dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ach_MW.json

{
  "Achilles' heel":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a vulnerable point":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I'm trying to lose weight, but ice cream is my Achilles' heel .",
      "the food supply proved to be the nation's Achilles' heel in its defense against terrorist attacks"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1840, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the story that Achilles was vulnerable only in the heel":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "back",
      "chink",
      "jugular",
      "soft spot",
      "underbelly"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162656",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Achlamydeae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a group of Apetalae comprising plants with flowers that lack a perianth":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1831, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from a- entry 2 + chlamyd- + -eae":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-kl\u0259-",
      "\u00a6\u0101-kl\u0259-\u02c8mi-d\u0113-\u02cc\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105856",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "ache":{
    "antonyms":[
      "pain",
      "pang",
      "prick",
      "shoot",
      "smart",
      "sting",
      "stitch",
      "throe",
      "tingle",
      "twinge"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a condition marked by aching":[
        "looked through the old pictures with a dull ache in her heart"
      ],
      ": a usually dull persistent pain":[
        "had an ache in his back"
      ],
      ": to become distressed or disturbed (as with anxiety or regret)":[
        "aching with sadness"
      ],
      ": to experience a painful eagerness or yearning":[
        "He is aching to go."
      ],
      ": to feel compassion":[
        "My heart aches for those poor people."
      ],
      ": to suffer a usually dull persistent pain":[
        "an aching back"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Her muscles were aching from shoveling snow.",
      "After running the marathon, his body ached for a week.",
      "The candy's so sweet that it makes my teeth ache .",
      "Noun",
      "He had a dull ache in his back from lifting boxes all day.",
      "a dull pounding ache in his head",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Also my neck would ache , as if all the veins inside it were getting thicker and darker. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "Hands, shoulders, and your back all start to ache as the hours tick by. \u2014 Josh Patterson, Outside Online , 18 May 2020",
      "Sit in any seat long enough and your backside will begin to ache . \u2014 Beth Nichols, Car and Driver , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "On April 21, 2020, Ogunnubi\u2019s body began to ache , and she was sent home early from work. \u2014 Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "My stomach would ache , my blood sugar would crash, and my teeth and gums even began to suffer. \u2014 Jessica Jones, M.s., R.d., SELF , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "About 30,000 runners have signed up to sweat, ache and push their legs to the limit. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "In this romantic Lakes District in the shadow of the Alps, wistful 19th-century villas are seductively overgrown with old vines that seem to ache with stories to tell. \u2014 Rick Steves, chicagotribune.com , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "How wonderful that games could give us this, the chance to visit places from our past and our future and to ache for them. \u2014 Mike Mcclelland, Wired , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Seeing them together makes my heart hurt and stomach ache . \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
      "The film pulsates with ache , toying with Ellie\u2019s fear of becoming fully herself. \u2014 Kyle Turner, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Even if researchers establish a clear link with adenovirus 41, more work will be required to pin down why a virus that typically causes stomach ache is leading to severe liver inflammation. \u2014 Denise Roland, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Norovirus infects and sickens people 12 to 48 hours after exposure, and symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, stomach pain, fever, headache and body ache . \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "While many belly ache about the Packers not giving Rodgers enough help, Gutekunst has given him annual reinforcements up front that would make most quarterbacks do back flips. \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "There is no line for microaggressions on the balance sheet, no KPI for ache . \u2014 Isis Dallis, Quartz , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The ineradicable ache of a mother\u2019s loss comes through with devastating force, and so, too, does playwright Inda Craig-Galv\u00e1n\u2019s anger at the conditions that allow such losses to keep happening. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "What many hear in the song is only the delicate ache of the music itself. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English aken, going back to Old English acan, of uncertain origin":"Verb",
      "Middle English, going back to Old English \u00e6ce, ece, noun derivative from the base of acan \"to ache entry 1 \"":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "hurt",
      "pain",
      "smart"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082838",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ache (for)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "to have sympathy for I ache for those people who have to spend the holidays alone",
      "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy aching for some quiet time to himself"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-204052",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "achievable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to carry out successfully : accomplish":[
        "achieve a gradual increase in production"
      ],
      ": to get or attain as the result of exertion : reach":[
        "achieved a high degree of skill",
        "achieved greatness"
      ],
      ": to attain a desired end or aim : become successful":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8ch\u0113v"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "attain",
      "bag",
      "chalk up",
      "clock (up)",
      "gain",
      "hit",
      "log",
      "make",
      "notch (up)",
      "rack up",
      "ring up",
      "score",
      "win"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for achieve perform , execute , discharge , accomplish , achieve , effect , fulfill mean to carry out or into effect. perform implies action that follows established patterns or procedures or fulfills agreed-upon requirements and often connotes special skill. performed gymnastics execute stresses the carrying out of what exists in plan or in intent. executed the hit-and-run discharge implies execution and completion of appointed duties or tasks. discharged his duties accomplish stresses the successful completion of a process rather than the means of carrying it out. accomplished everything they set out to do achieve adds to accomplish the implication of conquered difficulties. achieve greatness effect adds to achieve an emphasis on the inherent force in the agent capable of surmounting obstacles. effected sweeping reforms fulfill implies a complete realization of ends or possibilities. fulfilled their ambitions",
    "examples":[
      "a diet that achieves dramatic results",
      "With much practice, she has achieved a high level of skill.",
      "They achieved high scores on their math tests.",
      "We give students the skills they need in order to achieve in college.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Of those digital sales, 43% came from Sweetgreen\u2019s native app and website, which is the sweet spot for collecting customer information to achieve such personalization. \u2014 Alicia Kelso, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "To achieve this, Tarnoff wants governments to pass laws that would make the big platforms unprofitable and, in their place, fund small-scale, local experiments in social media design. \u2014 Gabriel Nicholas, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
      "Silicon Valley kitchen, there still exists a subset of men who view their bodies as machines to be optimized and are willing to go to absurd lengths to achieve peak efficiency. \u2014 Amanda Arnold, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
      "The tree is grown from the seed of the tree that the Buddha sat beneath to achieve enlightenment. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
      "Until the 1960s, American literature was shaped by the fact that Black authors needed white publishers to achieve national recognition. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
      "Just as this story went to press, Paramount announced that Sonic 2 has crossed the $400 million mark globally, becoming the only second family pic since COVID-19 to achieve that feat behind Sing 2. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
      "To achieve its goal, Iceland created 11 working groups focused on different types of packaging such as plastic punnets, trays and lid pots, and wrote to more than 400 suppliers asking for help. \u2014 Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "The Curly Girl Method is practically a way of life for curly gals to achieve their best spirals ever. \u2014 Andrea Jordan, Good Housekeeping , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English acheven, borrowed from Anglo-French achever \"to complete, carry out, succeed,\" from a-, prefix forming telic and transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad- ) + -chever, verbal derivative from chef, chief \"end, head\" \u2014 more at chief entry 3":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213731"
  },
  "achieve":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to carry out successfully : accomplish":[
        "achieve a gradual increase in production"
      ],
      ": to get or attain as the result of exertion : reach":[
        "achieved a high degree of skill",
        "achieved greatness"
      ],
      ": to attain a desired end or aim : become successful":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8ch\u0113v"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "attain",
      "bag",
      "chalk up",
      "clock (up)",
      "gain",
      "hit",
      "log",
      "make",
      "notch (up)",
      "rack up",
      "ring up",
      "score",
      "win"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for achieve perform , execute , discharge , accomplish , achieve , effect , fulfill mean to carry out or into effect. perform implies action that follows established patterns or procedures or fulfills agreed-upon requirements and often connotes special skill. performed gymnastics execute stresses the carrying out of what exists in plan or in intent. executed the hit-and-run discharge implies execution and completion of appointed duties or tasks. discharged his duties accomplish stresses the successful completion of a process rather than the means of carrying it out. accomplished everything they set out to do achieve adds to accomplish the implication of conquered difficulties. achieve greatness effect adds to achieve an emphasis on the inherent force in the agent capable of surmounting obstacles. effected sweeping reforms fulfill implies a complete realization of ends or possibilities. fulfilled their ambitions",
    "examples":[
      "a diet that achieves dramatic results",
      "With much practice, she has achieved a high level of skill.",
      "They achieved high scores on their math tests.",
      "We give students the skills they need in order to achieve in college.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Of those digital sales, 43% came from Sweetgreen\u2019s native app and website, which is the sweet spot for collecting customer information to achieve such personalization. \u2014 Alicia Kelso, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "To achieve this, Tarnoff wants governments to pass laws that would make the big platforms unprofitable and, in their place, fund small-scale, local experiments in social media design. \u2014 Gabriel Nicholas, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
      "Silicon Valley kitchen, there still exists a subset of men who view their bodies as machines to be optimized and are willing to go to absurd lengths to achieve peak efficiency. \u2014 Amanda Arnold, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
      "The tree is grown from the seed of the tree that the Buddha sat beneath to achieve enlightenment. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
      "Until the 1960s, American literature was shaped by the fact that Black authors needed white publishers to achieve national recognition. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
      "Just as this story went to press, Paramount announced that Sonic 2 has crossed the $400 million mark globally, becoming the only second family pic since COVID-19 to achieve that feat behind Sing 2. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
      "To achieve its goal, Iceland created 11 working groups focused on different types of packaging such as plastic punnets, trays and lid pots, and wrote to more than 400 suppliers asking for help. \u2014 Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "The Curly Girl Method is practically a way of life for curly gals to achieve their best spirals ever. \u2014 Andrea Jordan, Good Housekeeping , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English acheven, borrowed from Anglo-French achever \"to complete, carry out, succeed,\" from a-, prefix forming telic and transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad- ) + -chever, verbal derivative from chef, chief \"end, head\" \u2014 more at chief entry 3":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183731"
  },
  "achievement":{
    "antonyms":[
      "nonachievement"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a great or heroic deed":[],
      ": a result gained by effort : accomplishment":[
        "being honored for her academic achievements",
        "a major scientific achievement"
      ],
      ": the act of achieving something":[
        "the achievement of an ambition"
      ],
      ": the quality and quantity of a student's work":[
        "standardized tests to measure achievement"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The discovery of DNA was a major scientific achievement .",
      "It was a great achievement .",
      "Getting the project done on time was a real achievement .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That put the film back in the top slot for the weekend, a remarkable achievement in any era let alone our frontloaded, opening weekend-centric theatrical environment and with two solid openers on its tail. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
      "The Sparrows are even more competitive about their numerical designations than the Umbrellas, so pulling the No. 1 rank is no easy achievement . \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
      "The subject matter here is grim, yes, but Sapphire never leaves the reader, or Precious, entirely without hope, a notable achievement for a writer who\u2019s sworn off happy endings. \u2014 Alice Mcdermott, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
      "Despite efforts by both the right and left to kill it, Congress is on track to pass the most meaningful package of gun restrictions in decades \u2013 a rare bipartisan achievement . \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
      "The country\u2019s vaccine success stood in sharp contrast to the woeful state of its public health system, which had long been touted as a major achievement of the 1959 Revolution. \u2014 Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
      "The Juneteenth commemoration marks the legal end of slavery in the United States, a hard-fought achievement of the Civil War. \u2014 Maria Cramer, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "But make no mistake: This framework is a sizable achievement . \u2014 Kris Brown, CNN , 14 June 2022",
      "Tori Spelling's daughter Stella McDermott is a middle-school graduate, a major achievement in more ways than one, the actress says. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Anglo-French achevement, from achever \"to achieve \" + -ment -ment":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8ch\u0113v-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for achievement feat , exploit , achievement mean a remarkable deed. feat implies strength or dexterity or daring. an acrobatic feat exploit suggests an adventurous or heroic act. his exploits as a spy achievement implies hard-won success in the face of difficulty or opposition. her achievements as a chemist",
    "synonyms":[
      "accomplishment",
      "acquirement",
      "attainment",
      "baby",
      "coup",
      "success",
      "triumph"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060601",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "aching":{
    "antonyms":[
      "indolent",
      "painless"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": causing or reflecting distress, deep emotion, or longing":[
        "aching country ballads"
      ],
      ": that aches":[
        "an aching back"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "another one of those aching country songs about a woman who done him wrong",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Peck muses about the mythic West, lonely highways and, in his most aching songs, the men who've broken his heart (or vice versa). \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "An aching , tender portrait of the heartbreak and growing pains of adolescence from a then-18-year-old wise beyond her years. \u2014 Amel Mukhtar, Vogue , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Perhaps the most aching adaptation of Diana put to screen, Corrin's young Spencer was written as perhaps the most sympathetic figure in the series. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Morales, feverish and aching , cooked meals, delivered medicine and did laundry. \u2014 Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "Backed by a spare beat and atmospheric choir, the 23-year-old R&B star sings with a soulfully aching , yearning voice and adds potent spoken-word passages about generations of pain, fear and anxiety. \u2014 Jon Bream Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 17 Dec. 2020",
      "Hansen was back at work at GCI on Friday with some aching muscles and a new goal. \u2014 Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2020",
      "In the wistful second movement, Mr. Harrell balanced aching lyricism with clearheaded directness. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 May 2020",
      "Hayward brings a wonderful, aching intensity to Iris, who visibly and authentically transforms upon this first attempt, by anybody, to understand her. \u2014 Mary Sollosi, EW.com , 24 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English aking, from present participle of aken \"to ache entry 1 \"":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101-ki\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "achy",
      "afflictive",
      "hurting",
      "nasty",
      "painful",
      "sore"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053214",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "achingly":{
    "antonyms":[
      "little",
      "negligibly",
      "nominally",
      "slightly",
      "somewhat"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": extremely , exceedingly":[
        "achingly complicated"
      ],
      ": in an aching manner":[
        "achingly sad songs"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Idling breathily outside the showroom, with rain droplets beading on its long hood and tapering tail, the Gullwing looks achingly beautiful. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
      "The opening musical sunrise features dizzying woodwind runs, forest rustlings, and a long, achingly beautiful melody in the strings. \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "But nothing goes as planned in this achingly sad story where reputation, public acclaim, and doing the right thing are never simple notions. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Peruvian-Japanese Nikkei cuisine is all the rage in Spain and few restaurants do it better than the achingly hip De Tokio a Lima. \u2014 Isabelle Kliger, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Like its muse, the movie feels a little like a black-box experiment, one that can be both frustratingly opaque and achingly lovely: a still-waters mystery whose ripples, even up to the last frame, only hint at what lies beneath. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "On top of that, an achingly plangent background score from Valentin Hadjadj, all strings and oboe (the instrument Remi had been learning), sighs in a minor key. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
      "This is achingly similar to the profile of other young mass killers from Sandy Hook to Aurora, Parkland, Tucson, Virginia Tech and Buffalo. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
      "The dangers of a hotter future are achingly visible on a small farm in Malihabad, a prime northern mango-growing district, where Mohammed Aslam tends about 500 trees. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1765, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "aching + -ly entry 2":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101-ki\u014b-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "almighty",
      "archly",
      "awful",
      "awfully",
      "badly",
      "beastly",
      "blisteringly",
      "bone",
      "colossally",
      "corking",
      "cracking",
      "damn",
      "damned",
      "dang",
      "deadly",
      "desperately",
      "eminently",
      "enormously",
      "especially",
      "ever",
      "exceedingly",
      "exceeding",
      "extra",
      "extremely",
      "fabulously",
      "fantastically",
      "far",
      "fiercely",
      "filthy",
      "frightfully",
      "full",
      "greatly",
      "heavily",
      "highly",
      "hugely",
      "immensely",
      "incredibly",
      "intensely",
      "jolly",
      "majorly",
      "mightily",
      "mighty",
      "monstrous",
      "mortally",
      "most",
      "much",
      "particularly",
      "passing",
      "rattling",
      "real",
      "really",
      "right",
      "roaring",
      "roaringly",
      "seriously",
      "severely",
      "so",
      "sore",
      "sorely",
      "spanking",
      "specially",
      "stinking",
      "such",
      "super",
      "supremely",
      "surpassingly",
      "terribly",
      "that",
      "thumping",
      "too",
      "unco",
      "uncommonly",
      "vastly",
      "very",
      "vitally",
      "way",
      "whacking",
      "wicked",
      "wildly"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010450",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "achiote":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At Puente, that dish is Lucy\u2019s Plate-Licking Chicken & Sausage Rice ($18), named after his mother, with sofrito, tomato, achiote , chicken thigh and Italian sausage. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 1 July 2022",
      "The older sister became a Wituk tree [a genip tree] to give life and energy to sick or sad people; while the younger sister became a Manduru [an achiote shrub] which also supports life and has healing properties. \u2014 V\u00edctor Bastidas, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "But the flat-top grill version still glowed with tangy, tropical achiote spice, the pork staying juicy all the way through. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Some use an achiote paste, with ground annatto seeds. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "After incorporating achiote into the lard, along with seasonings, the exterior ingredients are ready to go. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Make the rice: To a large, lidded pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the achiote or coconut oil and pork or bacon, if using. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "Brush the pork all over with some of the achiote oil. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Taquero Jorge Luis Garcia layers thin pork steaks on the spit, seasoned with achiote . \u2014 Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com , 24 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1648, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from American Spanish, borrowed from Nahuatl \u0101chiotl \"annatto tree\"":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u00e4-ch\u0113-\u02c8\u014d-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014755",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "achira":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a canna ( Canna edulis ) with rootstocks bearing edible tubers from which an arrowroot is made":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1831, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "American Spanish, from Quechua":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8chir-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051041",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "achiral":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or being a molecule that is superimposable on its mirror image : not chiral":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1921, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 2 + chiral":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u0101-\u02c8k\u012b-r\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102546",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "achkan":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a three-quarter-length coat or tunic worn by men in India":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1885, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hindi ackan":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4ch-k\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234415",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "achlamydate":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": without a mantle":[
        "\u2014 used of gastropods"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1875, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 2 + chlamydate":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)\u0101-\u00a6kla-m\u0259-\u02ccd\u0101t",
      "-d\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094627",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "achy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "indolent",
      "painless"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": afflicted with aches":[
        "feeling tired and achy"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "unable to play in tomorrow's football game because of an achy right knee",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The emphasis was on recovery and mending his achy body. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
      "If your body feels old and creaky, let\u2019s grease up those achy joints and get the most bang for your buck. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "And if the people who sell collagen supplements don\u2019t really believe in them, why should anyone with achy knees buy them",
      "The Grand Ole Opry broke some achy hearts, baseball slowly understands the assignment, and where are the coins for Black TikTok",
      "Joint pain: People don't often miss the warning sign of achy and painful joints, which usually show up first in the small joints of the hands and feet. \u2014 Jessie Shafer, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 June 2021",
      "Data from clinical trials and side effect reports linked to patient health records show that most vaccinated people don\u2019t get much more than an achy arm, a fever and chills. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Perfect for: Old dogs and pups with achy joints that can't quite jump onto the couch or bed. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, PEOPLE.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
      "Lastly, don't miss the Qi Journey, a blend of ancient Thai massage, acupuncture, and Craniosacral therapy, known to relieve everything from achy joints to stagnant energy. \u2014 Kate Donnelly, Travel + Leisure , 21 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1857, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ache entry 2 + -y entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aching",
      "afflictive",
      "hurting",
      "nasty",
      "painful",
      "sore"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204544",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "achromatic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": refracting light without dispersing it into its constituent colors : giving images practically free from extraneous colors":[
        "an achromatic telescope"
      ],
      ": not readily colored by the usual staining agents":[],
      ": possessing no hue : being or involving black, gray, or white : neutral":[
        "achromatic visual sensations"
      ],
      ": being without accidentals or modulation : diatonic":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccak-r\u0259-\u02c8mat-ik",
      "\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik",
      "(\u02cc)\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 2 + Greek chr\u014dmat-, chr\u00f4ma \"color\" + -ic entry 1 (or borrowed directly from Greek chr\u014dmatik\u00f3s chromatic entry 1 , formed with the same elements)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1754, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181428"
  },
  "achromatic lens":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a lens made by combining lenses of different glasses having different focal powers so that the light emerging from the lens forms an image practically free of chromatic aberration":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1796, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194141"
  },
  "Achromatiaceae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family usually placed in the order Beggiatoales that includes large motile aquatic bacteria containing sulfur or calcium carbonate inclusions but no photosynthetic pigments":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccm\u0101-sh\u0113-",
      "\u02cca-kr\u014d-\u02ccma-t\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-s\u0113-\u02cc\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Achromatium , type genus (from achromat- + -ium ) + -aceae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1918, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001152"
  },
  "achieved":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": brought to or marked by a high degree of development or refinement : finished":[
        "fully achieved poems"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8ch\u0113vd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ultimately, the resort aims to leave guests feeling renewed, uplifted and inspired, ensuring an achieved sense of \u2018weightlessness\u2019. \u2014 Lauren Jade Hill, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
      "Especially for her father, who, like her mother, was the child of Jewish immigrants, the house embodied the achieved American dream. \u2014 Arthur Lubow, New York Times , 27 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from past participle of achieve":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023505"
  },
  "achieve/reach an understanding":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to agree about something":[
        "After a long discussion they finally achieved/reached an understanding ."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024402"
  },
  "Achang":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sinicized Shan ethnic group occupying two valleys in the west-central frontiers of Yunnan province in southwest China":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4-\u02ccch\u00e4\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1900, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034504"
  },
  "achiever":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": someone who achieves success especially through effort : a successful person":[
        "Donovan's the best of the lot; typical first child, steady, responsible, the big achiever in the bunch.",
        "\u2014 Sue Grafton",
        "a high achiever [=a hard-working, successful person]",
        "a low achiever [=a person who does not work hard and is not successful]"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8ch\u0113-v\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1565, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092254"
  },
  "achromaticity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being achromatic (as grayness of a color)":[],
      ": degree of being achromatic":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-kr\u0259-m\u0259\u02c8tis\u0259t\u0113",
      "\u02cc\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105457"
  },
  "achievement quotient":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the ratio usually multiplied by 100 of achievement age to chronological age":[],
      ": accomplishment quotient":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121951"
  },
  "achromat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": achromatic lens":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ak-r\u0259-\u02ccmat",
      "\u02c8a-kr\u0259-\u02ccmat"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably borrowed from German Achromat, short for achromatische Linse \"achromatic lens\"":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1900, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123501"
  },
  "achalasia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": failure of a ring of muscle (such as the anal sphincter or one of the esophagus) to relax":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u0101-k\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-zh(\u0113-)\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After Lorraine passed away in May 2018 at age 73, after close to a decade with achalasia , a condition that closes off the esophagus, Chuck set to work living out her wishes. \u2014 Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com , 9 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 2 + Greek ch\u00e1lasis \"loosening, relaxation\" (from chal\u00e1\u014d, chal\u00e2n \"to loosen\" \u2014of obscure origin\u2014 + -sis -sis ) + -ia entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1914, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152118"
  },
  "achondritic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stony meteorite without rounded grains":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8k\u00e4n-\u02ccdr\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On the other hand, achondrites were produced by melting of their parent bodies. \u2014 Perry A. Farrell, Detroit Free Press , 17 Jan. 2018",
      "Although most achondrites are fragments of asteroids, a few come from the moon or Mars. \u2014 Perry A. Farrell, Detroit Free Press , 17 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably borrowed from German Achondrite, from a- a- entry 2 + Chondrite chondrite":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1904, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184350"
  },
  "achromatic prism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a prism made by combining two or more prisms of different refractive index so designed and placed that a ray of white or other nonhomogeneous light passing through the prism is deviated but not dispersed into a spectrum \u2014 compare amici prism":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1802, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194034"
  },
  "Achakzai":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a division of the Afghans":[],
      ": a member of the Achakzai":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8ch\u00e4k-\u02ccz\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably Pashto":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200001"
  },
  "Achomawi":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an Indian people of the Pit river valley in northern California":[],
      ": a member of such people":[],
      ": a Shastan language of the Achomawi people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8ch\u014d-m\u0259-\u02ccw\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Achomawi, from ach\u00f3ma river":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203037"
  },
  "Achromatium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the type genus of the family Achromatiaceae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-kr\u0259-\u02c8m\u0101-sh\u0113-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from achromat- + -ium":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1894, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211002"
  },
  "Achagua":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an Arawakan people of the upper valley of the Orinoco":[],
      ": a member of such people":[],
      ": the Arawakan language of the Achagua people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8ch\u00e4-gw\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, of American Indian origin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015716"
  }
}