dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/ef_mw.json

{
  "Efik":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria":[],
      ": the language of the Efik people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8e-fik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000519"
  },
  "effect":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that inevitably follows an antecedent (such as a cause or agent)",
      ": a distinctive impression",
      ": the creation of a desired impression",
      ": something designed to produce a distinctive or desired impression",
      ": special effects",
      ": the quality or state of being operative : operation",
      "\u2014 see also take effect",
      ": power to bring about a result : influence",
      "\u2014 see also take effect",
      ": movable property : goods",
      ": an outward sign : appearance",
      ": accomplishment , fulfillment",
      ": purport , intent",
      ": basic meaning : essence",
      ": in substance : virtually",
      ": with the meaning",
      ": to cause to come into being",
      ": to bring about often by surmounting obstacles : accomplish",
      ": to put into operation",
      ": an event, condition, or state of affairs that is produced by a cause : influence",
      ": the act of making a certain impression",
      ": execution sense 2 , operation",
      ": personal property or possessions",
      ": something created in film, television, or radio to imitate something real",
      ": in actual fact",
      ": to make happen : bring about",
      ": something that is produced by an agent or cause",
      ": something that is produced by an agent or cause",
      ": personal property sense 1 at property : goods",
      ": the quality or state of being operative",
      ": to cause to come into being",
      ": to bring about often by surmounting obstacles",
      ": to put into operation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "i-\u02c8fekt",
      "e-",
      "\u0113-",
      "\u0259-",
      "i-\u02c8fekt",
      "i-\u02c8fekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aftereffect",
      "aftermath",
      "backwash",
      "child",
      "conclusion",
      "consequence",
      "corollary",
      "development",
      "fate",
      "fruit",
      "issue",
      "outcome",
      "outgrowth",
      "precipitate",
      "product",
      "result",
      "resultant",
      "sequel",
      "sequence",
      "upshot"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beget",
      "breed",
      "bring",
      "bring about",
      "bring on",
      "catalyze",
      "cause",
      "create",
      "do",
      "draw on",
      "effectuate",
      "engender",
      "generate",
      "induce",
      "invoke",
      "make",
      "occasion",
      "produce",
      "prompt",
      "result (in)",
      "spawn",
      "translate (into)",
      "work",
      "yield"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The two-year runway hiatus from beloved designer Christopher John Rogers had no effect on fashion enthusiasts and fans\u2019 elation for his recent Collection 10 runway show. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 8 June 2022",
      "But experts say virtually all those actions \u2014 like spiking part of the Keystone pipeline \u2014 had no effect on current production. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 7 June 2022",
      "Jansen said the amount of soybean oil that goes into tires is so small compared with the volume produced in the United States that the resulting demand has no effect on price. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 7 June 2022",
      "The state and city have already been doing this, to no discernible effect . \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
      "Authorities said Salter fired at the gunman, but the bullets had no effect due to the bulletproof vest the suspect wore. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
      "Boats Unlimited, a boat parts sales and storage outfit in Utica, New York, said the Uvalde massacre will have no effect on its relationship with the NRA. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 1 June 2022",
      "The report said officers tried using PepperBall launchers at Porter to no effect , and an electroshock weapon also didn\u2019t subdue Porter because of his thick winter coat. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "Prohibiting Russian oil deliveries aboard tankers would eliminate two-thirds of E.U. imports, while having no effect on Hungary, a landlocked nation. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8a",
      "Verb",
      "1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223141"
  },
  "effectual":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": producing or able to produce a desired effect":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8feksh-w\u0259l",
      "-ch\u00fc(-\u0259)l",
      "i-\u02c8fek-ch\u0259(-w\u0259)l",
      "i-\u02c8fek-ch\u0259-w\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "effective",
      "efficacious",
      "efficient",
      "fruitful",
      "operative",
      "potent",
      "productive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fruitless",
      "ineffective",
      "ineffectual",
      "inefficient",
      "inoperative",
      "unfruitful",
      "unproductive",
      "useless"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for effectual effective , effectual , efficient , efficacious mean producing or capable of producing a result. effective stresses the actual production of or the power to produce an effect. an effective rebuttal effectual suggests the accomplishment of a desired result especially as viewed after the fact. the measures to stop the pilfering proved effectual efficient suggests an acting or a potential for action or use in such a way as to avoid loss or waste of energy in effecting, producing, or functioning. an efficient small car efficacious suggests possession of a special quality or virtue that gives effective power. a detergent that is efficacious in removing grease",
    "examples":[
      "acting like a jerk has generally not been a terribly effectual dating strategy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For more than 150 years, HBCUs have played a vital role in ensuring that African Americans and students of all races can receive a competitive education and become influential leaders and effectual changemakers. \u2014 Glamour , 26 May 2022",
      "The comedy of Dugan\u2019s writing and delivery aren\u2019t all that effectual . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2021",
      "The work continues\u2014certainly more effectual , if not louder, than the sound bites. \u2014 Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020",
      "Susan\u2019s affectionate, dexterous, sensible activity was never more wanted, or more effectual . \u2014 Longreads , 27 Mar. 2020",
      "The most that can be decisively taken from all this is that the factors that render radical action productive or counterproductive, effectual or ineffectual, are complex. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 30 May 2020",
      "The effectual difference between them is like the difference in Coke, Pepsi, and RC Cola. \u2014 Richard Mann, Field & Stream , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "The iron dike invented by Mr. S. B. Driggs, of New York, seems to put an effectual barrier in the way of these destructive agents. \u2014 Daniel C. Schlenoff, Scientific American , 13 July 2018",
      "While history may remember Tillerson as one of the least competent and effectual secretaries of state in modern American history, in the final analysis, that\u2019s not why he was fired. \u2014 Jonah Shepp, Daily Intelligencer , 14 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English effectuel, effectual \"efficacious, effective, legally binding,\" borrowed from Anglo-French effectuel, borrowed from Medieval Latin effectu\u0101lis, from Latin effectu-, stem of effectus \"achievement, result, effect entry 1 \" + -\u0101lis -al entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221415"
  },
  "effluent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": flowing out : emanating , outgoing":[
        "an effluent river"
      ],
      ": something that flows out: such as":[],
      ": an outflowing branch of a main stream or lake":[],
      ": waste material (such as smoke, liquid industrial refuse, or sewage) discharged into the environment especially when serving as a pollutant":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8e-\u02ccfl\u00fc-\u0259nt",
      "e-\u02c8fl\u00fc-",
      "\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The factory has been accused of discharging effluent into the river.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "One prong involves the agency\u2019s decision to issue the permit without setting specific effluent limits on mercury and other pollutants. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The soil under its 2.7 million South Florida residents allows septic tank effluent to reach groundwater, a problem intensified by climate change. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Utah\u2019s scientific community, however, fears island building could compound the lake\u2019s ecological problems stemming from invasive plants and fish, a legacy of effluent dumping, algal blooms and a loss of native biodiversity. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "On the west side of Phoenix, for example, effluent from a wastewater treatment plant pours into the Tres Rios Wetlands, covering about 700 acres along the Salt River. \u2014 Ian James, AZCentral.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "That\u2019s necessary to protect the environment as effluent treatment prevents the discharge of hazardous substances that can contaminate ground water and cause illnesses and other issues. \u2014 Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "But if Chicago were allowed to discharge a portion of its highly treated, if not Perrier-pure, effluent into the lake \u2014 as do Milwaukee, Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland and every other major Great Lakes city \u2014 the project's cost would plummet. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "For instance, the company upgraded its effluent treatment plant with new technology from the U.S. \u2014 Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "That same high water also threatened Conneaut\u2019s sewer plant, which discharges treated effluent into a channel that connects to the lake. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The pathogens and excess nutrients in that effluent can have harmful effects on humans and ecosystems, spelling trouble for anyone or anything downstream. \u2014 Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal , 16 June 2022",
      "The district will also conduct ongoing studies of the effluent \u2019s impact on Gilbert Bay, and explore whether managing stormwater surges or occasional outflows to Farmington Bay will benefit the ecosystem and its migrating birds. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 June 2022",
      "Aside from putting septic effluent into Utah\u2019s water supply, the Pacific pipeline is probably the most far-out item on the list. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
      "The effluent is to be released into the soil in 1-foot intervals, rotated through 16 zones. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
      "For example, 29% of wastewater effluent is now reused in the South Coast region, while only 9% of wastewater is recycled in the Bay Area. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "And high nitrogen levels caused by effluent from four sewage treatment plants were killing off fish and other creatures. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The effluent , along with uncontrolled industrial and agricultural runoff, degraded the water quality with nutrients and heavy metals. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "My group first watched a video, which explained that the plant\u2019s effluent would be released into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a thirty-mile-long waterway built in the late nineteenth century to rid the city of its ordure. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin effluent-, effluens , present participle of effluere to flow out, from ex- + fluere to flow \u2014 more at fluid":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1726, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1859, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043137"
  },
  "effluvia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a by-product especially in the form of waste":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "e-\u02c8fl\u00fc-v\u0113-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "deadwood",
      "debris",
      "dreck",
      "drek",
      "dross",
      "dust",
      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
      "offscouring",
      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the effluvia from local sewage treatment plants polluting the river",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Telogen effluvium is hair loss caused by high stress, surgeries or other internal issues like thyroid problems or vitamin D deficiency. \u2014 Garrett Munce, Men's Health , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Then there\u2019s Telogen effluvium , or TE, a condition where a physical or emotional stress leads to a rapid shedding of the hair, especially along the temples and sides of the scalp. \u2014 Kristin Auble, Vogue , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "Over the eight decades of Hanford\u2019s existence, radioactive waste has seeped into the groundwater and radioactive effluvium has been released into the air that has blown for miles. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Anagen effluvium is a nonscarring alopecia that affects the follicle in the growth stage when hair suffers a toxic shock (such as chemotherapy), fracturing the shaft in its active growth stage. \u2014 Kristin Auble, Vogue , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "Telogen effluvium can be triggered by major stress, vitamin deficiencies, and the inevitable decrease in estrogen that occurs after delivery, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) explains. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 20 May 2021",
      "Telogen effluvium is technically hair shedding rather than full-on hair loss, SELF explained previously. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 11 Aug. 2020",
      "The delayed result, a form of diffuse hair loss called telogen effluvium , was causing her hair to fall out in frightening clumps. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "But this work\u2014to hold power to account, to safeguard the truth, to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, in Finley Peter Dunne\u2019s immortal words\u2014has entered into a fatal bargain with an effluvium that demeans and yet supports it. \u2014 Greg Jackson, Harper's magazine , 6 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin effluvium act of flowing out, from effluere":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035210"
  },
  "effortful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": showing or requiring effort"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8e-f\u0259rt-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "arduous",
      "Augean",
      "backbreaking",
      "challenging",
      "demanding",
      "difficult",
      "exacting",
      "formidable",
      "grueling",
      "gruelling",
      "hard",
      "heavy",
      "hellacious",
      "herculean",
      "killer",
      "laborious",
      "moiling",
      "murderous",
      "pick-and-shovel",
      "rigorous",
      "rough",
      "rugged",
      "severe",
      "stiff",
      "strenuous",
      "sweaty",
      "tall",
      "testing",
      "toilsome",
      "tough",
      "uphill"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cheap",
      "easy",
      "effortless",
      "facile",
      "light",
      "mindless",
      "simple",
      "soft",
      "undemanding"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the book's abstruse subject matter and dense prose make for effortful reading",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But doing so always feels subtly effortful , like speaking a fluent but not native second language. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 28 May 2022",
      "Ken Ueno\u2019s score is subtly chant-like, serving less to announce itself as to empower the performers on their effortful path to self-expression. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Her supportiveness sounded the slightest bit effortful . \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 29 Nov. 2021",
      "Greer Grimsley\u2019s resonant bass-baritone was here faded and effortful , and not always easy to follow. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Thinking, on its own, is surprisingly effortful and even a little bit boring, and people will do almost anything to avoid it. \u2014 Matthew Baldwin, The Conversation , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The staging of a climactic act of family healing on the slopes, while nicely comic, requires a hefty suspension of disbelief, and the final neat switch from the film\u2019s coach journey-from-hell into an elevator disaster is a shade effortful . \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "The latter appear onscreen subtitle-style, stripped of any cloyingly effortful attempts to appear overly modern. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "By comparison, the crispy-fish dish, which resembles a hornet\u2019s nest that\u2019s been battered and fried, is effortful and ungainly. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1895, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-234101"
  },
  "effortlessly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": showing or requiring little or no effort":[
        "effortless power"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8e-f\u0259rt-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cheap",
      "downhill",
      "easy",
      "facile",
      "fluent",
      "fluid",
      "hands-down",
      "light",
      "painless",
      "ready",
      "royal",
      "simple",
      "smooth",
      "snap",
      "soft"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arduous",
      "demanding",
      "difficult",
      "exacting",
      "formidable",
      "grueling",
      "gruelling",
      "hard",
      "herculean",
      "killer",
      "labored",
      "laborious",
      "murderous",
      "rough",
      "severe",
      "stiff",
      "strenuous",
      "toilful",
      "toilsome",
      "tough"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for effortless easy , facile , simple , light , effortless , smooth mean not demanding effort or involving difficulty. easy is applicable either to persons or things imposing tasks or to activity required by such tasks. an easy college course facile often adds to easy the connotation of undue haste or shallowness. facile answers to complex questions simple stresses ease in understanding or dealing with because complication is absent. a simple problem in arithmetic light stresses freedom from what is burdensome. a light teaching load effortless stresses the appearance of ease and usually implies the prior attainment of artistry or expertness. moving with effortless grace smooth stresses the absence or removal of all difficulties, hardships, or obstacles. a smooth ride",
    "examples":[
      "She walked with effortless grace.",
      "His writing is known for its seemingly effortless style.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The climb to 60 miles per hour was effortless , and the ride remained stable and sedate. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
      "Building products that are effortless for the user takes a tremendous amount of time and effort on the part of developers. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Since the TikTok starlet practically lives in Y2K clothing all the time, the transition from daywear to beachwear is effortless . \u2014 Seventeen , 16 May 2022",
      "In Lab tests, the bag received perfect scores for being effortless to open and close. \u2014 Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
      "And of course, leave it to Amazon to deliver a handful of effortless , seasonal styles in dozens of appealing colors and flattering silhouettes. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Their At the Borderline Eyeliner Marker in Midnight Black, which features a tapered tip that makes creating a Grande-level cat-eyes truly effortless . \u2014 Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Do market research or a customer survey to understand and hone in on customer needs to make the process effortless . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
      "Hanah Bowen makes postseason softball look effortless . \u2014 Pj Brown, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1801, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221924"
  },
  "effrontery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": shameless boldness : insolence":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "e-",
      "i-\u02c8fr\u0259n-t\u0259-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "audaciousness",
      "audacity",
      "brashness",
      "brass",
      "brassiness",
      "brazenness",
      "cheek",
      "cheekiness",
      "chutzpah",
      "chutzpa",
      "hutzpah",
      "hutzpa",
      "crust",
      "face",
      "gall",
      "nerve",
      "nerviness",
      "pertness",
      "presumption",
      "presumptuousness",
      "sauce",
      "sauciness",
      "temerity"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for effrontery temerity , audacity , hardihood , effrontery , nerve , cheek , gall , chutzpah mean conspicuous or flagrant boldness. temerity suggests boldness arising from rashness and contempt of danger. had the temerity to refuse audacity implies a disregard of restraints commonly imposed by convention or prudence. an entrepreneur with audacity and vision hardihood suggests firmness in daring and defiance. admired for her hardihood effrontery implies shameless, insolent disregard of propriety or courtesy. outraged at his effrontery nerve , cheek , gall , and chutzpah are informal equivalents for effrontery . the nerve of that guy has the cheek to call herself a singer had the gall to demand proof the chutzpah needed for a career in show business",
    "examples":[
      "the little squirt had the effrontery to deny eating any cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thompson, skilled at both effrontery and anxiety, mines that tension brilliantly. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "What Negro actor at this stage in the world\u2019s history could dare bring to the role the effrontery Olivier does? \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "Bergman, who romanced his leading ladies and strip mined his personal demons for material, was hardly the least self-involved of European auteurs, and Hansen-L\u00f8ve has fittingly responded with her own teasing display of meta- effrontery . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "His crowded, unmasked political rallies were reckless acts of effrontery . \u2014 Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2020",
      "The book reaches a pitch of patronizing superiority in the sections about Mr. Akhtar\u2019s father, an award-winning cardiologist who briefly treated Donald Trump and then had the effrontery to vote for his former patient in the 2016 election. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 23 Oct. 2020",
      "The first major payoff, like subsequent depredations, was both complex\u2014involving a thicket of shell corporations and offshore money-laundering entrep\u00f4ts\u2014and crude, in view of the fraud\u2019s effrontery . \u2014 Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
      "The weather in Springfield was gusty and frigid, and most people wore parkas and winter hats, but some of the younger attendees, hopped up on adrenaline and public displays of effrontery , got by with hoodies and track pants. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "Saul\u2019s effrontery has long driven fastidious souls from galleries, including me years ago. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French effronterie , ultimately from Medieval Latin effront-, effrons shameless, from Latin ex- + front-, frons forehead":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1697, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060559"
  },
  "effulgence":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": radiant splendor : brilliance":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "e-",
      "i-\u02c8fu\u0307l-j\u0259n(t)s",
      "-\u02c8f\u0259l-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "brightness",
      "brilliance",
      "brilliancy",
      "candor",
      "dazzle",
      "illumination",
      "lambency",
      "lightness",
      "luminance",
      "luminosity",
      "luminousness",
      "luster",
      "lustre",
      "lustrousness",
      "radiance",
      "refulgence",
      "splendor"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blackness",
      "dark",
      "darkness",
      "dullness",
      "dulness",
      "duskiness"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the exceptional effulgence of the harvest moon is always a striking sight",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Just ask Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex who took her lit-from-within skin to the next level yesterday with an ample swirl of roseate blush applied to transform her pregnancy glow into a full-on display of effulgence . \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 30 Oct. 2018",
      "One part shimmery smoky eye, one part unexpected pressing of pigment, Lopez's eyeshadow plotted with her luminous skin and swipe of pale pink lipgloss to exude effulgence . \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 22 Jan. 2018",
      "Absent from Van Noten\u2019s three-decade career are stories of bankruptcy, strife, irresponsibility, overleverage, overexpansion, overspending or unhinged, dangerous effulgence . \u2014 Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times , 16 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin effulgentia , from Latin effulgent-, effulgens , present participle of effulg\u0113re to shine forth, from ex- + fulg\u0113re to shine \u2014 more at fulgent":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1667, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213053"
  },
  "effeminate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner",
      ": marked by an unbecoming delicacy or overrefinement",
      ": an effeminate person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8fe-m\u0259-n\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "effete",
      "epicene",
      "sissified",
      "sissy",
      "unmanly",
      "womanish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "manlike",
      "manly",
      "mannish",
      "masculine",
      "virile"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He had a high and somewhat effeminate voice.",
      "a comedian deliberately affecting effeminate mannerisms",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Last year, this manifested itself in sudden and disruptive bans on online tutoring, campaigns against effeminate celebrities, on-and-off restrictions on burning coal and regulatory assaults on consumer Internet companies. \u2014 Greg Ip, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Smit-McPhee grew up in Melbourne not always fitting among the sporty boys at his school, a heterosexual young man with conspicuously effeminate traits. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "Soon after moving in together, Rose finds an unexpected adversary in George's lonely, jealous brother, Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch), who casually taunts and torments her and her effeminate teenage son, Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee). \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Last Thursday, China\u2019s National Radio and Television Administration announced that Chinese media should stop effeminate male celebrities as well as celebrities who are not politically vocal from appearing on television. \u2014 Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Later in the season, the show introduces Rahim, a gay student from an Iranian Muslim family, who is more outwardly effeminate than Victor or Benji. \u2014 Jackson Mchenry, Vulture , 11 June 2021",
      "Her father, eager to change his effeminate child\u2019s ways, would drag the child to boxing matches. \u2014 Frances Robles, New York Times , 2 Oct. 2020",
      "There are fewer languid, sleek, effeminate bodies and more muscle. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 19 Sep. 2020",
      "Performing slightly effeminate blundering outrage \u2014 not playing gay, exactly, but not not gay either \u2014 Lynde set a pattern. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 19 May 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Some of the reasons include stigma, shame and being perceived as effeminate . \u2014 Sean Loughran, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "As the effeminate , rangy Peter, 25-year-old Kodi Smit-McPhee taps into a rich vein of mystery. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Experts have said that Asian men, in particular, must deal with emasculation, or being cast as effeminate and weak. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Yet Grindr's disappearance in China may be also linked to Beijing's ongoing push to encourage 'traditional' family values and discourage ' effeminate ' and 'sissy' men as the country grapples with a demographic crisis. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "For Campion, the film\u2019s key dynamic is between Phil and Rose\u2019s effeminate son, Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee) \u2014 the former constantly terrorizing the latter. \u2014 Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "As the story unfolds, Phil\u2019s disdain for Rose and her effeminate son drive Rose to drink. \u2014 Marc Malkin, Variety , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "Why is Phil so cruel to the effeminate , slender young man? \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "In their collective eye, the word environmentalist suggests an effeminate , sentimental tree-hugger who is probably also a gun-control zealot. \u2014 Philip Caputo, Field & Stream , 22 Nov. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1597, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-192152"
  },
  "effete":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": no longer fertile",
      ": having lost character, vitality, or strength",
      ": marked by weakness or decadence",
      ": soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence",
      ": characteristic of an effete person",
      ": effeminate sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "e-\u02c8f\u0113t",
      "i-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "decadent",
      "decayed",
      "degenerate",
      "overripe",
      "washed-up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "effete members of the aristocracy",
      "the soft, effete society that marked the final years of the Roman empire",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The addition of Tom Hardy as Alfie Solomons, the hilariously effete and savage leader of a Jewish London gang, was a stroke of brilliance. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
      "The guns were symbols of outdoorsmanship, both rugged and effete . \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The former investment banker is attacked both by Le Pen and his critics to the left as an effete figure ruling for the rich, disconnected from the concerns of ordinary French workers. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Many West Pakistanis\u2014particularly those in the military establishment\u2014also regarded the Bengalis as racially inferior, dismissing them as effete and unmanly. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Battling Butler: One of Buster Keaton\u2019s biggest hits at the time, the silent film about a wealthy, effete young man who ends up forced to train as a boxer showcased Keaton\u2019s signature physical humor as well as his ability as a director and editor. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "The oppressive clouds of misogyny ever hovering over her protagonists not only menace Rose and the effete Peter, but force Phil, who has a Yale degree in classics, into near-parodic displays of rugged, working-class masculinity. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "Francis is portrayed as snippy and effete , but his politics are more uncompromising than Bernie Sanders\u2019. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "Haynes is an effete pop-nerd who imitates pop-culture precedents. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 15 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin effetus , from ex- + fetus fruitful \u2014 more at feminine ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-130425"
  },
  "effortless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": showing or requiring little or no effort":[
        "effortless power"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8e-f\u0259rt-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cheap",
      "downhill",
      "easy",
      "facile",
      "fluent",
      "fluid",
      "hands-down",
      "light",
      "painless",
      "ready",
      "royal",
      "simple",
      "smooth",
      "snap",
      "soft"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arduous",
      "demanding",
      "difficult",
      "exacting",
      "formidable",
      "grueling",
      "gruelling",
      "hard",
      "herculean",
      "killer",
      "labored",
      "laborious",
      "murderous",
      "rough",
      "severe",
      "stiff",
      "strenuous",
      "toilful",
      "toilsome",
      "tough"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for effortless easy , facile , simple , light , effortless , smooth mean not demanding effort or involving difficulty. easy is applicable either to persons or things imposing tasks or to activity required by such tasks. an easy college course facile often adds to easy the connotation of undue haste or shallowness. facile answers to complex questions simple stresses ease in understanding or dealing with because complication is absent. a simple problem in arithmetic light stresses freedom from what is burdensome. a light teaching load effortless stresses the appearance of ease and usually implies the prior attainment of artistry or expertness. moving with effortless grace smooth stresses the absence or removal of all difficulties, hardships, or obstacles. a smooth ride",
    "examples":[
      "She walked with effortless grace.",
      "His writing is known for its seemingly effortless style.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The climb to 60 miles per hour was effortless , and the ride remained stable and sedate. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
      "Building products that are effortless for the user takes a tremendous amount of time and effort on the part of developers. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "Since the TikTok starlet practically lives in Y2K clothing all the time, the transition from daywear to beachwear is effortless . \u2014 Seventeen , 16 May 2022",
      "In Lab tests, the bag received perfect scores for being effortless to open and close. \u2014 Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
      "And of course, leave it to Amazon to deliver a handful of effortless , seasonal styles in dozens of appealing colors and flattering silhouettes. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Their At the Borderline Eyeliner Marker in Midnight Black, which features a tapered tip that makes creating a Grande-level cat-eyes truly effortless . \u2014 Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Do market research or a customer survey to understand and hone in on customer needs to make the process effortless . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
      "Hanah Bowen makes postseason softball look effortless . \u2014 Pj Brown, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1801, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184648"
  },
  "efficacious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having the power to produce a desired effect":[
        "an efficacious remedy"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cce-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "effective",
      "effectual",
      "efficient",
      "fruitful",
      "operative",
      "potent",
      "productive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fruitless",
      "ineffective",
      "ineffectual",
      "inefficient",
      "inoperative",
      "unfruitful",
      "unproductive",
      "useless"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for efficacious effective , effectual , efficient , efficacious mean producing or capable of producing a result. effective stresses the actual production of or the power to produce an effect. an effective rebuttal effectual suggests the accomplishment of a desired result especially as viewed after the fact. the measures to stop the pilfering proved effectual efficient suggests an acting or a potential for action or use in such a way as to avoid loss or waste of energy in effecting, producing, or functioning. an efficient small car efficacious suggests possession of a special quality or virtue that gives effective power. a detergent that is efficacious in removing grease",
    "examples":[
      "taking a cookie break while studying is one of the most efficacious ways of rejuvenating the mind that I have ever discovered",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Over decades, UFAs have demonstrated their value by accelerating patients\u2019 access to safe and efficacious medicines. \u2014 Wayne Winegarden, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Seriously, who can say no to efficacious clean concealers and foundations? \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 13 June 2022",
      "Conversations on access and successfully treating psychiatric diagnoses often return to the question of efficacious medicines. \u2014 Kathleen Frazier, Variety , 20 May 2022",
      "Though the idea of the best clean concealers might conjure up depictions of serum-like dewy makeup formulas, Lawless\u2019s concealer proves that even skin-friendly offerings can deliver an efficacious matte finish. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
      "L'Occitane Known for botanical scents and pampering textures, L'Occitane's skincare and haircare products have also been multiple time GH Sustainability Award winners for their efficacious formulations and thoughtful, minimal waste packaging. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The two-dose regimen didn\u2019t prove as efficacious in protecting the youngest children from infection and disease, especially against the Omicron variant, as health officials had hoped. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The cutting-edge Swiss skincare brand is famous for their impressively efficacious formulas and this assortment turns back the clock in style. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Because mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna need to be kept cold and their global supply is sparse, medical authorities instead used less efficacious but easier to transport vaccines like Sinovac, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca. \u2014 USA Today , 20 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Middle French efficace \"effective\" or its source Latin effic\u0101c-, effic\u0101x \"capable of fulfilling a function, effective\" (from efficere \"to make, bring about, produce, carry out\" + -\u0101c-, -\u0101x, deverbal suffix denoting habitual or successful performance) + -ious \u2014 more at effect entry 1 , audacious":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1528, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172716"
  },
  "efface":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "i-\u02c8f\u0101s",
      "e-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abolish",
      "annihilate",
      "black out",
      "blot out",
      "cancel",
      "clean (up)",
      "eradicate",
      "erase",
      "expunge",
      "exterminate",
      "extirpate",
      "liquidate",
      "obliterate",
      "root (out)",
      "rub out",
      "snuff (out)",
      "stamp (out)",
      "sweep (away)",
      "wipe out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "coins with dates effaced by wear",
      "a memory effaced by time",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The emperors who followed Nero swept it away in a frenzy, attempting to efface him and his works from Roman memory. \u2014 Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Sep. 2020",
      "To suggest that better factory farms are environmentally desirable\u2014or just\u2014solutions is to efface all ecological and ethical concerns in the name of greenhouse gas reduction. \u2014 Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic , 31 Aug. 2020",
      "Small plaques for cremations are easily and gracefully effaced by rose bushes and grass. \u2014 1843 , 21 May 2020",
      "Over time, the self- effacing and unpretentious Mr. Mubarak was eclipsed by one with an almost imperial sense of entitlement. \u2014 Michael Slackman, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
      "This is a little sad and self- effacing but great to see the show use her. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 26 Apr. 2020",
      "Ryota\u2019s widowed mother, in After the Storm, is kinder, more self- effacing , but prone to attacks of ruefulness. \u2014 Terrence Rafferty, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2020",
      "They have been effaced by the end of the Cold War, the apparent global victory of neo-liberal capitalism, and the resurgence of religious extremism. \u2014 Julian Gewirtz, Harper's Magazine , 30 Mar. 2020",
      "That sort of self- effacing , apparently unflappable management style served Iger brilliantly. \u2014 Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 27 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French esfacer, effacer , from e- + face face":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002311"
  },
  "effloresce":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to burst forth : bloom",
      ": to change to a powder from loss of water of crystallization",
      ": to form or become covered with a powdery crust",
      ": to change to a powder from loss of water of crystallization"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cce-fl\u0259-\u02c8res",
      "\u02ccef-l\u0259-\u02c8res"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bloom",
      "blossom",
      "blow",
      "burgeon",
      "bourgeon",
      "flower",
      "unfold"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "created an artificial environment in which plants grew and effloresced regardless of season"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin efflorescere , from ex- + florescere to begin to blossom \u2014 more at florescence ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-212605"
  },
  "effectuate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect sense 2":[
        "\u2026 the insured or depositor relies on the insurer or bank to effectuate his wishes \u2026",
        "\u2014 William M. McGovern, Jr. et al.",
        "\u2026 emphasizing the importance of institutions in effectuating good works \u2026",
        "\u2014 Aaron Wildavsky"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-ch\u00fc-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "i-\u02c8fek-ch\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beget",
      "breed",
      "bring",
      "bring about",
      "bring on",
      "catalyze",
      "cause",
      "create",
      "do",
      "draw on",
      "effect",
      "engender",
      "generate",
      "induce",
      "invoke",
      "make",
      "occasion",
      "produce",
      "prompt",
      "result (in)",
      "spawn",
      "translate (into)",
      "work",
      "yield"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the hope that the greater social interaction between native residents and the immigrants will effectuate greater understanding and harmony",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan And Felicia Fonseca, Chron , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "On the contrary, true digital transformations encompass reevaluating current business processes and re-architecting them from the ground up to effectuate radical change. \u2014 Jonathan Cardella, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan And Felicia Fonseca, Chron , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Allen cited that conversation as the catalyst to effectuate change for the greater good, by building the world\u2019s biggest media company. \u2014 Essence , 26 June 2020",
      "But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan And Felicia Fonseca, Chron , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan And Felicia Fonseca, Chron , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Friday\u2019s pledge by Florida lawmakers to effectuate change in our industry is welcome. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "But the groundwork is still being laid to effectuate real change, Hedden-Nicely said. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan And Felicia Fonseca, Chron , 3 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably borrowed (with addition of -ate entry 4 ) from Middle French effectuer, affectuer, borrowed from Medieval Latin effectu\u0101re, verbal derivative of Latin effectus \"achievement, result, effect entry 1 \"":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1586, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025450"
  },
  "effluvium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a by-product especially in the form of waste":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "e-\u02c8fl\u00fc-v\u0113-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chaff",
      "deadwood",
      "debris",
      "dreck",
      "drek",
      "dross",
      "dust",
      "garbage",
      "junk",
      "litter",
      "offal",
      "offscouring",
      "raffle",
      "refuse",
      "riffraff",
      "rubbish",
      "scrap",
      "spilth",
      "trash",
      "truck",
      "waste"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the effluvia from local sewage treatment plants polluting the river",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Telogen effluvium is hair loss caused by high stress, surgeries or other internal issues like thyroid problems or vitamin D deficiency. \u2014 Garrett Munce, Men's Health , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Then there\u2019s Telogen effluvium , or TE, a condition where a physical or emotional stress leads to a rapid shedding of the hair, especially along the temples and sides of the scalp. \u2014 Kristin Auble, Vogue , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "Over the eight decades of Hanford\u2019s existence, radioactive waste has seeped into the groundwater and radioactive effluvium has been released into the air that has blown for miles. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Anagen effluvium is a nonscarring alopecia that affects the follicle in the growth stage when hair suffers a toxic shock (such as chemotherapy), fracturing the shaft in its active growth stage. \u2014 Kristin Auble, Vogue , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "Telogen effluvium can be triggered by major stress, vitamin deficiencies, and the inevitable decrease in estrogen that occurs after delivery, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) explains. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 20 May 2021",
      "Telogen effluvium is technically hair shedding rather than full-on hair loss, SELF explained previously. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 11 Aug. 2020",
      "The delayed result, a form of diffuse hair loss called telogen effluvium , was causing her hair to fall out in frightening clumps. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "But this work\u2014to hold power to account, to safeguard the truth, to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, in Finley Peter Dunne\u2019s immortal words\u2014has entered into a fatal bargain with an effluvium that demeans and yet supports it. \u2014 Greg Jackson, Harper's magazine , 6 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin effluvium act of flowing out, from effluere":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172858"
  },
  "efficient":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": productive of desired effects",
      ": capable of producing desired results with little or no waste (as of time or materials)",
      ": being or involving the immediate agent in producing an effect",
      ": capable of bringing about a desired result with little waste (as of time or energy)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "i-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259nt",
      "i-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "effective",
      "effectual",
      "efficacious",
      "fruitful",
      "operative",
      "potent",
      "productive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fruitless",
      "ineffective",
      "ineffectual",
      "inefficient",
      "inoperative",
      "unfruitful",
      "unproductive",
      "useless"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Like a page-turner of a novel, [Nomar] Garciaparra keeps you eager to see what comes next, especially this season, when he will have the most efficient RBI machine in baseball, free-agent signee Manny Ramirez, riding shotgun with him. \u2014 Tom Verducci , Sports Illustrated , 5 Mar. 2001",
      "Short and muscular, he is as efficient as a surgeon, cracking eggs with one hand and tossing the shells into the basket under the counter behind him without looking, flipping bread into the slots of a row of toasters, and literally throwing \"to go\" orders ten feet down the counter to the guy manning the cash register. \u2014 Paul Baumann , Commonweal , 18 July 1997",
      "Wilde was wearing two emeralds, \u2026 one on the little finger of each hand. That on the left was the efficient cause of all joys, that on the right of misfortunes. Asked why he continued to wear the one on the right, Wilde said, \"One needs misfortunes to live happily.\" \u2014 Richard Ellmann , Oscar Wilde , (1984) 1988",
      "Originally designed for the preparation of desserts, the woks eventually proved their versatility as efficient vessels for stir-frying, deep-frying, and the reduction of liquids. \u2014 Kemp Miles Minifie , Gourmet , November 1988",
      "that manual lawn mower is not a very efficient tool for doing a huge yard",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "According to the World Bank, ports on the U.S. West Coast remain the world's least efficient . \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
      "When that margin narrows, the most efficient banks will be better equipped to handle the slimmer spreads. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Arkansas pitcher Connor Noland took the Cardinal offense down with an efficient 79-pitch outing in 7 2/3 innings in 90-plus degree heat and the Razorbacks' offense made Williams eat his words. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 19 June 2022",
      "Flandro, who was working part-time at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., had been tasked with finding the most efficient way to send a space probe to Jupiter or perhaps even out to Saturn, Uranus or Neptune. \u2014 Tim Folger, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
      "Cambridge Systematics, the author, interviewed industrial leaders to determine their transportation connection needs to improve freight movement in the region, arguing that an efficient network is essential to keeping Indiana competitive. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
      "When combusted in a new, efficient natural gas power plant, natural gas emits 50 to 60 percent less CO2 than a typical new coal plant, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The Celtics boast the league\u2019s most efficient defense, one that allows the NBA\u2019s fewest points per game and lowest opposing field goal percentage. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
      "Cheaper autonomous infrastructure could change the game for companies that believe unique goods can be manufactured in microgravity, like ultra- efficient fiber optics or novel drugs. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 16 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, \"active, immediate (of a cause),\" borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin efficient-, efficiens \"producing or giving rise to something, immediate (of a cause), active,\" from present participle of efficere \"to make, bring about, produce, carry out\" \u2014 more at effect entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-123843"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": to pour out (a liquid)":[],
      ": to flow out : emanate":[],
      ": to make a great or excessive display of enthusiasm":[
        "they effused about his accomplishments"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "e-",
      "i-\u02c8fy\u00fcs",
      "i-\u02c8fy\u00fcs, e-",
      "i-\u02c8fy\u00fcz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "drool",
      "enthuse",
      "fuss",
      "gush",
      "rave",
      "rhapsodize",
      "slobber"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "pundits who should have known better effused endlessly about this idealistic but naive senator",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In the weeks before the appearance of those lava- effusing fissures on its eastern flanks, the volcano had been inflating. \u2014 Robin George Andrews, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "The Eritrean leader also effused about the new era of friendly relations between the two countries. \u2014 Elias Meseret, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 July 2018",
      "Senate President Peter Courtney, a Democrat, also effused about lawmakers' productivity. \u2014 Gordon R. Friedman, OregonLive.com , 3 Mar. 2018",
      "In the days after Silvers\u2019s death, dozens of writers effused on the magazine\u2019s website and elsewhere. \u2014 John Williams, New York Times , 9 Sep. 2017",
      "And Wenger effused over Sanchez's second-half display, while complimenting the impact of Kolasinac after the break. \u2014 SI.com , 15 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Latin eff\u016bsus, past participle of effundere \"to pour out, discharge, expend,\" from ef- ex- entry 1 + fundere \"to pour, shed\" \u2014 more at found entry 5":"Verb",
      "borrowed from Latin eff\u016bsus \u2014 more at effuse entry 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1526, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
      "circa 1530, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020612"
  },
  "effulgent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": radiant splendor : brilliance":[]
    },
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      "e-",
      "i-\u02c8fu\u0307l-j\u0259n(t)s",
      "-\u02c8f\u0259l-"
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      "brightness",
      "brilliance",
      "brilliancy",
      "candor",
      "dazzle",
      "illumination",
      "lambency",
      "lightness",
      "luminance",
      "luminosity",
      "luminousness",
      "luster",
      "lustre",
      "lustrousness",
      "radiance",
      "refulgence",
      "splendor"
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      "blackness",
      "dark",
      "darkness",
      "dullness",
      "dulness",
      "duskiness"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the exceptional effulgence of the harvest moon is always a striking sight",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Just ask Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex who took her lit-from-within skin to the next level yesterday with an ample swirl of roseate blush applied to transform her pregnancy glow into a full-on display of effulgence . \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 30 Oct. 2018",
      "One part shimmery smoky eye, one part unexpected pressing of pigment, Lopez's eyeshadow plotted with her luminous skin and swipe of pale pink lipgloss to exude effulgence . \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 22 Jan. 2018",
      "Absent from Van Noten\u2019s three-decade career are stories of bankruptcy, strife, irresponsibility, overleverage, overexpansion, overspending or unhinged, dangerous effulgence . \u2014 Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times , 16 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin effulgentia , from Latin effulgent-, effulgens , present participle of effulg\u0113re to shine forth, from ex- + fulg\u0113re to shine \u2014 more at fulgent":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1667, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215252"
  },
  "effervescent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having the property of forming bubbles : marked by or producing effervescence",
      ": marked by or expressing an appealingly lively quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cce-f\u0259r-\u02c8ve-s\u1d4ant"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bouncy",
      "bubbly",
      "buoyant",
      "crank",
      "exuberant",
      "frolic",
      "frolicsome",
      "gamesome",
      "gay",
      "high-spirited",
      "vivacious"
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    "antonyms":[
      "low-spirited",
      "sullen"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1833, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-114100"
  },
  "effective":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect":[
        "an effective policy"
      ],
      ": impressive , striking":[
        "a gold lam\u00e9 fabric studded with effective \u2026 precious stones",
        "\u2014 Stanley Marcus"
      ],
      ": being in effect : operative":[
        "the tax becomes effective next year"
      ],
      ": actual":[
        "the need to increase effective demand for goods"
      ],
      ": ready for service or action":[
        "effective manpower"
      ],
      ": equal to the rate of simple interest that yields the same amount when the interest is paid once at the end of the interest period as a quoted rate of interest does when calculated at compound interest over the same period \u2014 compare nominal sense 4":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "e-",
      "\u0113-",
      "\u0259-",
      "i-\u02c8fek-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "effectual",
      "efficacious",
      "efficient",
      "fruitful",
      "operative",
      "potent",
      "productive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fruitless",
      "ineffective",
      "ineffectual",
      "inefficient",
      "inoperative",
      "unfruitful",
      "unproductive",
      "useless"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for effective Adjective effective , effectual , efficient , efficacious mean producing or capable of producing a result. effective stresses the actual production of or the power to produce an effect. an effective rebuttal effectual suggests the accomplishment of a desired result especially as viewed after the fact. the measures to stop the pilfering proved effectual efficient suggests an acting or a potential for action or use in such a way as to avoid loss or waste of energy in effecting, producing, or functioning. an efficient small car efficacious suggests possession of a special quality or virtue that gives effective power. a detergent that is efficacious in removing grease",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "These commercials were extremely effective as marketing tools, but we now know that chocolate swimming pools and candy-coating showers play no part in the manufacture of real M&M's. Instead, the ellipsoid chocolate centers of plain M&M's are formed by machines. \u2014 David Owen , Atlantic , October 1988",
      "My feeling is that by waiting for the right moment to let rip, a film is infinitely more effective , especially with characters you have come to like. \u2014 Clive Barker , in Cinefantastique , September 1987",
      "But Tammy's most effective remedy for stress, both then and now, was the same as Imelda Marcos's: shopping up a storm. \"It's kind of a hobby to help my nerves,\" she explained \u2026 \u2014 Jean Seligman , Newsweek , 8 June 1987",
      "It's a simple but effective technique.",
      "He gave an effective speech.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Convents and monasteries can be cost- effective alternative accommodations. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
      "Others might want to bring more attention to their new business or offer a cost- effective content platform for audiences to connect with a brand. \u2014 Ginni Saraswati, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
      "Domestic manufacturing of these types of chips is also vital and could be far more cost- effective and economically scalable. \u2014 Scott White, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Increasingly, content is becoming the most cost- effective way to achieve that result. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
      "The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, a Boston drug pricing watchdog, recently said that beti-cel could be considered cost- effective in that price range. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "FEMA Press Secretary Jeremy Edwards said in a statement the process can be lengthy, in part, because the agency must determine that a buyout is cost- effective and complies with environmental and historic preservation requirements. \u2014 Ben Finley, ajc , 18 June 2022",
      "The system is designed to meet electricity consumption in the most cost- effective way by instantaneously matching supply to demand. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
      "This will minimize the amount of time the latter is opened, works out to be more cost effective , and easier than buying a bigger primary cooler. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Laurent Morali, president of Kushner Cos., will take over as chief executive effective immediately, the firm said. \u2014 Peter Grant, WSJ , 19 Oct. 2021",
      "California\u2019s coronavirus dashboard showed an R- effective of 0.81 for San Francisco as of Wednesday. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 June 2021",
      "AstraZeneca is working with the Serum Institute, as is Novavax, whose vaccine looks to be ninety-six-per-cent effective . \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 3 June 2021",
      "One way is through applied topical insect repellent, the most (and arguably only) effective of which contain DEET. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "But even for a team loaded at the position, the effective of Oregon\u2019s ground game, especially in the second half, in its first two games is outlandish. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Nov. 2020",
      "The agency had already announced that a vaccine would have to prove at least 50-percent effective at preventing COVID-19 to earn full approval. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 24 Sep. 2020",
      "In this scenario, infections will decline even if face masks are only 50-percent effective . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 12 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English effectif, borrowed from Late Latin effect\u012bvus \"producing a result, efficient,\" going back to Latin, \"involving an end product,\" from effectus, past participle of efficere \"to make, bring about, produce, carry out\" + -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at effect entry 1":"Adjective",
      "derivative of effective entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1708, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021325"
  },
  "effort":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": conscious exertion of power : hard work",
      ": a serious attempt : try",
      ": something produced by exertion or trying",
      ": effective force as distinguished from the possible resistance called into action by such a force",
      ": the total work done to achieve a particular end",
      ": hard physical or mental work : exertion",
      ": a serious attempt : try",
      ": something produced by work"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8e-f\u0259rt",
      "-\u02ccf\u022frt",
      "\u02c8e-f\u0259rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "elbow grease",
      "exertion",
      "expenditure",
      "labor",
      "pains",
      "sweat",
      "trouble",
      "while",
      "work"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thursday\u2019s announcement was deflating for promoters and city leaders alike who had hoped the joint effort would be a winning combination to lure the international sporting event to the region. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 17 June 2022",
      "Former President Donald's Trump's effort to pressure Pence to overturn the election in his favor is what the committee will address when the hearing begins at 1 p.m. ET. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "Still, critics say Connecticut\u2019s effort is clearly under-budgeted \u2014 and that\u2019s not the only problem. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant , 16 June 2022",
      "And an effort is underway to draw attention to Utah\u2019s history of Black lynchings \u2014 by gathering handfuls of soil. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "The massive effort to restore the Everglades is a test of the ability to revive or mimic the natural forces that created the unique area, while balancing a tangle of political interests. \u2014 Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
      "However, writing and sending a letter requires more effort and is considered more personable and formal. \u2014 Maggie Horton, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
      "Sure, this pair has a higher price tag, comes with a much larger case, has only IPX4 splashproof-ing (no waterproofing), and takes more effort to hook around your ears. \u2014 Will Palmer, Outside Online , 13 June 2022",
      "Being organized takes a bit more effort up front but will save hours on the back end. \u2014 John Shufeldt, Forbes , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French, from Old French esforz, esfort , from esforcier to force, from ex- + forcier to force",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153652"
  },
  "effervescible":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": able or ready to effervesce":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034628"
  },
  "effusive":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": marked by the expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm":[
        "effusive praise"
      ],
      ": pouring freely":[],
      ": characterized or formed by a nonexplosive outpouring of lava":[
        "effusive rocks"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "e-",
      "i-\u02c8fy\u00fc-siv",
      "-ziv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demonstrative",
      "emotional",
      "touchy-feely",
      "uninhibited",
      "unreserved",
      "unrestrained"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "inhibited",
      "reserved",
      "restrained",
      "undemonstrative",
      "unemotional"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "They offered effusive thanks for our help.",
      "often effusive no matter what the occasion, my aunt is even more so at weddings and funerals",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That starts with Cora, who checks in regularly with Tracy and has been effusive in his praise for the WooSox staff. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "NTT IndyCar Series driver was effusive in his praise of Road America and Wisconsin in general Saturday in his television interview after qualifying for Sunday\u2019s Sonsio Grand Prix. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
      "Baseball America's Josh Norris was effusive in his praise of Chourio during a May episode of the Baseball America podcast, hinting that Chourio would soon be regarded as the Brewers' biggest prospect. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
      "Having turned to experimental therapies to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, addiction and depression, many former military members have become effusive advocates for a wider embrace of psychedelics. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022",
      "Jack Dorsey is lavishing effusive praise\u2013\u2013full of new-age rhapsodizing\u2013\u2013on Elon Musk for his surprise deal to buy Twitter. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The effusive offers of help, experts says, could portend a turf war among national union brass over future Amazon campaigns. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Jansa is an effusive admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump and a key ally of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Ri\u2019s passionate, effusive style has sometimes generated laughter in other countries. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Medieval Latin eff\u016bs\u012bvus \"generating profusely, lavish,\" from Latin eff\u016bsus (past participle of effundere \"to pour out, discharge, expend\") + -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at effuse entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1687, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164658"
  },
  "effusion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an act of effusing":[],
      ": unrestrained expression of words or feelings":[
        "greeted her with great effusion",
        "\u2014 Olive H. Prouty"
      ],
      ": the escape of a fluid from anatomical vessels by rupture or exudation":[],
      ": the flow of a gas through an aperture whose diameter is small as compared with the distance between the molecules of the gas":[],
      ": the fluid that escapes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "i-\u02c8fy\u00fc-zh\u0259n",
      "i-\u02c8fy\u00fc-zh\u0259n, e-",
      "e-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Her poetic effusions became tiresome.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Brewers did make a couple roster moves, placing right-hander Luis Perdomo on the IL with right elbow effusion and recalling Miguel S\u00e1nchez from Nashville. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
      "Possible bad news for Jake Cousins Right-hander Jake Cousins, on the IL since Sunday with what was diagnosed as an elbow effusion , is undergoing further examination after an MRI revealed the possibility of more serious damage. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
      "If a writer like Rachel Cusk confronts the reader with the power of a taut, single consciousness, Bennett is stretching the forms that consciousness can take, to include effusion and hesitation, self-indulgence and equivocation. \u2014 Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Lakers: For the Lakers, Anthony Davis (right wrist; soreness) and Malik Monk (left groin; soreness) are available; LeBron James (left knee; soreness/ effusion ) is out. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "It\u2019s not a powerful effusion , like anger, fear, or joy, but a refocusing of attention away from something. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Near the end, an effusion of Puccinian warmth yields to yet more punchy percussion, then a fanfaring pastiche of the Handelian Baroque before the work\u2019s grimly quiet conclusion. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "Pleural inflammation is often accompanied by a buildup of fluid between two layers of the pleura (pleural effusion ). \u2014 SELF , 26 Nov. 2020",
      "Shoppers will also notice an effusion of labradorite and diamonds throughout the collection. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English effusioun \"emission, shedding,\" borrowed from Anglo-French effusiun, borrowed from Latin eff\u016bsi\u014dn-, eff\u016bsi\u014d, from effud-, variant stem of effundere \"to pour out, discharge, expend\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of action nouns \u2014 more at effuse entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204552"
  },
  "effervescence":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing":[
        "They produced a still wine \u2026, then put it through a second fermentation to raise the alcohol level and create the effervescence .",
        "\u2014 Jim Gordon"
      ],
      ": an appealingly lively quality":[
        "the effervescence of youth",
        "an actress admired for her energy and effervescence"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cce-f\u0259r-\u02c8ve-s\u1d4an(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165924"
  },
  "effective aperture":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013137"
  },
  "effusiometer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an apparatus for determining the effusion velocities of gases and hence their densities":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "effusio n + -meter":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214319"
  },
  "effectible":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": capable of being effected":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-t\u0259b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172442"
  },
  "effervesce":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes",
      ": to show liveliness or exhilaration",
      ": to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cce-f\u0259r-\u02c8ves",
      "\u02ccef-\u0259r-\u02c8ves"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 3,472-square-mile park encompassing the caldera is filled with geologic wonderlands of sprouting geysers and effervescing pools, all ultimately driven by magma and superheated fluids churning in the rock below the surface. \u2014 National Geographic , 19 Mar. 2020",
      "Sulfur dioxide, which effervesces from active volcanic vents and craters, reacts with sunlight, moisture, particulate and oxygen to produce clouds of fine particles. \u2014 Maya Wei-haas, Smithsonian , 25 May 2018",
      "For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent. \u2014 Lisa Ryan, The Cut , 2 May 2018",
      "For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent. \u2014 Ellen Barry, New York Times , 1 May 2018",
      "Siphons charge the cocktails with CO2, which change their texture, making the flavors effervesce and pop. \u2014 Lauren Le Vine, Redbook , 28 June 2013",
      "For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent. \u2014 Lisa Ryan, The Cut , 2 May 2018",
      "For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent. \u2014 Lisa Ryan, The Cut , 2 May 2018",
      "For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent. \u2014 Lisa Ryan, The Cut , 2 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin effervescere , from ex- + fervescere to begin to boil, inchoative of ferv\u0113re to boil \u2014 more at brew"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-064249"
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      "noun,",
      "transitive verb"
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      ": form , shape":[]
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      "(\u02c8)\u0259\u0307\u00a6f\u022f(\u0259)rm"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin efformare , from Latin ex- + formare to form":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185236"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": creating effects : effectual"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-tf\u0259l"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-162913"
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      "noun"
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      ": the value of an alternating or otherwise variable current that would result in the same heat production in a circuit as that of a direct current in the same length of time : the square root of the means of the squares of the instantaneous values of an alternating current"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-070743"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": the day when a law, rule, contract, etc., starts to be used":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032557"
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    "type":[],
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      "Definition of effecter variant spelling of effector 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-092308"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the net horsepower required to move a vehicle or boat that is the part of the total propelling engine horsepower that remains after deducting losses due to engine friction and propeller and other inefficiencies":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004944"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ef-\u0259-r\u0259nt; \u02c8ef-\u02ccer-\u0259nt",
      "-\u02ccfer-",
      "\u02c8e-f\u0259r-\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccfer-",
      "\u02c8\u0113-"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French eff\u00e9rent , from Latin efferent-, efferens , present participle of efferre to carry outward, from ex- + ferre to carry \u2014 more at bear":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1856, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054205"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect",
      ": impressive , striking",
      ": being in effect : operative",
      ": actual",
      ": ready for service or action",
      ": equal to the rate of simple interest that yields the same amount when the interest is paid once at the end of the interest period as a quoted rate of interest does when calculated at compound interest over the same period \u2014 compare nominal sense 4",
      ": one that is effective (see effective entry 1 )",
      ": a soldier equipped for duty",
      ": producing or able to produce a desired effect",
      ": impressive",
      ": being in operation",
      ": producing a decided, decisive, claimed, or desired effect",
      ": producing a desired effect",
      ": capable of bringing about an effect",
      "\u2014 see also ineffective assistance of counsel",
      ": being in effect",
      ": equal to the rate of simple interest that yields the same amount when the rate is paid once at the end of the interest period as a quoted rate of interest does when calculated at compound interest over the same period \u2014 compare nominal"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "i-\u02c8fek-tiv",
      "e-",
      "\u0113-",
      "\u0259-",
      "i-\u02c8fek-tiv",
      "i-\u02c8fek-tiv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "effectual",
      "efficacious",
      "efficient",
      "fruitful",
      "operative",
      "potent",
      "productive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fruitless",
      "ineffective",
      "ineffectual",
      "inefficient",
      "inoperative",
      "unfruitful",
      "unproductive",
      "useless"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "These commercials were extremely effective as marketing tools, but we now know that chocolate swimming pools and candy-coating showers play no part in the manufacture of real M&M's. Instead, the ellipsoid chocolate centers of plain M&M's are formed by machines. \u2014 David Owen , Atlantic , October 1988",
      "My feeling is that by waiting for the right moment to let rip, a film is infinitely more effective , especially with characters you have come to like. \u2014 Clive Barker , in Cinefantastique , September 1987",
      "But Tammy's most effective remedy for stress, both then and now, was the same as Imelda Marcos's: shopping up a storm. \"It's kind of a hobby to help my nerves,\" she explained \u2026 \u2014 Jean Seligman , Newsweek , 8 June 1987",
      "It's a simple but effective technique.",
      "He gave an effective speech.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Convents and monasteries can be cost- effective alternative accommodations. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
      "Others might want to bring more attention to their new business or offer a cost- effective content platform for audiences to connect with a brand. \u2014 Ginni Saraswati, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
      "Domestic manufacturing of these types of chips is also vital and could be far more cost- effective and economically scalable. \u2014 Scott White, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Increasingly, content is becoming the most cost- effective way to achieve that result. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
      "The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, a Boston drug pricing watchdog, recently said that beti-cel could be considered cost- effective in that price range. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "FEMA Press Secretary Jeremy Edwards said in a statement the process can be lengthy, in part, because the agency must determine that a buyout is cost- effective and complies with environmental and historic preservation requirements. \u2014 Ben Finley, ajc , 18 June 2022",
      "The system is designed to meet electricity consumption in the most cost- effective way by instantaneously matching supply to demand. \u2014 Chloe Taylor, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
      "This will minimize the amount of time the latter is opened, works out to be more cost effective , and easier than buying a bigger primary cooler. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Laurent Morali, president of Kushner Cos., will take over as chief executive effective immediately, the firm said. \u2014 Peter Grant, WSJ , 19 Oct. 2021",
      "California\u2019s coronavirus dashboard showed an R- effective of 0.81 for San Francisco as of Wednesday. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 June 2021",
      "AstraZeneca is working with the Serum Institute, as is Novavax, whose vaccine looks to be ninety-six-per-cent effective . \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 3 June 2021",
      "One way is through applied topical insect repellent, the most (and arguably only) effective of which contain DEET. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "But even for a team loaded at the position, the effective of Oregon\u2019s ground game, especially in the second half, in its first two games is outlandish. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Nov. 2020",
      "The agency had already announced that a vaccine would have to prove at least 50-percent effective at preventing COVID-19 to earn full approval. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 24 Sep. 2020",
      "In this scenario, infections will decline even if face masks are only 50-percent effective . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 12 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "Middle English effectif, borrowed from Late Latin effect\u012bvus \"producing a result, efficient,\" going back to Latin, \"involving an end product,\" from effectus, past participle of efficere \"to make, bring about, produce, carry out\" + -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at effect entry 1",
      "Noun",
      "derivative of effective entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1708, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142540"
  },
  "efference":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": efferent activity":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ef(\u0259)r\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1869, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222801"
  },
  "effectively":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in an effective manner",
      ": in effect : virtually"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "i-\u02c8fek-tiv-l\u0113",
      "e-",
      "\u0113-",
      "\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Try to communicate your ideas more effectively .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This means that teams effectively have three bonus spots on their squad. \u2014 Steve Price, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "That means that much of the time, this laptop effectively has one port. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
      "In a system that works by consensus, any nation effectively has a veto over new members. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
      "The Food and Drug Administration has effectively banned vaping company Juul\u2019s products from the U.S. marketplace, issuing denial orders for all of its e-cigarette products that are currently available. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
      "World swimming\u2019s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women\u2019s events, starting Monday. \u2014 Ciar\u00e1n Fahey, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "World swimming\u2019s governing body effectively banned transgender athletes from competing in women\u2019s events on Sunday. \u2014 Ciar\u00c1n Fahey, ajc , 19 June 2022",
      "The 1720 Bubble Act effectively banned new joint stock companies but didn\u2019t eliminate existing corporations. \u2014 WSJ , 5 June 2022",
      "This is especially important since the centre effectively has a veto in the GST Council. \u2014 Umang Poddar, Quartz , 22 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1652, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-050356"
  },
  "effendi":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a man of property, authority, or education in an eastern Mediterranean country"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "e-\u02c8fen-d\u0113",
      "\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Turkish efendi master, from Modern Greek aphent\u0113s , alteration of Greek authent\u0113s \u2014 more at authentic"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1614, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-062910"
  },
  "efoveolate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": not foveolate":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)\u0113+"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "e- + foveolate":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113003"
  },
  "efforce":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": force":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French efforcer , from Old French esforcier , from es- (from Latin ex- ) + forcier to force":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115154"
  },
  "effeminize":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make effeminate":[
        "he has become effeminized, without having the virtues of being frankly feminine",
        "\u2014 Sinclair Lewis"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "effemin(ate) + -ize":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130232"
  },
  "effective pitch":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the distance an airplane advances along its flight path for one revolution of the propeller : pitch":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135524"
  }
}