dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/doc_MW.json

{
  "Docoglossa":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a suborder of Aspidiobranchia comprising primitive marine gastropods having a conical shell, paired nephridia and osphradia, a long radula, and no operculum and including the true limpets and certain related mollusks":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek dokos beam + New Latin -glossa":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u022fs\u0259",
      "\u02ccd\u00e4k\u0259\u02c8gl\u00e4s\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134820",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "doc":{
    "antonyms":[
      "nondoctor",
      "nonphysician"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": doctor":[],
      "document":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Am I going to be OK, doc ",
      "currently completing a residency as an emergency room doc",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The group Of Monsters and Men will also perform following a doc about the band. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "Trouble in Mind, a doc about the rock and country legend that\u2019s being distributed by A24, Coen opened up about working on his first film without brother Joel, stepping back from directing and why he isn\u2019t done with filmmaking just yet. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
      "At one point during In the Court of the Crimson King, a new doc about mighty prog institution King Crimson, former drummer Bill Bruford zeroes in on the core philosophy of the band and its founder, guitarist Robert Fripp. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "In one of the radio interviews excerpted in the doc , Dworkin envisions a genderless society. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
      "This doc is centered on Grammy-winner Brandi Carlile, a longtime Tucker fan, who takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her idol about Tucker's raucous and rebel life. \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
      "In the two-part doc , Judd and his crew masterfully share legendary comedian George Carlin\u2019s story. \u2014 Scott King, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "Yet Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks, the doc that accompanies the new sketch series, gives you a sense of how unlikely their return to TV, much less return to form, was in the face of the group\u2019s long, storied and extremely mercurial history. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 14 May 2022",
      "The ani- doc produced by Amka Films Productions and Nadasdy Film is expected in fall 2022. \u2014 Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety , 16 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1740, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "croaker",
      "doctor",
      "medic",
      "medico",
      "physician",
      "sawbones"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162601",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "docile":{
    "antonyms":[
      "balky",
      "contrary",
      "contumacious",
      "defiant",
      "disobedient",
      "froward",
      "incompliant",
      "insubordinate",
      "intractable",
      "noncompliant",
      "obstreperous",
      "rebel",
      "rebellious",
      "recalcitrant",
      "refractory",
      "restive",
      "unamenable",
      "ungovernable",
      "unruly",
      "untoward",
      "wayward",
      "willful",
      "wilful"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": easily led or managed : tractable":[
        "a docile pony"
      ],
      ": easily taught":[
        "a docile pupil"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "In the course of a single month, from Annie's arrival to her triumph in bridling the household despot, Helen [Keller] had grown docile , affectionate, and tirelessly intent on learning from moment to moment. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , New Yorker , 16 & 23 June 2003",
      "Africanized honeybees look like the European honeybees now commonly found in our gardens, and like their relatives, they make honey. They are fairly docile when they are foraging, but they defend their nests ferociously. \u2014 Lynn Ocone , Sunset , February 1994",
      "His students were docile and eager to learn.",
      "a docile young pony that went wherever it was led",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead of being more docile , the hamsters became overly aggressive. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 26 June 2022",
      "Indeed, docile and tractable torque is this motor\u2019s defining characteristic. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
      "Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Outdoor lovers can swim with docile whale sharks, relax on Balandra Beach, or snorkel in the reefs along Espiritu Santo Island, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site. \u2014 Jennifer Prince, Travel + Leisure , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Join the gang, the rough and tough AI says to the polite and docile AI. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Terry, a corporate drone who still brags about his Ivy League pedigree, tries on various macho archetypes: the decisive patriarch, the rugged woodsman, the breadwinner who commutes home every night to a docile wife. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "In his influential work Discipline and Punish, French theorist Michel Foucault digs deep into the mechanisms that shape our modern society and turn us into docile bodies, cogs in a machine. \u2014 Jelena Radonjic, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "At the Atlanta Asian Justice rally, which drew some 100 people, speakers railed against the stereotypes of Asian women as either docile or exotic and said those harmful perceptions contribute to the violence. \u2014 Kate Brumback, ajc , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin docilis , from doc\u0113re to teach; akin to Latin dec\u0113re to be fitting \u2014 more at decent":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "especially British \u02c8d\u014d-\u02ccs\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-s\u0259l",
      "also -\u02ccs\u012b(-\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for docile obedient , docile , tractable , amenable mean submissive to the will of another. obedient implies compliance with the demands or requests of one in authority. obedient to the government docile implies a predisposition to submit readily to control or guidance. a docile child tractable suggests having a character that permits easy handling or managing. tractable animals amenable suggests a willingness to yield or cooperate because of a desire to be agreeable or because of a natural open-mindedness. amenable to new ideas",
    "synonyms":[
      "amenable",
      "biddable",
      "compliant",
      "conformable",
      "law-abiding",
      "obedient",
      "submissive",
      "tractable"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011617",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "docility":{
    "antonyms":[
      "balky",
      "contrary",
      "contumacious",
      "defiant",
      "disobedient",
      "froward",
      "incompliant",
      "insubordinate",
      "intractable",
      "noncompliant",
      "obstreperous",
      "rebel",
      "rebellious",
      "recalcitrant",
      "refractory",
      "restive",
      "unamenable",
      "ungovernable",
      "unruly",
      "untoward",
      "wayward",
      "willful",
      "wilful"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": easily led or managed : tractable":[
        "a docile pony"
      ],
      ": easily taught":[
        "a docile pupil"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "In the course of a single month, from Annie's arrival to her triumph in bridling the household despot, Helen [Keller] had grown docile , affectionate, and tirelessly intent on learning from moment to moment. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , New Yorker , 16 & 23 June 2003",
      "Africanized honeybees look like the European honeybees now commonly found in our gardens, and like their relatives, they make honey. They are fairly docile when they are foraging, but they defend their nests ferociously. \u2014 Lynn Ocone , Sunset , February 1994",
      "His students were docile and eager to learn.",
      "a docile young pony that went wherever it was led",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead of being more docile , the hamsters became overly aggressive. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 26 June 2022",
      "Indeed, docile and tractable torque is this motor\u2019s defining characteristic. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
      "Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Outdoor lovers can swim with docile whale sharks, relax on Balandra Beach, or snorkel in the reefs along Espiritu Santo Island, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site. \u2014 Jennifer Prince, Travel + Leisure , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Join the gang, the rough and tough AI says to the polite and docile AI. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Terry, a corporate drone who still brags about his Ivy League pedigree, tries on various macho archetypes: the decisive patriarch, the rugged woodsman, the breadwinner who commutes home every night to a docile wife. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "In his influential work Discipline and Punish, French theorist Michel Foucault digs deep into the mechanisms that shape our modern society and turn us into docile bodies, cogs in a machine. \u2014 Jelena Radonjic, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "At the Atlanta Asian Justice rally, which drew some 100 people, speakers railed against the stereotypes of Asian women as either docile or exotic and said those harmful perceptions contribute to the violence. \u2014 Kate Brumback, ajc , 17 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin docilis , from doc\u0113re to teach; akin to Latin dec\u0113re to be fitting \u2014 more at decent":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "especially British \u02c8d\u014d-\u02ccs\u012b(-\u0259)l",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-s\u0259l",
      "also -\u02ccs\u012b(-\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for docile obedient , docile , tractable , amenable mean submissive to the will of another. obedient implies compliance with the demands or requests of one in authority. obedient to the government docile implies a predisposition to submit readily to control or guidance. a docile child tractable suggests having a character that permits easy handling or managing. tractable animals amenable suggests a willingness to yield or cooperate because of a desire to be agreeable or because of a natural open-mindedness. amenable to new ideas",
    "synonyms":[
      "amenable",
      "biddable",
      "compliant",
      "conformable",
      "law-abiding",
      "obedient",
      "submissive",
      "tractable"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191321",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dock":{
    "antonyms":[
      "anchor",
      "land"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a device in which a smartphone, digital camera, etc., is placed for charging, accessing a power supply, or connecting to another electronic device":[],
      ": a place (such as a wharf or platform) for the loading or unloading of materials":[],
      ": a usually artificial basin or enclosure for the reception of ships that is equipped with means for controlling the water height":[],
      ": a usually wooden pier used as a landing place or moorage for boats":[],
      ": any of a genus ( Rumex ) of coarse weedy plants of the buckwheat family having long taproots and sometimes used as potherbs":[],
      ": any of several usually broad-leaved weedy plants (as of the genus Silphium )":[],
      ": on trial":[],
      ": slip entry 2 sense 1b":[],
      ": the combining site of a molecular receptor \u2014 see receptor sense b":[
        "Previous research showed that marijuana receptors, specialized proteins that serve as docks for THC, are clustered in regions of the brain known to play a role in movement disorders such as Huntington's disease.",
        "\u2014 Kathleen Fackelmann"
      ],
      ": the part of an animal's tail left after it has been shortened":[],
      ": the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial":[],
      ": the solid part of an animal's tail as distinguished from the hair":[],
      ": to become docked":[],
      ": to combine with a molecular receptor \u2014 see receptor sense b":[
        "These chemical messengers travel across a tiny cleft and dock at receptors along the surface of a muscle fiber.",
        "\u2014 Bruce A. Dobkin"
      ],
      ": to come into or alongside a dock":[],
      ": to connect an electronic device (such as a computer or a digital camera) to another device":[
        "dock the phone into the computer"
      ],
      ": to cut (part of an animal, such as the ears or a tail) short":[],
      ": to haul or guide into or alongside a dock":[],
      ": to join (two spacecraft) mechanically while in space":[],
      ": to subject to a deduction":[
        "dock someone's wages"
      ],
      ": to take away a part of : abridge":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":"Verb",
      "1586, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
      "1600, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Dutch dialect (Flanders) docke cage":"Noun",
      "Middle English dok , perhaps from Old English -docca (as in fingirdocca finger muscle); akin to Old High German tocka doll, Old Norse dokka bundle":"Noun",
      "Middle English dokke , probably from Middle Dutch docke":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Old English docce ; akin to Middle Dutch docke dock":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "float",
      "jetty",
      "landing",
      "levee",
      "pier",
      "quai",
      "quay",
      "wharf"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031343",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dock boss":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a foreman who checks carloads of newly mined coal to estimate the amount of slate and other foreign matter that has been included in order to establish a rate of dockage":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dock entry 3":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081744",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dock brief":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dock entry 6":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185455",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dock spike":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a spike usually from 6 inches to 2 feet in length and from \u00b9/\u2082 inch to 1 inch square in section with a wedge-shaped point and often barbed like a rag bolt":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dock entry 4":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112220",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dock-tailed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a docked tail":[
        "dock-tailed lambs bring better prices"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dock entry 2 + tailed":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165000",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "dockboard":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a movable often metal plate for bridging the gap between a motor truck or freight car and a loading platform":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dock entry 4 + board":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115422",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "docken":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": dock entry 1":[],
      ": something of small value":[
        "I don't care a docken",
        "\u2014 John Buchan"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English doken (plural of dock, docke ), from Old English doccan , plural of docce dock":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050951",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "docker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that docks the tails of animals":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1765, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1887, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "dockhand",
      "dockworker",
      "longshoreman",
      "roustabout",
      "rouster",
      "stevedore"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085111",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "docket":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a brief written summary of a document : abstract":[],
      ": a calendar of business matters to be acted on : agenda":[],
      ": a formal abridged record of the proceedings in a legal action":[],
      ": a register of such records":[],
      ": an identifying statement about a document placed on its outer surface or cover":[],
      ": to inscribe (something, such as a document) with an identifying statement":[],
      ": to make a brief abstract of (something, such as a legal matter) and inscribe it in a list":[],
      ": to place on the docket for legal action":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The judge had to postpone some of the cases on the docket .",
      "on the Broadway docket for the early part of this season",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "So right now there's not a case that's on the docket or anything like that, but that could happen in the future. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
      "Also on the docket are Mahalia, Self Esteem, Nil\u00fcfer Yanya, Tiana Major9, Chrissi, Bonnie Kemplay, Ruti and Tamzene. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 23 June 2022",
      "Immigrants released from detention were reassigned to the slow-moving general docket , which came to a standstill during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Dara Lind, ProPublica , 28 July 2021",
      "Even a decision as simple as what gift to give gets complicated with multiple weddings on the docket . \u2014 Jacob Passy, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "California may still be tabulating its votes from last week\u2019s races, but the midterm primary calendar stops for no one, with contests in four states on the docket Tuesday. \u2014 Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "Major League Baseball easily leads the way in terms of the sheer quantity of games on the docket . \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "Looking further ahead, the publisher has Skin Deep, Storyteller and Thirsty Suitors on the docket . \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "On the docket that day will be approval of the settlement, as well as the approval of attorneys\u2019 fees. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 9 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "By a 5-4 vote, the court held that other state officials, including court clerks who would docket the private lawsuits couldn\u2019t be sued in a pre-enforcement challenge. \u2014 Jess Bravin, WSJ , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "The suit was filed on Friday, but not docketed until late Tuesday. \u2014 Matthew Goldstein, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2020",
      "The Senate Judiciary Committee docketed the bill right away, even before Northam\u2019s seven other gun-control bills, which will be heard Monday. \u2014 Laura Vozzella, Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2020",
      "But some legal observers believe the way in which the hearing has been docketed indicates that a guilty plea is likely. \u2014 Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com , 21 Nov. 2019",
      "By that time, Duckett\u2019s home had been docketed for foreclosure for more than a year. \u2014 Rachel Chason, Washington Post , 15 Nov. 2019",
      "Gabbard said the application will undergo review from different government agencies and several revisions before the city can docket it for a public hearing and potentially approve it. \u2014 Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal , 30 July 2019",
      "Some days, federal court dockets log a dozen or more new cases. \u2014 Fred Schulte, Sun-Sentinel.com , 18 June 2018",
      "Some days, federal court dockets log a dozen or more new cases. \u2014 Fred Schulte, Sun-Sentinel.com , 18 June 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English doggette":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-k\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "agenda",
      "calendar",
      "program",
      "schedule",
      "timetable"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050756",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "dockhand":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": longshoreman":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a trade embargo that was especially hard on the nation's dockhands",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Just stepping onto the log from the dock, then maintaining balance as the log was pushed out into the water by dockhands with poles, looked like a challenge. \u2014 David G. Molyneaux, miamiherald , 19 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1920, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-\u02cchand"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "docker",
      "dockworker",
      "longshoreman",
      "roustabout",
      "rouster",
      "stevedore"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201448",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dockhead":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the foremost part of a dock":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dock entry 4 + head":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115011",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "docking block":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of the heavy timbers on which a ship rests when in dry dock":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from gerund of dock entry 5":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080805",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "docking bridge":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a raised platform on a large ship near the stern":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093028",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "docking keel":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": either of two keels placed near and parallel to the bilge keels of some ships and between them and the main keel and used for supporting the ship in dry dock":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074157",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dockization":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": conversion of an area (as of waterfront) into docks":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4k\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131035",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dockwalloper":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a freight handler on a dock":[],
      ": a loafer about docks who picks up casual employment":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dock entry 4":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202438",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dockwalloping":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the work of a dockwalloper":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224301",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dockworker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": longshoreman":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Bandidos came along 18 years later in 1966, founded by a 36-year-old Houston dockworker and Vietnam War veteran named Donald Chambers. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The dockworker absences are helping exacerbate a monthslong bottleneck. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "And to the screen, when a dockworker criticizing Jaskier\u2019s songs becomes a mouthpiece for fans. \u2014 Dawn Burkes, Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "The average dockworker with more than five years\u2019 full-time experience in 2019 earned almost $190,000. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 28 Nov. 2021",
      "In August, China partially shut down the world\u2019s third biggest container port for two weeks after a dockworker tested positive for Covid. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "The son of a dockworker , Mullins, who was raised in Greenwich Village, has frequently clashed with both the NYPD leadership and de Blasio. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "Her late husband\u2019s ancestors\u2014a Sicilian dockworker and his wife, a femme de couleur libre, according to Louisiana\u2019s baroque racial-caste system\u2014bought the land that the club sits on. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 3 May 2021",
      "As if in a trance, dockworker Justino (Regis Myrupu) constantly surrenders to the cacophonic lullaby of nature while on the clock. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1913, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-\u02ccw\u0259r-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "docker",
      "dockhand",
      "longshoreman",
      "roustabout",
      "rouster",
      "stevedore"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053607",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dockyard":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": navy yard":[],
      ": shipyard":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mumbai, IndiaThree Indian Navy personnel were killed in an explosion on a ship at a naval dockyard in Mumbai on Tuesday, the navy said. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "But there's no doubt that its dockyard , which can be accessed via two separate openings on each side of the vessel, is its most eye-catching feature. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 30 July 2021",
      "That\u2019s because the design studio\u2019s latest innovative concept is a multi-purpose superyacht that doubles as a dockyard for small tenders servicing the high seas. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 19 July 2021",
      "There would be a meeting point somewhere outside a dockyard or in a parking lot near a pier. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2021",
      "Laze aboard, visit the dockyard , or take a tender to swim and snorkel. \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 2 June 2021",
      "Demonstrators turned out in force in Mandalay, the country\u2019s second-biggest city, where security forces shot dead two people on Saturday near a dockyard where the authorities had been trying to force workers to load a boat. \u2014 Staff, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Feb. 2021",
      "Another large protest took place in Mandalay, where police shot dead two people on Saturday near a dockyard as security forces were trying to force workers to load a boat. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Feb. 2021",
      "The normal winter overhaul schedule takes other ferries offline for various periods this winter, and three ferries \u2014 including the new Hubbard and Tazlina \u2014 will be unusable because of dockyard work. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 16 July 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1704, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-\u02ccy\u00e4rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035610",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "docosahexaenoic acid":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an omega-3 fatty acid C 22 H 32 O 2 found especially in fish of cold waters":[
        "\u2014 abbreviation DHA"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fish oil is a polyunsaturated fat that contains two types of omega-3 fatty acids \u2014 eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid , which the human body does not naturally produce in large quantities. \u2014 Bryony Gilbey, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2021",
      "Omega fatty acids, including docosahexaenoic acid , or DHA, are key to brain health and most likely helped to drive the evolution of the modern human brain. \u2014 Bret Stetka, Scientific American , 1 Mar. 2016",
      "In the human body, ALA can be converted to two other omega-3 fatty acids \u2014 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). \u2014 Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping , 26 Nov. 2019",
      "There are three types of omega-3s: eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). \u2014 Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Cdn, Good Housekeeping , 15 Apr. 2019",
      "The key components of fish oil, two polyunsaturated fatty acids called eicosapentaenoic acid, or EPA, and docosahexaenoic acid , or DHA, are designed to be in the membranes of cells all throughout the body. \u2014 Betsy Mckay, WSJ , 2 Jan. 2019",
      "These two omega-3s are EPA, which stands for eicosapentaenoic acid, and DHA, which stands for docosahexaenoic acid . \u2014 Carolyn Todd, Allure , 21 Aug. 2018",
      "The better known is DHA ( docosahexaenoic acid ), said to benefit brain structure and function and found in infant formula, baby food and prenatal vitamins. \u2014 Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express-News , 27 June 2018",
      "Salmon contains a crucial compound called docosahexaenoic acid that helps maintain the central nervous system, not to mention all of the boosts this fish gives your heart and metabolism. \u2014 Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Good Housekeeping , 27 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1938, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary docosa noic acid (a crystalline fatty acid) + hexa- + -ene + -oic":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u014d-k\u014d-s\u0259-\u02cchek-s\u0259-\u02cc\u0113-\u02ccn\u014d-ik-",
      "\u02ccd\u014d-k\u014d-s\u0259-\u02cchek-s\u0259-\u02cc\u0113-\u02c8n\u014d-ik-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065254",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "docosane":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary docos- (from do- \u2014as in dodeca- \u2014+ -cos- \u2014from eicosa- ) + -ane":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k\u0259\u02ccs\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201605",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "docosanoic acid":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": behenic acid":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "docosane + -o- + -ic":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u00e4k\u0259s\u0259\u00a6n\u014dik-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011339",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "docquet":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of docquet archaic variant of docket"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-062613",
    "type":[]
  },
  "doctor":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an eminent theologian declared a sound expounder of doctrine by the Roman Catholic Church":[],
      ": a learned or authoritative teacher":[],
      ": a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees (such as a PhD) conferred by a university":[
        "Most of the college's faculty members are doctors in their fields.",
        "The class is being taught by Doctor Menzer."
      ],
      ": a person awarded an honorary doctorate (such as an LLD or Litt D ) by a college or university":[],
      ": medicine man":[],
      ": material added (as to food) to produce a desired effect":[],
      ": a blade (as of metal) for spreading a coating or scraping a surface":[],
      ": a person who restores, repairs, or fine-tunes things":[],
      ": to give medical treatment to":[
        "doctored her ailing husband"
      ],
      ": to restore to good condition : repair":[
        "doctor an old clock"
      ],
      ": to adapt or modify for a desired end by alteration or special treatment":[
        "doctored the play to suit the audience",
        "The drink was doctored ."
      ],
      ": to alter deceptively":[
        "accused of doctoring the election returns",
        "The pitcher tried to cheat by doctoring the baseball."
      ],
      ": to practice medicine":[
        "a career doctoring in the country"
      ],
      ": to take medicine":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "croaker",
      "doc",
      "medic",
      "medico",
      "physician",
      "sawbones"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "treat"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He needed medicine but refused to go to a doctor .",
      "She was under doctor's orders not to return to work.",
      "I saw her at the doctor's last week.",
      "How long will you be at the doctor ",
      "Most of the faculty members at this college are doctors in their fields.",
      "Dr . Smith, can you explain the exam requirements again",
      "Verb",
      "They were accused of doctoring the company's financial records.",
      "a doctored photo of the actress",
      "I think somebody doctored the punch.",
      "He had time to doctor his wounds.",
      "She doctored the sick child until the physician arrived.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Harris\u2019 once-busy schedule as a mother of four and active-duty U.S. Coast Guard member with a beloved job at a chiropractic office has shifted to being shuttled between daily physical and occupational therapy, doctor \u2019s appointments and counseling. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
      "Today, instead of replicating the barefoot doctor miracle, these two factors can be made extremely affordable through recent technological innovations. \u2014 Shaoshan Liu, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "As such, the researchers are pushing for the balance test to be added to regular doctor visits. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 26 June 2022",
      "That could be just what the doctor order for the Spurs. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "Confederate doctor James Bolton traveled throughout Virginia infecting enslaved people with smallpox with the hope that their bodies would produce the lymph that could be used as a vaccine matter. \u2014 Jim Downs, STAT , 23 June 2022",
      "The vaccine was 35% effective in preventing flu symptoms severe enough to require a doctor visit. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "All three ringside judges had Klitschko winning 58-56, but ring doctor Paul Wallace orders referee Lou Moret to stop the fight. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
      "Watson earned his bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of Rhode Island and his juris doctor degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 21 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "McGraw also swiped Baltimore\u2019s groundskeeper, Tom Murphy, a cagey fellow known to doctor the field to favor the home team. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
      "Sometimes there\u2019s nothing to doctor , but the placebo effect of a Band-Aid cannot be overstated. \u2014 Rachel Walker, Outside Online , 22 Apr. 2019",
      "Strandholt went to work and to doctor \u2019s appointments but otherwise self-isolated as much as possible for fear of catching COVID-19. \u2014 Alex Putterman, courant.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Novartis is betting that fewer visits to doctor offices for injection of PCSK9 antibodies more than justifies the higher price for Leqvio. \u2014 John Lamattina, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "Major League Baseball is finally going to enforce the rules that ban pitchers from using foreign substances to doctor the ball while on the mound, but some players think the new policy is an over-correction. \u2014 Tim O'donnell, The Week , 15 June 2021",
      "One of our most historically dependable faculties \u2014 sight \u2014 has been rendered unreliable as criminals \u2014 and cops \u2014 can doctor footage. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Those who worked on site spent less time going to doctor \u2019s appointments and physical therapy, as fewer sick days were reported. \u2014 Virginia Lau, Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "That person could make sure Leslie took his 12 medications, drive the couple to doctor appointments and morning Mass, and prepare lunch. \u2014 Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English doctour teacher, doctor, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin doctor , from Latin, teacher, from doc\u0113re to teach \u2014 more at docile":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1712, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154114"
  },
  "doctor book":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a book intended to supplement the knowledge of the individual in matters of home medication usually helping to identify common ailments and suggesting simple medication that can be undertaken without the supervision of a physician":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195706",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "doctor gum":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gum obtained from the doctor-gum tree and used locally for medicinal purposes":[],
      ": poisonwood sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114138",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "doctor test":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a test with doctor solution for detecting the presence of undesirable sulfur compounds in petroleum distillates (as naphtha)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111442",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "doctorand":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a candidate for a doctorate":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin doctorandus , gerundive of doctorare":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u00e4kt\u0259\u00a6rand"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185933",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "doctorate":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the degree, title, or rank of a doctor":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hile has a doctorate in educational leadership from Purdue University, as well as a master\u2019s degree in education administration from Indiana University Fort Wayne and a bachelor\u2019s degree in music education from IU. \u2014 Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022",
      "Senate Republicans say that Cook\u2014who has a doctorate in economics, is a professor, and has had advisory roles in the U.S. government\u2014isn\u2019t qualified, and is insufficiently focused on fighting inflation. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
      "Cook has a doctorate in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and has been a professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State since 2005. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Detroit Free Press , 11 May 2022",
      "Born on May 21, 1937, Alarc\u00f3n had a doctorate in philosophy and literature. \u2014 Andrea Rodriguez, ajc , 1 May 2022",
      "Wright, who has three children ranging in age from16 to 20, has a doctorate in leadership for educational equity from University of Colorado at Denver. \u2014 Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Joe Owens had a doctorate in neuroscience focusing on sleep and circadian rhythms. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Davies, who has a doctorate in history from UC Berkeley, previously clerked for a federal judge in L.A. before practicing law for more than a decade. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "King Salman\u2019s sons include Faisal, 51, who has a doctorate in international relations from Oxford; and Sultan, 65, a former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who in 1985 spent a week on the space shuttle Discovery as a payload specialist. \u2014 Graeme Wood, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1570, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-t(\u0259-)r\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210021",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "doctorbird":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": green tody":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably so called from the resemblance of the bill to a surgical needle":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044436",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "doctorfish":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": surgeonfish":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1818, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "so called from the sharp spines on each side of the tail":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195026",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "doctress":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a woman in some cultures who is believed to have magic powers and to be able to cure illness":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "doctor + -ess":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4ktr\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214455",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "doctrinaire":{
    "antonyms":[
      "latitudinarian",
      "undoctrinaire",
      "undogmatic"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who attempts to put into effect an abstract doctrine or theory with little or no regard for practical difficulties":[],
      ": stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations":[
        "\u2026 tended to stress uncritical, doctrinaire acceptance of the interpretations of law \u2026",
        "\u2014 Ross E. Dunn",
        "\u2026 the doctrinaire evolutionary psychologists who choose ideology over knowledge.",
        "\u2014 Jerry A. Coyne"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a doctrinaire conservative, the columnist takes special delight in baiting liberals",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Opposition is mounting among conservative Catholics who disapprove of his emphasis on the environment, migrants, and other issues rather than the doctrinaire focus of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Oct. 2019",
      "Founded in 1943, the IPTA pioneered a form of street theater that combined elements of folk music and drama with a revolutionary message (imagine a lively, non- doctrinaire variant of Mao\u2019s propaganda outfits). \u2014 Ratik Asokan, The New York Review of Books , 25 Jan. 2020",
      "Finally, doctrinaire Republicans for decades mouthed orthodoxies of free rather than fair trade. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, National Review , 7 Nov. 2019",
      "Opposition is mounting among conservative Catholics who disapprove of his emphasis on the environment, migrants and other issues rather than the doctrinaire focus of his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Oct. 2019",
      "The best-case scenario is another Mike Pompeo, a doctrinaire crusading conservative with a light resume and a very brown nose who has quietly expanded his State department portfolio beyond its normal scope. \u2014 Adam Weinstein, The New Republic , 10 Sep. 2019",
      "Speaking of then and now, that party almost immediately split into warring factions, with a compromise-averse, more doctrinaire left wing challenged by more pragmatic moderates. \u2014 Phil Primack, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2019",
      "Just as Johnson has alienated some Conservative moderates, Corbyn has lost the backing of some longtime Labour figures who are turned off by his doctrinaire approach. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Sep. 2019",
      "Conservatism, traditionally, has not been doctrinaire . \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 22 July 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Voters in the city want out of the suicide pact that is doctrinaire progressivism. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "Vance represents a more doctrinaire America Firstism, which in some ways is traditional Republican politics on steroids and in other ways departs from those traditions. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 May 2022",
      "The problem is Oz hasn't always been a doctrinaire conservative. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "So, being a doctrinaire transnational progressive, what did Obama do once his negotiating partners agreed to the JCPOA",
      "Few classes of creative people are as doctrinaire about dress as architects and interior designers. \u2014 Jessica Iredale, Town & Country , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "This is the crucial point, underscoring the scholarly refutation of the doctrinaire nonsense about the supposedly pro-slavery Revolution. \u2014 Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "But Breyer is also viewed as a less doctrinaire liberal than Associate Justices Elena Kagan or Sonia Sotomayor \u2013 more willing to side with the court's conservatives in certain law enforcement cases, for instance. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The current president, Luis Arce, who was Mr. Morales\u2019s economy minister, heads a coalition of social democrats and more doctrinaire leftists. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1831, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1834, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from doctrine":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4k-tr\u0259-\u02c8ner"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for doctrinaire Adjective dictatorial , magisterial , dogmatic , doctrinaire , oracular mean imposing one's will or opinions on others. dictatorial stresses autocratic, high-handed methods and a domineering manner. exercised dictatorial control over the office magisterial stresses assumption or use of prerogatives appropriate to a magistrate or schoolmaster in forcing acceptance of one's opinions. the magisterial tone of his pronouncements dogmatic implies being unduly and offensively positive in laying down principles and expressing opinions. dogmatic about what is art and what is not doctrinaire implies a disposition to follow abstract theories in framing laws or policies affecting people. a doctrinaire approach to improving the economy oracular implies the manner of one who delivers opinions in cryptic phrases or with pompous dogmatism. a designer who is the oracular voice of fashion",
    "synonyms":[
      "dogmatic",
      "dogmatical",
      "opinionated",
      "opinionative",
      "opinioned",
      "pontifical",
      "self-opinionated"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025835",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "doctrinal":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or preoccupied with doctrine":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Frustrated by the university\u2019s doctrinal rigidity, some current and former Biola students are having their own theological discussions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Frank Lockwood, religion editor for the Democrat-Gazette says the disagreements within the church are not going away anytime soon and, regardless of the outcome, each side stands to face negative impacts from the doctrinal schism. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 8 June 2022",
      "This could be a doctrinal hook for union-busting antitrust lawyers who may argue that striking independent contractors are seeking to raise the price of goods and services, not their wages. \u2014 Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
      "In the early 20th century, Baptists in the United States found themselves on both sides of a schism within American Christianity over doctrinal issues, known as the fundamentalist-modernist controversy. \u2014 Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Or the terrible violence committed by people with the same religion over this or that doctrinal variation. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "In 1979, fourteen months after the election of Pope John Paul II, the Vatican withdrew K\u00fcng\u2019s license to teach as a Catholic theologian; three years later, Ratzinger took the Vatican\u2019s top doctrinal job. \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "In 2019, he was tried by the Vatican\u2019s doctrinal office on unspecified accusations. \u2014 Silvina Frydlewsky And Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "The practice has long been upheld by secular courts, which by law cannot interfere with religious doctrinal matters. \u2014 Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-tr\u0259-n\u1d4al",
      "especially British d\u00e4k-\u02c8tr\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033411",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "doctrinality":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": doctrinal character":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4ktr\u0259\u0307\u02c8nal\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052038",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "doctrinarian":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": doctrinaire":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "modification of French doctrinaire + English -ian":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4ktr\u0259\u0307\u02c8na(a)r\u0113\u0259n",
      "-ner-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094200",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "doctrinarily":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": with respect to basic principles and outlook":[
        "doctrinarily opposed to the present government"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6d\u00e4ktr\u0259\u0307\u00a6ner\u0259\u0307l\u0113",
      "-na(a)r-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161407",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "doctrinarity":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": doctrinality":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u00e4ktr\u0259\u0307\u02c8nar\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180535",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "doctrinary":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or holding certain basic usually abstract doctrines or theories":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French doctrinaire":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4ktr\u0259\u0307\u02ccner\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141010",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "doctrine":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a military principle or set of strategies":[],
      ": a principle of law established through past decisions":[],
      ": a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma":[
        "Catholic doctrine"
      ],
      ": a statement of fundamental government policy especially in international relations":[
        "the Truman Doctrine"
      ],
      ": something that is taught":[],
      ": teaching , instruction":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The government was founded on a doctrine of equality for all people.",
      "Many psychologists now question the doctrines of Sigmund Freud.",
      "teaching religious doctrine to young people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "According to Jacob, Eastman felt the court would invoke the political question doctrine \u2014 that is, the idea that this would be a political issue, rather than a legal issue \u2014 and not get involved. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, Kathryn Watson, Stefan Becket, CBS News , 17 June 2022",
      "Harris and three other Baltimore teens were in the area burglarizing homes, which allowed the prosecution to seek a felony murder charge \u2014 a doctrine that can apply when someone is killed during the course of a different felony. \u2014 Darcy Costello, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "Harris, with three other Baltimore teens, were in the area burglarizing homes, which allowed the prosecution to seek a felony murder charge \u2014 a doctrine that can apply when someone is killed during the course of a different felony. \u2014 Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
      "But elsewhere, Republicans seized on the Supreme Court\u2019s embrace of a once-obscure legal doctrine to keep even blatant gerrymanders from being blocked. \u2014 Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "In the most abstract sense, qualified immunity is a judicial doctrine that sometimes protects state and local officials from lawsuits under Section 1983. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 1 June 2022",
      "Russia has a large stockpile of relatively small-yield tactical nuclear weapons and a military doctrine that justifies using them if its conventional forces come up short. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 10 May 2022",
      "Here Elder Renlund is reiterating and affirming what the church has previously taught: Heavenly Mother exists, and that existence is doctrine . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 May 2022",
      "Such a reversal of current law would bypass stare decisis \u2013 a doctrine holding that the court should follow a historical precedent when ruling on cases with similar scenarios and facts. \u2014 Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin doctrina , from doctor":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00e4k-tr\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "canon",
      "dogma"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194118",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "document":{
    "antonyms":[
      "demonstrate",
      "establish",
      "prove",
      "substantiate",
      "validate"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a computer file containing information input by a computer user and usually created with an application (such as a spreadsheet or word processor )":[
        "create a new document"
      ],
      ": a material substance (such as a coin or stone) having on it a representation of thoughts by means of some conventional mark or symbol":[],
      ": a writing conveying information":[
        "financial documents",
        "historical documents",
        "a classified document that was leaked to the media"
      ],
      ": an original or official paper relied on as the basis, proof, or support of something":[],
      ": documentary":[],
      ": proof , evidence":[],
      ": something (such as a photograph or a recording) that serves as evidence or proof":[],
      ": to construct or produce (something, such as a movie or novel) with authentic situations or events":[],
      ": to furnish (a ship) with ship's papers":[],
      ": to furnish documentary evidence of":[
        "documenting their claims",
        "documenting gorillas in their natural habitat"
      ],
      ": to furnish with documents":[],
      ": to portray realistically":[
        "documents the challenges of being a single parent"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "It is important to keep all of your financial documents in a safe place.",
      "An important classified document has been leaked to the media.",
      "creating a new document on your computer",
      "I lost the document when the hard drive crashed.",
      "Verb",
      "Her study was the first to document this type of behavior in gorillas.",
      "He wrote a book documenting their struggle.",
      "Can you document the claims you're making",
      "The charges are well documented .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And her administration has rejected the notion that SOAR, which has a current budget of $2.1 million, doesn\u2019t have a summertime plan, providing the Globe with a three-page document that outlines SOAR\u2019s blueprint. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "But with a document like this, good luck to the SpaceX compliance crew. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "That same month, the Brazilian embassy in Haiti stopped issuing all visas to Haitians, according to a document from the Brazilian ambassador in Haiti obtained by AP and Berkeley. \u2014 Fox News , 14 June 2022",
      "The rumor likely stems from viral but false claims that a document supposedly from Pfizer said breastfeeding mothers should not take the vaccine. \u2014 Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
      "Like Mastriano and Finchem, he was involved with a fraudulent election document attempting to award Nevada's six electoral votes to Trump instead of Biden, which was submitted to Congress and the National Archives. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 23 May 2022",
      "Derek Labian, MediaFire\u2019s chief executive, said in an interview that the account associated with the document had been disabled and records from it had been preserved for law enforcement. \u2014 Jon Swaine And Dalton Bennett, Anchorage Daily News , 17 May 2022",
      "At the top of a 63-page vetting report, two flags drew attention to potential legal concerns about Mr. Benjamin\u2019s use of campaign funds, according to three people familiar with the document . \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Sarlo\u2019s loan forgiveness was signed off on by his new lawyer, with a legal document stating there was no abuse or coercion. \u2014 Olivia Goldhill, STAT , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Specific to the 2018 audit, PwC also didn\u2019t appropriately document the audit or design adequate procedures. \u2014 Jennifer Williams-alvarez, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "Did your employer document any violations of misconduct or violation of policy or other work rules",
      "Camera crews document the everyday lives of those living with more than one wife, exposing the drama between households and children. \u2014 cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "Filming on location, Anh tries to document , rather than stylize or sanitize, the gay-male milieu of Fire Island Pines. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 3 June 2022",
      "While the focus has been on Russian war crimes, rights groups are also working to document potential war crimes on the Ukrainian side, including the treatment of prisoners of war. \u2014 Loveday Morris, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
      "The chance to document a shopping spree at a fashionable retail location, on the other hand",
      "Styles will document this year\u2019s renovation journey as a guest editor on Sunset.com as well as on her own platforms. \u2014 Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine , 16 May 2022",
      "Chiara Gabellini intends to document the relationship between intimacy and vulnerability. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, precept, teaching, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin documentum official paper, from Latin, lesson, proof, from doc\u0113re to teach \u2014 more at docile":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-ky\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-ky\u0259-\u02ccment",
      "\u02c8d\u00e4-ky\u0259-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "blank",
      "form",
      "paper"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094727",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "documentary":{
    "antonyms":[
      "fictional",
      "fictionalized",
      "fictitious",
      "nondocumentary",
      "nonfactual",
      "nonhistorical",
      "unhistorical"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a presentation (such as a film or novel) expressing or dealing with factual events : a documentary presentation":[],
      ": being or consisting of documents : contained or certified in writing":[
        "documentary evidence"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "You must present documentary proof of your residence.",
      "a documentary film about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor",
      "Noun",
      "We watched a documentary on the early history of jazz.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The most invites came from the short films/feature animation branch (41), followed by the documentary branch (38) and the actors branch (30). \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
      "Rasmussen was invited by both the directors and documentary branches; the other three were invited by both the directors and writers branches. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
      "All film production was shut down in the country in February after Russian forces invaded, and since then there have been no film projects, save for a few documentary projects. \u2014 Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc , 27 June 2022",
      "These are the champions, the speed solvers who will face off at the final championship round tomorrow on gigantic whiteboards, as shown in the documentary Wordplay. \u2014 Barbara Bourland, Good Housekeeping , 27 June 2022",
      "As far as documentary filmmaking goes, the Ewers brothers take it very seriously. \u2014 Meimei Fox, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
      "France Televisions was among seven major broadcasters who teamed to launch a call for documentary proposals at the market. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 24 June 2022",
      "Ava DuVernay's documentary 13th looks at the prison-industrial complex. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s a documentary self-portrait by a young filmmaker, whose sense of identity is bound up with her family and their place in the times\u2014the political currents and societal events that have shaped their lives and senses of self. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "On Monday, the two attended the New York premiere of MGK's new Hulu documentary , Life in Pink, and walked the carpet in all-pink looks to celebrate. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
      "Last night in New York City, the actress and fianc\u00e9 Machine Gun Kelly attended the premiere for his new Hulu documentary , Life in Pink. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 June 2022",
      "Seven branches invited more women than men this year, including casting directors, costume designers, documentary , producers and marketing and public relations. \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
      "To me, this documentary \u2014 about how journalists in this and other countries are being intimidated \u2014 is terrifying. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 June 2022",
      "In a spring of nonstop ripped-from-the-headlines (or podcast/ documentary ) limited series, Hulu\u2019s The Dropout and HBO Max\u2019s The Staircase boasted the best ensembles and felt the least exploitative. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
      "Filmmaker Craig Foster forges a friendship with an octopus in South Africa in this fascinating documentary , which won Best Documentary Feature at the 2021 Oscars. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
      "The two threw around ideas about a documentary , a special, or even a multi-platform initiative. \u2014 Essence , 19 June 2022",
      "Bowie is also the subject of an upcoming documentary , Moonage Daydream, from director Brett Morgen. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1935, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see document entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-ky\u00fc-",
      "-\u02c8men-tr\u0113",
      "\u02ccd\u00e4-ky\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u0259-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "factual",
      "hard",
      "historical",
      "literal",
      "matter-of-fact",
      "nonfictional",
      "objective",
      "true"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025816",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "documentation":{
    "antonyms":[
      "disproof"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": conformity to historical or objective facts":[],
      ": information science":[],
      ": the act or an instance of furnishing or authenticating with documents":[],
      ": the provision of footnotes, appendices, or addenda referring to or containing documentary evidence":[],
      ": the use of historical documents":[],
      ": the usually printed instructions, comments, and information for using a particular piece or system of computer software or hardware":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "You cannot visit the country unless you have the proper documentation .",
      "Keep your receipts as documentation of your purchases.",
      "Can you provide documentation of the claims you're making",
      "The program's documentation is poorly written.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In this environment, documentation surrounding the closure of an incident is very individual-driven, and there will be elaborate notes in some cases and brief notes in other places. \u2014 Murthy Malapaka, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
      "The documentation is a crucial step before Boeing can resume deliveries. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 13 May 2022",
      "For this reason, documentation and impeccable provenance is essential when buying a Tiger. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Good documentation is the bedrock of any modern workplace, particularly when the staff is far-flung. \u2014 Heather Landy, Quartz , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Critics also say that such documentation is not readily available when people are filing out the forms. \u2014 Kelly Mena, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The documentation of the nesting in Milwaukee County is the latest positive milestone for eagles. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Testing is available to anyone, and formal documentation of test results for travel or entry to certain venues is available upon request, free of charge, according to the San Francisco Travel Association, which opened the facility on Monday. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Microsoft's documentation for OneDrive's Files On-Demand feature is more detailed. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 27 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-ky\u00fc-",
      "-\u02ccmen-",
      "\u02ccd\u00e4-ky\u0259-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "attestation",
      "confirmation",
      "corroboration",
      "evidence",
      "proof",
      "substantiation",
      "testament",
      "testimonial",
      "testimony",
      "validation",
      "voucher",
      "witness"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113039",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}