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"Adjective",
"Madison, Jefferson's lifelong friend, collaborator, and political ally, was quizzical and skeptical. His mind was less capacious and less elevated than Jefferson's, but more \u2026 original, and instinctively contrary. Less learned than Jefferson, his verbal skills inferior, he was almost pedantically alert to inner complications, and so, though less adept a politician, he was more consistent. \u2014 Bernard Bailyn , To Begin the World Anew , 2003",
"Three small figurines carved of ivory from mammoth tusks have been found in a cave in southwestern Germany, providing stronger evidence that human ancestors were already adept at figurative art more than 30,000 years ago, an archaeologist is reporting today. \u2014 John Noble Wilford , New York Times , 18 Dec. 2003",
"The Angels exploited center-fielder Bernie Williams's weak throwing arm in the division series against the Yankees and are adept at scampering from first to third on hits to the outfield. \u2014 Jack Curry , New York Times , 20 Oct. 2002",
"Barnum was especially adept at pulling back one curtain after another, keeping the audience in a state of panting uncertainty, perpetually postponing the revelation of what was \"really\" going on. \u2014 Jackson Lears , New Republic , 12 Nov. 2001",
"He's adept in several languages.",
"he's an adept pitcher, and the team is lucky to have him",
"Noun",
"Once safely back in Paris, and having attained his majority, the poet squandered his inheritance with an adept's fervor \u2026 \u2014 Nicholas Delbanco , Harper's , September 2004",
"They recruited computational chemists, software engineers, AI experts, and various other computer adepts , all of whom put their monster minds together to create an automated reasoning system that could inspect vast amounts of chemical data quickly and point the finger at potential new drug compounds. \u2014 Ed Regis , Wired , June 2000",
"even by the standards of Washington, he's an adept at political intrigue and power politics",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Twitter\u2019s financials are notoriously poor when matched against other social media platforms like Meta\u2019s Facebook, which has proven far more adept at translating user engagement into advertising revenue. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Those small, mobile squads have already proven adept at taking out Russian tanks and trucks with portable antitank missiles like the U.S. Javelin and British NLAW. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"North Korea, however, has proven adept at evading international sanctions, including those imposed by the United Nations Security Council. \u2014 Gordon Lubold And Michael R. Gordon, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"An auditory shapeshifter, Bush has proven adept in several roles and styles over the course of his nearly three decades in music. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 3 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s already happened to a certain extent with the Delta variant, which has proven more adept at evading immune defenses and caused surges across the U.S since the summer. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Additionally, the growing cottage industry of crypto forensic and analytic companies led by Chainalsyis, Elliptic, and CipherTrace have proven adept at attaching identities to illicit transactions. \u2014 Hailey Lennon, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Milwaukee has the arms and manager Craig Counsell has proven adept at pushing the right buttons in the postseason over the past few years. \u2014 USA TODAY , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The Jazz, of course, have proven exceedingly adept at surviving short-handed, and Wednesday was no different. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Andela is now accepting applications from senior developers across the continent adept in the most in-demand web frameworks and program languages. \u2014 Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa , 1 July 2020",
"Last season, Brown averaged 20.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.9 assists while proving adept at penetrating and getting to the free throw line. \u2014 Bruce Pascoe, azcentral , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Trump, another New York billionaire adept in handling the hometown press, took particular glee in watching Bloomberg's performance Wednesday, two people who spoke to him said. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Unlike Greta Gerwig, who reimagined Little Women and gave it a contemporary subtext, de Wilde and Catton deliver a largely faithful and unchallenging adaptation, beautifully staged and sharply acted by a cast adept at balancing wit and romance. \u2014 Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Feb. 2020",
"From those who know him well, Calhoun gets high marks as both a smooth operator, adept at making the numbers work, and as a kind of Mr. Fix-It. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Fortune , 13 Jan. 2020",
"The Bills addressed some of Allen\u2019s needs by adding John Brown, a dangerous deep threat, and Cole Beasley, who\u2019s adept at getting open on short and intermediate routes. \u2014 Bennie Contrino, Sports Illustrated , 14 June 2019",
"As ever, Mr Putin proved adept at taking advantage of American mistakes. \u2014 The Economist , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Brain activity of the creative adepts and controls was similar when imagining the next 24 hours but to the researchers\u2019 surprise, the creative group alone engaged the dorsomedial default network when imagining events further into the future. \u2014 Knvul Sheikh, Scientific American , 22 May 2019"
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"1674, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1698, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"borrowed from New Latin adeptus \"one who has attained a high degree of proficiency (as in alchemy or hermetic philosophy),\" going back to Latin, \"having attained,\" past participle of adip\u012bsc\u012b \"to arrive at, attain,\" from ad- ad- + ap\u012bsc\u012b \"to seize hold of, obtain,\" perhaps an inchoative derivative from the base of apere \"to join\" \u2014 more at apt entry 1":"Noun",
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"versed",
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"Adjective",
"Madison, Jefferson's lifelong friend, collaborator, and political ally, was quizzical and skeptical. His mind was less capacious and less elevated than Jefferson's, but more \u2026 original, and instinctively contrary. Less learned than Jefferson, his verbal skills inferior, he was almost pedantically alert to inner complications, and so, though less adept a politician, he was more consistent. \u2014 Bernard Bailyn , To Begin the World Anew , 2003",
"Three small figurines carved of ivory from mammoth tusks have been found in a cave in southwestern Germany, providing stronger evidence that human ancestors were already adept at figurative art more than 30,000 years ago, an archaeologist is reporting today. \u2014 John Noble Wilford , New York Times , 18 Dec. 2003",
"The Angels exploited center-fielder Bernie Williams's weak throwing arm in the division series against the Yankees and are adept at scampering from first to third on hits to the outfield. \u2014 Jack Curry , New York Times , 20 Oct. 2002",
"Barnum was especially adept at pulling back one curtain after another, keeping the audience in a state of panting uncertainty, perpetually postponing the revelation of what was \"really\" going on. \u2014 Jackson Lears , New Republic , 12 Nov. 2001",
"He's adept in several languages.",
"he's an adept pitcher, and the team is lucky to have him",
"Noun",
"Once safely back in Paris, and having attained his majority, the poet squandered his inheritance with an adept's fervor \u2026 \u2014 Nicholas Delbanco , Harper's , September 2004",
"They recruited computational chemists, software engineers, AI experts, and various other computer adepts , all of whom put their monster minds together to create an automated reasoning system that could inspect vast amounts of chemical data quickly and point the finger at potential new drug compounds. \u2014 Ed Regis , Wired , June 2000",
"even by the standards of Washington, he's an adept at political intrigue and power politics",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Twitter\u2019s financials are notoriously poor when matched against other social media platforms like Meta\u2019s Facebook, which has proven far more adept at translating user engagement into advertising revenue. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Those small, mobile squads have already proven adept at taking out Russian tanks and trucks with portable antitank missiles like the U.S. Javelin and British NLAW. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"North Korea, however, has proven adept at evading international sanctions, including those imposed by the United Nations Security Council. \u2014 Gordon Lubold And Michael R. Gordon, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"An auditory shapeshifter, Bush has proven adept in several roles and styles over the course of his nearly three decades in music. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 3 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s already happened to a certain extent with the Delta variant, which has proven more adept at evading immune defenses and caused surges across the U.S since the summer. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Additionally, the growing cottage industry of crypto forensic and analytic companies led by Chainalsyis, Elliptic, and CipherTrace have proven adept at attaching identities to illicit transactions. \u2014 Hailey Lennon, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Milwaukee has the arms and manager Craig Counsell has proven adept at pushing the right buttons in the postseason over the past few years. \u2014 USA TODAY , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The Jazz, of course, have proven exceedingly adept at surviving short-handed, and Wednesday was no different. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Andela is now accepting applications from senior developers across the continent adept in the most in-demand web frameworks and program languages. \u2014 Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa , 1 July 2020",
"Last season, Brown averaged 20.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.9 assists while proving adept at penetrating and getting to the free throw line. \u2014 Bruce Pascoe, azcentral , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Trump, another New York billionaire adept in handling the hometown press, took particular glee in watching Bloomberg's performance Wednesday, two people who spoke to him said. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Unlike Greta Gerwig, who reimagined Little Women and gave it a contemporary subtext, de Wilde and Catton deliver a largely faithful and unchallenging adaptation, beautifully staged and sharply acted by a cast adept at balancing wit and romance. \u2014 Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Feb. 2020",
"From those who know him well, Calhoun gets high marks as both a smooth operator, adept at making the numbers work, and as a kind of Mr. Fix-It. \u2014 Erik Sherman, Fortune , 13 Jan. 2020",
"The Bills addressed some of Allen\u2019s needs by adding John Brown, a dangerous deep threat, and Cole Beasley, who\u2019s adept at getting open on short and intermediate routes. \u2014 Bennie Contrino, Sports Illustrated , 14 June 2019",
"As ever, Mr Putin proved adept at taking advantage of American mistakes. \u2014 The Economist , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Brain activity of the creative adepts and controls was similar when imagining the next 24 hours but to the researchers\u2019 surprise, the creative group alone engaged the dorsomedial default network when imagining events further into the future. \u2014 Knvul Sheikh, Scientific American , 22 May 2019"
],
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"1674, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1698, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"borrowed from New Latin adeptus \"one who has attained a high degree of proficiency (as in alchemy or hermetic philosophy),\" going back to Latin, \"having attained,\" past participle of adip\u012bsc\u012b \"to arrive at, attain,\" from ad- ad- + ap\u012bsc\u012b \"to seize hold of, obtain,\" perhaps an inchoative derivative from the base of apere \"to join\" \u2014 more at apt entry 1":"Noun",
"derivative of adept entry 2":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8a-\u02ccdept",
"also \u02c8a-\u02ccdept",
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"\u0259-\u02c8dept"
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"great",
"master",
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"noun"
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"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"unsatisfactoriness"
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"examples":[
"the fire department sent someone to determine the adequacy of the building's evacuation plan",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The adequacy of food supplies has long been a top issue in China, where tens of millions of people died of famine in the early 1960s during Mao\u2019s disastrous agricultural experiments. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"Cease cooperation in other areas \u2013 the EU could look to end cooperation with the UK in all manner of areas beyond trade and customs, such as on data adequacy , aviation, and research programs. \u2014 Robert Marchant, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"The environmental group Beyond Nuclear has challenged the adequacy of an outdated generic environmental impact statement that the NRC had previously relied on for the license extensions. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Some Republicans have expressed concerns about the adequacy of security screenings for applicants. \u2014 Alan Fram, ajc , 11 May 2022",
"Such a modification of capital adequacy risk-weights would simply join a colossal jumble of regulatory complexity that can be easily gamed with sizable unintended consequences for systemic risk. \u2014 Christian Lundblad, Fortune , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Both increases are in line with the educational adequacy recommendations made by the House and Senate education committees. \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The casualties at the Travis Scott show in Houston on Friday night are prompting the concert business to search for what went wrong and raise fresh questions about the adequacy of security at music festivals. \u2014 Neil Shah, WSJ , 7 Nov. 2021",
"As far back as 2009, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported that concerns had been raised about the timeliness and adequacy of complaint investigations and federal oversight. \u2014 Robert Mccoppin, chicagotribune.com , 17 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1701, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8a-di-kw\u0259-s\u0113"
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"satisfactoriness",
"sufficiency"
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"deficient",
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"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
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"wanting"
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"adequate grounds for a lawsuit"
]
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"Then, during the spring and summer, allow adequate recovery by taking one or two days off the bike each week and scaling back the intensity of your rides one week out of every month. \u2014 Selene Yeager , Bicycling , January/February 2008",
"\u2026 they are adequate for almost any computing need. \u2014 Michael Meyer , Newsweek , 26 Oct. 1998",
"\u2026 the government would have to bail out any bidder with less adequate resources \u2026 \u2014 The Economist , 30 Aug.-5 Sept. 1986",
"The garden hasn't been getting adequate water.",
"The food was more than adequate for the six of us.",
"The school lunch should be adequate to meet the nutritional needs of growing children.",
"The machine does an adequate job.",
"The tent should provide adequate protection from the elements.",
"The quality of his work was perfectly adequate .",
"Your grades are adequate but I think you can do better.",
"The quality of his work was only adequate .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The results from the studies also suggest the vaccines are adequate for the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5, which are rapidly circulating in the U.S., according to the companies' statement. \u2014 Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"If 0-60 in a bit under 5 seconds isn\u2019t adequate , the 500-hp AWD model in the fall should address those concerns. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"This will be adequate for most vehicles, but may be lacking for lifted trucks in particular. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"Wanting to help Casey, Haddix took over the care of seven chimpanzees, including Tonka, but PETA claimed the facility still wasn\u2019t adequate for the animals, and therefore added Haddix to the suit. \u2014 Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone , 4 June 2022",
"In addition to adequate interest coverage, the Altman Z-Score of 3.92 indicates the company is in good standing even though assets are building up at a faster rate than revenue is growing. \u2014 Gurufocus, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Pfizer\u2019s vaccine had been delayed earlier when a two-dose regimen didn\u2019t evoke an adequate response. \u2014 Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"On our brief drive, the acceleration seemed more than adequate for a vehicle of its size, with the e-RV weighing in around 9300 pounds before passengers and cargo. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"Because tackling the world's environmental crisis without an adequate pump session is just unreasonable. \u2014 Katie Dupere, Men's Health , 15 June 2022"
],
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"circa 1617, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin adaequ\u0101tus, past participle of adaequ\u0101re \"to equalize, put on an equal footing,\" from ad- ad- + aequ\u0101re \"to make level, equalize\" \u2014 more at equate":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for adequate sufficient , enough , adequate , competent mean being what is necessary or desirable. sufficient suggests a close meeting of a need. sufficient savings enough is less exact in suggestion than sufficient . do you have enough food",
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"all right",
"decent",
"fairish",
"fine",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable",
"tolerable"
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"noun"
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},
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"badly",
"deficiently",
"ill",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"intolerably",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily"
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"There is no way to adequately prepare yourself for encountering a wild mountain gorilla.",
"\u2014 Sy Montgomery",
"The blood volume is sufficient, but it's not being adequately distributed throughout the body.",
"\u2014 Tom Ewing"
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"1632, in the meaning defined above":""
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": the anterior glandular lobe of the pituitary gland":[]
"For the study, Dr. Karlitz and colleagues analyzed 16 years of adenocarcinoma data from the 2000-2016 Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) on 103,975 patients representing 106,871 colorectal cancer cases. \u2014 Jocelyn Solis-moreira, Health.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Most endometrial cancers are adenocarcinomas, and the most common type of adenocarcinoma is endometrioid cancer. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, Health.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Back in September 2021, Mora took to his Instagram account to share that he\u2019d been battling with stomach cancer, an advanced gastric adenocarcinoma . \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Mora said he was eventually diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma , stage 4 stomach cancer. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 7 Oct. 2021",
"After falling ill with mysterious symptoms in 1951, a visit to Johns Hopkins Hospital revealed that Henrietta had adenocarcinoma , an aggressive cancer that had spread to her reproductive system. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"After three specialists and an endoscopic biopsy, Mike was diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma \u2014 stomach cancer stage 4. \u2014 Essence , 5 Oct. 2021",
"His manager, Lisa DiSante, confirmed to Deadline and Entertainment Weekly that Robinson died in Los Angeles at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center of cardiac arrest with multisystem organ failures due to septic shock, and metastatic adenocarcinoma . \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 13 July 2021",
"The cause was cardiac arrest with multisystem organ failures due to septic shock, and metastatic adenocarcinoma . \u2014 Ryan Pearson, Star Tribune , 13 July 2021"
],
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"borrowed from German Adenocarcinome, from adeno- adeno- + Carcinome carcinoma":""
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"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052648"
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"\u02cca-d\u0259-\u02c8n\u012b-t\u0259s",
"\u02ccad-\u1d4an-\u02c8\u012bt-\u0259s"
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"borrowed from New Latin, from Greek aden-, ad\u1e17n \"gland\" + New Latin -itis -itis \u2014 more at adeno-":""
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"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063010"
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"George 1866\u20131944 American humorist and playwright":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083153"
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": an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of cyclic AMP from ATP":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104136"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Right after fish is caught and killed, an energy-carrying molecule in the cells of all living things called ATP ( adenosine triphosphate ) is broken down and converted to inosinic acid, an umami-producing compound. \u2014 Akiko Katayama, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"This reaction uses a combination of oxygen, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and compounds called luciferins. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
"This is in the form of a chemical called adenosine triphosphate (ATP). \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 6 July 2021",
"McElroy discovered that the gentle insect\u2019s flash was the result of an enzymatic reaction with the compound ATP, or adenosine triphosphate , which was an essential component of the mating ritual. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 10 June 2021",
"Known as the cell's powerhouse, mitochondria is responsible for cellular respiration and produces energy, known as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), from oxygen. \u2014 Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics , 4 Oct. 2020",
"Mitochondria are the tiny structures inside complex (eukaryotic) cells that manufacture adenosine triphosphate , or ATP, the chemical fuel for most metabolic processes. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Your muscles use a molecule called adenosine triphosphate , or ATP, to power their contractions. \u2014 Sara Chodosh, Popular Science , 3 Jan. 2019",
"Yeast uses sugar to create adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a molecule that provides energy for many biological processes. \u2014 Molly Glick, Popular Science , 10 Mar. 2020"
": a small genus of California evergreen shrubs (family Rosaceae) having heathlike leaves and small white panicled flowers and comprising the chamisa and the ribbonwood":[]
"Such medications act by inhibiting the action of phosphodiesterase enzymes that normally degrade cyclic guanosine monophosphatec (GMP) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The amoebas sought after an acid called adenosine monophosphate that flooded the maze\u2019s end. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Sep. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190625"
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"\u02ccad-\u1d4an-\u02ccil-ik-",
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"adenyl \"a univalent radical C 5 H 4 N 5 derived from adenine\" (borrowed from German Adenyl, from Adenin adenine + -yl -yl ) + -ic entry 1 (as translation of German Adenyls\u00e4ure )":""
"adenyl \"a univalent radical C 5 H 4 N 5 derived from adenine\" \u2014 more at adenylic acid":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-080041"
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": union of mother and daughter cells (as in some yeasts)":[]
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"1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-084329"
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"noun"
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"The catalytic activity involves the specific recognition of three substrates: the amino acid and ATP for the formation of an intermediate adenylate , and the tRNA for the final step of aminoacylation in which the amino acid is attached to the ribose of the terminal adenine.",
"Discovered in human adenoid glands in 1953, adenoviruses have a number of features that lend themselves to drug delivery. \u2014 John Lauerman, Bloomberg.com , 17 Oct. 2020",
"To make matters worse, Dominic is waiting for surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoids . \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2020",
"New research has also shed light on the value of our tonsils and adenoids . \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 1 Mar. 2019",
"Jahi\u2019s case, which drew national attention and launched a debate over how to define death, began in December 2013 when the 13-year-old underwent a routine surgery to remove her tonsils, adenoids and uvula. \u2014 Alene Tchekmedyian, latimes.com , 29 June 2018",
"Jahi went into cardiac arrest while recovering from surgery to remove her tonsils, adenoids and uvula along with bony structures from her nose and throat and palate tissue. \u2014 CBS News , 6 Jan. 2014",
"Image More than 530,000 children have their tonsils or adenoids removed in the United States each year to prevent recurrent infections and sleep or breathing disorders. \u2014 Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times , 7 June 2018",
"Also on the platform: the platinum-haired Draco Malfoy (Alex Price), once Harry\u2019s sinister rival, and his nerdy son, Scorpius (Anthony Boyle, who leads with his adenoids in a show-stealing performance). \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2018",
"Bro Hart appears as little more than adenoids and a phallus. \u2014 Michael Friedrich, The New Republic , 9 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Thankfully, the tumor, though found to be cancerous adenoid carcinoma, was removed in time. \u2014 Essence , 5 Nov. 2021",
"But Mike's junior year, he was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma and lost part of his face. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 21 May 2020",
"Though the precise cause of death is unknown at the present time, in 2009 he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma, which affected his tongue. \u2014 Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE.com , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Following her initial diagnosis 10 years ago, Gabe\u2019s adenoid cystic carcinoma returned in 2016 and 2017, according to her website. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 23 Aug. 2019",
"On Tuesday night, Gabriele Grunewald, known to the running community and far beyond as Gabe, died of complications due to adenoid cystic carcinoma. \u2014 Tim Layden, SI.com , 11 June 2019",
"Grunewald, known by many in the running world as Gabe, ran with her own scar on her abdomen, a result of surgical treatment for adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare form of cancer. \u2014 Nick Kelly, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2019",
"The cause was adenoid cystic carcinoma, a form of cancer, said a son, Chris Mitchell. \u2014 Matt Schudel, Washington Post , 14 June 2019",
"Gabriele Anderson Grunewald has died at age 32 after years of fighting adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare salivary gland cancer. \u2014 Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living , 12 June 2019"
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"earlier, \"a benign tumor (as of the breast),\" borrowed from French ad\u00e9no\u00efde, short for tumeur ad\u00e9no\u00efde, literally, \"adenoid (i.e., glandular) tumor\" \u2014 more at adenoid entry 2":"Noun",
"earlier, \"of or relating to glands or glandular tissue,\" borrowed from French ad\u00e9no\u00efde, borrowed from New Latin adeno\u00efd\u0113s, borrowed from Greek adenoeid\u0113\u0301s \"glandular,\" from aden-, ad\u0113\u0301n \"gland\" + -oeid\u0113s -oid entry 2 \u2014 more at adeno-":"Adjective"
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": any of a family ( Adenoviridae ) of double-stranded DNA viruses originally identified in human adenoid tissue, causing infections of the respiratory system, conjunctiva, and gastrointestinal tract, and including some capable of inducing malignant tumors in experimental animals":[]
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"\u02cca-d\u0259-n\u014d-\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259s",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The leading theory is an adenovirus , which often causes cold- or flu-like symptoms or stomach problems. \u2014 Erika Edwards, NBC News , 15 May 2022",
"The cases being investigated have not been linked to Hepatitis Viruses A, B, C, D or E, but could be related to an adenovirus , which can cause the common cold. \u2014 Claire Thornton, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
"Doctors at Children\u2019s of Alabama said no common links tie the cases together except that all nine Alabama children tested positive for adenovirus and five tested positive for adenovirus 41, a strain known to cause diarrhea and vomiting. \u2014 al , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Some experts have also suggested that previous infection with SARS-CoV-2\u2014or potentially even a persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in the gastrointestinal tract\u2014could prime the immune system to cause liver injury upon an adenovirus infection. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"Historically, adenovirus infection in otherwise healthy people has not been associated with liver inflammation. \u2014 Matthew Binnicker, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The adenovirus infection created a quandary for Baelyn\u2019s doctors. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"After further investigation, the hospital identified four more cases, all of whom had liver injury and adenovirus infection. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"British scientists think a type of virus called an adenovirus might be behind the unusual number of cases. \u2014 Katherine Hignett, Forbes , 29 May 2022"
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"1950, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Discovered in human adenoid glands in 1953, adenoviruses have a number of features that lend themselves to drug delivery. \u2014 John Lauerman, Bloomberg.com , 17 Oct. 2020",
"To make matters worse, Dominic is waiting for surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoids . \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2020",
"New research has also shed light on the value of our tonsils and adenoids . \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 1 Mar. 2019",
"Jahi\u2019s case, which drew national attention and launched a debate over how to define death, began in December 2013 when the 13-year-old underwent a routine surgery to remove her tonsils, adenoids and uvula. \u2014 Alene Tchekmedyian, latimes.com , 29 June 2018",
"Jahi went into cardiac arrest while recovering from surgery to remove her tonsils, adenoids and uvula along with bony structures from her nose and throat and palate tissue. \u2014 CBS News , 6 Jan. 2014",
"Image More than 530,000 children have their tonsils or adenoids removed in the United States each year to prevent recurrent infections and sleep or breathing disorders. \u2014 Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times , 7 June 2018",
"Also on the platform: the platinum-haired Draco Malfoy (Alex Price), once Harry\u2019s sinister rival, and his nerdy son, Scorpius (Anthony Boyle, who leads with his adenoids in a show-stealing performance). \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2018",
"Bro Hart appears as little more than adenoids and a phallus. \u2014 Michael Friedrich, The New Republic , 9 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Thankfully, the tumor, though found to be cancerous adenoid carcinoma, was removed in time. \u2014 Essence , 5 Nov. 2021",
"But Mike's junior year, he was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma and lost part of his face. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 21 May 2020",
"Though the precise cause of death is unknown at the present time, in 2009 he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma, which affected his tongue. \u2014 Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE.com , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Following her initial diagnosis 10 years ago, Gabe\u2019s adenoid cystic carcinoma returned in 2016 and 2017, according to her website. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 23 Aug. 2019",
"On Tuesday night, Gabriele Grunewald, known to the running community and far beyond as Gabe, died of complications due to adenoid cystic carcinoma. \u2014 Tim Layden, SI.com , 11 June 2019",
"Grunewald, known by many in the running world as Gabe, ran with her own scar on her abdomen, a result of surgical treatment for adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare form of cancer. \u2014 Nick Kelly, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2019",
"The cause was adenoid cystic carcinoma, a form of cancer, said a son, Chris Mitchell. \u2014 Matt Schudel, Washington Post , 14 June 2019",
"Gabriele Anderson Grunewald has died at age 32 after years of fighting adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare salivary gland cancer. \u2014 Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living , 12 June 2019"
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"earlier, \"a benign tumor (as of the breast),\" borrowed from French ad\u00e9no\u00efde, short for tumeur ad\u00e9no\u00efde, literally, \"adenoid (i.e., glandular) tumor\" \u2014 more at adenoid entry 2":"Noun",
"earlier, \"of or relating to glands or glandular tissue,\" borrowed from French ad\u00e9no\u00efde, borrowed from New Latin adeno\u00efd\u0113s, borrowed from Greek adenoeid\u0113\u0301s \"glandular,\" from aden-, ad\u0113\u0301n \"gland\" + -oeid\u0113s -oid entry 2 \u2014 more at adeno-":"Adjective"
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"\u02ccad-\u1d4an-\u02c8\u022fid-\u1d4al",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But between the adenoidal sneer of his voice and the class-conscious bite of his lyrics, Elvis Costello managed to meet the moment in 1977 as punk rock was sweeping through London and making the old guard irrelevant. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Their adenoidal squeak and chuckly delivery disguise both the stripping away of human culture and the ineffectuality of that culture that are his chief themes. \u2014 New York Times , 7 July 2021",
"Guitarist Chris Shiflett slashes through the mix with tasteful solos, but the true hero is frontman Dave Grohl, who gives a remarkable approximation of Bon Scott\u2019s adenoidal scream. \u2014 Bryan Rolli, Billboard , 12 Sep. 2017",
"Cosell was homely, with an adenoidal voice and a collection of toupees. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 4 June 2016"
"So during a coffee nap, your brain clears out the adenosine and makes room for caffeine to move in. \u2014 Sonya Collins, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Blocking adenosine signaling with a drug had the same effect on healthy mice. \u2014 Mo Costandi, Scientific American , 29 June 2017",
"However, the analog's molecular makeup differs from real adenosine just enough to grind the copying process to a halt. \u2014 Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2020",
"The drug Remdesivir is basically an altered version of the natural building block adenosine \u2013 which is essential for DNA and RNA. \u2014 Katherine Seley-radtke, The Conversation , 6 May 2020",
"The cream uses peach and apricot extracts and shea butter to nourish dry skin, and adenosine , an anti-wrinkle ingredient, to smooth the hands. \u2014 Jessica Kasparian, USA TODAY , 4 Mar. 2020",
"The findings were controversial until scientists uncovered a family of enzymes called adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs). \u2014 Sara Reardon, Scientific American , 5 Feb. 2020",
"Another theory holds that caffeine acts as a diuretic by working on receptors for the neurotransmitter adenosine in a way that changes your body\u2019s sodium and fluid balance. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 6 Mar. 2019",
"The longer caffeine blocks adenosine, the greater the quantity of adenosine build up in your system. \u2014 Mayo Oshin, Quartzy , 19 June 2019"
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"borrowed from German Adenosin, blend of Adenin adenine and Ribose ribose":""
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"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective",
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": a benign tumor of a glandular structure or of glandular origin":[]
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"\u02cca-d\u0259-\u02c8n\u014d-m\u0259",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During a 2008 colonoscopy, President Biden had another tubular adenoma removed. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 29 Nov. 2021",
"But less is known about how yogurt might impact the potential for people to develop adenomas . \u2014 Reuters, The Mercury News , 3 July 2019",
"The increased size of the thyroid glands can cause non-cancerous tumors called adenoma . \u2014 oregonlive.com , 13 Aug. 2019",
"Cologuard is not for everyone; not for high risk individuals, including those with a family history of colorectal cancer, a personal history of colorectal cancer or advanced adenoma , IBD and certain hereditary syndromes. \u2014 Ashley Davidson, USA TODAY , 12 June 2018",
"In the study, the researchers found that people with lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness had a higher risk of developing these polyps, which are also called adenomas . \u2014 Fox News , 16 May 2017"
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"probably borrowed from German Adenom, Adenoma, from Greek aden-, ad\u0113\u0301n \"gland\" + German -om, New Latin -oma -oma \u2014 more at adeno-":""
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"1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a widely distributed genus of rather small mirid bugs including a number of species destructive to economic plants (as the alfalfa plant bug)":[]
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"New Latin, from adelpho- + Greek koris bug":""
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"circa 1904, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from Greek, from the stem of adelph\u00f3s":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180402"
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": a suborder of Coleoptera containing certain predaceous beetles (as the tiger beetles, ground beetles, and water beetles) usually with filiform antennae and the first ventral abdominal segment divided by the hind coxal cavities":[]
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"New Latin, from Greek ad\u0113phaga , neuter plural of ad\u0113phagos gluttonous, from had\u0113n enough + -phagos -phagous":""
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": a genus of herbs (family Campanulaceae) of Europe and Asia that are distinguished by the cushionlike disk or gland around the base of the style":[]
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"1744, in the meaning defined above":""
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"former British colony in southwestern Arabia comprising Perim Island, the city of Aden, and the surrounding area; became part of People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1967 area 75 square miles (195 square kilometers)":[],
"city and port on the Gulf of Aden in southern Yemen; formerly the capital of People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and before that the capital of Aden colony and protectorate population 240,370":[]
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"\u02c8\u0101-",
"\u02c8\u00e4-d\u1d4an"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
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},
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"\u02c8ad-\u1d4an-\u02cc\u0113n",
"\u02c8a-d\u0259-\u02ccn\u0113n"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are four bases in DNA: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T). \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"Trading down is as much a part of GM John Schneider\u2019s DNA as adenine , guanine, cytosine and thymine. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"All genes consists of base pairs made of adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C). \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Researchers have long been intrigued by the possibility that evolution could have gone in a different direction with DNA\u2019s four bases: adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G). \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 12 July 2021",
"Each gene consists of some number of base pairs made of adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C). \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 3 June 2021",
"In the case of SARS-CoV-2, which has an RNA genome based on adenine , cytosine, guanine and uracil, sometimes mistakes happen. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Maybe an adenine gets swapped with a uracil (a substitution mutation that could also occur with any of the base pairs), or perhaps one or more bases get inserted or deleted. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 25 Feb. 2021",
"To do so, researchers typically convert a data file\u2019s string of digital 1s and 0s into combinations of the molecule\u2019s four bases: adenine , guanine, cytosine, and thymine. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 11 Jan. 2021"
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"borrowed from German Adenin, from Greek aden-, ad\u0113\u0301n \"gland\" + German -in -ine entry 2 ; so called from its presence in glandular tissue \u2014 more at adeno-":""
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"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": ozokerite":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"probably partial translation of German aderwachs , from ader vein (from Middle High German \u0101der , from Old High German \u0101dara ) + wachs wax; akin to Old English \u01e3dre vein, Old Norse \u01e3thr , Greek \u0113tor heart":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093540"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": vitamin b 6":[]
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"a- entry 2 + derm- + -in":""
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"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104736"
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"first_known_use":{
"1809, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105045"
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"type":[
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin adaequation-, adaequatio , from Latin adaequatus + -ion-, -io -ion":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111028"
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or belonging to a prehistoric culture centered in the Mississippi valley marked by large conical burial mounds and thought to precede the Hopewell culture though in some areas it lasted later than Hopewell":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-n\u0259"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Adena , town in Jefferson county, Ohio, its type station":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1901, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-112558"
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"adequate stimulus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stimulus that acts only on an especially adapted end organ":[
"light is an adequate stimulus of the rods and cones of the retina"
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},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-125245"
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"Adenanthera":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small genus of Asian timber trees (family Leguminosae) with twice-pinnate leaves and racemose flower clusters \u2014 see red sandalwood sense 2":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-d\u1d4an-\u02c8an-th\u0259-r\u0259"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from aden- + -anthera":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1764, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141705"
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"Adelia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of tropical American shrubs (family Euphorbiaceae) with toothed leaves and small yellowish flowers":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-ly\u0259",
"\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-l\u0113-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from adel- + -ia":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1764, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143416"
},
"Adelges":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of aphids related to phylloxerans and feeding chiefly on spruce and balsam on which they often cause damaging and unsightly galls":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8del-(\u02cc)j\u0113z"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, probably extracted from Phytadelges , proposed division of hemipteran insects, from phyt- phyto- + adelg- (perhaps erroneously for Greek am\u00e9lgein \"to milk, extract\" + Greek -\u0113s , adjective suffix":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144237"
},
"Adele balls":{
"type":[
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": congo rubber":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8del-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145202"
},
"Adenauer":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Konrad 1876\u20131967 chancellor of West Germany (1949\u201363)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-d\u0259-\u02ccnau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-150021"
},
"Adelphian":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": euchite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8del-f\u0113-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Adelphi us, an early leader of the sect + English -an":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-161314"
},
"Adelea":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large genus of protozoans of the order Coccidia that are parasitic on arthropods and have two sporozoites in each sporocyst":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-l\u0113-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek ad\u0113los unseen":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-163743"
},
"adelantado":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a civil and military governor of a province in Spain or her colonies":[]
"Spanish, from past participle of adelantar to put ahead, advance, from adelante ahead, from a- (from Latin ad- ) + delante before, in front of, alteration of obsolete denante , from de of, from (from Latin) + enante before, in front of, from Late Latin in ante , from Latin in + ante before":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1588, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-175304"
},
"adelite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral consisting of a gray or grayish yellow calcium and magnesium arsenate CaMg(OH)AsO 4 (hardness 5, specific gravity 3.74)":[]
"city in Australia; capital of South Australia population 1,103,979":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-d\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184624"
},
"Aden, Gulf of":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"arm of the Indian Ocean between Aden and Somalia connecting on the west with the Red Sea through the Bab el Mandeb":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-190634"
},
"adel-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": concealed : not apparent":[
"Adel aster",
"adelo pod"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek ad\u0113l, ad\u0113lo- unseen, from ad\u0113los , from a- a- entry 2 + d\u0113los visible, evident; akin to Old English t\u01e3tan to gladden, Old High German zeiz dear, Old Norse teitr glad, Sanskrit d\u012bdeti he shines, Latin dies day":""
