Covid-19 pandemic. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 1 July 2022",
      "Barker\u2019s medical history involves illnesses like staph infection and cellulitis, which is a bacterial infection that can cause swelling, inflammation and pain. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 29 June 2022",
      "An avid surfer, Daniel had contracted a bacterial infection while on a surfing trip in Costa Rica that led to painful inflammatory arthritis. \u2014 Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 June 2022",
      "Others had shown up at the clinic having inserted the twenty-eight pills vaginally\u2014a popular underground method that may result in a fatal bacterial infection. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "In addition to the rabies vaccine, your furry friend can benefit from preventive shots like the leptospirosis vaccine, which prevents against a bacterial infection passed from wildlife. \u2014 Elizabeth Sheldon, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
      "The Sturgis, Michigan, plant was shut down in mid-February after contamination issues inside had been linked to four infants being hospitalized with a rare but serious bacterial infection, two of whom ultimately died. \u2014 Sasha Pezenik, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
      "As Today fans know, Thomas' life changed forever when Marion died at the age of 42 in December 2020 after a bacterial infection led to organ failure. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
      "In another instance, involving three different Abbott formulas, records show an infant had a seizure and was diagnosed with a bacterial infection from a strain of the cronobacter pathogen. \u2014 Kimberly Kindy And Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1869, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085855"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a line in curling drawn tangent to the parish and parallel with and midway between the sweeping score and the foot score":[],
      ": a record in bridge of the number of points each player has won or lost in the course of the game":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094746"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": fatback sense 3":[
        "The hogs were weighed and an ultrasound wand rolled down their spine, a check for back fat thickness, which ultimately determines meat grade.",
        "\u2014 Babita Persaud , St. Petersburg (Florida) Times , 21 Feb. 2000"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1904, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095049"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": vaginitis that is marked by a grayish vaginal discharge usually of foul odor and that is associated with the presence of excessive amounts of some bacteria (especially Gardnerella vaginalis )":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccvaj-\u0259-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "These practices put those who menstruate at risk of skin irritations and urogenital infections, including urinary tract infections and bacterial vaginosis . \u2014 Moms Helping Moms, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
      "And there are a lot of things that can account for this outside of chlamydia, according to the Cleveland Clinic, including a yeast infection, bacterial vaginosis , gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis. \u2014 Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Women may be screened in mid-pregnancy for bacterial vaginosis or ureaplasma, a bacterium that can cause premature birth or miscarriage. \u2014 Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "Targeting treatment around infections like bacterial vaginosis , Jain and Bruzek want to drive home that vaginal health is not just related to reproductive health, but also to women\u2019s quality of life and potential future health challenges. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "Discharge that suddenly seems cottage-cheese-like can point to a yeast infection, while discharge that turns gray or green, or comes with a strange odor can hint at something like bacterial vaginosis or an STI like chlamydia. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 13 Aug. 2021",
      "Yet bacterial vaginosis is a serious condition, difficult to treat and eliminate. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 4 Aug. 2020",
      "Signs of bacterial vaginosis often mimic other vaginal conditions, such as a yeast infection. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 4 Aug. 2020",
      "Even though this observation was just based on a single patient, L. iners has previously been associated with bacterial vaginosis in larger studies. \u2014 Monique Brouillette, Scientific American , 28 Feb. 2020"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1983, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": to skate back toward one's own goal while closely defending against the offensive rushes of an opposing player in ice hockey":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1913, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124730"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a palm of the genus Oenocarpus (especially O. bacaba and O. distichus ) the drupelike fruits of which yield oil used in soap manufacture":[]
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      "b\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4b\u0259"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Portuguese bacaba fruit of the bacaba palm, from Tupi":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130902"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": retrochoir":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1852, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a prehistoric flint knife having one edge blunted":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141200"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": biological warfare":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1933, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143642"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a descending appoggiatura in music":[],
      ": the sloping surface in a beater or washing engine down which paper pulp passes on leaving the knives":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back entry 3 + fall":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1676, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165351"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": any of certain constituents (probably antibodies) of serum that unite with bacteria and make them more susceptible to phagocytosis":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary bacteri- + -trope + -in ; originally formed in German":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165507"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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      ": destroying bacteria":[]
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      "bak-\u02cctir-\u0259-\u02c8s\u012bd-\u1d4al",
      "bak-\u02cctir-\u0259-\u02c8s\u012b-d\u1d4al"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Benzoyl peroxide is a topical bactericidal agent that\u2019s found in many over-the-counter and prescription acne medications. \u2014 Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping , 28 Oct. 2021"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182648"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a shallow wooden box used especially to carry fuel or ashes":[]
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      "\u02c8bak\u0259\u0307t"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French baquet , diminutive of bac tub":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1756, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190921"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a mycetome containing bacteria":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "bak\u02c8tir\u0113\u0259\u02cct\u014dm"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "bacteri- + -tome":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1946, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191859"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": the back part or section of something : rear end sense 1":[
        "As he was leaving the pits, he lost control of the back end of his car and slid across the patch of grass that separates the pit road exit from the track.",
        "\u2014 Mark Bechtel"
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      ": the latter or final part or period of a business arrangement or financial undertaking":[
        "With the Roth IRA, you get your tax reward on the back end \u2014you put in already taxed money, but withdrawals are tax free \u2026 .",
        "\u2014 Janet Novack"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare front end sense 3":[
        "With the Roth IRA, you get your tax reward on the back end \u2014you put in already taxed money, but withdrawals are tax free \u2026 .",
        "\u2014 Janet Novack"
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      ": the part of a software system that is not visible or accessible to a user of that system":[
        "The $2 billion plan calls for new cash registers and scanners in its stores and will improve systems on the back end to make sure stores are stocked properly.",
        "\u2014 Megan Barnett",
        "For us, that meant building the site so that the content we produce on the back end automatically winds up in the right spots on the front end, freeing our writers and editors to do what they do best\u2014keep you abreast of the latest technological innovations and provide you with a context in which to understand their implications.",
        "\u2014 IEEE Spectrum"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare front end sense 2":[
        "The $2 billion plan calls for new cash registers and scanners in its stores and will improve systems on the back end to make sure stores are stocked properly.",
        "\u2014 Megan Barnett",
        "For us, that meant building the site so that the content we produce on the back end automatically winds up in the right spots on the front end, freeing our writers and editors to do what they do best\u2014keep you abreast of the latest technological innovations and provide you with a context in which to understand their implications.",
        "\u2014 IEEE Spectrum"
      ],
      ": the latter part of the year : the autumn and early winter":[
        "He bred no cattle, but bought in about 120 Irish beasts and Shorthorn stirks out of Westmorland and Cumberland in spring and at the back end of the year, and fed them out in the stalls.",
        "\u2014 H. Rider Haggard"
      ],
      ": relating to, associated with, or occurring in the latter or final part or period of an undertaking or business arrangement":[
        "back-end logistics/operations/commissions",
        "You need to know all the back-end fees when you go to turn in a lease, things like excess mileage that can really zing you.",
        "\u2014 Ray Martin"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare front-end sense 1":[
        "back-end logistics/operations/commissions",
        "You need to know all the back-end fees when you go to turn in a lease, things like excess mileage that can really zing you.",
        "\u2014 Ray Martin"
      ],
      ": not visible to the user of a device or service":[
        "back-end software that keeps the website running",
        "The back-end system then processes the transaction and rings the vending machine, instructing it to dispense your order. The payment automatically shows up on your phone bill.",
        "\u2014 Carol Levin"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare front-end sense 2":[
        "back-end software that keeps the website running",
        "The back-end system then processes the transaction and rings the vending machine, instructing it to dispense your order. The payment automatically shows up on your phone bill.",
        "\u2014 Carol Levin"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccend"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1973, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200913"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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      ": destroying bacteria":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "bak-\u02cctir-\u0259-\u02c8s\u012bd-\u1d4al",
      "bak-\u02cctir-\u0259-\u02c8s\u012b-d\u1d4al"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Benzoyl peroxide is a topical bactericidal agent that\u2019s found in many over-the-counter and prescription acne medications. \u2014 Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping , 28 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203028"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": destruction or dissolution of bacterial cells":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)bak-\u02cctir-\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4l-\u0259-s\u0259s",
      "(\u02cc)bak-\u02cctir-\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-l\u0259-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214847"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": bacterin":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221633"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-t\u0259-r\u0259n"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223554"
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    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to put (paper) into a typewriter by inserting it bottom-first behind the top of a paper already in the machine and rolling the platen backward":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223818"
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  "back-calving":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": calving during the last part of the year":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1945, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225602"
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  "backswimmer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an aquatic bug (family Notonectidae) that swims on its back":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccswi-m\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But these aquatic water scavenger beetles do not swim like the backswimmer or the larvae. \u2014 New York Times , 26 July 2021",
      "The 0.01-inch-long water flea is able to change its body into a bigger (and thus more inedible) shape when threatened by a predator, like the tiny backswimmer , says Anne Estes, a microbiologist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. \u2014 National Geographic , 12 Nov. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1807, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225712"
  },
  "backer-up":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that backs up: such as":[],
      ": sponsor":[],
      ": a linebacker in football":[],
      ": a worker who mounts calendars between metal strips and staples calendar pads to metal":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1869, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232246"
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  "backcross":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cross (a first-generation hybrid) with one of the parental types":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02cckr\u022fs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1898, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1900, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002210"
  },
  "backswing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the movement of a club, racket, bat, or arm backward to a position from which the forward or downward swing is made":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccswi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a golfer with a short backswing",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The backswing involves rotation in the lower back, pelvis and hip joints. \u2014 Jen Murphy, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Wynns took a backswing to the head in the fourth and was examined by a trainer but stayed in. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 June 2022",
      "On television, anchors used slow-motion video to analyze and fawn over Charlie\u2019s backswing , his follow-through, his hip turn. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "But Fernandez, with her lack of a backswing , incredible hand-eye co\u00f6rdination, and her insouciance, held her ground. \u2014 Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "To execute that shot, your backswing and follow-through must be the same length. \u2014 Joe Didonato, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
      "Whether your mom picked up her first racket this spring or 20 springs ago, there\u2019s nothing like a new ensemble to put some pep in her backswing . \u2014 Sara Bosworth, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2021",
      "Golfers coil their bodies during the backswing to follow through after the point of impact. \u2014 Jen Murphy, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2021",
      "Austin Allen, who started behind the plate Tuesday, took a Cabrera backswing to the side of his head early but stayed in the game. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1892, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003126"
  },
  "backboard":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stiff board on which an injured person and especially one with neck or spinal injuries is placed and immobilized in order to prevent further injury during transport":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccb\u022frd",
      "-\u02ccb\u022frd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At the other basket, as a mix of hip-hop and R&B music blared through loud speakers, Stephen Curry and Jordan Poole led a parade of players trying to make 3-pointers from the wing \u2014 off the backboard . \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 June 2022",
      "Down by 2, Hawks player/coach Alex Hannum threw the ball off the backboard from the other end of the floor only to see Bob Pettit\u2019s put-back attempt roll off the rim. \u2014 Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
      "The Grizzlies had a chance to steal the game on their final possession, but star Ja Morant's driving layup try went off the backboard and over the rim. \u2014 Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
      "Antetokounmpo went to the the line with a chance to tie it and made the first, then Portis grabbed the rebound of the second and put it in off the backboard to give Milwaukee its first lead since early in the second quarter. \u2014 Jimmy Golen, Hartford Courant , 12 May 2022",
      "Two strong gentlemen with a van and a ladder came over and did it, connecting a bracket to a big metal pole, and then a backboard to the bracket, and the whole thing took about 45 minutes and looks fantastic. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "As a player, he\u2019s most famously known for shattering a backboard in the NCAA tournament against North Carolina, a moment immortalized on the cover of Sports Illustrated. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "But Moyle kept working behind the net along the backboard and tipped it out in front to center Jimmy Lambert, who went top shelf past Chrona for his sixth goal of the season. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Miller-Moore did convert the dunk on his fourth try, which didn't count, with Woods bouncing the ball off the post behind the backboard . \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 1 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1761, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012645"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the presence of bacteria in the urine":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "bak-\u02cctir-\u0113-\u02c8yu\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259",
      "bak-\u02cctir-\u0113-\u02c8(y)u\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Asymptomatic bacteriuria is what doctors call a urinary tract infection without symptoms. \u2014 Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu, STAT , 9 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1886, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013020"
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  "bacterial spot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bacterial plant disease characterized by spotting of the affected parts":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1903, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013433"
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  "back-set bed":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stratum deposited on the rear slope of a glacial apron or sand plain as the ice retreats and consequently dipping toward the retreating ice":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015131"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having in one's possession":[
        "\u2014 used of a person carrying away stolen property"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak\u02ccber\u0259nd"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bakberende , from bak back + berende , present participle of beren to bear":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022416"
  },
  "backsetting":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": newly broken prairie land after the second plowing of broken sod":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from gerund of backset entry 2":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1879, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024110"
  },
  "backblock":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": boondocks sense 2":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bak-\u02ccbl\u00e4k"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1868, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045752"
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