dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/gon_MW.json

{
  "Gonder":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in northwestern Ethiopia north of Lake Tana; capital of Amhara and former capital of Ethiopia population 207,000":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8g\u022fn-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190237",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Gondi":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the Dravidian language of the Gonds":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1848, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8g\u00e4n-d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200056",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Gondomar":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Conde de 1567\u20131626 Diego Sarmiento de Acu\u00f1a Spanish diplomat":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccg\u00e4n-d\u0259-\u02c8m\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162333",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Gondwana":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "ancient supercontinent that included the currently separate landmasses of South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica \u2014 compare laurasia":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "g\u00e4n-\u02c8dw\u00e4-n\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081508",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "gondang wax":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the hard cream-colored wax obtained from the gondang":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111433",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gondola":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a heavy flat-bottomed boat used on New England rivers and on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers":[],
      ": a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high prow and stern used on the canals of Venice":[],
      ": a railroad car with no top, a flat bottom, and fixed sides that is used chiefly for hauling heavy bulk commodities":[],
      ": an elongated car attached to the underside of an airship":[],
      ": an often spherical airtight enclosure suspended from a balloon for carrying passengers or instruments":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And for Big Sky 2025\u2019s final chapter, visitors can look forward to a massive base-to-summit lift network comprised of a two-stage gondola and tram. \u2014 Katie Chang, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "While there are no Olympic events yet planned at Dodger Stadium, the gondola would offer sweeping views to visitors of downtown and the San Gabriel Mountains. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The gondola will carry up to 1,400 people per hour, Alterra said. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "The Utah Department of Transportation is weighing ideas for expanded bus service, a gondola or a railway to serve Little Cottonwood Canyon, but implementation would still be years away. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Mar. 2021",
      "Cost is $75 for adults and $40 for kids 5 to 12; that includes the gondola ride to the lodge, plus the brunch buffet and beverages. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "During the summer, hike Dercum Mountain, go biking, play a few rounds of golf, or take a gondola ride. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 June 2022",
      "In its first incarnation, the opera involved a dying magician contemplating his impending death on a gondola ride on the river Styx. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
      "In South Lake Tahoe, there's a shuttle bus that takes you up Ski Run Boulevard while others park downtown for $25 days in Heavenly Village and take the gondola up the mountain. \u2014 David Mckay Wilson, USA TODAY , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian dialect (Venetian), probably from Middle Greek kontoura small vessel":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "2 and 3 also g\u00e4n-\u02c8d\u014d-l\u0259",
      "\u02c8g\u00e4n-d\u0259-l\u0259 (usual for sense 1)",
      "g\u00e4n-\u02c8d\u014d-",
      "\u02c8g\u00e4n-d\u0259-l\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212722",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gondolet":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small gondola":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian gondoletta , diminutive of gondola":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6g\u00e4nd\u0259\u00a6let"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183014",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gondolier":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who propels a Venetian gondola":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Next up is Osteria Ai 4 Feri Stori, a popular gondolier hangout known for its modern take on cicchetti. \u2014 Janelle Davis, CNN , 1 May 2022",
      "An article last Sunday about a young transgender man preparing to become a gondolier in Venice referred incorrectly to Alex Hai, who runs a private gondola service under the auspices of a hotel. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "This can help the gondolier in the practice of his art. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "This includes a narrated tour of the Providence Riverwalk, handmade Italian wine biscuits, and singing from your gondolier . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Oct. 2020",
      "This gyroscope is powered by a mixture of solar energy and a rotating turbine \u2014 if the gondolier so wishes. \u2014 Nargess Banks, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "Which stinks because my gondolier graduated as a theater major, and this is primarily a singing job. \u2014 T.m. Shine, Washington Post , 29 June 2021",
      "Through Gondola Adventures, a gondolier will steer couples around the waterway. \u2014 Sarah Bahari, Dallas News , 11 June 2020",
      "Venice gondoliers wore face masks while transporting people along the Grand Canal \u2013 where weeks earlier boat traffic was virtually nonexistent, and waterways looked empty from space. \u2014 Fox News , 18 May 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1603, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccg\u00e4n-d\u0259-\u02c8lir"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225459",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gondwana":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "ancient supercontinent that included the currently separate landmasses of South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica \u2014 compare laurasia":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "g\u00e4n-\u02c8dw\u00e4-n\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125403",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "gone":{
    "antonyms":[
      "alive",
      "existent",
      "existing",
      "extant",
      "living"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized by sinking or dropping":[
        "the empty or gone feeling in the abdomen so common in elevators",
        "\u2014 H. G. Armstrong"
      ],
      ": dead":[],
      ": great":[
        "a real gone fashion reporter",
        "\u2014 Inez Robb"
      ],
      ": involved , absorbed":[
        "far gone in hysteria"
      ],
      ": lost , ruined":[
        "lost looks and gone faculties",
        "\u2014 Penelope Gilliatt"
      ],
      ": past":[
        "memories of gone summers",
        "\u2014 John Cheever"
      ],
      ": possessed with a strong attachment or a foolish or unreasoning love or desire : infatuated":[
        "\u2014 often used with on was real gone on that man \u2014 Pete Martin"
      ],
      ": pregnant":[
        "she's six months gone"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "She should have been back by now. She's been gone for more than an hour.",
      "The outfielder went back to the fence and jumped, but the ball was gone .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "People have found out in the process \u2014 some who\u2019ve gone virtual \u2014 their attendance has gone way up. \u2014 Peggy O\u2019hare, ExpressNews.com , 7 May 2020",
      "Inspired by Eusope\u2019s great-grandfather\u2019s recipe, the palm-size puffs are maddeningly delicious and gone much too soon. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 12 Mar. 2020",
      "Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are the first major entertainment figures who appear to have caught the illness, and who\u2019ve gone public with the news. \u2014 Dan Singer, Dallas News , 12 Mar. 2020",
      "During the final season of Friends, Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) chose pianist Mike (Paul Rudd) over scientist David (Hank Azaria) The romantic conclusion for Phoebe Buffay in Friends\u2018 final season could\u2019ve gone much differently. \u2014 Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "Be gone , debt: The University of Phoenix cancels $141 million in student loan debt. \u2014 Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY , 11 Dec. 2019",
      "The rifle pictured has an aftermarket synthetic stock on it which replaced a wooden stock that was too far gone for repair\u2014another reason this rifle makes an excellent camp gun. \u2014 Craig Caudill, Outdoor Life , 13 Nov. 2019",
      "Things haven't quite gone to plan for Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid side this season, despite positive results on the whole. \u2014 SI.com , 30 Oct. 2019",
      "Much of the film\u2019s early conflict derives from Rosie\u2019s fear that Jojo is too far gone \u2014that the ideology of a regime that\u2019s existed his whole life has irrevocably brainwashed him. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 17 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from past participle of go":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8g\u022fn",
      "\u02c8g\u022fn also \u02c8g\u00e4n",
      "also \u02c8g\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bygone",
      "bypast",
      "dead",
      "defunct",
      "departed",
      "done",
      "expired",
      "extinct",
      "nonextant",
      "vanished"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162455",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "gone feeling":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a feeling of faintness or weakness":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172828",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gone goose":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person who is doomed : one in a hopeless predicament":[
        "they got me now, boy \u2026 I'm a gone goose",
        "\u2014 Nathaniel Burt",
        "when she goes after a man he's a gone goose",
        "\u2014 W. H. Rudkin"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084502",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gonecium":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of gonecium variant spelling of gonoecium"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-203909",
    "type":[]
  },
  "gonef":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of gonef variant spelling of ganef"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8g\u00e4n\u0259\u0307f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-210246",
    "type":[]
  },
  "goneness":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a state of exhaustion : faintness":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8g\u022fnn\u0259\u0307s also \u02c8g\u00e4nn-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081820",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "goner":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one whose case is hopeless":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "This old computer is a goner . We'll have to get a new one.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If Democrats gain two Senate seats and hold the House, the filibuster could be a goner . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
      "One look at Domino, and Andrew is pretty much a goner . \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "Is Nancy a goner ",
      "Speculation continued for months that Murray, whose brother Bryan led the Wings before Bowman, was a goner at the season\u2019s conclusion. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 27 May 2022",
      "But altogether, Paxton has become an example of how powerful allies and acts of God can drag out career-threatening criminal charges, and allow a politician to rise above being written off as a political goner . \u2014 Paul J. Weber And Jake Bleiberg, Chron , 23 May 2022",
      "Davis, though, was far more unpopular than Newsom and was surely a goner no matter what Bustamante did or didn't do. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "Bigger, 100 times more powerful, and also more intricate than Hubble, Webb will be a goner if its foldout mirror and sunshield snarl. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Bigger and more intricate than Hubble, Webb will be a goner if its foldout mirror and sunshield snarl. \u2014 Fox News , 24 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1850, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8g\u00e4-n\u0259r",
      "\u02c8g\u022f-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081811",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gonad":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a reproductive gland (such as an ovary or testis) that produces gametes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8g\u014d-\u02ccnad"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And most purple urchins aren\u2019t marketable because their only edible parts, their gonads , are considered too small. \u2014 Maurice Roper, National Geographic , 30 Apr. 2020",
      "The signal is read by cells that go on to form the animal's gonads , which go on to produce hormones that direct the turtle's development. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "But the urchins living in barren environments have little to eat so their insides, including their prized golden gonads , are shriveled and commercially worthless. \u2014 Smithsonian , 21 Sep. 2019",
      "The one positive is that purple urchins have fleshy gonads known to sushi lovers as uni. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 22 Oct. 2019",
      "The body and brain swap information via the chemicals released by endocrine organs like the thyroid and gonads , as well as parts of the immune system. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 23 Sep. 2019",
      "After the spring, their male gonads age and drop off in a single molt and an ovary develops. \u2014 Emily Toomey, Smithsonian , 28 June 2019",
      "Credit where credit is due: Evolution has invented a galaxy of clever adaptations, from fish that swim up sea cucumber butts and eat their gonads , to parasites that mind-control their hosts in wildly complex ways. \u2014 Matt Simon, WIRED , 4 July 2019",
      "The hermaphrodite has 302 neurons, which connect to 132 muscles and 26 other spots, such as the gut, gonads and skin. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, Scientific American , 3 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin gonad-, gonas , from Greek gonos":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1880, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142125"
  },
  "gonadectomize":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to remove the gonads from":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccg\u014d|\u02ccna\u02c8dekt\u0259\u02ccm\u012bz",
      "|n\u0259\u02c8d- sometimes \u02ccg\u00e4|"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143531"
  },
  "gonadectomy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": surgical removal of an ovary or testis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccg\u014d-n\u0259-\u02c8dek-t\u0259-m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1915, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151313"
  },
  "gon-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form",
      "noun combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": sexual : generative : semen : seed":[
        "gono cyte"
      ],
      ": figure having (so many) angles":[
        "deca gon"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek, from gonos procreation, seed, from gignesthai to be born \u2014 more at kin":"Combining form",
      "New Latin -gonum , from Greek -g\u014dnon , from g\u014dnia angle; akin to Greek gony knee \u2014 more at knee entry 1":"Noun combining form"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153748"
  },
  "gonadotropin-releasing hormone":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hormone secreted by the hypothalamus that stimulates the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland to release gonadotropins (such as luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone)":[
        "\u2014 abbreviation GnRH"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-ri-\u02c8l\u0113s-i\u014b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The first dose contains the gonadotropin-releasing hormone that resets the ovulation cycle of the female. \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "These blockers, known as gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues, are medically safe, and their effects are reversible. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 30 June 2021",
      "After that time, blockers\u2014or, more technically, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists\u2014are the first option available to young people. \u2014 Kristina R. Olson, Scientific American , 13 Apr. 2021",
      "If symptoms are very severe, drugs called gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRHa) may be used. \u2014 Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com , 10 Sep. 2020",
      "Other types of drugs \u2014 such as gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists \u2014 can shrink tumors by decreasing the hormone producing activity of your ovaries, lowering your estrogen levels. \u2014 Hilda Hutcherson, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "With this therapy, doctors can inject a compound or use an implant that mimics the actions of a puberty-stimulating hormone that is released in the brain known as gonadotropin-releasing hormone . \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 23 Jan. 2020",
      "Then there are still other forms of hormonal therapy, like elagolix, an oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone (Gn-RH) antagonist that\u2019s FDA-approved to treat moderate to severe endo pain. \u2014 Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF , 25 Sep. 2019",
      "Hypothalamic hypogonadism: This condition happens when your ovaries produce little or no gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH), according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 17 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1974, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004139"
  },
  "gonadotropic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": acting on or stimulating the gonads":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "g\u014d-\u02ccnad-\u0259-\u02c8tr\u00e4p-ik",
      "g\u014d-\u02ccna-d\u0259-\u02c8tr\u00e4-pik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1923, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011258"
  },
  "gong":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a disk-shaped percussion instrument that produces a resounding tone when struck with a usually padded hammer":[],
      ": a saucer-shaped bell (as in a fire alarm) that is struck by a mechanical hammer":[],
      ": a wire rod wound in a flat spiral for sounding the time or chime or alarm (as in a clock)":[],
      ": medal":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8g\u00e4\u014b",
      "\u02c8g\u022f\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "They sounded a gong to summon us to dinner.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Buddha was seated on a platform and beside it there was a gong and a singing bowl and some incense. \u2014 Amy Gamerman, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
      "The new caliber, 956AA, constitutes a complete redesign of the striking mechanism, with the gong attached to the case side. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Thomas was remembered by his family as a generous man who had a reputation for gong out of his way to help strangers. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Yeah, the soundtrack to this book does not include a gong . \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Ultimately, Grainge and his team trudged to a Santa Monica, Calif., studio to livestream the ceremony at midnight local time, with one festive addition: a gong that executive vp/chief business administrator Will Tanous had airfreighted in. \u2014 Dan Rys, Billboard , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The model\u2019s key differentiating detail is its one-piece crystal and gong component, machined from a single block of sapphire, that indicates the time through a combination of two notes, C# and F, with a crystal-clear, constant sound. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "What differentiates it from other repeaters is the one-piece crystal and gong component, machined from a single block of sapphire. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "The former sounds are mostly nature based\u2014think waterfalls and birdsong\u2014where the latter usually involves a cheerful bell or gong . \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 5 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Malay & Javanese, of imitative origin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113751"
  },
  "gonadotropin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gonadotropic hormone (such as follicle-stimulating hormone)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "g\u014d-\u02ccna-d\u0259-\u02c8tr\u014d-p\u0259n",
      "-\u02c8tr\u014d-p\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And since sperm production is dependent on very high testosterone levels in the testes (much higher than the testosterone levels in the blood), shutting the gonadotropins lowers sperm production. \u2014 Julia Belluz, Vox , 4 May 2018",
      "Moonlight likely increases production of the hormone gonadotropin in these fish, which promotes gamete maturation. \u2014 Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian , 21 June 2017",
      "Severe morning sickness is thought to be caused by high levels of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which is made by the placenta and produced mainly during the first trimester. \u2014 Rachael Rettner, Fox News , 30 Jan. 2013",
      "In the 1960s, scientists developed chemical tests that searched directly for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)\u2014the tell-tale hormone that the frogs were reacting to. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 4 May 2017",
      "Moonlight likely increases production of the hormone gonadotropin in these fish, which promotes gamete maturation. \u2014 Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian , 22 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1931, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173222"
  },
  "gonfanon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8g\u00e4nf\u0259\u02ccn\u00e4n",
      "-n\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English gonfanoun , from Middle French gonfanon gonfalon, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gundfano war flag, from gund- battle, war + fano cloth":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175905"
  },
  "gonfalon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the ensign of certain princes or states (such as the medieval republics of Italy)":[],
      ": a flag that hangs from a crosspiece or frame":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259n",
      "\u02c8g\u00e4n-f\u0259-\u02ccl\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Italian gonfalone, dissimilated from gonfanone, borrowed from Old French gunfanun, gonfanon \"battle standard, banner,\" going back to Old Low Franconian *gundfan\u014dn, going back to Germanic *gun\u00fefan\u014dn (whence also Old English g\u016b\u00fefana \"battle standard, banner,\" Old Saxon g\u016bthfano, Old High German gundfano, Old Icelandic gunnfani ), from *gun\u00fe\u012b, gun\u00fej\u014d \"battle, combat\" + *fan\u014dn \"piece of cloth\" \u2014 more at defend , vane":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185053"
  },
  "gonfalonier":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the chief magistrate or other official of any of several republics in medieval Italy":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259\u00a6n-",
      "\u00a6g\u00e4nf\u0259\u02ccl\u00e4\u00a6ni(\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian gonfaloniere , from Old Italian, from Old French gonfanonier, gonfalonier , from gonfanon, gonfalon + -ier -er":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204947"
  },
  "gonfaloniere":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": gonfalonier":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259n-",
      "-e(\u02cc)r\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232100"
  },
  "gonads":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a reproductive gland (such as an ovary or testis) that produces gametes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8g\u014d-\u02ccnad"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And most purple urchins aren\u2019t marketable because their only edible parts, their gonads , are considered too small. \u2014 Maurice Roper, National Geographic , 30 Apr. 2020",
      "The signal is read by cells that go on to form the animal's gonads , which go on to produce hormones that direct the turtle's development. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "But the urchins living in barren environments have little to eat so their insides, including their prized golden gonads , are shriveled and commercially worthless. \u2014 Smithsonian , 21 Sep. 2019",
      "The one positive is that purple urchins have fleshy gonads known to sushi lovers as uni. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 22 Oct. 2019",
      "The body and brain swap information via the chemicals released by endocrine organs like the thyroid and gonads , as well as parts of the immune system. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 23 Sep. 2019",
      "After the spring, their male gonads age and drop off in a single molt and an ovary develops. \u2014 Emily Toomey, Smithsonian , 28 June 2019",
      "Credit where credit is due: Evolution has invented a galaxy of clever adaptations, from fish that swim up sea cucumber butts and eat their gonads , to parasites that mind-control their hosts in wildly complex ways. \u2014 Matt Simon, WIRED , 4 July 2019",
      "The hermaphrodite has 302 neurons, which connect to 132 muscles and 26 other spots, such as the gut, gonads and skin. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, Scientific American , 3 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin gonad-, gonas , from Greek gonos":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1880, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011917"
  }
}