dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ces_MW.json

{
  "cessation":{
    "antonyms":[
      "continuance",
      "continuation"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop":[
        "mutually agreed to a cessation of fighting"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Relapses after cessation of treatment are common.",
      "the cessation of the snowstorm was a relief",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Like India, Pakistan has called for dialogue and the cessation of violence, without assigning blame. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Still, word of the negotiations gives a glimmer of hope of a cessation of hostilities even as the fighting \u2014 now in its fourth day \u2014 has brought fierce battles on the streets of Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "But, now, with the worry about the Delta-variant, the cessation of most unemployment benefits, and the end of the eviction and mortgage payment moratoriums, the Q4 outlook for consumption, the major driver of GDP, has dimmed. \u2014 Robert Barone, Forbes , 2 Oct. 2021",
      "The eradication of smallpox in 1980 and the cessation of use of smallpox vaccine \u2014 which offers some protection against monkeypox \u2014 created an ecological void experts feared another poxvirus might fill. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 29 May 2022",
      "The diplomatic silence also narrows any channel for talks that could curb the conflict and explore a possible cessation to hostilities. \u2014 Alan Cullison, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
      "The budget-writing appropriations committee funded a wide variety of state services, including child care, workforce training, domestic violence prevention, open space, smoking cessation , government accountability and clean air, among others. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The last coordinated cessation of hostilities nationwide was during peace talks in 2016. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "The cessation of cigarette sales can have a big impact on public health. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English cessacioun , from Middle French cessation , from Latin cessation-, cessatio delay, idleness, from cessare to delay, be idle \u2014 more at cease":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "se-\u02c8s\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "arrest",
      "arrestment",
      "cease",
      "check",
      "close",
      "closedown",
      "closure",
      "conclusion",
      "cutoff",
      "discontinuance",
      "discontinuation",
      "end",
      "ending",
      "expiration",
      "finish",
      "halt",
      "lapse",
      "offset",
      "shutdown",
      "shutoff",
      "stay",
      "stop",
      "stoppage",
      "surcease",
      "termination"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182957",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cessio in jure":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in jure cessio":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, cession in law":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccin\u02c8ju\u0307r\u0113",
      "-\u02c8yu\u0307-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040508",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cession":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a yielding to another : concession":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "territorial cessions from one state to another",
      "The law required cession of the land to the heirs.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Roche predicted that central banks would continue to raise interest rates over the next six to nine months which in turn would hurt stocks, reduce economic growth and help to precipitate his war- cession . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
      "At the turn of the century, following cession of land from the Indigenous Clatsop people, Seaside became a bustling tourist destination on the north Oregon coast, accessible by a short train ride from Portland. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, there was no such She- cession in the UK, where employment fell less for females than for males. \u2014 CNN , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "The economic depression caused by the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected women more than men, leading some to call it a she- cession . \u2014 Kaleb Nygaard, Fortune , 16 June 2021",
      "The team brushed off a shaky start and early goal cession to rumble back for a 3-1 victory, highlighted by a pair of goals from rookie Daryl Dike. \u2014 Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com , 27 Aug. 2020",
      "Indigenous people were adapting, while the United States won partial and patchy land cessions , a process accelerated by the War of 1812. \u2014 Caitlin Fitz, The Atlantic , 8 Apr. 2020",
      "Indeed, the United States Supreme Court has applied the canons to treaties that do not involve the cession of land to the United States. \u2014 Jennifer Kraus, Twin Cities , 22 Dec. 2019",
      "These land cessions are known as the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (Choctaw tribe); Treaty of Cusseta (Creek); Treaty of Pontotoc (Chickasaw); and Treaty of New Echota (Cherokee). \u2014 al , 28 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin cession-, cessio , from cedere to withdraw \u2014 more at cede":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8se-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "capitulating",
      "capitulation",
      "handover",
      "relinquishment",
      "rendition",
      "submission",
      "submitting",
      "surrender"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185015",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cessionaire":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": cessionary":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French cessionnaire , from cession":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6sesh\u0259\u00a6na(a)(\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114421",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cesspool":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a filthy, evil, or corrupt place or state":[
        "a cesspool of corruption"
      ],
      ": an underground reservoir for liquid waste (such as household sewage)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The region had become a cesspool of pollution.",
      "over the decades the once-respectable neighborhood had become an urban cesspool",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The early 2000s were a cesspool of tabloid headlines for celebrities like Lopez. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
      "Once again, the famed Monarchs football program appears to be a cesspool of arrogance, entitlement and callousness. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "While Swimming With Sharks is quick to acknowledge that power relations in Tinseltown are a cesspool that poisons everything and everybody that comes through the Dream Factory, that\u2019s not really what the show is about. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Her father, Dan Pazienza, runs a successful cesspool service company, and her parents live in Port Jefferson, an upscale suburb in Long Island. \u2014 Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "On social media, the typical cesspool was replaced by an ocean of goodwill. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "His social media feeds are a cesspool of misogyny, bigotry and bizarre fringe conspiracy theories. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Jan. 2022",
      "Lana was skipping through the courtyard on dairy property near the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church one day in June 1951 when the ground beneath her gave way, swallowing her into a cesspool of raw sewage 35 feet below. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Because even though the platform is a cesspool of toxicity, there are reasons to stay. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1783, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps by folk etymology from Middle English suspiral vent, tap on a main pipe, settling pool, from Anglo-French suspirale vent, from suspirer to sigh, exhale, from Latin suspirare , literally, to draw a long breath \u2014 more at suspire":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ses-\u02ccp\u00fcl"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "Augean stable",
      "Gomorrah",
      "sink"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092407",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cesarean section":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a surgical procedure involving incision of the walls of the abdomen and uterus for delivery of offspring":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In Mississippi, as Ms. Magazine reported, an uninsured mother had to resort to her husband packing her cesarean section wound to keep her stomach together because staples from the procedure had come out. \u2014 Zoe Jacoby And Reshma Ramachandran, CNN , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Becoming Mom podcast, sharing why she's grown to be proud of the scar left from her cesarean section . \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "Jorgensen, who was eight months pregnant at the time, had to get an emergency cesarean section , but her baby died six days later. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 1 June 2022",
      "After giving birth via emergency cesarean section in 2017, doctors found life-threatening blood clots in Williams' body. \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Jill was scheduled for a cesarean section at the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Anaheim on May 5 because doctors discovered her son, Oliver, was in a breech position. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
      "After having children via cesarean section , her stomach has no muscles left to hold it together. \u2014 cleveland , 1 May 2022",
      "After having children via cesarean section , her stomach has no muscles left to hold it together. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 1 May 2022",
      "Prince arrived after Martin underwent an emergency cesarean section following 13 hours of labor, according to Carter's social media account of the delivery. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 31 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the legendary association of such a delivery with the Roman cognomen Caesar":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1607, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191545"
  },
  "cesarean":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective,",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": cesarean section":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "si-\u02c8zar-\u0113-\u0259n, -\u02c8zer-",
      "si-\u02c8zer-\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Once she was left in tears, feeling helpless when a woman of color was threatened during labor with a court order for wanting to hold off on a cesarean . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "Born by cesarean in September 2020, both babies did have to spend time in separate neonatal intensive care units (NICU). \u2014 John Bonifield And Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "Another died at the age of 26 after an emergency cesarean . \u2014 Jasmine Vaughn-hall, USA TODAY , 19 Nov. 2020",
      "Typically, developers based their algorithms on studies showing a correlation between race and some medical outcome, assuming race explained or was even the cause of, say, a poorer outcome (from a vaginal birth after a cesarean , say). \u2014 Sharon Begley, STAT , 17 June 2020",
      "In fact, said Dr. Rossiter, cord compression is a common cause of emergency cesareans . \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2020",
      "According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a vaginal birth after cesarean , or VBAC, is an option for some women, depending on the type of incision made in the earlier surgery and the birth facility, among other factors. \u2014 Katherine Hobson, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "Kaiser Southern California has delayed such inductions, as well as planned cesareans due to coronavirus. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2020",
      "Fecal samples were taken from babies age four, seven or 21 days old, who had been born in UK hospitals by vaginal delivery or cesarean . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 18 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1903, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233403"
  },
  "cesarevich":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the eldest son of the czar":[],
      ": the heir to the Russian throne \u2014 compare czarevitch":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259\u0307\u02c8zar\u0259\u02ccvich",
      "-z\u00e4r-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Russian tsesarevich , from tsesar' emperor (from Latin caesar ) + -evich (patronymic suffix)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234334"
  }
}