dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ser_MW.json

{
  "Serbo-":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": Serbian":[
        "Serbo phile"
      ],
      ": Serbian and":[
        "Serbo -Bulgarian"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "serb":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132723",
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ]
  },
  "Serbo-Croat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": serbo-croatian":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "serbo- + croat":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022645",
    "type":[
      "noun or adjective"
    ]
  },
  "Serbo-Croatian":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person whose native language is Serbo-Croatian":[],
      ": the Serbian and Croatian languages together with the Slavic speech of Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Montenegro taken as a single language with regional variants":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccs\u0259r-(\u02cc)b\u014d-kr\u014d-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012735",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Sercial":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dry Madeira wine":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6sers\u0113\u00a6al",
      "(\u02c8)sers\u00a6yal"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005826",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Serebend":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of Serebend variant of saraband:2"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-050532",
    "type":[]
  },
  "Serengeti Plain":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "area of eastern Africa that is mostly in northern Tanzania but extends over the border into southwestern Kenya; includes Tanzania's":[
        "Serengeti National Park , a wild game reserve"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccser-\u0259n-\u02c8ge-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193146",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Servetus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Michael 1511":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)s\u0259r-\u02c8v\u0113-t\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073750",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Servian":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to Servius Tullius who was the sixth of the legendary kings of Rome 578\u2013534 b.c.":[
        "the Servian wall"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Servi us Tullius + English -an":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259rv\u0113\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074756",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "Service":{
    "antonyms":[
      "nonmilitary"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a branch of a hospital medical staff devoted to a particular specialty":[
        "obstetrical service"
      ],
      ": a facility providing maintenance and repair":[
        "television service"
      ],
      ": a facility supplying some public demand":[
        "telephone service",
        "bus service"
      ],
      ": a form followed in worship or in a religious ceremony":[
        "the burial service"
      ],
      ": a helpful act":[
        "did him a service"
      ],
      ": a meeting for worship":[
        "\u2014 often used in plural held evening services"
      ],
      ": a set of articles for a particular use":[
        "a silver tea service"
      ],
      ": an administrative division (as of a government or business)":[
        "the consular service"
      ],
      ": contribution to the welfare of others":[],
      ": disposal for use":[
        "I'm entirely at your service"
      ],
      ": employment as a servant":[
        "entered his service"
      ],
      ": help , use , benefit":[
        "glad to be of service"
      ],
      ": intended for hard or everyday use":[],
      ": of or relating to the armed services":[],
      ": offering repair, maintenance, or incidental services":[],
      ": one of a nation's military forces (such as the army or navy)":[],
      ": providing services":[
        "the service trades\u2014from filling stations to universities",
        "\u2014 John Fischer"
      ],
      ": serve":[],
      ": serve sense 10":[],
      ": the act of a male animal copulating with a female animal":[],
      ": the act of bringing a legal writ, process, or summons to notice as prescribed by law":[],
      ": the act of serving: such as":[],
      ": the materials (such as spun yarn, small lines, or canvas) used for serving a rope":[],
      ": the occupation or function of serving":[
        "in active service"
      ],
      ": the work performed by one that serves":[
        "good service"
      ],
      ": to meet interest and sinking fund payments on":[
        "service government debt"
      ],
      ": to perform any of the business functions auxiliary to production or distribution of":[],
      ": to perform services for: such as":[],
      ": to repair or provide maintenance for":[
        "serviced the furnace"
      ],
      ": used in serving or supplying":[
        "delivery men use the service entrance"
      ],
      ": useful labor that does not produce a tangible commodity":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural charge for professional services"
      ],
      "Robert William 1874\u20131958 Canadian writer":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I need to get my car serviced .",
      "The shop services sewing machines and old typewriters.",
      "The company was unable to service the loan.",
      "The bookstore primarily services people looking for out-of-print books.",
      "Adjective",
      "spent his time in the army as a correspondent for service newspapers"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1602, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1718, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English serves , plural of serve fruit of the service tree, service tree, from Old English syrfe , from Vulgar Latin *sorbea , from Latin sorbus service tree":"Noun",
      "Middle English service, servise \"state of serving or being at someone's command, position in a household, duty which a tenant is owed to a lord, assistance, form followed in Christian worship, provision of food at a table,\" borrowed from Anglo-French (also continental Old French), borrowed from Medieval Latin servitium, going back to Latin, \"condition of being a slave, servitude,\" (in plural) \"slaves as a class,\" from servus \"slave\" + -itium -ice \u2014 more at serve entry 1":"Noun",
      "derivative of service entry 1":"Verb",
      "from attributive use of service entry 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "martial",
      "military"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184544",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "serdab":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a living room in the basement of a house in the Near East that provides coolness during the summer months":[],
      ": a narrow chamber of the ancient Egyptian mastaba either concealed or accessible only by a narrow passage and containing a statue of the deceased":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Arabic sird\u0101b cellar, underground vault, from Persian sard\u0101b ice cellar, from sard cold + \u0101b water":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259(r)\u02c8d\u00e4b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182523",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "serdar":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of serdar variant spelling of sirdar"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182652",
    "type":[]
  },
  "sere":{
    "antonyms":[
      "damp",
      "dank",
      "humid",
      "moist",
      "wet"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a series of ecological communities formed in ecological succession":[],
      ": being dried and withered":[],
      ": threadbare":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a sere region that can't support agriculture",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "But when firefighters struggled to contain a 50-by-50-foot brush fire on a sere hillside in Laguna Niguel on Wednesday afternoon, officials grew concerned. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "Reaching Fengxiang required an eight-hour train journey across a sere landscape dotted with fields and the occasional skeletons of half-finished apartment blocks. \u2014 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "Taken as a whole, McMurtry\u2019s work constitutes one of the greatest achievements of any American novelist \u2014 rich, vivid, soulful, as disarmingly beautiful as the sere landscape and always narratively potent. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 28 Mar. 2021",
      "This is the dry side of the island with sere grasslands and free-range goats. \u2014 Ken Van Vechten, Los Angeles Times , 9 Oct. 2019",
      "With thick brushstrokes, Ms. Harricks summons the sere land and low trees of the Australian bush, the unseen moon turning the ground almost white as the dingo hunts for a rabbit to feed her pups. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 11 Jan. 2019",
      "Ely Ortiz and the members of his rescue crew, Aguilas del Desierto, or Desert Eagles, spread out across the flat, sere desert. \u2014 Bob Ortega, CNN , 15 May 2018",
      "Bay Area clarinetist Ben Goldberg thrives in sparse settings, where the sere bite of his melodically fluid lines can stand out in stark contrast to surrounding silence. \u2014 Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader , 20 Apr. 2018",
      "From the marine melting pot of the Gal\u00e1pagos and the sere beauty of the Atacama Desert to the snowcapped peaks of Patagonia and the grassy plains of the pampas, the variety of terrain is unmatched. \u2014 Priscilla Eakeley, Town & Country , 5 Oct. 2016",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Short stories are an ideal gateway to Mr. MacLaverty\u2019s oeuvre, delivering in a few pages a burst of the sere prose and perception found in his novels. \u2014 Brenda Cronin, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "As part of the innovative pick-up deal, the seres will also be broadcast on the CBS later in 2020, following its run on Pop. \u2014 Will Thorne, chicagotribune.com , 27 June 2019",
      "Photo: Scott London Last year\u2019s event drew about 75,000 people\u2014and 317 works of art\u2014to the sere , chalky landscape. \u2014 Brenda Cronin, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1916, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin series series":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Old English s\u0113ar dry; akin to Old High German s\u014dr\u0113n to wither, Greek hauos dry, Lithuanian sausas":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sir"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "arid",
      "droughty",
      "dry",
      "thirsty",
      "waterless"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090226",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sereh":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a destructive East Indian virus disease of sugarcane characterized by necrosis of the phloem, fanlike tops, and general degeneration":[],
      ": citronella grass":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Malay s\u0115re, s\u0115rai":"Noun and Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "s\u0259\u02c8r\u0101"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132918",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "serendipity":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "As they leapfrog from South Africa to Singapore in search of local delicacies, the authors prove again and again that serendipity is the traveler's strongest ally: many of their most memorable meals issue from the hands of generous strangers \u2026 \u2014 Sarah Karnasiewicz , Saveur , June/July 2008",
      "If reporters fail to keep these files, they seldom luck into bigger stories. Their investigative work typically happens only by design\u2014analyzing the news, for instance\u2014not by serendipity . \u2014 Michael J. Bugeja , Editor & Publisher , 13 Jan. 2003",
      "A week earlier, the doctor would have had no recourse but to make an incision in the baby's skin to get to a vein\u2014a precarious option now, since time was running short and it would take nearly half an hour to assemble the necessary equipment. But in an extraordinary bit of serendipity , Hanson had attended a seminar on emergency medical care for children just a week before. \u2014 David Ruben , Parenting , December/January 1996",
      "They found each other by pure serendipity .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "MacBook Pro leaning into the laptops with grunt, the serendipity of diminishing the importance of raw specifications in place of the hipster aesthetic is definitely on message. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Your plot of land is where the serendipity begins \u2013 those unexpected magical moments that make festivals so special. \u2014 Peter Csathy, SPIN , 30 May 2022",
      "But landing at NBC Sports Boston during the season was a combination of serendipity and some smart talent scouting by the network. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "Their moment of serendipity started a lifelong friendship, one that opened Rumble\u2019s doors to a constant flow of families, friends and even strangers every year leading up to race day. \u2014 Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star , 29 May 2022",
      "In a week where a regional theater just won a Tony Award for decades of excellence, one hopes for serendipity . \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Kinder, an essayist and traveler who has spent extended periods in Cuba, Iceland, France and Egypt, mourns the loss of serendipity experienced when people move through the world with an openness to what a stranger might offer. \u2014 Martin Wolk, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Having faith in LeVar Burton Making a connection with Burton proved a stroke of serendipity . \u2014 Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Though used book sales thrive online, most sellers believe there\u2019s a serendipity that only browsing in person can offer. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1754, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from its possession by the heroes of the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccser-\u0259n-\u02c8di-p\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203920",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "serene":{
    "antonyms":[
      "boisterous",
      "clamorous",
      "clattery",
      "deafening",
      "loud",
      "noisy",
      "raucous",
      "rip-roaring",
      "roistering",
      "romping",
      "rowdy",
      "tumultuous",
      "unquiet",
      "uproarious",
      "woolly",
      "wooly"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a serene condition or expanse (as of sky, sea, or light)":[],
      ": august":[
        "\u2014 used as part of a title His Serene Highness"
      ],
      ": clear and free of storms or unpleasant change":[
        "serene skies"
      ],
      ": marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude":[
        "a serene smile"
      ],
      ": serenity , tranquility":[],
      ": shining bright and steady":[
        "the moon, serene in glory",
        "\u2014 Alexander Pope"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Between the two Azorean blue belfries of Our Lady of Good Voyage Church, a serene statue of the Madonna gazes out at the harbor, cradling a small boat in her arm. \u2014 Anita Diamant , National Geographic Traveler , September 2005",
      "And Breeders' Cup day was anything but serene . The weather was \u2026 cold and often gray, with a 20-mile-an-hour headwind scouring the backstretch. \u2014 Lorna Lentini , New York Times , 14 July 2002",
      "For Ben and me, in Omaha in 1961, our lives were untroubled and serene . After six years of marriage, we seemed to have reached the happy ending to the national American Dream. \u2014 Lois Mark Stalvey , The Education of a WASP , (1989) 1998",
      "a serene woman who was everyone's source of support",
      "Noun",
      "Oft of one wide expanse had I been told / That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne: /Yet did I never breathe its pure serene / Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: \u2026 \u2014 John Keats , \"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer,\" 1816",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Buzzards Roost offers a serene hiking spot with beautiful views just minutes outside of the city. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 8 June 2022",
      "Her sisters Kourtney and Kim Kardashian are also big fans of the serene spot in Canyon Point, Utah. \u2014 Leah Simpson, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
      "Here are nine alternative locales that promise to be relatively serene this summer even though tourism to Italy, France and Spain is expected to reach or exceed pre-Covid levels. \u2014 Eric Sylvers, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
      "So how did Waverly Hills go from a serene and secluded Louisville complex to a site with a supernatural reputation in popular culture",
      "Otherwise, Nas and Hit doubled down on substance over spectacle, and the follow-up to their 2020 collaboration showcases one of rap\u2019s greatest in a serene sweet spot. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Made of exquisite stone and complemented by views of the property\u2019s brook, this serene spot encourages all who sit here to slow down, embrace nature and take in each moment. \u2014 Dallas News , 11 Apr. 2021",
      "The hill is above all that, Intractable, unknowable, serene . \u2014 Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The glow that comes with relaxation found a place on Yara Shahidi's serene , bespectacled face, while Gigi Hadid's morning-in-Milano complexion was positively luminous, primed for the week's myriad runway beauty looks. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But the hue can denote the serene and the celestial, which are also evoked by the exhibition, first shown at Cross\u2019s home gallery and now on display in condensed form at Waddell Art Gallery at Northern Virginia Community College\u2019s Loudoun Campus. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "Even murder, late in the movie, is committed with a fluid facility that verges on the serene . \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 11 June 2021",
      "Depictions of Mary are often joyful, sorrowful or vaguely middle-distance serene . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Aug. 2019",
      "In contrast to the whimsical, high-energy living areas, the master suite is a serene , grown-up haven. \u2014 Jen Renzi, House Beautiful , 15 Jan. 2014"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Adjective",
      "1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin serenus clear, cloudless, untroubled":"Adjective",
      "derivative of serene entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for serene Adjective calm , tranquil , serene , placid , peaceful mean quiet and free from disturbance. calm often implies a contrast with a foregoing or nearby state of agitation or violence. the protests ended, and the streets were calm again tranquil suggests a very deep quietude or composure. the tranquil beauty of a formal garden serene stresses an unclouded and lofty tranquility. watched the sunset of a serene summer's evening placid suggests an undisturbed appearance and often implies a degree of complacency. remained placid despite the criticism peaceful implies a state of repose in contrast with or following strife or turmoil. grown peaceful in old age",
    "synonyms":[
      "arcadian",
      "calm",
      "hushed",
      "peaceful",
      "placid",
      "quiet",
      "restful",
      "still",
      "stilly",
      "tranquil"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235823",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sereneness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "boisterous",
      "clamorous",
      "clattery",
      "deafening",
      "loud",
      "noisy",
      "raucous",
      "rip-roaring",
      "roistering",
      "romping",
      "rowdy",
      "tumultuous",
      "unquiet",
      "uproarious",
      "woolly",
      "wooly"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a serene condition or expanse (as of sky, sea, or light)":[],
      ": august":[
        "\u2014 used as part of a title His Serene Highness"
      ],
      ": clear and free of storms or unpleasant change":[
        "serene skies"
      ],
      ": marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude":[
        "a serene smile"
      ],
      ": serenity , tranquility":[],
      ": shining bright and steady":[
        "the moon, serene in glory",
        "\u2014 Alexander Pope"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Between the two Azorean blue belfries of Our Lady of Good Voyage Church, a serene statue of the Madonna gazes out at the harbor, cradling a small boat in her arm. \u2014 Anita Diamant , National Geographic Traveler , September 2005",
      "And Breeders' Cup day was anything but serene . The weather was \u2026 cold and often gray, with a 20-mile-an-hour headwind scouring the backstretch. \u2014 Lorna Lentini , New York Times , 14 July 2002",
      "For Ben and me, in Omaha in 1961, our lives were untroubled and serene . After six years of marriage, we seemed to have reached the happy ending to the national American Dream. \u2014 Lois Mark Stalvey , The Education of a WASP , (1989) 1998",
      "a serene woman who was everyone's source of support",
      "Noun",
      "Oft of one wide expanse had I been told / That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne: /Yet did I never breathe its pure serene / Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: \u2026 \u2014 John Keats , \"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer,\" 1816",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Buzzards Roost offers a serene hiking spot with beautiful views just minutes outside of the city. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 8 June 2022",
      "Her sisters Kourtney and Kim Kardashian are also big fans of the serene spot in Canyon Point, Utah. \u2014 Leah Simpson, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
      "Here are nine alternative locales that promise to be relatively serene this summer even though tourism to Italy, France and Spain is expected to reach or exceed pre-Covid levels. \u2014 Eric Sylvers, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
      "So how did Waverly Hills go from a serene and secluded Louisville complex to a site with a supernatural reputation in popular culture",
      "Otherwise, Nas and Hit doubled down on substance over spectacle, and the follow-up to their 2020 collaboration showcases one of rap\u2019s greatest in a serene sweet spot. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Made of exquisite stone and complemented by views of the property\u2019s brook, this serene spot encourages all who sit here to slow down, embrace nature and take in each moment. \u2014 Dallas News , 11 Apr. 2021",
      "The hill is above all that, Intractable, unknowable, serene . \u2014 Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The glow that comes with relaxation found a place on Yara Shahidi's serene , bespectacled face, while Gigi Hadid's morning-in-Milano complexion was positively luminous, primed for the week's myriad runway beauty looks. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But the hue can denote the serene and the celestial, which are also evoked by the exhibition, first shown at Cross\u2019s home gallery and now on display in condensed form at Waddell Art Gallery at Northern Virginia Community College\u2019s Loudoun Campus. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "Even murder, late in the movie, is committed with a fluid facility that verges on the serene . \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 11 June 2021",
      "Depictions of Mary are often joyful, sorrowful or vaguely middle-distance serene . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Aug. 2019",
      "In contrast to the whimsical, high-energy living areas, the master suite is a serene , grown-up haven. \u2014 Jen Renzi, House Beautiful , 15 Jan. 2014"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Adjective",
      "1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin serenus clear, cloudless, untroubled":"Adjective",
      "derivative of serene entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for serene Adjective calm , tranquil , serene , placid , peaceful mean quiet and free from disturbance. calm often implies a contrast with a foregoing or nearby state of agitation or violence. the protests ended, and the streets were calm again tranquil suggests a very deep quietude or composure. the tranquil beauty of a formal garden serene stresses an unclouded and lofty tranquility. watched the sunset of a serene summer's evening placid suggests an undisturbed appearance and often implies a degree of complacency. remained placid despite the criticism peaceful implies a state of repose in contrast with or following strife or turmoil. grown peaceful in old age",
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      "arcadian",
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      "hushed",
      "peaceful",
      "placid",
      "quiet",
      "restful",
      "still",
      "stilly",
      "tranquil"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220733",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sereness":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": the quality or state of being sere":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English sernesse , from sere entry 1 + -nesse -ness":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182820",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "serenity":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bustle",
      "commotion",
      "hubbub",
      "hurly-burly",
      "pandemonium",
      "tumult",
      "turmoil",
      "unquietness",
      "unrest",
      "uproar"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being serene":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the serenity in the aftermath of the tornado was remarkable",
      "his serenity calmed those around him",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Don't let that prime location mislead you, though; the hotel is the epitome of serenity . \u2014 Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
      "Milan Design Week, with both Salone del Mobile and the attendant city-center exhibitions, is packed with events to a degree that makes any moment of serenity a welcome respite. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 15 June 2022",
      "On a breezy Sunday afternoon, Biola University is a postcard of serenity . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "And avoid falling into the traps of perfectionism or comparison \u2014 even parents who are the model of serenity in public occasionally yell at their kids. \u2014 Stephanie H. Murray, The Week , 7 June 2022",
      "From the dinning room table chairs, to the warm blues and creamy whites, the house creates a sense of serenity . \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 6 June 2022",
      "But few had made their way to the back side of Lincoln\u2019s cathedral, a haven of serenity on the edge of the Mall\u2019s chaos. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
      "Outside, a water fountain is set into the center patio, lending the space a sense of serenity . \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 25 May 2022",
      "Anyone who is dealing with cancer, terminal or not, needs calmness, serenity and peace of mind to heal. \u2014 cleveland , 25 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259-\u02c8re-n\u0259-t\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "calm",
      "calmness",
      "hush",
      "peace",
      "peacefulness",
      "placidity",
      "quiet",
      "quietness",
      "quietude",
      "repose",
      "restfulness",
      "sereneness",
      "still",
      "stillness",
      "tranquillity",
      "tranquility"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114348",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "serial":{
    "antonyms":[
      "book",
      "bulletin",
      "diurnal",
      "gazette",
      "journal",
      "mag",
      "magazine",
      "newspaper",
      "organ",
      "paper",
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      "rag",
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    "definitions":{
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      ": a work appearing (as in a magazine or on television) in parts at intervals":[],
      ": appearing in successive parts or numbers":[
        "a serial story"
      ],
      ": belonging to a series maturing periodically rather than on a single date":[
        "serial bonds"
      ],
      ": occurring in or involving such a series":[
        "a serial murder"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, consisting of, or arranged in a series , rank, or row":[
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      ": one part of a serial work : installment":[],
      ": performing a series of similar acts over a period of time":[
        "a serial killer"
      ],
      ": relating to or being a connection in a computer system in which the bits of a byte are transmitted sequentially over a single wire \u2014 compare parallel":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The pictures are numbered and arranged in serial order.",
      "Scientists made serial observations over a period of two weeks.",
      "Noun",
      "the university library has a vast collection of serials",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Alexander Pershikov, the transportation evangelist, founder of GetTransfer.com, serial entrepreneur and a metaverse visionary. \u2014 Alexander Pershikov, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "That newfound knowledge \u2014 coupled with the serial entrepreneur observing the popularity of restaurant chains such as Slutty Vegan that use fresh ingredients \u2014 inspired him to spend his pandemic planning to open a vegan restaurant of his own. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 4 June 2022",
      "But Julia Collins, a serial entrepreneur who cofounded Zume Pizza in 2015 and grew it into a $2 billion food brand before leaving in 2018, sees these numbers as noise. \u2014 Maggie Mcgrath, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "Salazar, a serial entrepreneur who opened a SNKR Plus footwear store in 2021, said he was inspired to start Nap Snacks by a company selling similar items in New York where the Indy shop gets its products. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 26 May 2022",
      "Dorsey, the man who brought the group together, describes himself as a business developer, talent manager and serial entrepreneur. \u2014 Lynsey Weatherspoon/redux For Cnn, CNN , 7 May 2022",
      "The letter bears a special meaning to the serial entrepreneur. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Rigaud is a serial entrepreneur who is a former Procter & Gamble executive, becoming one of the first Black research executives and the first Black vice president for the multinational company. \u2014 The Enquirer , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Hathaway was excited to take on the role opposite Jared Leto, who transforms into Neumann, an Israeli serial entrepreneur. \u2014 Marisa Meltzer, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Now Irma Vep slinks into the world of prestige limited series, our modern version of the serial . \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 20 June 2022",
      "The series of videos, populated by a cast of quirky chefs cooking beautifully shot recipes at the food publication\u2019s office, captured the food-loving public\u2019s attention like a Friday-night serial . \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "One last distinction, and maybe the most important: This, for once, was a true-crime serial made in the urgent hope that there not be a sequel. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Clearly, Collodi, moved by the reactions of outraged readers and also, perhaps, by a need for money, decided to re-start the serial . \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Ren\u00e9 uses an iPhone to show Mira a clip from Feuillade\u2019s 105-year-old serial , the images flickering in their tiny window like temporary captives that can never be fully contained. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 June 2022",
      "French Montana shared a snapshot posing with the serial fraudster aboard a private jet. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "The stories are mostly self-contained, and The Mandalorian in turn operates as something of a procedural, or an old-timey western serial . \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 4 May 2022",
      "In this new version, like in the film, a major movie star signs on to lead an adaptation of Les Vampires, Louis Feuillade\u2019s silent film serial from 1915-1916. \u2014 Marley Marius, Vogue , 25 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sir-\u0113-\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "episodic",
      "episodical",
      "periodical",
      "serialized"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023418",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "serialized":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to arrange or publish in serial form":[
        "serialize a novel"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Her story was serialized in the magazine.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His new idea was to reorder the three hundred pages, reorder in order to serialize , if that was O.K. with me. \u2014 Sa\u00efd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "If a licensed dealer acquires a ghost gun, the rule will require them to serialize it before re-selling it. \u2014 Armando Garcia, ABC News , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Coronabonds would serialize the reward (and mutual debts) of a Union where anyone can place their social politics on the tab of more fiscally alert states. \u2014 Peter Rough, National Review , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "There are serialized shows (aka movies divided into chapters), documentaries, and reality shows. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Apr. 2020",
      "First serialized in 1897, The War of the Worlds was published as a book the following year and has remained in print ever since. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 30 Sep. 2019",
      "BERT FIELDS Greenberg Glusker The rise and evolution of new and different ways of watching dramas, e.g., streaming and serialized mini-watching. \u2014 Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Jan. 2020",
      "The work, by late veteran journalist and diarist Kenneth Rose, has been serialized in the Daily Mail and sheds new light on some of the behind-the-scenes thinking of the royals. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 6 Nov. 2019",
      "Nike made the clever move of serializing the line from the start, allowing it to keep releasing new iterations to fans who bought them up. \u2014 Marc Bain, Quartz , 21 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1852, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sir-\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182654",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "seriosity":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": seriousness":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1505, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin seriositat-, seriositas , from Late Latin seriosus serious + Latin -itat-, -itas -ity":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsir\u0113\u02c8\u00e4s\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140338",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "serioso":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": serious , grave":[
        "\u2014 used as a direction in music"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian, from Late Latin seriosus":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsir\u0113\u02c8\u014d(\u02cc)s\u014d",
      "\u02ccser-",
      "-)z\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074831",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "serious":{
    "antonyms":[
      "facetious",
      "flip",
      "flippant",
      "humorous",
      "jesting",
      "jocular",
      "joking",
      "kittenish",
      "ludic",
      "playful"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": deeply interested : devoted":[
        "a serious musician"
      ],
      ": excessive or impressive in quality, quantity, extent, or degree":[
        "serious stereo equipment",
        "making serious money",
        "serious drinking"
      ],
      ": having important or dangerous possible consequences":[
        "a serious injury"
      ],
      ": not easily answered or solved":[
        "serious objections"
      ],
      ": not joking or trifling : being in earnest":[
        "a serious question"
      ],
      ": of or relating to a matter of importance":[
        "a serious play"
      ],
      ": pious":[],
      ": requiring much thought or work":[
        "serious study"
      ],
      ": thoughtful or subdued in appearance or manner : sober":[
        "a quiet, serious girl"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "\u201cYou sound terrible.\u201d \u201cIt's just a bad cold. Nothing serious .\u201d",
      "For my brother, not going to college was a serious mistake.",
      "Crime is a serious problem in this neighborhood.",
      "The team is a serious contender for the championship.",
      "If you want to quit smoking, you have to make a serious effort.",
      "They had a serious conversation about their relationship.",
      "a serious novel about modern life",
      "The story raises serious questions about our system of justice.",
      "Dog shows are a serious business.",
      "She is a serious cyclist who rides 200 miles each week.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In Chicago, a police officer was hospitalized in serious condition after being shot repeatedly in a Friday morning ambush while answering a domestic disturbance report, police Superintendent David Brown said. \u2014 Terry Wallace, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
      "The current frenzy has given rise to serious concerns about recruiting practices and competitive balance and, in turn, questions about where NIL compensation \u2014 short for name, image and likeness \u2014 goes from here. \u2014 Eric Olson, Chron , 30 June 2022",
      "But Denise Abdul-Rahman, the Indiana state chair of environmental and climate justice for the NAACP, said the engagement process thus far raises some serious concerns for her. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2022",
      "Unlike Russia, whose war in Ukraine has raised serious concerns in the Baltics of an attack on NATO territory, China is not an adversary, NATO leaders said. \u2014 Sabine Siebold And Robin Emmott, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 June 2022",
      "Experts have serious concerns about how holes in privacy laws might potentially open clinicians and patients up to legal action, but the issues discussed here are possible, not certain, consequences of Friday\u2019s decision. \u2014 Eric Boodman, STAT , 28 June 2022",
      "Off the field, Mr. Watson confronted serious concerns associated with his personal conduct. \u2014 Michael Peregrine, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "The Supreme Court agreed last year to consider Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, the most serious challenge to Roe in decades. \u2014 Deon J. Hampton, NBC News , 27 June 2022",
      "Medical professionals have raised serious concerns about the implications of the law. \u2014 Grace Hauck, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English seryows , from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French serious , from Late Latin seriosus , alteration of Latin serius weighty, serious; probably akin to Old English sw\u01e3r heavy, sad":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sir-\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for serious serious , grave , solemn , sedate , staid , sober , earnest mean not light or frivolous. serious implies a concern for what really matters. a serious play about social injustice grave implies both seriousness and dignity in expression or attitude. read the proclamation in a grave voice solemn suggests an impressive gravity utterly free from levity. a sad and solemn occasion sedate implies a composed and decorous seriousness. remained sedate amid the commotion staid suggests a settled, accustomed sedateness and prim self-restraint. a quiet and staid community sober stresses seriousness of purpose and absence of levity or frivolity. a sober look at the state of our schools earnest suggests sincerity or often zealousness of purpose. an earnest reformer",
    "synonyms":[
      "earnest",
      "grave",
      "humorless",
      "no-nonsense",
      "po-faced",
      "sedate",
      "severe",
      "sober",
      "sobersided",
      "solemn",
      "staid",
      "uncomic",
      "unsmiling",
      "weighty"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233646",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "serious-minded":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a serious disposition or trend of thought":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1845, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsir-\u0113-\u0259s-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231202",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "serious-mindedness":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a serious disposition or trend of thought":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1845, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsir-\u0113-\u0259s-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163040",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "seriously":{
    "antonyms":[
      "little",
      "negligibly",
      "nominally",
      "slightly",
      "somewhat"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a sincere manner : earnestly":[
        "speaking seriously"
      ],
      ": to a serious extent : severely , extremely":[
        "seriously injured"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "No one was seriously injured in the accident.",
      "I thought seriously about death while I was in the hospital.",
      "You should seriously consider buying a new car.",
      "You don't mean that seriously , do you",
      "It was so hot that we nearly melted. But seriously , it was hotter than I've ever experienced.",
      "I think you are seriously mistaken.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Raffensperger, who owns an engineering firm, takes arithmetic seriously . \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 21 June 2022",
      "Soares, a five-star Lyft driver, takes his job seriously . \u2014 Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "Mason Disick takes his role as a big cousin very seriously . \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 3 June 2022",
      "Maxwell, who has succeeded in an unnamed business, takes himself and everyone else seriously . \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
      "That this particular play will be staged in support of women\u2019s access to safe and legal abortions \u2014 or that Schreck takes this subject extremely seriously \u2014 will come as no surprise to fans of her work. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee, takes its caffeine seriously , and a traditional coffee ceremony will be featured. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 June 2022",
      "Employees want a leadership team that listens, cares, and takes their feedback seriously . \u2014 Heidi Lynne Kurter, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "Laughing stock of his family, nobody takes him seriously . \u2014 Marta Balaga, Variety , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sir-\u0113-\u0259s-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "achingly",
      "almighty",
      "archly",
      "awful",
      "awfully",
      "badly",
      "beastly",
      "blisteringly",
      "bone",
      "colossally",
      "corking",
      "cracking",
      "damn",
      "damned",
      "dang",
      "deadly",
      "desperately",
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      "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",
      "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":"20220706-165249",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "seriousness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "facetious",
      "flip",
      "flippant",
      "humorous",
      "jesting",
      "jocular",
      "joking",
      "kittenish",
      "ludic",
      "playful"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": deeply interested : devoted":[
        "a serious musician"
      ],
      ": excessive or impressive in quality, quantity, extent, or degree":[
        "serious stereo equipment",
        "making serious money",
        "serious drinking"
      ],
      ": having important or dangerous possible consequences":[
        "a serious injury"
      ],
      ": not easily answered or solved":[
        "serious objections"
      ],
      ": not joking or trifling : being in earnest":[
        "a serious question"
      ],
      ": of or relating to a matter of importance":[
        "a serious play"
      ],
      ": pious":[],
      ": requiring much thought or work":[
        "serious study"
      ],
      ": thoughtful or subdued in appearance or manner : sober":[
        "a quiet, serious girl"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "\u201cYou sound terrible.\u201d \u201cIt's just a bad cold. Nothing serious .\u201d",
      "For my brother, not going to college was a serious mistake.",
      "Crime is a serious problem in this neighborhood.",
      "The team is a serious contender for the championship.",
      "If you want to quit smoking, you have to make a serious effort.",
      "They had a serious conversation about their relationship.",
      "a serious novel about modern life",
      "The story raises serious questions about our system of justice.",
      "Dog shows are a serious business.",
      "She is a serious cyclist who rides 200 miles each week.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In Chicago, a police officer was hospitalized in serious condition after being shot repeatedly in a Friday morning ambush while answering a domestic disturbance report, police Superintendent David Brown said. \u2014 Terry Wallace, BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
      "The current frenzy has given rise to serious concerns about recruiting practices and competitive balance and, in turn, questions about where NIL compensation \u2014 short for name, image and likeness \u2014 goes from here. \u2014 Eric Olson, Chron , 30 June 2022",
      "But Denise Abdul-Rahman, the Indiana state chair of environmental and climate justice for the NAACP, said the engagement process thus far raises some serious concerns for her. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 30 June 2022",
      "Unlike Russia, whose war in Ukraine has raised serious concerns in the Baltics of an attack on NATO territory, China is not an adversary, NATO leaders said. \u2014 Sabine Siebold And Robin Emmott, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 June 2022",
      "Experts have serious concerns about how holes in privacy laws might potentially open clinicians and patients up to legal action, but the issues discussed here are possible, not certain, consequences of Friday\u2019s decision. \u2014 Eric Boodman, STAT , 28 June 2022",
      "Off the field, Mr. Watson confronted serious concerns associated with his personal conduct. \u2014 Michael Peregrine, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "The Supreme Court agreed last year to consider Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, the most serious challenge to Roe in decades. \u2014 Deon J. Hampton, NBC News , 27 June 2022",
      "Medical professionals have raised serious concerns about the implications of the law. \u2014 Grace Hauck, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle English seryows , from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French serious , from Late Latin seriosus , alteration of Latin serius weighty, serious; probably akin to Old English sw\u01e3r heavy, sad":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082847",
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      "noun"
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      ": Vulgar Latin spoken by the educated class":[
        "\u2014 distinguished from sermo plebeius"
      ]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin, from Latin, everyday speech":""
    },
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      "-k\u014d\u02cct\u0113d\u0113\u02c8\u00e4n\u0259s"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115621",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin, literally, general sermon":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033553",
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      "noun"
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      "He preached a sermon on the importance of kindness.",
      "Dad gave me a sermon yesterday about doing my homework.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Stylistically, the chapters are wildly diverse: One consists of a sermon that unfolds in a single sentence, and blends Old Church Slavonic, Soviet jargon, and capitalist marketing lingo. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Past shootings targeted worshippers during a Sunday sermon , shoppers at a Walmart, students on a high school campus and drivers on a highway. \u2014 Paul J. Weber, Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022",
      "Worshippers during a Sunday sermon , shoppers at a Walmart, students on a high school campus and drivers on a highway have been the targets. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
      "Nick, who is a 19-year-old senior graduating this spring, was given the opportunity to give a sermon at his family\u2019s church as part of its Recognition Sunday worship. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 28 May 2022",
      "Steve Kerr, the three-time NBA championship-winning head coach of the Golden State Warriors, conducted a news conference Tuesday that turned into a bold political sermon . \u2014 Peniel Joseph, CNN , 26 May 2022",
      "Peggy Huang, a Yorba Linda councilwoman whose parents are members of the congregation, said Lee\u2019s sermon was reassuring. \u2014 Jeong Parkstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
      "On Eid, Muslims traditionally have a light breakfast and then head to the mosque for a special prayer and a sermon , according to Mozaffar. \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "As well as hymns, a motet and a sermon , the solemn vespers would include a gigantic two-part oratorio composed by the church\u2019s Cantor\u2014the director of music\u2014with a text taken from St. Matthew\u2019s gospel. \u2014 Boyd Tonkin, WSJ , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
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      "Middle English, from Anglo-French sermun , from Medieval Latin sermon-, sermo , from Latin, speech, conversation, from serere to link together \u2014 more at series":""
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      "homily"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052709",
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      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": a collection of sermons":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "sermon entry 1 + -ary":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200613",
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      "noun"
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      ": a short sermon":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In March 1969, Tom Smothers asked Mr. Steinberg to do another sermonette , although the network had banned the bit. \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times , 20 Jan. 2017"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1814, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccs\u0259r-m\u0259-\u02c8net"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013919",
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      "noun"
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      ": a religious discourse delivered in public usually by a member of the clergy as a part of a worship service":[],
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      "He preached a sermon on the importance of kindness.",
      "Dad gave me a sermon yesterday about doing my homework.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Stylistically, the chapters are wildly diverse: One consists of a sermon that unfolds in a single sentence, and blends Old Church Slavonic, Soviet jargon, and capitalist marketing lingo. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Past shootings targeted worshippers during a Sunday sermon , shoppers at a Walmart, students on a high school campus and drivers on a highway. \u2014 Paul J. Weber, Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022",
      "Worshippers during a Sunday sermon , shoppers at a Walmart, students on a high school campus and drivers on a highway have been the targets. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
      "Nick, who is a 19-year-old senior graduating this spring, was given the opportunity to give a sermon at his family\u2019s church as part of its Recognition Sunday worship. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping , 28 May 2022",
      "Steve Kerr, the three-time NBA championship-winning head coach of the Golden State Warriors, conducted a news conference Tuesday that turned into a bold political sermon . \u2014 Peniel Joseph, CNN , 26 May 2022",
      "Peggy Huang, a Yorba Linda councilwoman whose parents are members of the congregation, said Lee\u2019s sermon was reassuring. \u2014 Jeong Parkstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
      "On Eid, Muslims traditionally have a light breakfast and then head to the mosque for a special prayer and a sermon , according to Mozaffar. \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "As well as hymns, a motet and a sermon , the solemn vespers would include a gigantic two-part oratorio composed by the church\u2019s Cantor\u2014the director of music\u2014with a text taken from St. Matthew\u2019s gospel. \u2014 Boyd Tonkin, WSJ , 14 Apr. 2022"
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle English, from Anglo-French sermun , from Medieval Latin sermon-, sermo , from Latin, speech, conversation, from serere to link together \u2014 more at series":""
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      "\u02c8s\u0259r-m\u0259n"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052752",
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      "noun"
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      "adjective"
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      ": the conceptualism of Abelard":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin sermon-, sermo speech, conversation + English -ism":""
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011202",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "sermon entry 1 + -ist":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-n\u0259\u0307st"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-074203",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
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      ": to speak didactically or dogmatically":[]
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      "She's a teacher who can talk to her students about serious subjects without sermonizing .",
      "did not believe that it was the president's place to sermonize , especially to other world leaders",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Raised in the segregated south, he was steeped in the tradition of Confederate preachers who sermonized to their flocks in the CSA on the holiness of white supremacy and characterized the Christian god as inherently racist. \u2014 Jared Yates Sexton, The New Republic , 25 Mar. 2020",
      "Fearmongering televangelists like Jim Bakker and Robert Tilton sermonized that those who didn\u2019t follow Jesus\u2014and those who didn\u2019t donate heavily to the church\u2014would face demons and end times. \u2014 Jennifer Swann, Marie Claire , 6 Nov. 2019",
      "O\u2019Rourke\u2019s early promise as a candidate sprang from his talents as a brooding, sermonizing communicator. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2019",
      "There is rarely a travel story that doesn\u2019t touch upon, make reference to, or sermonize about food. \u2014 Laura Delarato, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 3 July 2019",
      "Adam Driver as Flip Zimmerman and John David Washington as Ron Stallworth Photo: Focus Features The conventional part of the film\u2014relatively conventional, given the exuberant zigs and sermonizing zags within the narrative\u2014varies sharply in tone. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 9 Aug. 2018",
      "Last, we were shepherded to a midtown neighborhood, where Ford\u2019s head of digital content sermonized on the in-car experience for AV passengers. \u2014 Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge , 15 Nov. 2018",
      "The Saddle River Reformed Church, better known as the Old Stone Church, whose current structure was completed in 1819, was the last church in New Jersey to have a minister sermonizing in Dutch. \u2014 Julie Lasky, New York Times , 20 June 2018",
      "Instead of pondering the State of the State of Ohio or New Hampshire, Kasich used his bully pulpit to sermonize on his and the rest of humanity's state of mind and soul. \u2014 Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com , 11 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1635, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259r-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "preach"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190923",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": lacking a sermon":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-m\u0259nl\u0259\u0307s"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132530",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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  "serpent":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a noxious creature that creeps, hisses, or stings":[],
      ": a treacherous person":[],
      ": devil sense 1":[],
      ": snake":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "an Aztec carving of a feathered serpent representing the god Quetzalcoatl",
      "beware the temptations of the serpent",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Well, maybe the blue-and-white Water Snake necklace, a serpent that wraps the neck with five cabochon Ceylon sapphires, a 4.49 carat diamond, and a plethora of other diamonds and lapis lazuli. \u2014 Lynn Yaeger, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
      "Human and animal merge in a fanged basket-carrier encircled by a serpent , edging the representation of animal anatomy into something larger than itself. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "After fishermen claim they were attacked by the serpent , Cora becomes more determined to understand what\u2019s in the water. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 15 May 2022",
      "In fact, the only true local who gets much color at all is Mary (Lily-Rose Aslandogdu, excellent), a young girl whose older sister seemingly got taken by the serpent and is now convinced it\u2019s coming for her next. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 12 May 2022",
      "It is topped with ancient mythological figures, including the sarimanok, a bird that guides the harvest seasons, and the naga, a serpent -like dragon associated with lunar and solar eclipses. \u2014 Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
      "The Essex Serpent follows two people \u2014 widow Cora Seaborne (Claire Danes) and clergy member William Ransome (Tom Hiddleston) \u2014 as their lives change with the presence of a mystical serpent . \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Authorities did not name the patient, but Elwes shared his encounter with the serpent on Twitter. \u2014 al , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The blood of a basilisk, a black tick taken from the left ear of a cat, a stone bitten by a mad dog, the right eye of a live serpent \u2014such are some of the charms or medicines. \u2014 Robert Shackleton, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin serpent-, serpens , from present participle of serpere to creep; akin to Greek herpein to creep, Sanskrit sarpati he creeps":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259r-p\u0259nt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
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      "viper"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050149",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[
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      "straightaway"
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      ": a mineral or rock consisting essentially of a hydrous magnesium silicate usually having a dull green color and often a mottled appearance":[],
      ": having a compound curve whose central curve is convex":[],
      ": of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)":[],
      ": something that winds sinuously":[],
      ": subtly wily or tempting":[],
      ": winding or turning one way and another":[
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      ]
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    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the country inn lies at the end of a rather serpentine road, but it's worth the trip"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1519, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French serpentin , Medieval Latin serpentina, serpentinum , from Late Latin, feminine & neuter of serpentinus resembling a serpent":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French serpentin , from Late Latin serpentinus , from Latin serpent-, serpens":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02cct\u012bn",
      "\u02c8s\u0259r-p\u0259n-\u02cct\u0113n"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
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      "curved",
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      "curvy",
      "devious",
      "sinuous",
      "tortuous",
      "twisted",
      "twisting",
      "winding",
      "windy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041558",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[
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      "loose",
      "open",
      "uncrowded"
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    "definitions":{
      ": crowded or pressed together : compact":[
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        "\u2014 W. S. Maugham"
      ],
      ": marked by ridges : serrate":[
        "the serried contours of the \u2026 mountains",
        "\u2014 Amer. Guide Series: Oregon"
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    },
    "examples":[
      "Flowers came up every spring in their serried ranks.",
      "a sterile subdivision with serried rows of cookie-cutter houses",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In lieu of the usual venue of the Dolby Theatre, where nominees and their guests sit elbow to elbow in serried ranks, this year\u2019s edition was held in Los Angeles\u2019s cavernous Union Station. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "The Emergency Operations Center is a large, bright room, with serried rows of wooden desks facing a wall of video screens. \u2014 Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2020",
      "No one had lined us up in serried , uniform ranks, no one had demanded an oath or a membership\u2014or anything more than the spirit of DIY. \u2014 Jonathan Myerson, The New York Review of Books , 4 May 2020",
      "In the vegetable garden, Burch gleefully points out the serried ranks of okra, eggplant, beans, peppers, kale, cucumber, and cantaloupe. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 15 Aug. 2018",
      "There is certainly something extreme about the serried carcasses, blackened by blow torches to burn off the fur, the faces charred in a rictus grin. \u2014 The Economist , 19 Apr. 2018",
      "Inspectors unwrapped them and found serried rows of bottles. \u2014 Michael Powell, New York Times , 26 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ser-\u0113d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
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      "compact",
      "crowded",
      "dense",
      "jam-packed",
      "packed",
      "thick",
      "tight"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232001",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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  },
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    "definitions":{
      ": anaphylaxis to a foreign serum to which a patient is sensitive (as in the second injection of an antitoxin)":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105448",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "serum globulin":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a globulin or mixture of globulins occurring in blood serum and containing most of the antibodies of the blood":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1890, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081525",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "serum hepatitis":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": hepatitis b":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1932, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-075922",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "serum sickness":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an allergic reaction to the injection of foreign serum manifested by hives, swelling, eruption, arthritis, and fever":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1913, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045919",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "definitions":[
      "Definition of serut variant spelling of seroot"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-073048",
    "type":[]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "service":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174735",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
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  "serval":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a long-legged African wildcat ( Felis serval ) having large ears and a tawny black-spotted coat":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In January, MSPCA-Angell took in a wild serval cat found wandering the streets of Lincoln, Massachusetts, and cared for the animal until the Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota offered to provide the feline an appropriate, full-time home. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
      "Another new resident at the sanctuary is Jake, an African serval who was rescued from Rock Creek Farm in Norman, Okla., after the Oklahoma Board of Medical Examiners filed a complaint against the owner. \u2014 Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "After the serval was out of the house, Frank called animal control. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 7 July 2021",
      "According to the outlet, Frank found a serval \u2014 a wild cat native to Africa sometimes kept as an exotic pet \u2014 in her bed. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 7 July 2021",
      "The animal has since been identified by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources as a serval , which is usually a wild cat native to Africa. \u2014 Hayley Vaughn, NBC News , 6 July 2021",
      "No one was hurt and her husband snapped a photo of the serval and shared it with state authorities, according to local Georgia ABC affiliate WSB-TV. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, ABC News , 3 July 2021",
      "Prygoski says anyone who sees the serval should stay away from the cat and contact animal control or the DNR. \u2014 Rachel Trent, CNN , 3 July 2021",
      "Firefighters got the fire under control within 25 minutes, but at least one encountered the serval , a savannah wild cat native to Sub-Saharan Africa, and suffered injuries from a bite to the fingers. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1834, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Portuguese lobo cerval lynx, from Medieval Latin lupus cervalis , literally, deerlike wolf":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)s\u0259r-\u02c8val",
      "\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042427",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "servaline":{
    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a wildcat ( Felis servalina ) of western Africa resembling the serval but with a more densely spotted coat":[],
      ": of, relating to, or resembling the serval":[]
    },
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin servalina (specific epithet of Felis servalina ) from French serval + New Latin -ina":"Noun",
      "serval + -ine":"Adjective"
    },
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      "\"",
      "-l\u0259\u0307n",
      "-\u02ccl\u0113n",
      "\u02c8s\u0259rv\u0259\u02ccl\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223237",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "servant":{
    "antonyms":[
      "master",
      "mistress"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Baryshnikov plays Firs, the family\u2019s servant and a former serf who is entirely devoted to their well-being. \u2014 Jeryl Brunner, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "Yeager, a graduate of W.A. Berry High School, was a beloved mother, grandmother, world traveler, a military wife for 30 years and a servant of Christ, according to her obituary. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 20 June 2022",
      "The other is Lispeth, the young servant who takes care of Marek. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
      "Victor Dorobantu will play Thing, the severed hand and servant seen in the teaser trailer. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 8 June 2022",
      "Sophie Beckett, the daughter of an earl who is disdainfully treated as a servant by her stepmother, sneaks out to Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "When your intent is aligned as a servant , great things can happen. \u2014 Randy Illig, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "And a tale-teller was a servant hired to put people to sleep by talking a load of rubbish to them. \u2014 Ali Smith, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Orini is a loyal servant of the massively powerful interdimensional entity Dormammu, who Strange tricked in the first Doctor Strange film. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English servant, sarvaunt \"person serving a master or lord, retainer, attendant,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, noun derivative from past participle of servir \"to be in attendance on, serve entry 1 \"":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "daily",
      "domestic",
      "flunky",
      "flunkey",
      "flunkie",
      "lackey",
      "menial",
      "retainer",
      "steward"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000548",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "servantry":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": all the servants of one master or house":[
        "all the servantry of the dairy were standing in the red-brick entry",
        "\u2014 Thomas Hardy"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "servant entry 1 + -ry":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-ntr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162120",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "servantship":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the place or condition of a servant":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "servant entry 1 + -ship":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-nt\u02ccship"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164924",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "serve":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": present , provide":[
        "\u2014 usually used with up the novel served up many laughs"
      ],
      ": to act as server at (mass)":[],
      ": to answer the needs of":[],
      ": to assist a celebrant as server at mass":[],
      ": to be a servant":[],
      ": to be a servant to : attend":[],
      ": to be deserved":[],
      ": to be enough for : suffice":[],
      ": to be favorable, opportune, or convenient":[],
      ": to be of use":[
        "in a day when few people could write, seals served as signatures",
        "\u2014 Elizabeth W. King"
      ],
      ": to be worthy of reliance or trust":[
        "if memory serves"
      ],
      ": to bring (food) to a diner":[],
      ": to bring to notice, deliver, or execute as required by law":[],
      ": to comply with the commands or demands of : gratify":[],
      ": to contribute or conduce to : promote":[],
      ": to copulate with":[],
      ": to do military or naval service":[],
      ": to furnish or supply with something needed or desired":[],
      ": to furnish professional service to":[],
      ": to give military or naval service to":[],
      ": to give the service and respect due to (a superior)":[],
      ": to help persons to food: such as":[],
      ": to hold an office : discharge a duty or function":[
        "serve on a jury"
      ],
      ": to make legal service upon (a person named in a process)":[],
      ": to pay a lover's or suitor's court to (a lady)":[
        "that gentle lady, whom I love and serve",
        "\u2014 Edmund Spenser"
      ],
      ": to perform the duties of (an office or post)":[],
      ": to prove adequate or satisfactory : suffice":[
        "it will serve for this task"
      ],
      ": to provide services that benefit or help":[],
      ": to put (the ball or shuttlecock) in play (as in tennis, volleyball, or badminton)":[],
      ": to put in (a term of imprisonment)":[],
      ": to put the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games (such as tennis, volleyball, or badminton)":[],
      ": to set out portions of food or drink":[],
      ": to treat or act toward in a specified way":[
        "he served me ill"
      ],
      ": to wait at table":[],
      ": to wait on (a customer) in a store":[],
      ": to wait on at table":[],
      ": to wait on customers":[],
      ": to wind yarn or wire tightly around (a rope or stay) for protection":[],
      ": to work through (a term of service)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Soup was served as the first course.",
      "The waiter served our meals quickly.",
      "The restaurant serves excellent Italian food.",
      "The waiter who served us was very nice.",
      "Feel free to serve yourself at the salad bar.",
      "You carve the turkey, and I'll serve .",
      "The roast should serve six.",
      "I'm afraid all of our salespeople are serving other customers right now.",
      "What can we do to serve our customers better",
      "Noun",
      "She started the game with a powerful serve .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The city of Detroit will continue to offer residents relief by expanding the use of seven recreation centers to serve as cooling centers for residents until the current heat advisory is lifted. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
      "Graham then served as Joint Terminal Attack Controller in Iraq, and was selected to serve as a task force commander in a Marine antiterrorism battalion. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
      "Reducing the number of driving lanes and putting in medians to serve as islands for pedestrians crossing the street also narrows roadways. \u2014 Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "The program that told it to him, called LaMDA, currently has no purpose other than to serve as an object of marketing and research for its creator, a giant tech company. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
      "America First Policy Institute, which was started last year to serve as a think tank for Trump adherents, has the look of a Trump administration in waiting. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "Humana is headquartered nearby on Main Street, and last month the university announced separate plans to open a new campus downtown to serve as home to the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute New Vision of Health Campus. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 14 June 2022",
      "The Newton School Committee is expected to decide Tuesday whether to hire a longtime Brockton educator and superintendent to serve as the interim head of the city\u2019s school system for the coming academic year. \u2014 John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "In June of 2021, Thompson was tapped by Nancy Pelosi to serve as chair of the Jan 6 Select Committee, and now everyone knows his name. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The 21-year-old Sacramento native has a good serve , solid groundstrokes and an affinity for drop shots, all of which should benefit him on the grass. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "Reservations are recommended, but bar seating is first-come, first- serve . \u2014 Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure , 1 June 2022",
      "Those sentenced to confinement serve time in military prisons. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Street parking in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood is available first-come, first- serve . \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The TestUtah sites also will no longer be taking appointments starting this weekend, making all of its sites first-come, first- serve . \u2014 Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "The gas cans will be distributed on a first-come-first- serve basis. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "Families can call the day before delivery to reserve a can, and the rest is given away on a first-come, first- serve basis. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
      "According to the Reds websites, the bobbleheads will be distributed at the stadium to ticketholders on a first-come, first- serve basis when gates open 90 minutes before the game. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1688, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English serven, sarven \"to perform a duty, be employed, assume the role of personal attendant, be of use (of a body part), perform religious rites, provide food and drink (to people at a table), deliver (a legal writ),\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French servir, borrowed from Medieval Latin servi\u014d, serv\u012bre, going back to Latin, \"to perform duties for (a master) in the capacity of a slave, act in subservience, be at the service of,\" verbal derivative of servus \"slave,\" perhaps, if the original sense was \"watcher (of flocks), guardian,\" derivative with the nominal suffix *-u\u032fo-, of the Indo-European verbal base ser- \"keep watch on, guard,\" whence, with varying ablaut and derivation, Greek (Homeric) ep\u00ec\u2026\u00f3rontai \"they kept watch over,\" Greek \u00e9phoros \"watcher, overseer,\" phrour\u00f3s \"guard, watchman\" (< *pro-hor\u00f3s ), phrour\u0101 \u0301 \"guard duty,\" Avestan ni\u0161hauruuaiti \"(s/he) keeps watch on\" (from a stem *har-u\u032fa- ), pasu\u0161.hauruua \"guarding the flock (of a dog),\" har\u0259tar- \"watcher, guardian\"":"Verb",
      "derivative of serve entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259rv"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "slave (for)",
      "work (for)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094008",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "serve notice":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make known":[
        "The senator served notice that he will be opposing the new regulations."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135006",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "serve out":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to complete (a term in office, a prison sentence, etc.)":[
        "He was unable to serve out his five-year term as chairperson.",
        "She was allowed to serve out her sentence in a prison close to home."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191557",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "serve the interests of":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to do things to help (someone or something) often when it is not the best or most helpful thing for someone else":[
        "He argued that government too often serves the interests of big business instead of ordinary people."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105438",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "serve two masters":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to give equal support to two different causes, groups, etc.":[
        "You cannot serve two masters ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210841",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "serve up":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to give (food) to someone at a meal, in a restaurant, etc.":[
        "That little restaurant serves up some of the best Indian food in the city.",
        "\u2014 sometimes used figuratively The movie serves up a lot of laughs."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162713",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "serventism":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the social convention countenancing the cavalier servente":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "(cavalier) servente + -ism":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259r\u02c8vent\u2027\u02cciz\u0259m",
      "-n\u2027\u02ccti-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181405",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "server":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a computer in a network that is used to provide services (such as access to files or shared peripherals or the routing of email) to other computers in the network":[],
      ": one that serves food or drink":[],
      ": one that serves legal processes upon another":[],
      ": something used in serving food or drink":[],
      ": the celebrant's assistant at mass":[],
      ": the player who serves (as in tennis)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She asked our server for another glass of wine.",
      "we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To continue the chat 24/7, join our Discord server . \u2014 Ian Blau, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
      "Our server was definitely attentive, very enthusiastic, and enjoyed taking care of us. \u2014 Gordon Hamersley, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The price of the food itself isn\u2019t changing, but whereas dining prices previously included both meals and service, diners will now be asked to pay a gratuity to their server . \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
      "To continue the chat 24/7, join our Discord server . \u2014 Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone , 3 June 2022",
      "Even before a greeting and the drink order, your server lifts the grate on your table grill and turns a knob. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Eclypsium's accompanying video shows an attacker gaining access to the BMC after exploiting the vulnerability to modify its web server . \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
      "Discord wouldn\u2019t comment on whether Gendron was active on the platform beyond Plate Land and his personal server . \u2014 The New Yorker , 19 May 2022",
      "The invitation said people could also view Gendron\u2019s video stream within his Discord server . \u2014 Reed Albergotti, Washington Post , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English server, servere, from serven \"to serve entry 1 \" + -er, -ere -er entry 2":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "gar\u00e7on",
      "waiter",
      "waitperson"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052220",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "servery":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a service alcove with counter or buffet between dining room and kitchen":[],
      ": butler's pantry":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "serve entry 1 + -ery":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-v\u0259r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203704",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "servette":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small folding table":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "serve entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6s\u0259r\u00a6vet"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112600",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "service":{
    "antonyms":[
      "nonmilitary"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a branch of a hospital medical staff devoted to a particular specialty":[
        "obstetrical service"
      ],
      ": a facility providing maintenance and repair":[
        "television service"
      ],
      ": a facility supplying some public demand":[
        "telephone service",
        "bus service"
      ],
      ": a form followed in worship or in a religious ceremony":[
        "the burial service"
      ],
      ": a helpful act":[
        "did him a service"
      ],
      ": a meeting for worship":[
        "\u2014 often used in plural held evening services"
      ],
      ": a set of articles for a particular use":[
        "a silver tea service"
      ],
      ": an administrative division (as of a government or business)":[
        "the consular service"
      ],
      ": contribution to the welfare of others":[],
      ": disposal for use":[
        "I'm entirely at your service"
      ],
      ": employment as a servant":[
        "entered his service"
      ],
      ": help , use , benefit":[
        "glad to be of service"
      ],
      ": intended for hard or everyday use":[],
      ": of or relating to the armed services":[],
      ": offering repair, maintenance, or incidental services":[],
      ": one of a nation's military forces (such as the army or navy)":[],
      ": providing services":[
        "the service trades\u2014from filling stations to universities",
        "\u2014 John Fischer"
      ],
      ": serve":[],
      ": serve sense 10":[],
      ": the act of a male animal copulating with a female animal":[],
      ": the act of bringing a legal writ, process, or summons to notice as prescribed by law":[],
      ": the act of serving: such as":[],
      ": the materials (such as spun yarn, small lines, or canvas) used for serving a rope":[],
      ": the occupation or function of serving":[
        "in active service"
      ],
      ": the work performed by one that serves":[
        "good service"
      ],
      ": to meet interest and sinking fund payments on":[
        "service government debt"
      ],
      ": to perform any of the business functions auxiliary to production or distribution of":[],
      ": to perform services for: such as":[],
      ": to repair or provide maintenance for":[
        "serviced the furnace"
      ],
      ": used in serving or supplying":[
        "delivery men use the service entrance"
      ],
      ": useful labor that does not produce a tangible commodity":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural charge for professional services"
      ],
      "Robert William 1874\u20131958 Canadian writer":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "I need to get my car serviced .",
      "The shop services sewing machines and old typewriters.",
      "The company was unable to service the loan.",
      "The bookstore primarily services people looking for out-of-print books.",
      "Adjective",
      "spent his time in the army as a correspondent for service newspapers"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1602, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1718, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English serves , plural of serve fruit of the service tree, service tree, from Old English syrfe , from Vulgar Latin *sorbea , from Latin sorbus service tree":"Noun",
      "Middle English service, servise \"state of serving or being at someone's command, position in a household, duty which a tenant is owed to a lord, assistance, form followed in Christian worship, provision of food at a table,\" borrowed from Anglo-French (also continental Old French), borrowed from Medieval Latin servitium, going back to Latin, \"condition of being a slave, servitude,\" (in plural) \"slaves as a class,\" from servus \"slave\" + -itium -ice \u2014 more at serve entry 1":"Noun",
      "derivative of service entry 1":"Verb",
      "from attributive use of service entry 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "martial",
      "military"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174755",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "service area":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an area next to a highway where people can stop to rest, use the bathroom, get food, etc.":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235339",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "service book":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a book setting forth forms of worship used in religious services":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The service book , which features Grant\u2019s name, boasts no less than 13 stamps from Aston Martin\u2019s main dealers. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Haitian political leaders and foreign dignitaries dressed in black lined up to sign a memorial service book , as a portrait of Mr. Mo\u00efse hung nearby amid bouquets of white flowers. \u2014 Kejal Vyas, WSJ , 20 July 2021",
      "Rabbis read from the Haggadah, the service book that tells the Passover story of the liberation of Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. \u2014 Lisa Dejong, cleveland.com , 16 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1553, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051722",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "service box":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the area in which a player stands while serving in various court games (such as squash or handball)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What can be done that can be implemented even at a club level, assuming shorter service boxes /taller nets are out",
      "The children were assessed twice for Glenohumeral range of motion and isometric strength of the bilateral (dominant and non-dominant sides) shoulder-complex muscles, after all players warmed-up with rallies in the service boxes . \u2014 NOLA.com , 3 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1885, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114553",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "service break":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a game won on an opponent's serve (as in tennis)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1933, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-131104",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "service cap":{
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    "definitions":{
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And blowing a whistle, a proletarian prophet in a red service cap . \u2014 Ostap Kin, The New York Review of Books , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Thomas Redgate shows a smiling 24-year-old, a service cap crowning his head, a tan tie and shirt underneath his dress uniform. \u2014 Denise Coffey, USA TODAY , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "In the second week of witness testimony, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo took the witness stand in uniform, holding his service cap in a crooked arm. \u2014 Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "Nearly everyone wears a service cap : Army, Navy, Marines, World War II, Korea, Vietnam. \u2014 Donald Bradley, kansascity , 22 Oct. 2017"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Oculus, which is owned by Meta, has a dedicated customer- service line for the devices. . \u2014 Kirsten Grind, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
      "One of the fastest growing hubs on this service line is the Largo Town Center. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
      "Staffers in multiple stores were informed of the changes this week and are offering new plans or telling customers to call the company\u2019s consumer service line for help on choosing new offers. \u2014 Scott Moritz, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
      "That number is different from the general customer service line that was swamped with calls earlier in the month. \u2014 The Seattle Times, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Utility providers must eventually replace the entire service line into the home if lead pipes are identified. \u2014 Scott Fallon, USA TODAY , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "The group has coordinated call days, encouraging fans to bombard Coca-Cola's customer service line with (polite) phone calls and to send notes to Coca-Cola's leadership team. \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Sopko called the service line again on Nov. 26, talking to a customer representative. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Expanding the nonemergency 211 service line to accept reports of hate and bias incidents. \u2014 Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com , 15 Nov. 2021"
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      "1945, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Patron, a Jack Terrier in Ukraine, received a service medal Sunday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for helping the country\u2019s military to clear mines and explosive equipment. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 9 May 2022",
      "He also has been recognized for his leadership and performance in the line of duty and has received lifesaving awards and a meritorious service medal . \u2014 C.r. Walker, chicagotribune.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "The Texas native had been deployed to Iraq and had earned, among other decorations, the defense meritorious service medal , a good conduct medal and a marksmanship badge with the rifle. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 19 July 2021",
      "The Defense Department report recommended the Army remove James\u2019 negative performance review from her personnel file and award her a military service medal the Guard had withheld. \u2014 USA Today , 31 Mar. 2021",
      "The Defense Department report recommended the Army remove James\u2019 negative performance review from her personnel file and award her a military service medal the Guard had withheld. \u2014 USA Today , 31 Mar. 2021",
      "The Defense Department report recommended the Army remove James\u2019 negative performance review from her personnel file and award her a military service medal the Guard had withheld. \u2014 USA Today , 31 Mar. 2021",
      "The Defense Department report recommended the Army remove James\u2019 negative performance review from her personnel file and award her a military service medal the Guard had withheld. \u2014 USA Today , 31 Mar. 2021",
      "The Defense Department report recommended the Army remove James\u2019 negative performance review from her personnel file and award her a military service medal the Guard had withheld. \u2014 USA Today , 31 Mar. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1914, in the meaning defined above":""
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        "For three-quarters of a century, East Helena has proudly honored servicemembers with a monument in the heart of town. And now community leaders are looking for names of area veterans as they rebuild the monument with a new design.",
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      "1955, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a space vehicle module that contains oxygen, water, fuel cells, propellant tanks, and the main rocket engine":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That investigation is made more difficult by the fact that engineers on the ground won\u2019t be able to examine the two main thrusters that cut out since they are housed in the spacecraft\u2019s service module , which was jettisoned during the return. \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Finally, the spacecraft returned to the launchpad in July 2021, but hours before launch, engineers discovered that 13 valves in the service module could not be opened. \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "More specifically, the partners envision developing a version of the REEBoard, a mobility service module , that will carry passengers, goods and services to the customers who currently buy Hino\u2019s vehicles. \u2014 Greg Gardner, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "Another software error, caught and fixed just a few hours before the vehicle returned to Earth through the atmosphere, would have caused thrusters on Starliner's service module to fire in the wrong manner. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
      "This time, the company said the issue was hardware: 13 valves in the service module got stuck, forcing the company to bring the spacecraft back into its manufacturing facility. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "The company will continue to test the problem service module at NASA\u2019s White Sands Test Facility. \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "The service module is ejected by the Starliner capsule near the end of its mission, prior to reentry into Earth's atmosphere. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Orion capsules, the report said, cost about about $1 billion to build, plus another $300 million for its service module , provided by the European Space Agency. \u2014 William Harwood, CBS News , 15 Nov. 2021"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the northwest, two missiles hit a service station and auto repair center in Sarny, killing three people and wounding four, the Rivne regional governor, Vitaliy Koval, said. \u2014 David Keyton, John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
      "Mark Borba lives along the flat stretch of road in the town of Riverdale, past the empty big-top circus tent and service station selling nearly $6-a-gallon gasoline. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Tesla owners won't need to take their vehicles to a service station . \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 10 May 2022",
      "Officials said the Russian forces hit a military warehouse as well as a commercial service station where local drivers go for tire repairs and carwashes. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Kozytskyy said four rockets were fired, striking three targets, including several warehouses not used by Ukraine's military, and a service station near Lviv Railway Station. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Oil and gasoline costs are increasing so quickly now that many service station owners are updating their prices more than once a day. \u2014 Nancy Rivera Brooks, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The service station -turned-smoke shack uses a blend of hickory, pecan, and peach woods to smoke their meats. \u2014 Outside Online , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Some Americans have difficulty handling child-care costs, of course, but most families experience inflation at the grocery store or service station . \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022"
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      "1600, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "I bought an old but still serviceable bicycle.",
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      "Not as complex as the sister wine but pleasant, serviceable and a good wine for drinking lakeside. \u2014 Lana Bortolot, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "The numerous Dodger announcers are all serviceable , interchangeable and vanilla. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "It was set about 10 miles south of downtown Atlanta -- close enough in to be quite serviceable to the city's core but far enough out to grow as needed. \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The other comedic attempts fall a bit flat, and the action is the kind of perfectly serviceable , if unremarkable style that serves most midbudget action comedies these days. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "But hundreds of retired, old-school M-109s are still serviceable and are likely still available in both U.S. and European warehouses. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "This umbrella is no longer serviceable , but the handle speaks volumes. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In the first film, this relationship was serviceable at best, but the two characters are a lot more fun when they're separated. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "But Albright managed to trim some of the proverbial fat during this offseason (think Kamohelo Mokotjo) and brought in serviceable veterans and role players, like Ray Gaddis, Alvas Powell and Kann. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 23 Feb. 2022"
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      "The numerous Dodger announcers are all serviceable , interchangeable and vanilla. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
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      "The other comedic attempts fall a bit flat, and the action is the kind of perfectly serviceable , if unremarkable style that serves most midbudget action comedies these days. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "But hundreds of retired, old-school M-109s are still serviceable and are likely still available in both U.S. and European warehouses. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "This umbrella is no longer serviceable , but the handle speaks volumes. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In the first film, this relationship was serviceable at best, but the two characters are a lot more fun when they're separated. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "But Albright managed to trim some of the proverbial fat during this offseason (think Kamohelo Mokotjo) and brought in serviceable veterans and role players, like Ray Gaddis, Alvas Powell and Kann. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 23 Feb. 2022"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "service entry 1 + -age":""
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      "noun"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bee-friendly options for early blooms include serviceberry trees and native flowers shooting star, wild geranium, Virginia bluebells and wild lupine. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Ashmore recommends serviceberry , witch-hazel, and Carolina silverbell. \u2014 Nina Tran, USA TODAY , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "The grant will help pay for serviceberry shrubs, ornamental grass and red maple trees. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "The serviceberry is a deciduous, small tree or shrub in the rose family, according to the Clemson Cooperative Extension Home & Garden Information Center. \u2014 Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "The Lenape knew spring by another bloom: white tufts of flowers from the serviceberry tree, which powder its branches like snow in April. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Mar. 2021",
      "Heidi chose a serviceberry tree that would eventually produce leaves that would turn a brilliant orange in the fall \u2014 her favorite color. \u2014 Holly Bailey, Washington Post , 2 Jan. 2021",
      "Plants that flower in March include willows, serviceberry and spicebush. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Sep. 2020",
      "Plenty of native species will also produce colorful flowers in spring, including serviceberry , flowering dogwood, and redbud. \u2014 Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens , 14 Aug. 2020"
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      "1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "service entry 4":""
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      "\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259s-\u02ccber-\u0113",
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      "noun"
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      "wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "William Tell is a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Explain that your son is a serviceman away for a period of time and that the dog has been well behaved in the past. \u2014 Ronda Kaysen, New York Times , 14 May 2022",
      "My mom met my dad, an American serviceman stationed in Germany. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 7 May 2022",
      "Personnel for the Texas Military Department, Texas Department of Public Safety and Border Patrol all joined in searching for the serviceman , the National Guard said. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Ukraine\u2019s military said two Ukrainian soldiers were killed over the weekend, and another serviceman was wounded Monday. \u2014 Vladimir Isachenkov, Yuras Karmanau And Lorne Cook, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "An Ukrainian military serviceman on the front line in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Four of the serviceman \u2019s fellow Marines witnessed the altercation and ran over to intervene. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "In Joseph Heller\u2019s Catch-22, set in World War II, an American serviceman called Milo Minderbinder creates a syndicate in which all the other servicemen have a share, buying food around the world. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 10 Mar. 2022"
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      "1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "service entry 1 + man entry 1":""
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      "noun"
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      "plural noun"
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      "service entry 2 + person":""
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a table napkin":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Make loose brunch plans with the hottest bystander and escape into the night with a slice of cake wrapped in a serviette for the subway. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 12 Nov. 2020",
      "Take a serviette and wipe the rim, making sure there\u2019s no foil. \u2014 Sarah Solomon, Town & Country , 28 July 2017",
      "Still, the Smithsonian is right to to honor this most famous of American serviettes , the Magna Carta of modern Republican economics. \u2014 Jeet Heer, New Republic , 18 Oct. 2017",
      "Take a serviette and wipe the rim, making sure there\u2019s no foil. \u2014 Sarah Solomon, Town & Country , 28 July 2017"
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      "1818, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, from servir \"to serve entry 1 \" + -ette -ette":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135417",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration (perhaps influenced by vigorous ) of savagerous":""
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      "s\u0259(r)\u02c8v\u012bgr\u0259s"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005604",
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      "In Ukrainka\u2019s play, Oksana\u2019s husband is servile , obligingly performing Ukrainian songs and dances for the czar\u2019s entertainment, while the artist in Zabuzhko\u2019s novel is wracked by an inferiority complex familiar to citizens of dominated nations. \u2014 Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Yet, as the technology gap with the West narrows, China's desire for self-reliance rises, and once- servile entrepreneurs have become increasingly outspoken in their critique of China's economic system. \u2014 Sonja Opper For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "If China\u2019s leaders are as wise as its propagandists are servile , the Middle Kingdom\u2019s future is secure. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "These conditions led them to become stereotyped as industrious and servile , which affected how employers treated them. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "For India\u2019s mostly servile media, this is a striking break from the usual after seven years of Modi. \u2014 Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time , 3 May 2021",
      "Julie Andrews played Cinderella\u2014neat as a new pin and not remotely servile . \u2014 Carol Dyhouse, Time , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "As a result of this sort of culture, the stereotype of dancers as servile bodies that are better seen than heard unfortunately calcified long ago. \u2014 Sydney Skybetter, Wired , 7 Feb. 2021",
      "The others at the table nodded their heads in servile agreement. \u2014 Keith Mcnally, Harpers Magazine , 5 Jan. 2021"
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      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French servil, borrowed from Latin serv\u012blis \"of a slave, slavish, abject,\" from servus \"slave\" + -\u012blis \"pertaining to or characteristic of (such persons)\" \u2014 more at serve entry 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185546",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063842",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "had always maintained a servile attitude around people with money",
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      "In Ukrainka\u2019s play, Oksana\u2019s husband is servile , obligingly performing Ukrainian songs and dances for the czar\u2019s entertainment, while the artist in Zabuzhko\u2019s novel is wracked by an inferiority complex familiar to citizens of dominated nations. \u2014 Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Yet, as the technology gap with the West narrows, China's desire for self-reliance rises, and once- servile entrepreneurs have become increasingly outspoken in their critique of China's economic system. \u2014 Sonja Opper For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "If China\u2019s leaders are as wise as its propagandists are servile , the Middle Kingdom\u2019s future is secure. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "These conditions led them to become stereotyped as industrious and servile , which affected how employers treated them. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "For India\u2019s mostly servile media, this is a striking break from the usual after seven years of Modi. \u2014 Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time , 3 May 2021",
      "Julie Andrews played Cinderella\u2014neat as a new pin and not remotely servile . \u2014 Carol Dyhouse, Time , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "As a result of this sort of culture, the stereotype of dancers as servile bodies that are better seen than heard unfortunately calcified long ago. \u2014 Sydney Skybetter, Wired , 7 Feb. 2021",
      "The others at the table nodded their heads in servile agreement. \u2014 Keith Mcnally, Harpers Magazine , 5 Jan. 2021"
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      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French servil, borrowed from Latin serv\u012blis \"of a slave, slavish, abject,\" from servus \"slave\" + -\u012blis \"pertaining to or characteristic of (such persons)\" \u2014 more at serve entry 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044822",
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      ": a helping of food or drink":[]
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      "This is my third serving of mashed potatoes.",
      "According to the package, one serving size is 6 ounces.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Kelly Clarkson Show got a serving of early \u201980s soft rock on Monday (June 13). \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 13 June 2022",
      "Each serving has 155 calories and 12 grams of sugar, and is 10.1% alcohol by volume. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Each serving has less than 50 milligrams of caffeine, which is well within the FDA's guidelines for daily caffeine consumption. \u2014 Samantha Jones, PEOPLE.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "One serving of prime rib, often called standing rib roast, is generally huge. \u2014 Katie Bourque, Good Housekeeping , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "On average, most Americans currently eat only one serving of fruit and one-and-a-half servings of vegetables daily, far less than what\u2019s recommended. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2021",
      "Keep it to one serving , though: In addition to keeping you up at night, too much caffeine can cause stomach distress during a post-nap workout. \u2014 Amanda Macmillan, Outside Online , 15 Sep. 2014",
      "At seven dollars a serving , Ms. Linda\u2019s Ya-Ka-Mein\u2014fragrantly peppery, with an umami savoriness\u2014is also a few bucks cheaper than many of the festival\u2019s famous po-boy vendors. \u2014 Nathaniel Adams, Chron , 18 May 2022",
      "Huber's spike eventually broke a four-point rally by the Eagles, while the smooth serving and setting from junior Benjamin Nygren set the tone for the rally that gave ALA-Queen Creek a 2-0 lead. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 14 May 2022"
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      "1864, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "serve entry 1 + -ing entry 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115221",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a spoon-shaped wooden tool used in putting on service especially on eye splices":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "serving entry 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183158",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175536",
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133026",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from serving entry 2 + man":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175248",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "Medieval Latin servitialis , from Late Latin servitium service + Latin -alis -al":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)s\u0259r\u02c8vish\u0259l"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131525",
    "type":[
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, from Latin, condition of a slave":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200159",
    "type":[
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Middle English servitour, borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French servitur, servitour, borrowed from Medieval Latin serv\u012btor, from Latin serv\u012bre \"to be at the service of, serve entry 1 \" + -tor, agent suffix":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173225",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015215",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022318",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "servitor + -ess":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233409",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "the Fugitive Slave Act had the effect of returning enslaved people who had made it to freedom in the North to a brutal life of servitude in the South",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the lawsuit, Planned Parenthood said the measure will have a disparate impact on women as opposed to men, and violates the right to bodily integrity, involuntary servitude , as well as the right to privacy. \u2014 Kelly Mccleary, CNN , 27 June 2022",
      "Some speak of robot slaves, artificial servants, AI servitude , and the like. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Teweret asks no long-term servitude of her subjects, and so Layla agrees to become the goddess\u2019s avatar, so long as the possession is temporary. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 May 2022",
      "Another who asked if involuntary servitude was racist. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "For instance, Boris Grekov, director of Moscow\u2019s Russian History Institute, had seen his son sentenced to penal servitude and, in terror, made wide-ranging concessions to the Stalinist line, writing books and papers to order. \u2014 Richard Cohen, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The authorization of involuntary servitude for punishment of a crime was used to force many Blacks into labor after the end of slavery. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a free Black man tricked into servitude for Steve McQueen's uneasy-to-watch yet essential pre-Civil War drama. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Indentured servitude and migration rhythms also brought Chinese, Indian, Jewish and other West Indian Caribbean dwellers to the island. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Feb. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle English, \"slavery, bondage, feudal allegiance,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French servitute, borrowed from Late Latin servit\u016bdin-, servit\u016bd\u014d \"condition of being a slave,\" from Latin servus \"slave\" + -i- -i- + -t\u016bdin-, -t\u016bd\u014d -tude \u2014 more at serve entry 1":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259-\u02cct\u00fcd, -\u02ccty\u00fcd",
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      "Latin servitut-, servitus , from servus slave":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115534",
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      "noun"
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      ": servomechanism":[],
      ": servomotor":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As such, the rider gets a lovely, mechanical feel at the handlebar, not one fettled by outside servo motors. \u2014 Peter Jackson, Robb Report , 6 May 2022",
      "Importantly, the car retains its original engine, carburetor, ignition, radiator and shroud, oil cooler and remote filter, brake servo , alternator, four-speed manual transmission and differential and even toolkit. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Dauntingly, the vehicle does without ABS, a brake servo or any electronic driver aids. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Xiaomi developed its own servo motors for the robot, with a 32N\u00b7m/220Rpm torque and rotation speed. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 Aug. 2021",
      "The brakes are the same electro- servo system used in the NSX but with slightly less aggressive tuning. \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 24 Sep. 2020",
      "That includes a brushless motor, two servo motors, a battery, a gear unit, and a number of circuit boards for radio, control, and localization. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 9 July 2020",
      "Well after Horch the man departed, the automaker was cranking out dual-overhead-cam straight-eights, servo -actuated brakes, four-wheel independent suspension, transverse leaf springs, and five-speed gearboxes. \u2014 Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver , 25 May 2019",
      "That\u2019s an astonishing 17 percent improvement in the servo \u2019s efficiency, which means more cars coming off the line faster. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 16 Oct. 2018"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "by shortening":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115920",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a torque-amplifying component of a servomechanism":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180251",
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      "noun"
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      ": a brake in which pedal or lever power is augmented (as by a servomotor) : power brake":[],
      ": a multiple-shoe automobile brake in which the action of one part upon another as a result of the forward motion of the vehicle increases the pressure between the second shoe and the brake drum and so increases the brake's effectiveness":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202750",
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      "noun"
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      ": an auxiliary aeronautical device to reinforce by an aerodynamic or mechanical relay a pilot's effort in operating a control commonly consisting of a small hinged auxiliary airfoil at the trailing edge of an aileron, elevator, or rudder":[]
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      "noun"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a woman who is a member of the armed forces":[]
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      "\u02c8s\u0259r-v\u0259s-\u02ccwu\u0307-m\u0259n"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Lane, a native of Zanesville who grew up in the Canton area, was a U.S. Army nurse and the only American servicewoman killed as a direct result of enemy fire in the Vietnam War. \u2014 cleveland , 30 May 2022",
      "Americans can also learn about the lives lost in military conflicts since World War I. Since World War I, the red poppy flower has been a symbol of remembrance for the ultimate sacrifice made by more than 645,000 serviceman and servicewoman . \u2014 Chris Cason, Forbes , 28 May 2021",
      "This memorial has two bronze sculptures: a serviceman kneeling across from a standing servicewoman . \u2014 Michele Herrmann, Forbes , 28 May 2021",
      "Lane is said to be the only American servicewoman killed by direct enemy fire during that war. \u2014 Michele Herrmann, Forbes , 28 May 2021",
      "The Ukrainian government urged the public not to jump to conclusions on Wednesday over the death of a servicewoman who had gotten the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine days before, according to a report. \u2014 Fox News , 24 Mar. 2021",
      "She was stationed in the Philippines and later was among the first Naval servicewoman to serve on a vessel as a Petty Officer Third Class on the USS Samuel Gompers. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2020",
      "This week, Parton took to Instagram to personally thank the first responders, servicemen and servicewomen , and health care professionals around the world. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 3 Apr. 2020",
      "In fact, American servicemen and servicewomen often struggle to find jobs in the private sector, as some employers have difficulty understanding the degree to which veterans\u2019 skills are genuinely transferable. \u2014 Dallas News , 26 Nov. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1943, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153944"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": any of the short lines stemming from and at an angle to the upper and lower ends of the strokes of a letter":[]
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      "\u02c8ser-\u0259f"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Compare, for instance, the clean sans- serif lowercase fonts of Nectar, Layla, Purple, and Saatva. \u2014 Patricia Marx, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
      "Like, the uppercase T had a spike serif on the bottom and slab serifs on the top. \u2014 Diana Budds, Curbed , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "Just as elliptical, if more hard-edged, are Peter Downsbrough\u2019s prints of single rust-red bars flanked by shards of black sans- serif letters and much empty space. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Bierstadt, designed by Steve Matteson, is a precise serif inspired by mid-century Swiss designs. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "So, without the serif clues, and without reasonable visibility of the thin characters, well, the photos are beautiful. \u2014 Jim Williams, Star Tribune , 27 Aug. 2020",
      "Depending on the tile's layout, floor phrases can be spelled out in bold block letters or elegant serif fonts. \u2014 Laura Lambert, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 June 2020",
      "For instance, another study found people will rate scientific abstracts as more interesting, appealing and of higher quality when written in a serif typeface compared to a sans serif typeface. \u2014 Daniel Tamul, The Conversation , 6 May 2020",
      "The night\u2019s text was JewBelong\u2019s own, a Haggadah with sans- serif type and festive songs written to familiar tunes. \u2014 Nathan Heller, The New Yorker , 20 Apr. 2020"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from Dutch schreef stroke, line, from Middle Dutch, from schriven to write, from Latin scribere \u2014 more at scribe":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1841, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170501"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": characteristic of a servant or subordinate : instrumental , servile":[],
      ": subject to some person or thing that dominates, rules, or controls : subject to a service, easement, or servitude":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259rv\u0113\u0259nt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin servient-, serviens , present participle of servire to serve":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183641"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a noncommissioned officer in the army or marine corps serving as chief administrative assistant in a headquarters":[],
      ": a noncommissioned officer in the marine corps ranking above a first sergeant":[],
      ": a bluish-green to yellow bony fish ( Abudefduf saxatilis of the family Pomacentridae) with black vertical stripes on the sides that is widely distributed in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An elder among the recruits, Freeman\u2019s John Rawlins is soon promoted to the rank of sergeant major . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
      "Twice in full view of the enemy, the 6-foot-4, 240-pound sergeant major scaled a wall to draw fire and expose the North Vietnamese positions. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "The sergeant major is an advisor to the commanding general of the Marine Expeditionary Force. \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "There was the former Delta Force sergeant major Kyle Lamb, who helped to popularize another wave of military-style rifles (this time in black). \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "For his actions, he was promoted to sergeant major and awarded the Medal of Honor. \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Once colonized, the new reef is expected to attract fish species like those that currently exist in the area, including sergeant major , parrotfish, bar jack, spottail pinfish, molly miller and more. \u2014 Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "The sergeant major formed up the battalion in the narrow space in front of the mountains of mail, and Adams marched to the front. \u2014 Mari K. Eder, Time , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "While in captivity, Shalit was promoted three times, from corporal to ultimately sergeant major . \u2014 CNN , 11 Aug. 2021"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202755"
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  "service ceiling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the altitude at which under standard air conditions a particular aircraft can no longer rise at a rate greater than a small designated rate (such as 100 feet per minute)":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The plane will have a top speed of around 237 miles per hour at 8,000 feet, a cruising radius of 2,200 miles, and a service ceiling of around 23,000 feet. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 3 June 2021",
      "Accommodating a pilot and four passengers, the LAR-01 has a 4,078-pound maximum takeoff weight, with a service ceiling of 46,000 feet. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 18 May 2021",
      "While America\u2019s Sabres were often seen as a match for the MiG-15, the MiG\u2019s service ceiling of nearly 51,000 feet bested the American fighter\u2019s by almost 2,000 feet. \u2014 Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics , 21 Mar. 2021",
      "Their service ceiling was 60,000 feet, stopping them from reaching the slow-moving unarmed reconnaissance plane. \u2014 Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics , 4 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1920, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205959"
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    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the ranking noncommissioned officer of the marine corps serving as adviser to the commandant":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215331"
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  "service court":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a part of the court into which the ball or shuttlecock must be served":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1878, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001545"
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  "service company":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an administrative military unit concerned mainly with transportation and supply":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003009"
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  "series-wound":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": having the armature coil and the field-magnet coil in series with the external circuit":[
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1883, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023313"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a club of business or professional men or women organized for their common benefit and active in community service":[],
      ": a recreation center for enlisted personnel provided by one of the armed services":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Kiwanis Secretary Ken Neuzil is excited about the local service club once again returning to the popular winter affair. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Rotary International is the world\u2019s first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs across more than 160 countries worldwide. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Yingling served as president this year of the Midshipman Action Group, the academy's service club . \u2014 Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
      "Much of the area around the theater and Sterrett Center, which was formerly the service club , has parking lots and grassy space, Dunston said. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2021",
      "Aktion Club, supported by the Kiwanis, is the only service club for adults with disabilities, with more than 12,000 members worldwide. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "Jae\u2019Da Thompson, the president of the Leo Club \u2014 the school\u2019s service club \u2014 also is on the team. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 28 Apr. 2021",
      "For the past 27 years, Lonicki has been a member of Kiwanis International, a service club where members call each other family. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "How many ethnic festivals, service club meetings, and church dinners have to be canceled before the cancellations become permanent"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025514"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
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      ": to mark or make with serrations":[
        "a serrated knife"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101t",
      "\u02c8ser-\u02cc\u0101t"
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      "saw-toothed",
      "serrated"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But above them, disembodied in the haze, hovered the Garhwal Himalayas, part of the central Himalayan mountains, which serrate the borderlands of northern India before crashing into Nepal\u2019s yet higher massifs immediately to the east. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Aug. 2020",
      "Beginning in 2015, the hip-hop emerging from SoundCloud \u2014 which imported punchiness from pop-punk and emo, and incorporated both rapping and singing \u2014 was emotionally serrated , but also sneakily melodic. \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 9 Dec. 2019",
      "Saw-back spines are a common feature, as are serrated sections on the blades. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 27 Jan. 2020",
      "Goranson, in particular, is the MVP of the episode, delivering zinger after zinger with her signature serrated verve and impeccable timing. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Feb. 2020",
      "The best electric knife sharpeners are able to sharpen both straight and serrated blades, and have several sharpening stages. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 18 Nov. 2019",
      "Multi-stage sharpeners are perfect for that high-dollar knife set, including both straight and serrated edges. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 23 Sep. 2019",
      "The set includes a 6-inch chef knife, 5-inch serrated utility knife, a 3.5-inch paring knife and 3-inch Santoku knife. \u2014 Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "Meanwhile, many sharks today evolved to have triangular teeth that were flat and serrated like a steak knife, which helps them bite off chunks of prey. \u2014 Lauren Kent, CNN , 28 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin serratus , from serra saw":"Adjective",
      "Late Latin serratus , past participle of serrare to saw, from Latin serra":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1668, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1750, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031358"
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  "service charge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fee charged for a particular service often in addition to a standard or basic fee":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Tickets are $25 each plus a $3 service charge per ticket.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For the plate scans, MWAA is seeking authority for a service charge of $1.60 per transaction to cover administrative costs. \u2014 Lori Aratani, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Also there\u2019s a mandatory 20-percent service charge , with 17 percent going to the service staff. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "What likely helps is the 22% service charge tacked onto your bill, which the menu explains goes toward high hourly wages, health insurance and a 401k for employees. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "The 20% service charge goes toward boosting the pay to $20 for every hour worked. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "Remaining tickets start at $43.75, plus a $9.50 service charge , and are available online at bit.ly/3IICwJV. \u2014 Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Along with the tasting menu came a set 20 percent service charge . \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Rates for water use are separate from a bimonthly service charge for maintaining water and sewer lines. \u2014 Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Based on Dave\u2019s service charge for pasta and breadsticks, that percentage is 8.5%. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034357"
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      ": the senior noncommissioned officer of an interior guard":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040058"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": sergeanty":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English serjauntrye , from Middle French sergenterie , from sergent sergeant + -erie -ery":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050300"
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  "sericeous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": covered with fine silky hair":[
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    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259-\u02c8ri-sh\u0259s"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin sericeus silken, from Latin sericum silk garment, silk, from neuter of sericus silken, from Greek s\u0113rikos , from S\u0113res , an eastern Asian people, probably the Chinese":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1777, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052612"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of South American characin fishes comprising the piranhas":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin serra saw + salmo salmon":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055023"
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  "sericiculture":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": sericulture":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259\u0307\u02c8ris\u0259\u02cck\u0259lch\u0259(r)",
      "\u02c8ser\u0259s\u0259-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French s\u00e9riciculture , from Latin sericum silk + French culture , from Middle French":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1839, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061350"
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  "serrations":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the condition of being serrate":[],
      ": a formation resembling the toothed edge of a saw":[],
      ": one of the teeth in a serrate margin":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "se-",
      "s\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Dupri and Seal also co-produced the track, adding extra serration to the guitar and lots of splat in the drums. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 7 May 2021",
      "From the water-resistant composite wood handle to the sophisticated serration , this knife is for more than just cutting bread and will slice through tomatoes, melons and other delicate foods without crushing them. \u2014 NBC News , 24 June 2020",
      "Denticles, or serrations , are small bumps on a tooth that give the tooth a serrated edge. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 27 May 2020",
      "The wide serrations make this blade ideal for slicing bread. \u2014 Popular Science , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "Included in the kit is a skinning blade with serrations at the back cutting edge, two drop-point gut hook blades and one 5-inch fillet blade. \u2014 Matt Foster, Outdoor Life , 31 Jan. 2020",
      "Three different backstrap options are included for a custom fit (a feature usually reserved for pistols costing twice as much), and the fore and aft slide serrations already make chambering a round while a red dot is mounted on the gun a breeze. \u2014 Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream , 7 Feb. 2020",
      "The Type B strikes all the high notes, i.e. low bore-axis, light flat faced trigger, wrap around slide serrations and an extended beavertail. \u2014 John B. Snow, Outdoor Life , 2 Jan. 2020",
      "And then something flies off one of the ridge\u2019s serrations . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070359"
  },
  "sergeanty":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": any of numerous feudal services of a personal nature by which an estate is held of the king or other lord distinct from military tenure and from socage tenure":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u00e4r-j\u0259n-t\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English sergeaunte, sergancie, serjantie, borrowed from Anglo-French serjantie, serjauntie, from sergaunt sergeant + -ie -y entry 2":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083727"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": the condition of being serrate":[],
      ": a formation resembling the toothed edge of a saw":[],
      ": one of the teeth in a serrate margin":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "se-",
      "s\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Dupri and Seal also co-produced the track, adding extra serration to the guitar and lots of splat in the drums. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 7 May 2021",
      "From the water-resistant composite wood handle to the sophisticated serration , this knife is for more than just cutting bread and will slice through tomatoes, melons and other delicate foods without crushing them. \u2014 NBC News , 24 June 2020",
      "Denticles, or serrations , are small bumps on a tooth that give the tooth a serrated edge. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 27 May 2020",
      "The wide serrations make this blade ideal for slicing bread. \u2014 Popular Science , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "Included in the kit is a skinning blade with serrations at the back cutting edge, two drop-point gut hook blades and one 5-inch fillet blade. \u2014 Matt Foster, Outdoor Life , 31 Jan. 2020",
      "Three different backstrap options are included for a custom fit (a feature usually reserved for pistols costing twice as much), and the fore and aft slide serrations already make chambering a round while a red dot is mounted on the gun a breeze. \u2014 Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream , 7 Feb. 2020",
      "The Type B strikes all the high notes, i.e. low bore-axis, light flat faced trigger, wrap around slide serrations and an extended beavertail. \u2014 John B. Snow, Outdoor Life , 2 Jan. 2020",
      "And then something flies off one of the ridge\u2019s serrations . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2020"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093121"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": having fine hairs like eyelashes on the serrations":[
        "serrate-ciliate leaves"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "translation of New Latin serrato-ciliatus":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111819"
  },
  "serrated impulse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": electronic output chopped into toothlike pulses (as for frame synchronization in television reception)":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115600"
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  "serrato-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
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      ": serrate and":[
        "serrato crenate",
        "serrato dentate"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin serratus serrate":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131459"
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  "sericeo-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
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      ": sericeous and":[
        "sericeo tomentose"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin sericeus sericeous":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135907"
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  "Serratula":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of Old World perennial herbs (family Compositae) with spirally arranged leaves that are not spiny and solitary or corymbose heads of tubular flowers \u2014 compare sandwort":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "se\u02c8rach\u0259l\u0259"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin, betony, from serratus serrate + -ula":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155828"
  },
  "serving table":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a side table used in serving food : a small sideboard":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160033"
  },
  "Serrasalmo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": piranha":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ser\u0259\u00a6sal(\u02cc)m\u014d"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin serra saw + salmo salmon":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175027"
  },
  "sergeantship":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the office of a sergeant":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "sergeant + -ship":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181223"
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  "sericea lespedeza":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a perennial herbaceous lespedeza ( Lespedeza cuneata synonym L. sericea ) that is widely planted as a leguminous forage and hay crop especially on poor soils":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259\u0307\u00a6rish(\u0113)\u0259-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Lespedeza sericea , from Lespedeza + sericea , from Late Latin, feminine of sericeus sericeous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191733"
  },
  "serve no purpose":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to have no particular use or function : to not be useful or helpful in any way":[
        "Arguing with him serves no purpose ."
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191903"
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  "series":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a number of things or events of the same class coming one after another in spatial or temporal succession":[
        "a concert series",
        "the hall opened into a series of small rooms"
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      ": a set of regularly presented television programs each of which is complete in itself":[],
      ": the indicated sum of a usually infinite sequence of numbers":[],
      ": the coins or currency of a particular country and period":[],
      ": a group of postage stamps in different denominations":[],
      ": a succession of volumes or issues published with related subjects or authors, similar format and price, or continuous numbering":[],
      ": a division of rock formations that is smaller than a system and comprises rocks deposited during an epoch":[],
      ": a group of chemical compounds related in composition and structure":[],
      ": an arrangement of the parts of or elements in an electric circuit whereby the whole current passes through each part or element without branching \u2014 compare parallel":[],
      ": a set of vowels connected by ablaut (such as i, a, u in ring, rang, rung )":[],
      ": a number of games (as of baseball) played usually on consecutive days between two teams":[
        "in town for a 3-game series"
      ],
      ": a group of successive coordinate sentence elements joined together":[],
      ": soil series":[],
      ": three consecutive games in bowling":[],
      ": in a serial or series arrangement":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sir-(\u02cc)\u0113z",
      "\u02c8sir-\u0113z",
      "\u02c8si(\u0259)r-(\u02cc)\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a five-part series on the history of baseball",
      "a series of articles on global warming",
      "The Yankees played a three-game series against the Red Sox last week.",
      "The play-off series between the two teams begins next week.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Hunters are just two new faces to sign on to season 7 of the hit series . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 28 June 2022",
      "Second, leaks around the iPhone 14 series should now intensify. \u2014 Gordon Kelly, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "On Monday, before the Angels and Mariners moved on to series against the White Sox and Orioles, respectively, the disciplinary bill came due from MLB Senior Vice President for On-Field Operations Michael Hill. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
      "Marks seemed to indicate there may be an interest in using a monovalent Omicron vaccine as a primary series . \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 28 June 2022",
      "On Monday night, CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein reported the matchups for the Gavitt Tipoff Games, the early-season series between the Big East and Big Ten, named after the former longtime Big East commissioner Dave Gavitt. \u2014 Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press , 28 June 2022",
      "Gurman says the main new feature of the iPhone 14 series is the always-on display. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 27 June 2022",
      "Part of the LEGO Technic Ultimate Car Concept series , the model is 23 inches long and 5.5 inches high. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022",
      "Noticeably absent from the NBC singing competition show\u2019s roster was Kelly, who first joined the series in February 2018. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 27 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from serere to join, link together; akin to Greek eirein to string together, hormos chain, necklace, and perhaps to Latin sort-, sors lot":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192334"
  },
  "sericulture":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the production of raw silk by raising silkworms":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ser-\u0259-\u02cck\u0259l-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin seri cum silk + English culture":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1840, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193403"
  },
  "serrate-dentate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having the margins of the serrations toothed : doubly serrate":[
        "\u2014 used of leaves"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "translation of New Latin serrato-dentatus":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193927"
  },
  "serger":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that serges":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259rj\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200412"
  },
  "serve a purpose":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to have a particular use or function : to be useful or helpful in some way":[
        "Everything on the boat serves a purpose ."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201900"
  },
  "Serra Parima":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "mountain range that contains the source of the Orinoco River and is located on the Venezuela\u2013Brazil border in northern South America":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ser-\u0259-p\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-m\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215016"
  },
  "serrature":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": serration":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ser\u0259\u02ccchu\u0307(\u0259)r",
      "-ch\u0259r"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin serratura act of sawing, from serratus (past participle of serrare to saw) + Latin -ura -ure":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231830"
  },
  "serigraph":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an original silk-screen color print":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ser-\u0259-\u02ccgraf"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The movie is almost like a serigraph in black and white that then has another layer of color. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Who Shagged Me, where it is complemented by multi-colored walls and flooring in vibrant primary colors, and an Andy Warhol-esque serigraph of Austin Powers himself. \u2014 Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful , 10 Feb. 2021",
      "Additional serigraphs include Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Maine and a Swallowtail Butterfly. \u2014 Courant Community , 17 Apr. 2018",
      "Additional serigraphs include Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Maine and a Swallowtail Butterfly. \u2014 Courant Community , 17 Apr. 2018",
      "Additional serigraphs include Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Maine and a Swallowtail Butterfly. \u2014 Courant Community , 17 Apr. 2018",
      "Additional serigraphs include Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Maine and a Swallowtail Butterfly. \u2014 Courant Community , 17 Apr. 2018",
      "Additional serigraphs include Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Maine and a Swallowtail Butterfly. \u2014 Courant Community , 17 Apr. 2018",
      "Additional serigraphs include Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Maine and a Swallowtail Butterfly. \u2014 Courant Community , 17 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin seri cum silk + Greek graphein to write, draw \u2014 more at carve":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1940, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232630"
  },
  "servingwoman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a female servant":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from serving entry 2 + woman":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233035"
  },
  "serri-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": saw":[
        "serri ferous"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235415"
  },
  "sergeant fish":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": cobia":[],
      ": snook sense 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003948"
  },
  "sericin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gelatinous protein that cements the two fibroin filaments in a silk fiber":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ser-\u0259-s\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The formula features the brand's silk protein, which is a blend of sericin and fibroin. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 14 June 2022",
      "This luxurious ingredient contains two proteins \u2014 sericin and fibroin \u2014 that can benefit skin health, according to Morgan Rabach, M.D., a clinical assistant professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai in New York City. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Next, the cocoons are boiled to dissolve the sericin , the gummy substance holding the cocoon together, so the thread can be easily unwound. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian , 12 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin sericum silk":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1859, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014556"
  },
  "sergeant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": sergeant at arms":[],
      ": an officer who enforces the judgments of a court or the commands of one in authority":[],
      ": an officer in a police force ranking in the U.S. just below captain or sometimes lieutenant and in England just below inspector":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u00e4r-j\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Paredes, 42, who started as a cadet before being sworn in as a full-time El Monte police officer in July 2000, was posthumously promoted from corporal to sergeant in what Lowry said was the easiest promotion decision of his career. \u2014 Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
      "In 2019, internal affairs investigators raided several of the division\u2019s offices in a probe targeting a sergeant and a number of high-ranking commanders. \u2014 New York Times , 30 June 2022",
      "The unidentified sergeant was rushed to the hospital. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
      "Police have not identified the sergeant injured Tuesday night. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 29 June 2022",
      "Craig plays a sergeant in command of the skeleton force guarding a forward trench right before the attack. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 28 June 2022",
      "Eatia also allegedly made fraudulent representations to his insurance company when making claims for the vehicle, and impersonated an SFPD sergeant on his application for insurance, the department said. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 June 2022",
      "The statement also points out that the GDC has a full-time coordinator for monitoring gangs, known within the prison system as Security Threat Groups, along with 31 sergeant positions devoted to that effort. \u2014 Danny Robbins, ajc , 23 June 2022",
      "Two weeks later Baker met with the school resource officer and a sergeant at the police station. \u2014 Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica , 19 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English sergeaunt, seriaunt, sergaunt, sargeaunt \"servant, attendant, foot soldier, officer of a town, a court, or the royal household, holder of a sergeancy,\" borrowed from Anglo-French (also continental Old French sergant ), going back to early Medieval Latin servient-, serviens \"servant,\" going back to Latin, present participle of servi\u014d, serv\u012bre \"to perform duties for (a master) in the capacity of a slave, serve entry 1 \"":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014733"
  },
  "Serranus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus (the type of the family Serranidae ) of fishes including numerous small Pacific sea basses some of which are regarded as highly toxic":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-r\u0101n\u0259s",
      "-r\u00e4n-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin serra saw + -anus -an":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020253"
  },
  "Servite":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of the mendicant Order of Servants of Mary founded in Florence, Italy, in 1233":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u0259r-\u02ccv\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Servita, from Medieval Latin servus \"servant\" (after the order's Latin name Ordo Servorum Beatae Mariae Virginis \"Order of the Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary\") + -ita -ite entry 1 \u2014 more at serve entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1550, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021836"
  },
  "serrate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to mark or make with serrations":[
        "a serrated knife"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ser-\u02cc\u0101t",
      "s\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "saw-toothed",
      "serrated"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But above them, disembodied in the haze, hovered the Garhwal Himalayas, part of the central Himalayan mountains, which serrate the borderlands of northern India before crashing into Nepal\u2019s yet higher massifs immediately to the east. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Aug. 2020",
      "Beginning in 2015, the hip-hop emerging from SoundCloud \u2014 which imported punchiness from pop-punk and emo, and incorporated both rapping and singing \u2014 was emotionally serrated , but also sneakily melodic. \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 9 Dec. 2019",
      "Saw-back spines are a common feature, as are serrated sections on the blades. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 27 Jan. 2020",
      "Goranson, in particular, is the MVP of the episode, delivering zinger after zinger with her signature serrated verve and impeccable timing. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Feb. 2020",
      "The best electric knife sharpeners are able to sharpen both straight and serrated blades, and have several sharpening stages. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 18 Nov. 2019",
      "Multi-stage sharpeners are perfect for that high-dollar knife set, including both straight and serrated edges. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 23 Sep. 2019",
      "The set includes a 6-inch chef knife, 5-inch serrated utility knife, a 3.5-inch paring knife and 3-inch Santoku knife. \u2014 Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "Meanwhile, many sharks today evolved to have triangular teeth that were flat and serrated like a steak knife, which helps them bite off chunks of prey. \u2014 Lauren Kent, CNN , 28 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin serratus , from serra saw":"Adjective",
      "Late Latin serratus , past participle of serrare to saw, from Latin serra":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1668, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1750, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025014"
  }
}