": a flight formation in which each airplane flies at a certain elevation above or below and at a certain distance behind and to the right or left of the airplane ahead":[],
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"geese flying in echelon"
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": one of a series of levels or grades in an organization or field of activity":[
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": to take position in an echelon":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the lower echelons of the bureaucracy",
"We heard stories of corruption in the upper echelons of the firm.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Two years of relative anonymity in Jim Harbaugh\u2019s program were forgotten when Ojabo ascended to the upper echelon of collegiate pass rushers while playing opposite Aidan Hutchinson in 2021. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2014who did not attend the Gridiron Dinner\u2014announced that she, too, was infected last week, highlighting the wider spread of the virus among Washington's upper echelon . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Rob Halford\u2019s stage presence, his stage persona, and his stage look were always upper echelon . \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Instead, the Ravens displayed the maturity and focus of a team among the upper echelon of AFC contenders. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 17 Oct. 2021",
"During his three-year tenure, the coach/general manager has rebuilt the Sky\u2019s foundation and put the team in position to contend among the upper echelon of the league. \u2014 James Kay, chicagotribune.com , 10 Oct. 2021",
"All three are in the upper echelon of NBA royalty, making Africa an attractive place to seek out further talent. \u2014 Morten Jensen, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
"One of his first moves\u2014even before the Ukraine invasion\u2014was to replace the entire top echelon of his ministry, including most of its 11 director-generals. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Come the 1870s\u2014the start of the Gilded Age in America\u2014white tie was the definitive formal dress for the upper echelon . \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
"circa 1860, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French \u00e9chelon , literally, rung of a ladder, from Old French eschelon , from eschele ladder, from Late Latin scala":"Noun"
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"\u02c8e-sh\u0259-\u02ccl\u00e4n"
],
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"degree",
"footing",
"level",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"ranking",
"reach(es)",
"rung",
"situation",
"standing",
"station",
"status",
"stratum"
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"verb"
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"antonyms":[
"reecho",
"resonate",
"resound",
"reverberate",
"sound"
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": a nymph in Greek mythology who pines away for love of Narcissus until nothing is left of her but her voice":[],
": a repetition or imitation of another : reflection":[],
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": the visual indication of this reflection on a radarscope":[],
": to be reminiscent of : evoke":[
"music that echoes an earlier time"
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": to produce an echo":[],
": to resound with echoes":[],
": to restate in support or agreement":[
"his successor echoed his opinion"
],
": to send back (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves":[],
": trace , vestige":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"We shouted into the canyon and listened to the echo of our voices.",
"the echo of footsteps in the hall",
"His work contains echoes of older and greater poets.",
"The book's title is an echo of a line from an old folk song.",
"The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago.",
"Verb",
"The music echoed through the church.",
"Laughter echoed across the lake.",
"Their voices echoed in the hall.",
"His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field.",
"\u201cIt's in Rome.\u201d \u201cIn Rome",
"Others have echoed her criticisms.",
"The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song.",
"The crime echoes last year's shocking murders.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Yes, partisans are increasingly angry, tribal and isolated in media echo chambers. \u2014 Verlan Lewis And Hyrum Lewis, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Instead, the platforms have become echo chambers of opinions. \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The first step in doing our part is to ensure the community has access to other opinions, articles, and sources that expose them to viewpoints outside of their echo chambers. \u2014 Jill Griffin, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"This below-the-surface Trump skepticism is an echo of 2016. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Jackson's plight is an echo of the Flint, Michigan water crisis, another majority Black community that has struggled with its water since 2014. \u2014 Maya Brown, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The trends in some of California\u2019s most populous areas are an echo of what has been seen in parts of the East Coast, where a small wave has begun in New York and Massachusetts. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"And her self-doubt is similarly an echo of the internal voice that shames us for overreacting when the danger passes. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The comment was seen as an echo of Russian talking points, leading to a clash with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and prompting rebukes from Russia watchers. \u2014 Eugene Scott, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That would echo past episodes, including early in the pandemic, when the ECB\u2019s efforts at restoring market confidence fell flat, and the bank was pressured to produce a more ambitious plan. \u2014 Tom Fairless, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Marchant is the president of the America First Secretary of State Coalition, a group of secretary candidates who echo lies about the 2020 election. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"But parents say those ideas, which echo advice from many authorities, have not always panned out. \u2014 Brittany Shammas, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Analysts say that could echo the United States\u2019 failed approach of supplying the Afghan military with equipment that couldn\u2019t be maintained absent massive logistical support. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"That pivotal interview scene fills in important blanks about Autumn's personal life -- and may echo the experiences of many viewers. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Three of the candidates \u2014 Holdorff Polhill, Newhouse and Park \u2014 echo mayoral candidate Rick Caruso in calling for increasing the ranks of the LAPD to something close to 11,000 officers. \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
"As part of the 2022 Birdland Summer Music Series, Smash Mouth and other bands will visit Baltimore, and the band\u2019s biggest hit will surely echo around the ballpark. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 26 May 2022",
"Odis Johnson, executive director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, said many of the proposals now echo those that were tried in the wake of other school shootings. \u2014 Moriah Balingit, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1595, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1952, in the meaning defined above":"Communications code word"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek \u0112ch\u014d":"Noun",
"Middle English ecco , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French echo , from Latin, from Greek \u0113ch\u014d ; akin to Latin vagire to wail, Greek \u0113ch\u0113 sound":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8e-k\u014d",
"\u02c8e-(\u02cc)k\u014d",
"\u02c8ek-(\u02cc)\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"aper",
"copycat",
"copyist",
"follower",
"imitator",
"rubber stamp",
"wannabe",
"wannabee"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180225",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"communications code word",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal"
],
"definitions":{
": true , genuine":[
"an echt New Yorker"
]
},
"examples":[
"an echt New Englander wouldn't think of putting tomatoes in clam chowder",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wood entrances me as the Arensberg circle\u2019s most outstanding echt American, other than Man Ray. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Its design is echt seventies, using more fonts than the exhibition had artists, and features photographs of the six artists, from grinning baby pictures to pensive head shots. \u2014 Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker , 3 July 2021",
"Pot and pseudo-profundity go together like pot and finger food, and there\u2019s no more pseudo-profound album from the pseudo-profound, echt -awesome world of prog-rock than Fragile. \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 20 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"German echt & Yiddish ekht":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e\u1e35t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"certifiable",
"certified",
"dinkum",
"genuine",
"honest",
"pukka",
"pucka",
"real",
"right",
"sure-enough",
"true"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061617",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a genus ( Echinococcus ) of tapeworms that alternate a minute adult living as a commensal in the intestine of carnivores with a hydatid larva invading tissues especially of the liver of cattle, sheep, swine, and humans and acting as a dangerous pathogen":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02cck\u012b-n\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4-k\u0259s",
"-n\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4k-\u0259s"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But about half of patients that receive treatment for an echinococcus illness do so within a few years of being infected. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 2 Aug. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, genus name, from echino- echino- + -coccus -coccus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030633"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of prostrate or climbing American herbaceous plants (family Cucurbitaceae) with greenish white flowers followed by densely spiny oblong to ovate fruits":[],
": any plant of the genus Echinocystis":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+\u02c8sist\u0259\u0307s"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from echin- + -cystis ; from the spiny globular fruit":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073911"
},
"echinococcosis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": infestation with or disease caused by an echinococcus":[]
"Echinococcus worms, which are tiny tapeworms, can cause an illness called echinococcosis . \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 2 Aug. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"echinococcus + -osis":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135740"
},
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an order of Silurian fossil echinoids having small irregular spheroidal or flattened tests":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+s\u0259\u0307\u02c8st\u022fid\u0259"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, irregular from Echinocystites , fossil genus of Echinodermata (from echin- + -cystis + -ites -ite) + -oida":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172118"
},
"echolalia":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the often pathological repetition of what is said by other people as if echoing them":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-\u014d-\u02c8l\u0101-l\u0113-\u0259",
"\u02cce-k\u014d-\u02c8l\u0101-l\u0113-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The stars again with their echolalia , their vanishing. \u2014 Deborah Landau, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"The repetition of speech is called echolalia and is a common sign of autism. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The flapping and the echolalia are not just oddities. \u2014 David Dobbs, WIRED , 10 Feb. 2012"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1885, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221248"
},
"echinus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": sea urchin":[],
": the rounded molding that lies directly beneath the abacus in the capital of a column in the Greek Doric order":[],
": a similar member in other orders":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8k\u012b-n\u0259s"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, \"sea urchin,\" borrowed from Latin ech\u012bnus \"sea urchin, molding in a Doric capital,\" borrowed from Greek ech\u00eenos \"hedgehog, sea urchin,\" going back to Indo-European *h 1 e\u01f5 h i-Hno- \"hedgehog,\" whence, with o-ablaut, Armenian ozni (< *h 1 o\u01f5 h i-Hn-(i)i\u032feh 2 - ); with a change of suffix, Germanic *egila-, whence Old English igil, \u012bl \"hedgehog,\" Old Saxon igil, Middle Dutch eghel, Old High German igil, Old Icelandic igull, \u00edgull \"sea urchin\"; from a base *h 1 e\u01f5 h i-i\u032fo-, Russian j\u00eb\u017e, genitive je\u017e\u00e1 \"hedgehog,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian j\u00ea\u017e, genitive j\u00e9\u017ea, Lithuanian e\u017ey\u0342s":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011820"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having or producing no echo":[
"the hollow and echoless darkness",
"\u2014 K. L. Patton"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek\u014dl\u0259\u0307s"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015015"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large genus of woody vines (family Apocynaceae) chiefly of tropical America having a 5-lobed disk in the flowers and a glandular or fine-scaled calyx":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8k\u012bt\u0113z"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, irregular from Greek echis viper; from the coiling stem of some species":""
": of, relating to, or involving Echinococcus or hydatids":[]
},
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"\"+\u00a6k\u00e4k(s)ik"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary echinococc- (from New Latin Echinococcus ) + -ic":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-065237"
},
"echinochrome":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several red to brown respiratory pigments found in certain sea urchins":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"echin- + -chrome":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-072134"
},
"echolocate":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to find by echolocation":[
"a bat echolocates food"
],
": to utilize or have the capacity for echolocation":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ek\u014d+"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"echo entry 1 + locate":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095244"
},
"echidna":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8kid-n\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That was not the case with his latest character, a surly red cartoon echidna named Knuckles. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Knuckles, a red echidna with spiky knuckles who\u2019s sometimes a friend and foe of Sonic in the games, is voiced by Idris Elba. \u2014 Jennifer Yuma, Variety , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The echidna \u2019s eyes were irritated by hearth-smoke, so Afek told it to go to the high forest. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The echidna \u2019s eyes were irritated by hearth-smoke, so Afek told it to go to the high forest. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The echidna \u2019s eyes were irritated by hearth-smoke, so Afek told it to go to the high forest. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The echidna \u2019s eyes were irritated by hearth-smoke, so Afek told it to go to the high forest. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The echidna \u2019s eyes were irritated by hearth-smoke, so Afek told it to go to the high forest. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 3 Dec. 2020",
"The echidna \u2019s eyes were irritated by hearth-smoke, so Afek told it to go to the high forest. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 3 Dec. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, genus name, going back to Latin, \"snake, viper (as an attribute of the Furies),\" borrowed from Greek \u00e9chidna \"viper, creature of myth combining the bodies of a woman and a snake,\" of uncertain origin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-104331"
},
"echoing":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"communications code word",
"noun",
"verb"
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": the repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound waves":[],
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": trace , vestige":[],
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": to produce an echo":[],
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],
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],
": to send back (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves":[],
": a nymph in Greek mythology who pines away for love of Narcissus until nothing is left of her but her voice":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-(\u02cc)k\u014d",
"\u02c8e-k\u014d",
"\u02c8ek-(\u02cc)\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"aper",
"copycat",
"copyist",
"follower",
"imitator",
"rubber stamp",
"wannabe",
"wannabee"
],
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"reecho",
"resonate",
"resound",
"reverberate",
"sound"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"We shouted into the canyon and listened to the echo of our voices.",
"the echo of footsteps in the hall",
"His work contains echoes of older and greater poets.",
"The book's title is an echo of a line from an old folk song.",
"The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago.",
"Verb",
"The music echoed through the church.",
"Laughter echoed across the lake.",
"Their voices echoed in the hall.",
"His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field.",
"\u201cIt's in Rome.\u201d \u201cIn Rome?\u201d she echoed .",
"Others have echoed her criticisms.",
"The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song.",
"The crime echoes last year's shocking murders.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Yes, partisans are increasingly angry, tribal and isolated in media echo chambers. \u2014 Verlan Lewis And Hyrum Lewis, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Instead, the platforms have become echo chambers of opinions. \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The first step in doing our part is to ensure the community has access to other opinions, articles, and sources that expose them to viewpoints outside of their echo chambers. \u2014 Jill Griffin, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"This below-the-surface Trump skepticism is an echo of 2016. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Jackson's plight is an echo of the Flint, Michigan water crisis, another majority Black community that has struggled with its water since 2014. \u2014 Maya Brown, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The trends in some of California\u2019s most populous areas are an echo of what has been seen in parts of the East Coast, where a small wave has begun in New York and Massachusetts. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"And her self-doubt is similarly an echo of the internal voice that shames us for overreacting when the danger passes. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The comment was seen as an echo of Russian talking points, leading to a clash with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and prompting rebukes from Russia watchers. \u2014 Eugene Scott, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Yet there\u2019s much that connects Bechdel\u2019s books, which at this point compose a sort of Extended Bechdelian Cinematic Universe where characters, scenarios, and events echo and repeat, producing layered meanings. \u2014 Sarah Blackwood, The New York Review of Books , 6 July 2022",
"The carpet is inspired by the forest and the seats echo New Zealand's native bird, the Tui. \u2014 Sherrie Nachman, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"The subject was climate regulation but the message should echo across the federal bureaucracy. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
"Choose lightbulbs that echo the fixture's shape for extra impact, and be sure to check the distance between sockets to get the best look. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Adams is unlikely to fallout with New Yorkers in quite the way de Blasio had by the end of his second term, but his ability to deliver now could echo for years to come. \u2014 Gregory Krieg, CNN , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Despite the limitations, Miedema and Severson said the findings are reliable and echo what nutritional research has previously found \u2014 that diet has an outsize impact on a person\u2019s risk for disease. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The expenses \u2014 upwards of $15 billion \u2014 were colossal and will echo in Tokyo long after athletes are gone. \u2014 CBS News , 9 Aug. 2021",
"The expenses \u2014 upwards of $15 billion \u2014 were colossal and will echo in Tokyo long after athletes are gone and venues go dark. \u2014 Ted Anthony, ajc , 8 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ecco , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French echo , from Latin, from Greek \u0113ch\u014d ; akin to Latin vagire to wail, Greek \u0113ch\u0113 sound":"Noun",
"Greek \u0112ch\u014d":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1595, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1952, in the meaning defined above":"Communications code word"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-112823"
},
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"plural noun"
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": a major division of Echinodermata consisting of the Echinoidea and Holothurioidea":[]
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"New Latin, from echin- + -zoa":""
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"abbreviation",
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": a nymph in Greek mythology who pines away for love of Narcissus until nothing is left of her but her voice":[]
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"\u02c8e-(\u02cc)k\u014d",
"\u02c8e-k\u014d",
"\u02c8ek-(\u02cc)\u014d"
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"aper",
"copycat",
"copyist",
"follower",
"imitator",
"rubber stamp",
"wannabe",
"wannabee"
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"resonate",
"resound",
"reverberate",
"sound"
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"Noun (1)",
"We shouted into the canyon and listened to the echo of our voices.",
"the echo of footsteps in the hall",
"His work contains echoes of older and greater poets.",
"The book's title is an echo of a line from an old folk song.",
"The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago.",
"Verb",
"The music echoed through the church.",
"Laughter echoed across the lake.",
"Their voices echoed in the hall.",
"His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field.",
"\u201cIt's in Rome.\u201d \u201cIn Rome?\u201d she echoed .",
"Others have echoed her criticisms.",
"The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song.",
"The crime echoes last year's shocking murders.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Yes, partisans are increasingly angry, tribal and isolated in media echo chambers. \u2014 Verlan Lewis And Hyrum Lewis, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Instead, the platforms have become echo chambers of opinions. \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The first step in doing our part is to ensure the community has access to other opinions, articles, and sources that expose them to viewpoints outside of their echo chambers. \u2014 Jill Griffin, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"This below-the-surface Trump skepticism is an echo of 2016. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Jackson's plight is an echo of the Flint, Michigan water crisis, another majority Black community that has struggled with its water since 2014. \u2014 Maya Brown, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The trends in some of California\u2019s most populous areas are an echo of what has been seen in parts of the East Coast, where a small wave has begun in New York and Massachusetts. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"And her self-doubt is similarly an echo of the internal voice that shames us for overreacting when the danger passes. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The comment was seen as an echo of Russian talking points, leading to a clash with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and prompting rebukes from Russia watchers. \u2014 Eugene Scott, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Yet there\u2019s much that connects Bechdel\u2019s books, which at this point compose a sort of Extended Bechdelian Cinematic Universe where characters, scenarios, and events echo and repeat, producing layered meanings. \u2014 Sarah Blackwood, The New York Review of Books , 6 July 2022",
"The carpet is inspired by the forest and the seats echo New Zealand's native bird, the Tui. \u2014 Sherrie Nachman, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"The subject was climate regulation but the message should echo across the federal bureaucracy. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
"Choose lightbulbs that echo the fixture's shape for extra impact, and be sure to check the distance between sockets to get the best look. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Adams is unlikely to fallout with New Yorkers in quite the way de Blasio had by the end of his second term, but his ability to deliver now could echo for years to come. \u2014 Gregory Krieg, CNN , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Despite the limitations, Miedema and Severson said the findings are reliable and echo what nutritional research has previously found \u2014 that diet has an outsize impact on a person\u2019s risk for disease. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The expenses \u2014 upwards of $15 billion \u2014 were colossal and will echo in Tokyo long after athletes are gone. \u2014 CBS News , 9 Aug. 2021",
"The expenses \u2014 upwards of $15 billion \u2014 were colossal and will echo in Tokyo long after athletes are gone and venues go dark. \u2014 Ted Anthony, ajc , 8 Aug. 2021"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ecco , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French echo , from Latin, from Greek \u0113ch\u014d ; akin to Latin vagire to wail, Greek \u0113ch\u0113 sound":"Noun",
"Greek \u0112ch\u014d":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1595, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1952, in the meaning defined above":"Communications code word"
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"Echinochloa":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of succulent grasses found in warm regions \u2014 see barnyard grass , japanese millet":[]
},
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"\u02ccek\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4kl\u0259w\u0259"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from echin- + Greek chloa, chlo\u0113 young verdure, from chloos light green color; from the prickly awns":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-140519"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a physiological process for locating distant or invisible objects (such as prey) by sound waves reflected back to the emitter (such as a bat) from the objects":[]
},
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"\u02cce-k\u014d-l\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For some, like whales and dolphins, that means using echolocation to locate possible prey. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 17 June 2022",
"Some animals, like toothed whales, use echolocation to find their prey. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"But the software makes a number of higher-level connections that are quite subtle, particularly the link between Eno\u2019s technological innovations as a musician and the sonic innovation of echolocation itself. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The low-frequency sonar of warships and submarines directly interferes with dolphins\u2019 echolocation , said Pavel Goldin, a marine biologist specializing in dolphins at the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology in Ukraine. \u2014 Naomi Cohen, NBC News , 13 May 2022",
"For instance, similar to the way that bats use echolocation to hunt their prey and avoid obstacles, these echoes can help researchers pinpoint more precisely the location of the black hole\u2019s edge. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 6 May 2022",
"Dolphins are one of the only animals known to produce echolocation , and Eno is known for his experimental approach to music. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The ghost bat is a nocturnal hunter that uses a combination of keen eyesight and echolocation to hunt and catch prey, wrapping its winglike arms around it, and in the case of budgies (a type of small parrot), eating it head-first. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Frick and her colleagues also recorded the echolocation calls of the Hill's horseshoe bat, which are the high-frequency pulses of sound bats emit to navigate and hunt for prey. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective",
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": the use of ultrasound to examine the structure and functioning of the heart for abnormalities and disease":[]
"The 30 who didn\u2019t had additional testing \u2013 either a cardiac MRI, cardiac magnetic imaging or a stress echocardiography . \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Total bill: Fentress owed a balance of $10,092.13 for cardiology, echocardiography and family medicine visits on various dates in 2019 and 2020. \u2014 Laura Ungar, The Enquirer , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Her father, a cardiologist, was the medical director of the echocardiography lab at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, also in St. Louis. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2018",
"There are a number of different imaging options used in stress testing, including echocardiography , nuclear SPECT and cardiac MRI. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Feb. 2018",
"Her father, a cardiologist, was the medical director of the echocardiography lab at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, also in St. Louis. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2018",
"There are a number of different imaging options used in stress testing, including echocardiography , nuclear SPECT and cardiac MRI. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Feb. 2018",
"Services include cardiovascular consults and various kinds of testing, such as echocardiography (heart ultrasound). \u2014 Darla Carter, The Courier-Journal , 25 July 2017",
"Mr. Gandham, an echocardiography technician, and his wife, a laboratory technician, work in Manhattan; their children, both physicians, work in Queens. \u2014 Karin Lipson, New York Times , 8 Feb. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1965, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-171636"
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"noun"
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": a room with sound-reflecting walls used for producing hollow or echoing sound effects":[
"\u2014 often used figuratively Living in a kind of echo chamber of their own opinions, they pay attention to information that fits their conclusions and ignore information that does not. \u2014 James Surowiecki"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rosenthal has founded a group, In Union, that aims to counter the right-wing echo chamber and give blue-collar workers accurate information on what\u2019s happening in the economy and what various candidates stand for. \u2014 Steven Greenhouse, The New Republic , 6 May 2022",
"By curating various perspectives, my audience can see and interact with issues that don't come up on their feeds because of their social media echo chamber . \u2014 Jill Griffin, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Fox host slammed Big Tech for becoming a \u2018big-left echo chamber ' and discussed how Elon Musk will make Twitter a place for free speech. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"When a leader persists in judging and belittling ideas or comments, the sense of safety is gone, and the place becomes an echo chamber for the leader. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Yet in the hard-line Iranian echo chamber , the war is another indication of the cost of trusting America. \u2014 Reuel Marc Gerecht And Ray Takeyh, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"It\u2019s the sort of potential contradiction that, in the social media echo chamber of personal sensitivities, can often end up viewed as a betrayal of the bond between fan and favorite. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Some analysts suggest that Putin\u2019s decades in power have begun to act as something of a reality-distorting force field, an echo chamber of sorts. \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Schoenbrun wants the audience to wonder whether supernatural forces are at work, or a mere echo chamber of creepiness. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 1 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-173412"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a genus of low ribbed cacti":[],
": any plant of the genus Echinocereus having single or few usually short joints and spiny ovaries and flower tubes":[]
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"\"+\u02c8sir\u0113\u0259s"
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"New Latin, from echin- + Cereus":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-220112"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": an apparatus for measuring depths of objects in water or underground by timing the echoes of sound reflected from them":[]
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"echo entry 1 + -meter":""
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"definitions":{
": a common genus (the type of the family Echiuridae) of echiuroid worms \u2014 compare echiuroidea":[]
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"\u02ccek\u0113\u02c8yu\u0307r\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek echis viper + New Latin -urus":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221621"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": infestation with or disease caused by worms of the family Echinostomatidae":[]
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"\"+st\u0259\u02c8m\u012b\u0259s\u0259\u0307s",
"or \u02ccek\u0259\u02ccn\u00e4st\u0259\u02c8-"
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"New Latin, from Echinostoma + -iasis":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-230210"
},
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"biographical name"
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"definitions":{
"Luis 1922\u2013 president of Mexico (1970\u201376)":[]
"New Latin, from Latin echo + New Latin -kinesia or kinesis":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-064852"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"e-",
"\u0259-\u02c8k\u014d-ik"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Lionel also has a near-perfect echoic memory for words and voices, details and clues erupting in involuntary bursts of sing-songy rhymes that serve, in part, as mnemonic devices. \u2014 Katie Walsh, chicagotribune.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
"The song also features a few verses spit by Gucci Mane over a echoic bass just before the song builds into a moment of blissful release. \u2014 Sadie Bell, Billboard , 2 June 2017"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
"About a month ago, Hunter went for a routine echocardiogram at Nationwide Children's Hospital. \u2014 Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Her echocardiogram , an imaging test that looks at how the heart\u2019s chambers and valves are pumping, was good. \u2014 Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Apr. 2022",
"An echocardiogram this year did not find anything unusual. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 13 Jan. 2022",
"An echocardiogram uses sound waves to take pictures of the heart and measure the direction and velocity of flow. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 13 Aug. 2021",
"In some cases, that included electrocardiogram and echocardiogram tests and blood work. \u2014 Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY , 20 July 2021",
"That was the experience of Judy Nauta, a downtown resident who had an echocardiogram scheduled for Thursday and a chemical stress test set for Friday. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 May 2021",
"Rather, your doctor will have to perform tests to make the diagnosis, like an electrocardiogram, an echocardiogram , and blood tests. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2021",
"The dog was being treated for a snake bite when the veterinarian detected an abnormal heart rhythm and ordered up an echocardiogram . \u2014 Linda Carroll, NBC News , 7 Mar. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1967, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111603"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of extinct crustaceans (order Nebaliacea) the tail spines of which are common in various Devonian rocks":[]
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"\"+\u02c8ka(a)r\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from echin- + -caris":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-113054"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the Echinostomatidae":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Echinostoma":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-114438"
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"\u02c8e-k\u014d",
"\u02c8ek-(\u02cc)\u014d",
"\u02c8e-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
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"copycat",
"copyist",
"follower",
"imitator",
"rubber stamp",
"wannabe",
"wannabee"
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"resonate",
"resound",
"reverberate",
"sound"
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"Noun (1)",
"We shouted into the canyon and listened to the echo of our voices.",
"the echo of footsteps in the hall",
"His work contains echoes of older and greater poets.",
"The book's title is an echo of a line from an old folk song.",
"The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago.",
"Verb",
"The music echoed through the church.",
"Laughter echoed across the lake.",
"Their voices echoed in the hall.",
"His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field.",
"\u201cIt's in Rome.\u201d \u201cIn Rome?\u201d she echoed .",
"Others have echoed her criticisms.",
"The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song.",
"The crime echoes last year's shocking murders.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Yes, partisans are increasingly angry, tribal and isolated in media echo chambers. \u2014 Verlan Lewis And Hyrum Lewis, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Instead, the platforms have become echo chambers of opinions. \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The first step in doing our part is to ensure the community has access to other opinions, articles, and sources that expose them to viewpoints outside of their echo chambers. \u2014 Jill Griffin, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"This below-the-surface Trump skepticism is an echo of 2016. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Jackson's plight is an echo of the Flint, Michigan water crisis, another majority Black community that has struggled with its water since 2014. \u2014 Maya Brown, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The trends in some of California\u2019s most populous areas are an echo of what has been seen in parts of the East Coast, where a small wave has begun in New York and Massachusetts. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"And her self-doubt is similarly an echo of the internal voice that shames us for overreacting when the danger passes. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The comment was seen as an echo of Russian talking points, leading to a clash with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and prompting rebukes from Russia watchers. \u2014 Eugene Scott, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Yet there\u2019s much that connects Bechdel\u2019s books, which at this point compose a sort of Extended Bechdelian Cinematic Universe where characters, scenarios, and events echo and repeat, producing layered meanings. \u2014 Sarah Blackwood, The New York Review of Books , 6 July 2022",
"The carpet is inspired by the forest and the seats echo New Zealand's native bird, the Tui. \u2014 Sherrie Nachman, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"The subject was climate regulation but the message should echo across the federal bureaucracy. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
"Choose lightbulbs that echo the fixture's shape for extra impact, and be sure to check the distance between sockets to get the best look. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Adams is unlikely to fallout with New Yorkers in quite the way de Blasio had by the end of his second term, but his ability to deliver now could echo for years to come. \u2014 Gregory Krieg, CNN , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Despite the limitations, Miedema and Severson said the findings are reliable and echo what nutritional research has previously found \u2014 that diet has an outsize impact on a person\u2019s risk for disease. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The expenses \u2014 upwards of $15 billion \u2014 were colossal and will echo in Tokyo long after athletes are gone. \u2014 CBS News , 9 Aug. 2021",
"The expenses \u2014 upwards of $15 billion \u2014 were colossal and will echo in Tokyo long after athletes are gone and venues go dark. \u2014 Ted Anthony, ajc , 8 Aug. 2021"
],
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"Middle English ecco , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French echo , from Latin, from Greek \u0113ch\u014d ; akin to Latin vagire to wail, Greek \u0113ch\u0113 sound":"Noun",
"Greek \u0112ch\u014d":"Noun"
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1595, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1952, in the meaning defined above":"Communications code word"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-114639"
},
"echeveria":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a large genus ( Echeveria ) of tropical American succulent plants of the orpine family that have showy rosettes of often plushy basal leaves and axillary clusters of flowers with erect petals":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-ch\u0259-v\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is an echeveria , but there are hundreds of varieties of them. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Sep. 2021",
"Between bright red lipstick echeverias to spiky zebra plants to adorable rabbit succulents, there are plenty of options to choose from. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 26 Mar. 2020",
"Even love couldn't sustain the tiny echeveria given by my boyfriend that shriveled up into a sorry-looking mess. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 22 June 2018",
"Even love couldn't sustain the tiny echeveria given by my boyfriend that shriveled up into a sorry-looking mess. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 22 June 2018",
"Other plants in the design include coastal rosemary, Caesalpinia pulcherrima (red bird of paradise), blue chalksticks, echeveria , aeonium \u2018Kiwi\u2019 and agave attenuata. \u2014 Chris Ross, sandiegouniontribune.com , 21 Sep. 2017",
"After summer, the echeveria , for example, will need watering only every two weeks. Ramp up the misting. \u2014 Katy Schneider, The Cut , 17 Sep. 2017",
"Water in the cool of morning and avoid getting water on the rosettes of echeverias and other flat or broad-leafed varieties. \u2014 Leslie Crawford, sandiegouniontribune.com , 8 Sep. 2017",
"For beginners, Allen recommends echeverias and sempervivums. \u2014 Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com , 19 May 2017"
],
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"New Latin, genus name, after Atanasio Echeverr\u00eda flourished 1771 Mexican botanical illustrator":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-120528"
},
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"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-122201"
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"type":[
"combining form"
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"definitions":{
": prickle, spine":[
"echino coccus"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Greek, combining form from ech\u00eenos \"hedgehog, sea urchin\" \u2014 more at echinus":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-131737"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a fossil sea urchin":[]
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8k\u012b\u02cc-",
"\u0113\u02c8-",
"e\u02c8-",
"\u02c8ek\u0259\u02ccn\u012bt"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin echinita , from Latin echinus sea urchin + -ita -ite":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-131919"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a group of marine worms of obscure position though commonly classed as a division of Gephyrea and distinguished by a sensitive but nonretractile proboscis overlying the mouth which in some forms (as some worms of the genus Bonellia ) may attain great size":[]
": a division of a pipe organ situated at a distance from the rest of the instrument and containing soft stops suitable for echo effects":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150026"
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"echo box":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": cavity resonator":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152206"
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"echoism":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the formation of echoic words : onomatopoeia":[],
": the phonetic assimilation of a following to a preceding sound (such as a vowel)":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"-k\u0259\u02ccwi-",
"\u02c8ek\u014d\u02cciz\u0259m"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"echo entry 1 + -ism":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-160110"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a family of digenetic trematode worms (type genus Echinostoma ) that are rare in man but common and widely distributed as parasites of birds and lower vertebrates and are distinguished by having the anterior end modified and armed with spines":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"st\u014d\u02c8mat\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Echinostomat-, Echinostoma , type genus (from echin- + -stoma ) + -idae":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-163503"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an instrument for determining the depth of a body of water or of an object below the surface by sound waves":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then the vessel\u2019s echo sounder , a system that maps out the seafloor using sound waves, detected an underwater volcano measuring about 1.2 cubic miles, Live Science reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Using echo sounder data, the vehicles created high resolution images of the seafloor. \u2014 Ula Chrobak, Popular Science , 8 June 2020",
"Vescovo would have to buy a multibeam echo sounder , an advanced sonar mapping system, to determine precise depths and dive locations. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 10 May 2020",
"Using an echo sounder to guide its way through the depths, Boaty went down around 13,123 feet (4,000 meters) on this particular mission. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 18 June 2019",
"To win the contest, GEBCO-NF equipped its AUV with a multi-beam echo sounder , a kind of sonar ideal for mapping the seabed, and a side-scan sonar unit, a scanner with the ability to swiftly produce large images of the seafloor. \u2014 Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics , 11 June 2019",
"During the war, the U.S. Navy developed new technology like sonar and echo sounding to hunt for German submarines. \u2014 Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics , 3 Aug. 2018",
"Part of what makes these loft apartments seem cold is the echoing sound , so soft materials would absorb noise for a quieter environment. \u2014 Jennifer Adams, Philly.com , 3 May 2018",
"The 25-second clip of RM's song revealed an ambient hip-hop track laden with his mellow tone and echoing sound effects. \u2014 Tamar Herman, Billboard , 20 Mar. 2018"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-183855"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of a phylum (Echiura synonym Echiuroidea) of marine worms of uncertain taxonomic affinities that have a sensitive but nonretractile proboscis above the mouth":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-ki-\u02c8yu\u0307r-\u02cc\u022fid"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"shortened from the stem of New Latin Echiuroidea, former group name, from Echiurus, genus name (from Greek \u00e9chis \"viper\" \u2014of uncertain origin\u2014 + New Latin -urus \"having a tail or rear of such a kind,\" borrowed from Greek -ouros, derivative of our\u00e1 \"tail\") + -oidea \"animals of the nature of (the kind specified)\" (from New Latin -o\u00efd\u0113s -oid entry 2 + -ea, neuter plural of -eus -eous ) \u2014 more at ass entry 2":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-185054"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a large genus of globular or cylindrical strongly ribbed and usually very spiny cacti that occur from the southwestern U.S. in Brazil":[],
": any plant of the genus Echinocactus":[]
},
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from echin- + Cactus":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190038"
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"echo sounding":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": sounding a body of water by means of a sonic depth finder or of a radar device":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205327"
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"echo ranging":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": determination of the distance and direction of an object (as under water) by means of an echo (as of sound) returned by the object \u2014 compare echo sounding , sonar":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-214700"
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"Echeneis":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus (the type of the family Echeneididae or Echeneidae) of marine fishes comprising the typical remoras":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259\u0307s"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, remora, from Greek echen\u0113is , from echen\u0113is that detains ships, from eche- (from echein to hold) + -n\u0113is (from naus ship); from a supposed ability to slow down ships":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234951"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stop on a harpsichord for producing the soft effect of distant sound":[],
": an organ stop having its pipes enclosed for echoic effects":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-003010"
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"echo verse":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": poetry that uses the device of an echo":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-013744"
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"echard":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the soil water that is unavailable to plant organisms \u2014 compare chresard , holard":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e\u02cck\u00e4rd"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek ech ein to hold, withhold + ard ein to water":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023749"
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"echoppe":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an engraver's needle beveled to an oval facet at the end and used to reopen previously incised lines":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"-sh\u022fp",
"\u0101\u02c8sh\u00e4p"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French \u00e9choppe , by folk etymology (influence of French \u00e9choppe booth, from Old French escope , from Middle Dutch schoppe ) from obsolete French eschople , alteration of Middle French eschalpre scraping or graving tool, from Latin scalprum chisel, knife":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030009"
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"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": increase , enlarge":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English echen (to increase)":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041951"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek\u0259\u02c8n\u0101\u0259\u0307d"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Echeneid-, Echeneis":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-085301"
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"echovirus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of numerous serotypes of an enterovirus (species Human enterovirus B ) found in the gastrointestinal tract that cause cytopathic changes in cells in tissue culture and are sometimes associated with respiratory ailments and meningitis":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-\u014d-\u02ccv\u012b-r\u0259s",
"\u02c8e-k\u014d-\u02ccv\u012b-r\u0259s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"e nteric c ytopathogenic h uman o rphan + virus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1955, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093816"
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"Echino-sorex":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of ratlike southern Asiatic insectivores including only the moonrat":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8s\u014dr\u02cceks"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from echin- + Sorex":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093918"
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"echelette":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a reflection grating made by ruling parallel V-shaped grooves in a polished metal plate so that light is reflected from the corresponding faces of successive grooves":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6esh\u0259\u00a6let",
"\u00a6\u0101sh-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French \u00e9chelette small rack, from Middle French eschelette small ladder, from eschele, eschiele ladder + -ette":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-100903"
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"echelonment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the timing or positioning of troops or supplies to provide uninterrupted flow to the front":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-nm\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French \u00e9chelonnement , from \u00e9chelonner + -ment":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111610"
},
"Echinorhinus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of sharks (family Squalidae) comprising the bramble sharks and sometimes being made type of a separate family Echinorhinidae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8r\u012bn\u0259s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from echin- + Greek rhinos skin; akin to Old English wr\u012btan to write":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-121252"
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"type":[],
"definitions":{
"\u2014 see echinorhinus":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Echinorhinus + -idae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-134142"
},
"ech":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":{
"echelon":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142449"
},
"Echelidae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a family of small tropical eels comprising the worm eels":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0113\u02c8-",
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8kel\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, probably from Echelus , type genus (probably modification of Greek enchelys eel) + -idae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-180331"
},
"echinopsine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a crystalline alkaloid C 10 H 9 NO derived from quinoline occurring in the seeds of globe thistles and having a physiological effect like that of strychnine and brucine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4p\u02ccs\u0113n",
"-s\u0259\u0307n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary echinops- (from New Latin Echinops ) + -ine":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-180740"
},
"echelle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a diffraction grating made by ruling a plane metallic mirror with lines having a relatively wide spacing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0101-\u02c8shel"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The echelle spectrograph for rocky exoplanets and stable spectroscopic observations (ESPRESSO) is an excellent tool to make these observations. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, ladder, from Old French eschele":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202505"
},
"Echinops":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large genus of Mediterranean herbs (family Compositae) comprising the globe thistles that have one-flowered heads aggregated in dense globular clusters":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"e\u02c8-",
"\u02c8ek\u0259\u02ccn\u00e4ps",
"\u0113\u02c8-",
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8k\u012b\u02ccn\u00e4ps"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from echin- + -ops":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000339"
},
"echinopluteus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the pluteus larva of an echinoid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from echin- + pluteus":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-011305"
},
"Echinoparyphium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of digenetic trematodes (family Echinostomatidae ) infesting the small intestine of waterfowl and domestic poultry and sometimes carnivorous mammals or man":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from echin- + -paryphium (from Greek paryph\u0113 border woven along a robe, from para- + hyph\u0113 web); akin to Greek hyphainein to weave":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012136"
},
"Echinopanax":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small genus of prickly shrubs of the family Araliaceae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4p\u0259\u02ccnaks"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from echin- + Panax":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012337"
},
"echinoid":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": sea urchin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8k\u012b-\u02ccn\u022fid",
"\u02c8e-k\u0259-\u02ccn\u022fid"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"echinus + -oid entry 1 , after New Latin Echinoidea, class name":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-013419"
},
"echinology":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a branch of zoology that deals with echinoderms":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4l\u0259j\u0113"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"echin- + -logy":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-020820"
},
"Echinodorus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of chiefly American aquatic or marsh herbs (family Alismataceae) having long-stalked often spotted leaves, delicate white flowers in racemes or panicles, and spiny clusters of beaked fruits":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4d\u0259r\u0259s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from echin- + Greek doros leather bag, from derein to skin; from the form of the ovary":""
