"this deuced washing machine always gives me trouble"
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"1782, in the meaning defined above":""
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"also \u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"\u02c8d\u00fc-s\u0259d"
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"accursed",
"accurst",
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"dang",
"danged",
"darn",
"durn",
"darned",
"durned",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
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"type":[
"adjective",
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a card game (such as poker) in which each deuce may represent any card designated by its holder":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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": duck entry 1 sense 1":[]
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"Middle English (Scots) duke , from Old English d\u016bce":""
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"\u02c8dy\u00fck"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"noun"
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": an isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and one neutron in its nucleus and that has twice the mass of ordinary hydrogen":[
"\u2014 symbol D"
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"d\u00fc-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259m",
"also dy\u00fc-",
"d(y)\u00fc-\u02c8tir-\u0113-\u0259m"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Urey, of course, was a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered the isotopes of hydrogen, like deuterium , and so on. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will also halt general licenses for exports of source material, special material, byproduct material and deuterium to Russia. \u2014 Courtney Subramanianstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
"The 50 million watts is only the power supplied directly to the deuterium and tritium fuel. \u2014 Don Lincoln, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Set up to reflect the design of ITER, and with the mix of deuterium and tritium fuel that will be used there, JET made the largest sustained fusion reaction yet. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Unfortunately, the heated deuterium makes its own magnetic fields, which interfere with the force fields. \u2014 Don Lincoln, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
"According to Daly, the Sun has very low levels of heavy hydrogen called deuterium . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 7 Dec. 2021",
"In theory, deuterium can be obtained from Earth's oceans; one liter of seawater is estimated to have enough fusion material to produce energy equivalent to 300 liters of gasoline, Newsweek reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Jan. 2022",
"The extra performance of the new OLED EX displays isn\u2019t solely down to the influence of deuterium , however. \u2014 John Archer, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021"
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"New Latin, from Greek deuteros second":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1933, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141732"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a binary compound of deuterium with a more electropositive element or radical analogous to a hydride":[]
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"\u02c8d(y)\u00fct\u0259\u02ccr\u012bd"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142116"
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"type":[
"combining form"
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"definitions":{
": second : secondary":[
"deuter anopia"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek deuter-, deutero- , from deuteros ; probably akin to Greek dein to lack, Sanskrit do\u1e63a fault, lack":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144852"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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"definitions":{
": paulopost":[]
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"(\u02c8)d(y)\u00fc\u00a6terik"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"deuter- entry 1 + -ic":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165712"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": heavy water sense 1":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The student included 20 grams of deuterium oxide \u2014heavy water\u2014with the purchase of the plasma generator. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 14 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173114"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a god introduced by means of a crane (see crane entry 1 sense 3a ) in ancient Greek and Roman drama to decide the final outcome":[],
": a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty":[
"\u2026 the shipwreck, far from being a tragic peripety, is the deus ex machina which makes it possible for Defoe to present solitary labour \u2026 as a solution to the perplexities of economic and social reality.",
"The ending depends on a perverse kind of deus ex machina that some readers will consider too melodramatic. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"While financial struggles are instantaneously cured by a deus ex machina , the emotional toll of such a daunting task is hardly acknowledged. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The result is like the deus ex machina moment in an ancient Greek play, when a hopeless situation is resolved by the sudden appearance of a god on a crane. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Feb. 2022",
"For cinema operators like O\u2019Meara, the latest Spidey movie isn\u2019t merely a deus ex machina , something that swings in like a gift from the heavens to boosts ticket sales and popcorn purchases. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 30 Dec. 2021",
"In a strange twist for a movie at least somewhat about free speech, the deus ex machina is famously corrupt head of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover himself. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Many hoped vaccines would put a deus ex machina -style end to the virus. \u2014 Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times , 18 Dec. 2021",
"In Lowery\u2019s movie, as in the poem, however, magic does not function as a deus ex machina to tie up loose ends but as a way to talk about control. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Artificial intelligence does not come to us as a deus ex machina but, rather, through a number of dehumanizing extractive practices, of which most of us are unaware. \u2014 Jonathan Franzen, The New York Review of Books , 6 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, a god from a machine, translation of Greek theos ek m\u0113chan\u0113s":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1697, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200311"
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"type":[
"abbreviation"
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"definitions":{
"Deuteronomy":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201254"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or constituting the books of Scripture contained in the Septuagint but not in the Hebrew canon":[]
"Middle English Deutronomie , from Late Latin Deuteronomium , from Greek Deuteronomion , from deuter- + nomos law \u2014 more at nimble":""
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220402"
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"type":[
"combining form"
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"definitions":{
": deuterium : containing deuterium":[
"\u2014 in names of chemical compounds deuterio ammonia"
]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from deuterium":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001345"
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to introduce deuterium into (a compound)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"also \u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"\u02c8d(y)\u00fct-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t",
"\u02c8d\u00fc-t\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1947, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001650"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the actor taking the part of second importance in a classical Greek drama":[],
": a person who serves as a foil to another":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u00fc-t\u0259-\u02c8ra-g\u0259-nist",
"also \u02ccdy\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In fact, nearly every single Resident Evil entry places a woman as either a protagonist, a deuteragonist , a crafty villain, or both in some instances. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, Wired , 7 May 2021",
"The three-minute video features the new deuteragonist , Spartan Locke, who\u2019s going to be filling in for the Master Chief as the resident gun-with-a-camera-attached for parts of the game, which releases October 27. \u2014 Jake Muncy, WIRED , 1 Sep. 2015"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek deuterag\u014dnist\u0113s , from deuter- + ag\u014dnist\u0113s combatant, actor \u2014 more at protagonist":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020241"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of the writers or editors of a Deuteronomic body of source material often distinguished in the earlier books of the Old Testament":[]
": the right service court from the point of view of the player or team that is receiving service":[
"\u2026 to watch the ambidextrous Evgenia Koulikovskaya hit only forehands (lefthanded from the ad court, righthanded from the deuce court ), repeatedly tossing her racket from hand to hand as if it were a potato just pulled from the oven.",
"\u2014 Steve Rushin , Sports Illustrated , 9 Sept. 2002"
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"\u2014 compare ad court":[
"\u2026 to watch the ambidextrous Evgenia Koulikovskaya hit only forehands (lefthanded from the ad court, righthanded from the deuce court ), repeatedly tossing her racket from hand to hand as if it were a potato just pulled from the oven.",
"\u2014 Steve Rushin , Sports Illustrated , 9 Sept. 2002"
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"first_known_use":{
"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083925"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a second larval form occurring in the development of most mites \u2014 compare protonymph , tritonymph":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d(y)\u00fct\u014d+"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"deut- + nymph":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115937"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": color blindness marked by usually complete loss of ability to distinguish colors":[]
"Red-green color blindness is broadly organized into four types, protanomaly, protanopia, deuteranomaly, and deuteranopia , all of which have to do with how the cones in the eye function. \u2014 Fernando Alfonso Iii, Houston Chronicle , 19 Dec. 2017",
"One of these is for players with normal vision; the other three cater to those with protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia (which correspond to people\u2019s difficulties sensing red, green and blue light respectively). \u2014 The Economist , 30 Sep. 2017",
"The most common type of colour blindness, for example, is deuteranopia . \u2014 The Economist , 30 Sep. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from deuter- + a- entry 2 + -opia ; from the blindness to green, regarded as the second primary color":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1901, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181232"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the inactive incompletely developed larva of a mite after the rupture of the outer eggshell":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u00fc\u02c8t\u014d-",
"d(y)\u00fct\u02c8\u014dv\u0259m"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from deut- + ovum":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181349"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the cusp of a mammalian premolar corresponding in position to the protocone of a true molar":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d(y)\u00fct\u0259r\u0259\u02cck\u014dn"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"deuter- entry 1 + cone":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212724"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": exhibiting partial loss of green color vision so that an increased intensity of green is required in a mixture of red and green to match a given yellow":[]
