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"examples":[
"Christians believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ.",
"the divinities of ancient Greece",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The women, often a rotating roster drawn from Ethel Stuckey\u2019s seven sisters and various neighbors, gathered to make pralines, divinity and, later, pecan log rolls for the stand. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Poke at the divinity , and see the human beings on the inside. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Some 1,600 women were enrolled in Southern Baptist divinity programs, many of them likely seeking ordination. \u2014 Avital Chizhik-goldschmidt, The Atlantic , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Self-doubt is not in either man\u2019s vocabulary \u2014 in Davey\u2019s case because of the foundation of his faith in God, in Darren\u2019s because of his belief in himself as an untouchable divinity . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The two actors are locked in a battle for the future of Earth in which both call on the powers of ancient divinity \u2014 and the intrigue comes from the fact that Isaac\u2019s characters are only fitfully aware of the rules of the game. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The mattress sale\u2019s fleeting nature is, arguably, the source of its divinity . \u2014 Mary Gulino, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In this intimate autobiographical narrative Francis questions her identity until discerning that healing comes from radical self-acceptance and connection to her own divinity . \u2014 Sharine Taylor, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Shamans induce, like Jesus Christ, an alchemy of people awakening and accepting their own two things: their own divinity and their own light. \u2014 Yasmine Shemesh, Billboard , 22 Mar. 2022"
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"godhood"
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"\u2026 if a team asks me to play somewhere else, I'm not going to be a diva about it.",
"\u2014 Ettore Lattanzio"
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"examples":[
"the reigning diva of daytime television",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vocalist Alli Logout ties it all together with a masterful performance, raising the verses with a diva \u2019s croon, then razing it all with a pitch-perfect, scream-your-head-off chorus. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
"Okonedo leans gleefully into her purring diva , a cat on a hot tin riverboat, and Branagh's Poirot has the persnickety calm of a man who has never been proved wrong. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Who: Pop innovator, dance diva , cultural chameleon, torch singer, movie and TV actress, Oscar winner. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"Happy birthday to someone who is an even bigger diva than me! \u2014 Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Doja Cat, the rap diva and sometime Twitch streamer, announced the arrival of Planet Her on June 25 along with the 14-song track list. \u2014 Zoe Haylock, Vulture , 10 June 2021",
"Likewise, when at 50-years-old Celine Dion sought to reinvent herself, Roach spotlighted the diva \u2019s theatrical side and love of couture, shifting perceptions on a celebrity who has been a fixture for the last four decades. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 10 Nov. 2021",
"This, says the film, is the boss diva others are too blind to see. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Variety , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Naturally the diva finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Italian, literally, goddess, from Latin, feminine of divus divine, god \u2014 more at deity":""
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"queen"
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": to wander or stray from a course or subject : diverge , digress":[]
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"1599, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Late Latin divagatus , past participle of divagari , from Latin dis- + vagari to wander \u2014 more at vagary":""
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"\u02c8di-",
"\u02c8d\u012b-v\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t"
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": to wander or stray from a course or subject : diverge , digress":[]
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"1599, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Late Latin divagatus , past participle of divagari , from Latin dis- + vagari to wander \u2014 more at vagary":""
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"\u02c8d\u012b-v\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
"\u02c8di-"
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"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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"(\u02c8)d\u012b-\u02c8v\u0101-l\u0259nt",
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"examples":[
"whenever I stayed over at their house I usually slept on the divan in the living room",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Across the room, reclining nudes are arranged along a wall, including a 1990 male nude made of glass by Richard Jolley and an 1892 oil by Frank Duveneck of a woman stretched across what appears to be a divan . \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Passenger seating was 2 fouroccupant divans , one facing forward, the other rearward. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2020",
"But a few hours later, while Maleficent dozed on a divan , wings folded as tightly against her back as a bird\u2019s, Aurora was still wide-awake. \u2014 David Canfield, EW.com , 7 Aug. 2019",
"One hotel manager began walking outside to get from one end of the building to the other, to avoid passing through the lobby, where persnickety widows would invariably be positioned on the divans , ready to greet him with a barrage of complaints. \u2014 Julie Satow, New York Times , 7 June 2019",
"Ask your spouse to please address you as a divan potato. 16. \u2014 WSJ , 26 Oct. 2018",
"The job interview happened in a hotel lobby, in front of dozens of strangers, on a couple of chairs, near some tasteful divans . \u2014 Dan Steinberg, chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2018",
"The bi-level establishment houses both a restaurant and craft cocktail bar, with a hidden whiskey divan behind a discreet door. \u2014 Christina Liao, Vogue , 10 Feb. 2018",
"Indoor palm trees, eclectically upholstered divans , warm lighting and close-quarter seating make for a lush, intimate and sophisticated space. \u2014 Carlos Fr\u00edas, miamiherald , 23 Aug. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Turkish, from Persian d\u012bv\u0101n account book":""
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"\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccvan",
"di-\u02c8van",
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"chesterfield",
"couch",
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"lounge",
"settee",
"sofa",
"squab"
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"divarication":{
"antonyms":[
"convergence"
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": a divergence of opinion":[],
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},
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"the divarication of the various dialects of Latin that occurred with the decline of the Roman Empire"
": a plunge into water executed in a prescribed manner":[
"practicing her dives"
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": a submerging of a submarine":[],
": a steep descent of an airplane at greater than the maximum speed of horizontal flight":[],
": a sharp decline":[
"Stocks took a dive ."
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": a shabby and disreputable establishment (such as a bar or nightclub)":[],
": a faked knockout":[
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase take a dive a boxer accused of taking a dive"
],
": an offensive (see offensive entry 1 sense 1c ) play in which the ballcarrier plunges into the line (see line entry 1 sense 7f(2) ) for short yardage":[]
},
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"\u02c8d\u012bv"
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"synonyms":[
"pitch",
"plunge",
"sound"
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"pitch",
"plunge"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"She dove into the swimming pool.",
"The children like to dive off the boat.",
"The competitors will be diving from the highest platform.",
"Many people enjoy diving on the island's coral reefs.",
"You can't dive in this water without a wet suit.",
"The submarine can dive to 3,000 feet.",
"The whale dove down to deeper water.",
"Noun",
"She practiced her dives for the competition.",
"This will be my first dive on a coral reef.",
"She has done dives all around the world.",
"The crew of the submarine prepared for a dive .",
"The jet rolled into a dive .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"NBC News\u2019 Allan Smith and Alex Seitz-Wald dive deep into Ginni Thomas\u2019 anti-cult activism in the 1980s and 1990s and examine how Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas\u2019 wife could have been drawn into the Qanon conspiracy. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"According to Glassdoor, 86% of job seekers dive into company reviews and ratings to decide where to apply for a job. \u2014 Alexander Zheltov, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Shoppers and tourists dive into the circling Charlotte Tilbury Union Jack taxis\u2014done in her signature muted palette\u2014that are circling Sloane Square. \u2014 Vogue , 2 June 2022",
"Raw, clean ingredients like coconut, shea butter and protein-bonding sugars dive deep into the hair to repair damage, restore shine and give your head a sultry scent for your night out. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Nancy, Robin, and Eddie dive in after him, saving him from monsters and making their way to that dimension's version of Nancy's house. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 May 2022",
"These insightful, often transgressive essays dive into topics from beauty to pop culture, money to media using both personal accounts and political analysis. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"This summer, dive into the joy of tinkering with artworks, contraptions, exhibits, and experiences for all ages. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 11 May 2022",
"The filmmakers dive into the precarious ease of remaining ignorant to the suffering of others. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Or recall the dot-com bust of 2000, when the Nasdaq took a heart-stopping 78% dive . \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"But a deeper dive into the Amazon Prime business model reveals why the Act will stifle the benefits of innovation, decrease competitiveness, and increase costs for consumers and merchants. \u2014 Rajshree Agarwal, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The Carnegie Mellon student says that being close in age to Belly helped her dive deeper into the character. \u2014 Julia Moore, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"On Tuesday, The New York Times published a deep dive about the success in Houston, where the homeless population has been reduced by nearly two-thirds since 2011. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"The Magnificent Mile for a short time will be home to a new immersive exhibit that promises a deep dive into the life and legacy of Prince. \u2014 Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"State Police spokesman Dave Procopio said the State Police dive team was mobilized to search some wetlands near the home. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"He was assisted by strong defensive plays from Brandon Nimmo in center field \u2013 including a horizontal dive on a liner to thwart a double \u2013 and was only in trouble once, when the Brewers had runners at the corners with one out in the sixth inning. \u2014 Stefan Bondy, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
"It is believed as few as 1,200 dive watches were given to Royal Navy personnel as part of their standard-issue equipment between \u201971 and \u201979. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 14 June 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English diven, duven , from Old English d\u0233fan to dip & d\u016bfan to dive; akin to Old English dyppan to dip \u2014 more at dip":"Verb",
"derivative of dive entry 1":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155330"
},
"dive (in)":{
"antonyms":[],
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": to start doing something with enthusiasm":[
"They sat down at the dinner table and dove (right) in .",
"We have a lot of things to discuss, so let's dive right in ."
]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225108",
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": to quickly reach into (a bag, pocket, etc.)":[
"She dove into her purse to find some change."
],
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"They dove into their work.",
"I'm just not ready to dive (right) into another romantic relationship."
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"antonyms":[],
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"They sat down at the dinner table and dove (right) in .",
"We have a lot of things to discuss, so let's dive right in ."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173609",
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"dive brake":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a retractable usually hinged flap that may be extended into the airstream to increase the aerodynamic drag and thereby reduce the speed of a diving airplane":[]
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101659",
"type":[
"noun"
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"dive for":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to suddenly jump toward (something that is on or near the ground)":[
"He dove for the ball.",
"When the shooting started, he dove for cover .",
"\u2014 sometimes used figuratively Her books always have me diving for my dictionary."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180859",
"type":[
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"dive-bomb":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to bomb from an airplane by making a steep dive toward the target before releasing the bomb":[]
"Latin divellere , from di- (from dis- apart) + vellere to pluck, pull":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8v-",
"(\u02c8)d\u012b\u00a6vel"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140227",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
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"diverge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": deflect":[
"diverge a compass needle"
],
": differ in opinion":[
"The friends' lives diverged after graduation.",
"This is where our views diverge ."
],
": to be divergent (see divergent sense 2 )":[],
": to become or be different in character or form":[
"The friends' lives diverged after graduation.",
"This is where our views diverge ."
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": to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart":[
"diverging roads"
],
": to turn aside from a path or course : deviate":[
"diverge from a direct path"
]
},
"examples":[
"A prism causes rays of light to diverge .",
"They were close friends in college, but after graduation, their lives diverged .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both start from Sacher Park in Jerusalem and then diverge , with the men heading to the Damascus Gate through the city\u2019s Muslim Quarter while the women march to the Jaffa Gate. \u2014 David Isaac, Sun Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"Their violence statistics now diverge sharply from those of the U.S. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"The researchers explain that rising mortality rates have been a growing problem in the United States since the 1980s, at which point things began to diverge from rates seen in other wealthy nations. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"The two branches began to diverge over the state\u2019s pandemic response. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Yet not even the earliest apologists agreed about what preaching should be or how anyone should do it, and sermon records from the next few centuries expose how quickly the methods of different preachers began to diverge . \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The Northern Virginia vote began to diverge from the rest of the state\u2019s in 2000, when the region\u2019s margin lined up with the national popular vote even though the statewide margin was nine points more Republican. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Aug. 2021",
"At some point along the road, the couple\u2019s dreams began to diverge in the face of the harsh reality of being an immigrant in America. \u2014 Zoe Guy, Marie Claire , 25 Apr. 2021",
"The fortunes of the trading giants, however, began to diverge 10 days before Christmas when the U.S. got the jump on vaccinations. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1665, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin d\u012bvergere \"to proceed in different directions,\" from d\u012b-, variant before voiced sounds of dis- dis- + vergere \"to move downward, slope downward, sink\" \u2014 more at verge entry 3":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u012b-",
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rj"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for diverge swerve , veer , deviate , depart , digress , diverge mean to turn aside from a straight course. swerve may suggest a physical, mental, or moral turning away from a given course, often with abruptness. swerved to avoid hitting the dog veer implies a major change in direction. at that point the path veers to the right deviate implies a turning from a customary or prescribed course. never deviated from her daily routine depart suggests a deviation from a traditional or conventional course or type. occasionally departs from his own guidelines digress applies to a departing from the subject of one's discourse. a professor prone to digress diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a main path into two or more leading in different directions. after school their paths diverged",
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"deviate",
"sheer",
"swerve",
"swing",
"turn",
"turn off",
"veer",
"wheel"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072753",
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"antonyms":[
"convergence"
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": a deviation from a course or standard":[],
": a drawing apart (as of lines extending from a common center)":[],
": difference , disagreement":[],
": the condition of being mathematically divergent":[],
": the development of dissimilar traits or features (as of body structure or behavior) in closely related populations, species, or lineages of common ancestry that typically occupy dissimilar environments or ecological niches : divergent evolution":[]
},
"examples":[
"a growing divergence of opinion about that U.S. president's place in history",
"any divergence from the community's strict moral code was met with social ostracism",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Analysts expect that divergence between headline and core measures to widen in the coming months. \u2014 Matthew Boesler, Fortune , 26 June 2022",
"What is missing in the approach and why is there such a divergence ",
"While there is consensus that lower-income consumers are getting pressured, there is divergence among analysts on what that means for dollar stores. \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"But then, if Conley\u2019s performance was a significant divergence from events of late, the Jazz surrendering another double-digit lead en route to a defeat \u2014 on this occasion, 117-111 at the hands of the Bucks \u2014 was all too familiar. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The divergence between real history and our alternate history just grows broader as, as the show goes on. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 10 June 2022",
"The current divergence between the wealthiest Americans and the lower 90 percent of earners began in the late 1970s, after a post-World War II era of rising wages and not-outlandish differences in pay between workers and management. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 9 June 2022",
"One reason for the divergence : Home Depot\u2019s greater reliance on professionals such as contractors and electricians, which make up around half of total revenue. \u2014 Dean Seal, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"As the night continued with dizzying performances and head-scratching gimmicks, the divergence between the digital and the physical became difficult to discern. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 12 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin d\u012bvergentia, noun derivative of Latin d\u012bvergent-, d\u012bvergens divergent":""
},
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"d\u012b-",
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259n(t)s, d\u012b-",
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259n(t)s"
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"synonyms":[
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"divarication",
"divergency",
"separation"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200405",
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
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"antonyms":[
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"definitions":{
": divergence":[]
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"a growing divergency of opinion on that hot-button issue",
"a warning that no divergency from the church's traditional teachings on the subject would be permitted"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1709, in the meaning defined above":""
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"diverg(ence) + -ency":""
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"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
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"separation"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053726",
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"noun"
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": causing rays (see ray entry 2 sense 1b ) to draw apart from a common center : causing divergence of rays":[
"a divergent lens"
],
": differing from each other or from a standard":[
"the divergent interests of capital and labor"
],
": moving or extending in different directions from a common point : diverging from each other":[
"divergent paths"
],
": relating to or being an infinite (see infinite entry 1 sense 4c ) sequence that does not have a limit or an infinite series whose partial sums do not have a limit":[],
"\u2014 see also divergent evolution":[
"divergent paths"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Friday, the scene outside the court in the immediate wake of the Dobbs ruling captured Americans' wildly divergent reactions to a watershed moment in one of the nation's bitterest debates. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 26 June 2022",
"The Bennett-Lapid coalition replaced Netanyahu last June with the backing of a razor-thin coalition of eight ideologically divergent parties, united solely by a desire to oust Netanyahu. \u2014 Shira Rubin, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Below are synopses of a few incidents and their divergent accounts. \u2014 Matthew Barakat, ajc , 7 May 2022",
"The pair were drafted 1-2 in 2013 but didn\u2019t cross paths professionally until both had a Platinum Glove in tow, their paths to this point wildly divergent . \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"On the flip side, exposure to varied news outlets can promote more divergent ways of thinking, as noted by the study's two authors, political scientists David Broockman of Stanford and Joshua Kalla of Yale. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"There are six wildly divergent main characters across the three vignettes in Neil Simon's Plaza Suite, each played by Sarah Jessica Parker or Matthew Broderick: Desperate housewives, groovy movie producers, anxious suburban grandees. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The competition on the Democratic side features candidates with distinct backgrounds who represent divergent ideological factions within the party. \u2014 Terence Burlij, CNN , 26 Feb. 2022",
"This week, Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz write about the divergent paths and continued defiance of two participants in the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol, one recently convicted for his role, the other awaiting trial. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 June 2022"
],
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"1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"borrowed from Latin d\u012bvergent-, d\u012bvergens, present participle of d\u012bvergere \"to proceed in different directions, diverge \"":""
},
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"d\u012b-",
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-j\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for divergent different , diverse , divergent , disparate , various mean unlike in kind or character. different may imply little more than separateness but it may also imply contrast or contrariness. different foods diverse implies both distinctness and marked contrast. such diverse interests as dancing and football divergent implies movement away from each other and unlikelihood of ultimate meeting or reconciliation. went on to pursue divergent careers disparate emphasizes incongruity or incompatibility. disparate notions of freedom various stresses the number of sorts or kinds. tried various methods",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001923",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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": the development of dissimilar traits or features (as of body structure or behavior) in closely related populations, species, or lineages of common ancestry that typically occupy dissimilar environments or ecological niches":[
"The finches that Charles Darwin described in the Galapagos Islands are a classic example of divergent evolution . The beaks of different species evolved in response to specific evolutionary forces\u2014different foods available on the various islands.",
": a meniscus lens that is thicker at the edge than in the center":[]
},
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"noun"
]
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053728",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"divers":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an indefinite number more than one":[
"with divers of the leaves torn and stitched across",
"\u2014 Charles Dickens"
],
": various sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the state fair offers divers amusements for the whole family"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1528, in the meaning defined above":"Pronoun, plural in construction"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English divers, diverse diverse":"Adjective",
"from pronominal use of divers entry 1":"Pronoun, plural in construction"
},
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"\u02c8d\u012b-v\u0259rz"
],
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"synonyms":[
"manifold",
"multifarious",
"myriad"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175523",
"type":[
"adjective",
"pronoun, plural in construction"
]
},
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"alike",
"identical",
"indistinguishable",
"kin",
"kindred",
"like",
"parallel",
"same",
"similar"
],
"definitions":{
": composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities":[
"a diverse population"
],
": differing from one another : unlike":[
"people with diverse interests"
]
},
"examples":[
"We can adapt to new problems in ways that other species cannot. It is this ability that enabled our ancestors to spread over the globe, displacing other hominids and many other species along the way. Our cultures and individual behaviors are so successfully diverse that humans are more like an entire ecosystem than a single species. \u2014 Barbara Oakley , Evil Genes , (2007) 2008",
"Since the methods and policies of the Spaniards on the edges of empire varied over time and place, and the indigenous tribes and peoples with whom they came into contact were almost endlessly diverse , Weber was faced with the daunting challenge of writing a book that was at the same time comprehensive and comprehensible. \u2014 J. H. Elliott , New York Review of Books , 23 Feb. 2006",
"The place is packed at both lunch and dinner. The crowd, always a diverse blend of athletes and fans, cops and criminals, showbiz and fashion, appears as heterogeneous as ever. \u2014 Eric Asimov , New York Times , 26 Mar. 2003",
"Many students, from campuses diverse as Bushwick High School in Brooklyn, New York, and Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, had classmates sign cards pledging to vote for \"books, not bombs.\" \u2014 Liza Featherstone , Nation , 4/11 Aug. 2003",
"His message appealed to a diverse audience.",
"a diverse group of subjects",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The show is diverse , colorful and anything but minimalist. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"While the party has done better with voters who are younger, more diverse , and more well-educated, Iowans are disproportionately older, whiter, and less likely to have a college degree. \u2014 Ben Jacobs, The New Republic , 28 June 2022",
"The biggest and most notable of the European music festivals, Glastonbury is known as one of the most diverse (and muddiest) performing arts festivals in Europe. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Research shows that gender- diverse teams make better business decisions than teams that are all-male. \u2014 Danyelle Tauryce Ireland, The Conversation , 23 June 2022",
"The decision to focus on emerging talent came from both a demand from the industry and the market\u2019s own ambition to be diverse , inclusive and representative of audiences. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"The city began offering classes for women and gender- diverse people in 2014, when surveys showed that fewer women than men were commuting via bike. \u2014 Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Forget the tantalizing -- and diverse -- skill set for a moment. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Lanier argued that, in order for these platforms to justify making so much money off voluntary productivity, user content needed to be separated from the unique, interesting, diverse , flesh-and-blood individuals who\u2019d created it. \u2014 Cal Newport, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English divers, diverse \"differing, distinct, of various kinds, several,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French divers, diverse, deverce, borrowed from Latin d\u012bversus \"turned in different directions, situated apart, differing,\" from past participle of d\u012bvertere \"to separate oneself (from), be different, diverge\" \u2014 more at divert":""
},
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"d\u012b-\u02c8v\u0259rs",
"d\u0259-",
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rs",
"\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccv\u0259rs"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for diverse different , diverse , divergent , disparate , various mean unlike in kind or character. different may imply little more than separateness but it may also imply contrast or contrariness. different foods diverse implies both distinctness and marked contrast. such diverse interests as dancing and football divergent implies movement away from each other and unlikelihood of ultimate meeting or reconciliation. went on to pursue divergent careers disparate emphasizes incongruity or incompatibility. disparate notions of freedom various stresses the number of sorts or kinds. tried various methods",
"synonyms":[
"different",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"distant",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishable",
"nonidentical",
"other",
"unalike",
"unlike"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100743",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"diverseness":{
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"alike",
"identical",
"indistinguishable",
"kin",
"kindred",
"like",
"parallel",
"same",
"similar"
],
"definitions":{
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"a diverse population"
],
": differing from one another : unlike":[
"people with diverse interests"
]
},
"examples":[
"We can adapt to new problems in ways that other species cannot. It is this ability that enabled our ancestors to spread over the globe, displacing other hominids and many other species along the way. Our cultures and individual behaviors are so successfully diverse that humans are more like an entire ecosystem than a single species. \u2014 Barbara Oakley , Evil Genes , (2007) 2008",
"Since the methods and policies of the Spaniards on the edges of empire varied over time and place, and the indigenous tribes and peoples with whom they came into contact were almost endlessly diverse , Weber was faced with the daunting challenge of writing a book that was at the same time comprehensive and comprehensible. \u2014 J. H. Elliott , New York Review of Books , 23 Feb. 2006",
"The place is packed at both lunch and dinner. The crowd, always a diverse blend of athletes and fans, cops and criminals, showbiz and fashion, appears as heterogeneous as ever. \u2014 Eric Asimov , New York Times , 26 Mar. 2003",
"Many students, from campuses diverse as Bushwick High School in Brooklyn, New York, and Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, had classmates sign cards pledging to vote for \"books, not bombs.\" \u2014 Liza Featherstone , Nation , 4/11 Aug. 2003",
"His message appealed to a diverse audience.",
"a diverse group of subjects",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The show is diverse , colorful and anything but minimalist. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"While the party has done better with voters who are younger, more diverse , and more well-educated, Iowans are disproportionately older, whiter, and less likely to have a college degree. \u2014 Ben Jacobs, The New Republic , 28 June 2022",
"The biggest and most notable of the European music festivals, Glastonbury is known as one of the most diverse (and muddiest) performing arts festivals in Europe. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Research shows that gender- diverse teams make better business decisions than teams that are all-male. \u2014 Danyelle Tauryce Ireland, The Conversation , 23 June 2022",
"The decision to focus on emerging talent came from both a demand from the industry and the market\u2019s own ambition to be diverse , inclusive and representative of audiences. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"The city began offering classes for women and gender- diverse people in 2014, when surveys showed that fewer women than men were commuting via bike. \u2014 Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Forget the tantalizing -- and diverse -- skill set for a moment. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Lanier argued that, in order for these platforms to justify making so much money off voluntary productivity, user content needed to be separated from the unique, interesting, diverse , flesh-and-blood individuals who\u2019d created it. \u2014 Cal Newport, The New Yorker , 15 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English divers, diverse \"differing, distinct, of various kinds, several,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French divers, diverse, deverce, borrowed from Latin d\u012bversus \"turned in different directions, situated apart, differing,\" from past participle of d\u012bvertere \"to separate oneself (from), be different, diverge\" \u2014 more at divert":""
},
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"d\u012b-\u02c8v\u0259rs",
"d\u0259-",
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rs",
"\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccv\u0259rs"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for diverse different , diverse , divergent , disparate , various mean unlike in kind or character. different may imply little more than separateness but it may also imply contrast or contrariness. different foods diverse implies both distinctness and marked contrast. such diverse interests as dancing and football divergent implies movement away from each other and unlikelihood of ultimate meeting or reconciliation. went on to pursue divergent careers disparate emphasizes incongruity or incompatibility. disparate notions of freedom various stresses the number of sorts or kinds. tried various methods",
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"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"distant",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishable",
"nonidentical",
"other",
"unalike",
"unlike"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100028",
"type":[
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"diversion":{
"antonyms":[
"bore",
"bummer",
"downer",
"drag"
],
"definitions":{
": a temporary traffic detour":[],
": an attack or feint that draws the attention and force of an enemy from the point of the principal operation":[
"You create a diversion while I sneak inside the building."
],
": something that diverts or amuses : pastime":[
"Hiking is one of her favorite diversions .",
"a welcome diversion from the pressures of the job"
],
": the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation":[
"Bad weather forced the diversion of several flights."
]
},
"examples":[
"small diversions of river water for irrigation",
"Hiking is one of my favorite diversions .",
"Our town offers few diversions .",
"Sports provide him with a welcome diversion from the pressures of his job.",
"He created a diversion while his partner stole her pocketbook.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Killeen officers arrived to assist the FBI with traffic diversion just after 7:30 a.m., according to officials. \u2014 Alexandra Koch, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"Cook pleaded innocent, entered a pretrial diversion agreement and the misdemeanor charge was ultimately dismissed, according to the complaint. \u2014 Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online , 11 June 2022",
"An important component of banking access would be the tracking of all cannabis business transactions, helping to ensure that companies play by state rules and don\u2019t engage in money laundering or product diversion . \u2014 Kris Krane, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The incident is under review by the juvenile diversion officer. \u2014 cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"The Tower Commission produced a report in 1987 that criticized NSC staff for diverting funds to the Contras, while depicting Reagan as someone whose lack of sufficient oversight had enabled this diversion . \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"On the other will be those who respond by employing the habits of deception, diversion and dissembling which led to the attack. \u2014 John Dickerson, CBS News , 5 June 2022",
"In the end, diversion can hopefully lessen future hospital and jail costs. \u2014 Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Campbell pleaded no contest to the charges of destruction of government records and neglect, and will complete probation through judicial diversion to dismiss the charges, according to the Daily News Journal. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 28 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English dyversioun \"process of diverting superfluous humors,\" borrowed from Late Latin d\u012bversi\u014dn-, d\u012bversi\u014d \"turning away,\" from Latin d\u012bvertere \"to separate oneself (from), be different\" and d\u0113vertere \"to turn away, divert\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at divert":""
},
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"d\u012b-",
"-sh\u0259n",
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-zh\u0259n",
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-zh\u0259n, d\u012b-"
],
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"synonyms":[
"delight",
"distraction",
"divertissement",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"pleasure",
"recreation"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060949",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"diversity":{
"antonyms":[],
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": an instance of being composed of differing elements or qualities : an instance of being diverse":[
"a diversity of opinion"
]
},
"examples":[
"Another factor in Burns' rise has been the strength and depth of Xerox's commitment to diversity . One-third of Xerox's 3,819 executives are women and 22% are minorities. \u2014 Nanette Byrnes et al. , Business Week , 8 June 2009",
"Jim, a lanky, bearded 35-year-old, knows a lot about heirloom fruits and vegetables. He works with the Southern Seed Legacy in Athens, Georgia, an organization devoted to preserving the seeds of heirloom plants in order to restore some of the genetic diversity that industrial agriculture has eroded over the years. \u2014 Gary Paul Nabhan , Saveur , October 2009",
"Even more eccentric is the treatment of the British Empire. Stretching over three centuries and six continents, you might have expected that its extent, duration, and diversity would have made it immune to facile interpretation. \u2014 David Gilmour , New York Review , 2 Nov. 2006",
"The media flood the nation's editorial markets with testimonies to the piebald character of the American democracy jumbled together from a wonderful diversity of colors, creeds, and cultural dispensations, which is a swell story, but in the United States Senate not one visible to the naked eye. \u2014 Lewis H. Lapham , Harper's , March 2005",
"The handsome creatures have hooked the interest of evolutionists and ecologists because of their dazzling diversity of shapes, behaviors, and feeding habits, which include nibbling the fins and scales of other fish. \u2014 Science , 26 Nov. 2004",
"The island has more diversity in plant life than other islands nearby.",
"The city is known for its cultural diversity .",
"The school aims for diversity in its student population.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Founder of Consciously Unbiased, an organization helping companies meet their diversity and inclusion goals. \u2014 Ashish Kaushal, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"While the Canadian pubcaster has had no specific obligations to support indigenous and diverse programming, the CBC has put a focus in recent years on increasing its content diversity . \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"The day is about freedom, gratitude, and the power in our diversity . \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"Femi said Connecticut is fertile ground for its multicultural bank strategy, given its racial and ethnic diversity . \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant , 12 June 2022",
"The beauty and the challenge of friendship is its diversity . \u2014 Julie Beck, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
"Allegations that Wells Fargo misrepresented its efforts to increase its hiring diversity by interviewing more women and people of color for jobs that were no longer available has drawn the attention of federal prosecutors. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"But its diversity does allow the show to explore a wide array of storylines from a multitude of perspectives. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Wells Fargo, the nation's third-largest bank, adopted the policy two years ago in an effort to increase its workplace diversity . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 8 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English dyversite \"difference, separateness, variety,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French diverset\u00e9, diversit\u00e9, borrowed from Latin d\u012bversit\u0101t-, d\u012bversit\u0101s \"separateness, condition of being different, difference of opinion,\" from d\u012bversus \"turned in different directions, situated apart, differing\" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity \u2014 more at diverse":""
": the ratio of the sum of the maximum power demands of the subdivisions of any electric power system to the maximum demand of the whole system measured at the point of supply":[]
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]
},
"diversory":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a place of shelter by the wayside":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin diversorium , alteration (influenced by divertere ) of deversorium , from deversus (past participle of devertere to turn aside, go aside, turn in at an inn, lodge, from de- + vertere to turn) + -orium -ory":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124858",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divert":{
"antonyms":[],
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": distract":[
"trying to divert her attention"
],
": to give pleasure to especially by distracting the attention from what burdens or distresses":[
"children diverting themselves with their toys"
],
": to turn aside : deviate":[
"studied law but diverted to diplomacy"
],
": to turn from one course or use to another : deflect":[
"divert traffic to a side street",
"diverting funds to other projects"
]
},
"examples":[
"Police diverted traffic to a side street.",
"The stream was diverted toward the farmland.",
"They were charged with illegally diverting public funds for private use.",
"He lied to divert attention from the real situation.",
"They're only proposing the law to divert attention from important issues.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The companies that provide helicopter and plane rides would have to divert many of their flights to other landing areas in the Hamptons. \u2014 James Fanelli, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"Russia will have to divert military assets that are currently employed in Ukraine to secure their critical assets and capabilities on Russian soil. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The Cardinal then flew to Miami but had to divert to Fort Myers, Florida, because of fog. \u2014 Doug Feinberg, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Nov. 2021",
"The Cardinal then flew to Miami but had to divert to Fort Myers, Florida, because of fog. \u2014 Doug Feinberg, ajc , 25 Nov. 2021",
"The mine also had to divert resources to the fire, according to Diskin. \u2014 Chelsea Curtis, The Arizona Republic , 28 May 2021",
"The bureau had to divert officers to the Penumbra Kelly Building on Monday night, requiring officers to delay their responses to non-emergency calls, Jones said. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Apr. 2021",
"Because of the additional state allocations to the equity site, the health department will not have to divert doses from its other clinics, including one coming to the Woodbridge Shopping Center in Edgewood, Bishai said. \u2014 James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com , 7 Apr. 2021",
"In a statement, the union singled out Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe, who chairs the Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods committee, criticizing her in part for wanting to divert funds from the San Diego Police Department. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English diverten \"to turn in a certain direction, turn away, direct one's mind,\" borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French divertir, borrowed (with conjugation change) from Medieval Latin d\u012bvertere \"to turn aside, deflect, alienate (property), depart,\" continuing both Latin d\u012bvertere \"to separate oneself (from), be different, diverge\" (from d\u012b-, variant before voiced sounds of dis- dis- + vertere \"to cause to revolve, turn, spin\") and d\u0113vertere \"to turn away, divert, make a turn aside/detour,\" from d\u0113- de- + vertere \u2014 more at worth entry 4":""
},
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"d\u012b-",
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rt",
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259rt, d\u012b-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for divert amuse , divert , entertain mean to pass or cause to pass the time pleasantly. amuse suggests that one's attention is engaged lightly. amuse yourselves while I make dinner divert implies distracting attention from worry or routine occupation especially by something funny. a light comedy to divert the tired businessman entertain suggests supplying amusement by specially contrived methods. a magician entertaining children at a party",
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"disport",
"entertain",
"regale",
"solace"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171138",
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"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": to try to keep people from noticing or thinking about something":[
"He was trying to divert/distract attention away from his friend's mistake."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035425",
"type":[
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},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": with amusement : amusedly":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050255",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"divertible":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": capable of being diverted":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-v\u0259i|",
"|t\u0259b-",
"d\u012b\u02c8-",
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8v\u0259r|t\u0259b\u0259l",
"-v\u0259\u0304|"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091622",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"diverticle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": byway , bypath":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin diverticulum":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"|t\u0259\u0307-",
"|t\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
],
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"for visitors seeking more cerebral divertissement , the city boasts a fine performing arts center",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And the Mother Ginger divertissement had to be omitted altogether, since there was no way to fit eight older Polichinelles under her skirt. \u2014 Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Nov. 2021",
"This season, the Act 2 pas de quatre, a speedy and demanding divertissement for three women and one man, was cut to help streamline the ballet. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
"Historical revisionism as an academic divertissement is corrupting, muddling the intellects of generations. \u2014 Jakub Grygiel, National Review , 8 Nov. 2019",
"Festive music is suddenly heard as the people celebrate Th\u00e9s\u00e9e\u2019s safe return in an ironic divertissement . \u2014 George Loomis, New York Times , 13 Apr. 2018",
"Whole numbers were excised, though Prokofiev was able to salvage some of the divertissements elsewhere in the score. \u2014 Joshua Barone, New York Times , 23 Jan. 2018",
"With the young Queen Victoria often in the audience, the world\u2019s foremost ballerinas appeared there, sometimes in duets, trios, and quartets, with Perrot making creative breakthroughs in terms of both narrative ballet and pure-dance divertissements . \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Apr. 2018",
"With the young Queen Victoria often in the audience, the world\u2019s foremost ballerinas appeared there, sometimes in duets, trios and quartets, with Perrot making creative breakthroughs in terms of both narrative ballet and pure-dance divertissements . \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, New York Times , 9 Apr. 2018"
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"-t\u0259z-",
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"The company is divesting 8 of its 20 stores.",
"We may have to divest assets to raise capital.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As part of the agreement, Keppel O&M will divest its legacy oil rigs business and associated receivables into a separate entity that will be owned by investors including Keppel Corp and a unit of Temasek. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Some officials in Canada have called on Evraz to divest from its steel mills there, to avoid any connection with the invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Rachel Woolf For Cnn, CNN , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The funding was part of nearly $15 million that the City Council voted to divest from the bureau, including disbanding police units that work in schools, investigate gun violence and patrol the regional public transit system. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Norway\u2019s prime minister said on Sunday that the country\u2019s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world\u2019s largest, will divest all its Russian assets. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 6 Mar. 2022",
"New York State\u2019s pension fund plans to start shedding its fossil fuels holdings, and Maine became the first state last year to require both its Treasury and its public employee pension fund to divest from fossil fuels. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Chelsea, a Premier League soccer club in England, sold this week for $3.1 billion \u2014 an international record \u2014 to an American group after Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was forced by British sanctions to divest the team. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 26 May 2022",
"Divest When a practice is not paying off, successful leaders know when and how to divest from it, Alli said. \u2014 Carmela Chirinos, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"That changed this year with The CW\u2019s corporate backers, CBS Studios (a division of Paramount Global) and Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s Warner Bros. TV, looking to divest the network from their respective portfolios. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022"
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"alteration of devest":""
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"The document does not divest her of her right to use the property.",
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"\u2014 T. E. Holland"
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"noun"
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"Before divestiture , the telephone company monopolized the state.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among them, Pioneer\u2019s output fell 2% from a quarter earlier, adjusting for a divestiture . \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"Raytheon Intelligence & Space, which manufacturers satellite equipment, radar components and other systems, posted first-quarter sales of $3.6 billion, down 5% that Raytheon attributed to a business divestiture . \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The divestiture process and the Postal Service\u2019s growing relationship with XPO raise new concerns for some ethics experts about DeJoy\u2019s long history with the logistics industry. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 June 2021",
"The company had drawn up contingency plans that included a costly divestiture of AvtoVAZ, which produces Russia\u2019s Lada brand, a person close to Renault said. \u2014 Nick Kostov, wsj.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Previously, Norway\u2019s huge sovereign wealth fund began its divestiture of Russian holdings, while Norway\u2019s premier energy producer, Equinor, has stepped away from its joint projects in Russia. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Isolation, divestiture Freezing the Russian central bank\u2019s foreign currency reserves is a shocking breach of the tradition of treating such an institution with the respect due a sovereign nation. \u2014 Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The capable John Stankey, AT&T\u2019s CEO, certainly feels shareholder pressure to complete his company\u2019s WarnerMedia divestiture and merger as soon as possible. \u2014 Steven Tian, Fortune , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Um, but anyway, uh, governor Dwayne\u2019s executive order is calling for the divestiture of Rez Russian investments by all. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152345"
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"join",
"link",
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"unite"
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"divide profits"
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"divide the city into wards"
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"divide 42 by 14"
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"Verb",
"She divided the pie into eight pieces.",
"The equator divides the Earth into two hemispheres.",
"The river divides after the bridge.",
"A tall fence divides the two yards.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Facebook\u2019s role in potentially distorting elections became evident after 2016, when Russian operatives used the site to spread inflammatory content and divide American voters in the U.S. presidential election. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"In what's sure to divide Hoosiers in the foodie world, Reader\u2019s Digest deemed Bru Burger Bar home to the best burger in Indiana. \u2014 Griffin Wiles, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"To divide bulbs, carefully pull the small bulbs from the base of the plant to increase plant numbers and gently separate them so that they can be planted with more spacing in their new location. \u2014 Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"The law allows homeowners to either build two 800-square-foot homes on their lot or divide their lot in two for a total of four homes on a formerly single-family plot. \u2014 Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"The dispute dredged up racial and class tensions that often divide the 93,000-student district between a wealthier white minority in its northern end and a poorer, Black majority in the southern end. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Families usually want liquidity to settle an estate or more easily divide assets after a loved one passes\u2014even when a family business has been central to the financial picture for multiple decades or generations. \u2014 Meredith Moore, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"These two controversial options divide lawmakers, with Republicans more hawkish about giving Ukraine jets, but some Democrats -- and the White House -- concerned Russia could consider such a move an escalation and potentially draw America into war. \u2014 Clare Foran And Ted Barrett, CNN , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Pour batter into cake pan or evenly divide batter among two cake pans. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Black-white divide didn\u2019t mean much to the Presleys. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 25 June 2022",
"The responses to the Roe decision also revealed the divide . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"Delivered along the high court\u2019s ideological divide , the decision also comes a month after a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school left 21 people, including 19 children, dead \u2013 a fact not lost on the dissenting justices. \u2014 Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2022",
"Quips and asides from Julia\u2019s maid Molly (Sianand Gregory) and footman John (Divian Ladwa) add even more spirit and texture with commentary that acknowledges the divide of the ruling class and their labor force. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"And, to tackle the illiteracy divide , Jio has been expanding the A.I.-powered voice-to-text and speech-recognition functions on the phones. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Other large states such as California have adopted standards that embrace the science of climate change, leading to a divide . \u2014 Katie Worth, Scientific American , 20 June 2022",
"An ABC News/Ipsos poll earlier this year found that 65 percent of Americans believed Biden was legitimately elected, though that number had sharp a partisan divide with nearly three-quarters of Republicans believing the opposite. \u2014 Eric Fayeulle, ABC News , 19 June 2022",
"By the time Cardinal Wolsey was running things 1,500 years later, the divide remained in place. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 19 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"Middle English, from Latin dividere , from dis- + -videre to separate \u2014 more at widow":"Verb"
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"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u012bd"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for divide Verb separate , part , divide , sever , sunder , divorce mean to become or cause to become disunited or disjointed. separate may imply any of several causes such as dispersion, removal of one from others, or presence of an intervening thing. separated her personal life from her career part implies the separating of things or persons in close union or association. vowed never to part divide implies separating into pieces or sections by cutting or breaking. civil war divided the nation sever implies violence especially in the removal of a part or member. a severed limb sunder suggests violent rending or wrenching apart. a city sundered by racial conflict divorce implies separating two things that commonly interact and belong together. cannot divorce scientific research from moral responsibility distribute , dispense , divide , deal , dole out mean to give out, usually in shares, to each member of a group. distribute implies an apportioning by separation of something into parts, units, or amounts. distributed food to the needy dispense suggests the giving of a carefully weighed or measured portion to each of a group according to due or need. dispensed wisdom to the students divide stresses the separation of a whole into parts and implies that the parts are equal. three charitable groups divided the proceeds deal emphasizes the allotment of something piece by piece. deal out equipment and supplies dole out implies a carefully measured portion of something that is often in short supply. doled out what little food there was",
"Britain, too, is deeply divided , as evidenced by the close-run 2016 referendum to end the country\u2019s decadeslong membership in the European Union. \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 June 2022",
"But the party, and even some advisers to the nominee, California Gov. Ronald Reagan, were still deeply divided . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
"But the party, and even some advisers to the nominee, California Gov. Ronald Reagan, were still deeply divided . \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
"And, as long as the filibuster remains on the books, and the country remains deeply divided , the Senate will serve as a bulwark to reinforce the Court\u2019s reactionary rulings. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 3 May 2022",
"Those factions remain deeply divided among themselves on a number of policy areas, but most agree that something needs to change. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"All of which points to the fundamental reality of American politics in 2021: The Democratic Party is deeply and narrowly divided , but so is the American electorate as a whole. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 23 Nov. 2021",
"In polarized politics, in which the parties are both deeply and closely divided , elections are won or lost at the margin. \u2014 William A. Galston, WSJ , 10 Aug. 2021",
"But in the deeply divided politics around Puerto Rico's status, Rossell\u00f3's comeback as a champion for statehood is unsurprising. \u2014 Lilia Luciano, CBS News , 24 June 2021"
": a share in a pro rata distribution (as of profits) to stockholders":[
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"examples":[
"Profits are distributed to shareholders as dividends .",
"the reward money was an unexpected dividend for our good deed",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company has increased its dividend nine years in a row. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"FedEx is boosting its dividend and adding board members under pressure from activist D.E. Shaw, moves that come shortly after Fred Smith stepped aside as CEO. \u2014 WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Applied Materials boosted its dividend by 9% in April. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"The Senate plan called for a dividend of about $4,200 from Alaska\u2019s oil wealth fund, an amount in line with a long-standing formula last used in 2015. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Meanwhile the dissolution of Pinewood Malaysia Limited in the same month saw PSG receive a final dividend of \u00a34 million ($5.2 million). \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Dunleavy proposed a Permanent Fund dividend of about $2,600, plus an additional supplemental payment of $1,250. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Obtain state approval if Anthem wishes to issue an ordinary dividend of $100 million or more. \u2014 Ariel Hart, ajc , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Investors are paid a dividend of $.20/share for an annualized yield of .60%. \u2014 John Navin, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English divident , from Latin dividendus , gerundive of dividere \u2014 see divide entry 1":""
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"\u02c8di-v\u0259-\u02ccdend",
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"bonus",
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"perk",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113318",
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": one that divides":[],
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"examples":[
"Concrete barriers are used as highway dividers .",
"She has proven to be a divider of people.",
"He says that he's a uniter, not a divider .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If may even have been possible to see sliver of frost on the M0on\u2019s terminator\u2014the divider between sunlight and darkness (so, day and night) \u2014though no humans were around at the time. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 21 May 2022",
"First responders found the van with severe front damage after hitting a concrete divider . \u2014 Emmett Jones, Fox News , 7 June 2022",
"Kids will love to recline under the three-sided canvas canopy with mesh windows, and to keep their drinks and snacks close by on the divider between loungers. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 16 May 2022",
"The hard shell exterior is lightweight but durable and the interior zippered divider panels make organizing a snap. \u2014 Lois Alter Mark, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Meantime, other drivers who had stopped to help were trying to maintain control of the suspect by bending him backward on the concrete center divider . \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The bag also has several interior organization features, including an external power bank pocket, multiple accessory pockets, two zippered divider panels, and a water-resistant pocket that's perfect for storing toiletries. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 17 May 2021",
"By far our favorite feature of these duffels, though, is the divider panels on the inside. \u2014 Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored , 31 Mar. 2021",
"The unidentified victim apparently had run from the right shoulder toward the center divider before being struck, the CHP said. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Aug. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u012b-d\u0259r",
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"division",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105153",
"type":[
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"divine":{
"antonyms":[
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
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"divine worship"
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"divine inspiration",
"divine love",
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": supremely good : superb":[
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"divine the truth"
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},
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"Adjective",
"They prayed for divine intervention.",
"how about a piece of the most divine apple pie I've ever tasted!",
"Noun",
"the great influence exerted by the Puritan divines in the Massachusetts Bay Colony",
"Verb",
"divine the answer to a question",
"it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"If divine truth is single and universal, then multiplicity and relativism are the signatures of evil. \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Human beings try to divine reasons for the market movement, which make for interesting stories but not necessarily accurate ones. \u2014 Allan Sloan, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Hynes had a potent, almost divine ally in his fund-raising mission. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Like other religious groups, Pagans are in awe of the incredible strength of the sun and the divine powers that create life. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"In 2015, the museum returned to Cambodia a 10th-century sculpture of the semi- divine Hindu monkey general, Hanuman. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"Many five-star reviews note the divine fragrance of the wipes. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry And Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day , 13 June 2022",
"There are monarchs, royal families, and divine dynasties around the globe, but only one queen rules the world: RuPaul. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"While all of this sounds divine , there are few things passengers may want to skip. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The right formula, based on all of the best neuroscience, clinical, [and] social scientific research, is simply: Use things, love people, and worship the divine . \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The intruder, in this case, was the government of Auroville, an idealistic community founded in 1968 with the goal of realizing human unity by putting the divine at the center of all things. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
"People visit the abbey\u2019s Benedictine monks in search of reflection, tranquility and a deeper connection with the divine . \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
"There\u2019s more, much more: in one of the multiverses, humans have wriggly hotdogs for fingers; an extended gag involving butt plugs wears out its welcome; a divine but not benevolent entity named Jobu Tupaki wreaks havoc at every turn. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The varied program explores love in many aspects, from earthly to divine . \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The McFarlands say the place does, indeed, seem a little closer to the divine . \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"So our ability to commune with the divine , to commune with God, is related to our ability to commune with each other. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The Morgan Library\u2019s divine , and its exhibitions are always designed to perfection. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"These are merely some of the variables at play as businesses try to divine the future. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
"In 1692, a group of young girls, including Parris\u2019 own daughter, Betty, and his niece, Abigail, began to bark like dogs and contort their bodies after allegedly attempting to divine their future. \u2014 Brooklyn White, Essence , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Look to these six states to divine the future of free elections in America. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Triangle Productions\u2019 founder Don Horn directs the master class that attempts to divine the real from the fake. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Hultquist says those intentions are difficult to divine without knowing the hackers' specific targeting. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Helene Elliott was joined by Times staffers Curtis Zupke, Jim Barrero and Nick Leyva to divine what the new year holds for the local teams, and the sport more broadly. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2022",
"There\u2019s little sense in trying to divine the perfect public-health policy from one country over a short period of time. \u2014 Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic , 7 Dec. 2021",
"But that lack of certainty did not stop these experts from trying to divine what may happen in 2022 as the supply chain crisis continues. \u2014 Edward Segal, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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"Middle English divin , from Anglo-French, from Latin divinus , from divus god \u2014 more at deity":"Adjective",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French deviner , from Latin divinare , from divinus , noun \u2014 see divine entry 1":"Verb",
"Middle English, from Medieval Latin divinus , from Latin, soothsayer, from divinus , adjective \u2014 see divine entry 1":"Noun"
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"No. 1",
"numero uno",
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"peachy keen",
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"prime",
"primo",
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"topping",
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"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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": punishment by God":[]
},
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},
"examples":[
"He ruled by divine right .",
"My boss seems to think he has a divine right to order people around.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Aug. 2021",
"The decline has led to United\u2019s falling away from contention for the Premier League championship, a title that once had seemed a divine right to fans of one of the world\u2019s most celebrated sporting franchises. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Aug. 2021"
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"circa 1600, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a person who divines the location of water or minerals":[],
": a person who practices divination : soothsayer":[]
},
"examples":[
"Diviners foretold of the event.",
"somehow the diviner failed to foresee her own misfortunes with the law",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But then, Poppy has long been a diviner of the zeitgeist. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Sep. 2021",
"In conjunction with other divine instruments such as Iroke Ifa ( diviner tapper), Ikin Ifa (sacred palm or kola nuts) and opele Ifa (divination chain), the tray is used to determine the verses associated with patron\u2019s particular predicament. \u2014 NOLA.com , 1 Sep. 2020",
"But like any good traveling diviner , this healer punched up his story to convince what must have been a pair of incredibly skeptical parents. \u2014 Cody Cassidy, Wired , 8 June 2020",
"But the most skilled diviners of feline feelings were people with professional experience involving cats, including veterinarians. \u2014 Karin Brulliard, chicagotribune.com , 4 Dec. 2019",
"Poole cemented himself as a much-sought-after diviner of internet culture, mixing with tech\u2019s biggest names at the industry\u2019s highest-profile gatherings\u2014including giving a keynote speech at South by Southwest in 2011. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, WIRED , 6 Aug. 2019",
"When a diviner from Korea informs the emperor that his son would be a bad ruler, Genji is demoted to the status of a commoner. \u2014 Emily Ferguson, WSJ , 22 Feb. 2019",
"The harvest rain\u2019s principal contribution to the origins of religion was to spawn a priestly class\u2014 diviners and shamans\u2014to forecast or summon it. \u2014 Andrew Stark, WSJ , 16 Nov. 2018",
"And summoning Paimon in particular might be an especially difficult process, according Dr. Alexander Cummins, a historian and diviner . \u2014 Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut , 15 June 2018"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u012b-n\u0259r"
],
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"forecaster",
"foreseer",
"foreteller",
"fortune-teller",
"futurist",
"prognosticator",
"prophesier",
"prophet",
"seer",
"soothsayer",
"visionary"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212639",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": duiker sense 1":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"translation of Afrikaans duikerbok":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130441",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": any of various ducks (such as a bufflehead) that frequent deep waters and obtain their food by diving":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But both of those were diving ducks , which dive underwater for food like loons. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 July 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1813, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084539",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": any of several diving birds of the southern hemisphere that somewhat resemble auks in appearance and habits and constitute the family Pelecanoididae":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120037",
"type":[
"noun"
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": fudge made of whipped egg whites, sugar, and nuts":[],
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": god sense 2":[],
": goddess":[],
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": theology":[]
},
"examples":[
"Christians believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ.",
"the divinities of ancient Greece",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The women, often a rotating roster drawn from Ethel Stuckey\u2019s seven sisters and various neighbors, gathered to make pralines, divinity and, later, pecan log rolls for the stand. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Poke at the divinity , and see the human beings on the inside. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Some 1,600 women were enrolled in Southern Baptist divinity programs, many of them likely seeking ordination. \u2014 Avital Chizhik-goldschmidt, The Atlantic , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Self-doubt is not in either man\u2019s vocabulary \u2014 in Davey\u2019s case because of the foundation of his faith in God, in Darren\u2019s because of his belief in himself as an untouchable divinity . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The two actors are locked in a battle for the future of Earth in which both call on the powers of ancient divinity \u2014 and the intrigue comes from the fact that Isaac\u2019s characters are only fitfully aware of the rules of the game. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The mattress sale\u2019s fleeting nature is, arguably, the source of its divinity . \u2014 Mary Gulino, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In this intimate autobiographical narrative Francis questions her identity until discerning that healing comes from radical self-acceptance and connection to her own divinity . \u2014 Sharine Taylor, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Shamans induce, like Jesus Christ, an alchemy of people awakening and accepting their own two things: their own divinity and their own light. \u2014 Yasmine Shemesh, Billboard , 22 Mar. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"d\u0259-\u02c8vi-n\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"deity",
"godhead",
"godhood"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083922",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divinylacetylene":{
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": a liquid hydrocarbon CH 2 =CHC\u2261CCH=CH 2 formed by trimerization of acetylene and used in surface coatings since it polymerizes to a hard resin on contact with air":[]
},
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"divinyl entry 1 + acetylene":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130426",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divinylbenzene":{
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"definitions":{
": a liquid hydrocarbon C 6 H 4 (CH\u2212CH 2 ) 2 obtained usually as a mixture containing the ortho, meta, and para isomers and used in polymerization (as with styrene for making ion-exchange resins)":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"divinyl entry 1 + benzene":""
},
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"\"+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093943",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divisa":{
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"definitions":{
": colored ribbons denoting the breeder that are attached by a barb to a bull's withers as it enters the bullfighting arena":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, literally, emblem, heraldic device, from feminine of diviso (obsolete past participle of dividir to divide), from Latin divisus":""
},
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"-\u0113z\u0259",
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8v\u0113s\u0259"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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": separate":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music for orchestral players reading the same musical staff to divide into two or more voice parts \u2014 abbreviation div."
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, plural of diviso (past participle of dividere to divide ), from Latin divisus divided":""
},
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"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8v\u0113z\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174058",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"divisible":{
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"indivisible",
"inseparable"
],
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": capable of being divided":[
"a number divisible by 3"
]
},
"examples":[
"9 is divisible by 3",
"easily divisible into enough pieces for everyone",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All the numbers from 501 to 1,000 \u2014 half of the set \u2014 form a primitive set, as no number is divisible by any other. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"The building owner is marketing the site as divisible , meaning more than one business may end up occupying the space. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Julian calendar creates an extra day every four years, and does not follow the century- divisible -by-400 rule. \u2014 CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Occurs in every year that is divisible by four and only in century years that are evenly divided by 400. \u2014 CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
"If this distance is divisible by 8 inches\u2014the finished width of a piece of siding\u2014you're in luck. \u2014 Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics , 12 July 2021",
"This can be relatively straightforward when the refresh rate is divisible by the frame rate, as the TV can show multiples of the same frame. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Mortgages are another form of debt that are divisible in a divorce. \u2014 Dallas News , 13 May 2021",
"But experiments taught us that atoms were made of nuclei and electrons, and those nuclei are divisible into protons and neutrons. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0259-\u02c8vi-z\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233206",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
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": a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other so that one part may be valid or enforceable although another is void or so that a right may accrue on one and not on another":[]
},
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174552",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": an offense the commission of which involves the commission of one of a lesser grade so that on the former there can be an acquittal and on the latter a conviction":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211257",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"divisible surplus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the part of the annual surplus fund of an insurance company which is available for payment in the form of dividends to policyholders":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070143",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"division":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a competitive class or category (as in boxing or wrestling)":[],
": a portion of a territorial unit marked off for a particular purpose (such as administrative or judicial functions)":[],
": a self-contained major military unit capable of independent action":[],
": a tactical military unit composed of headquarters and usually three to five brigades":[],
": a tactical subdivision of a squadron of ships":[],
": a unit of the U.S. Air Force higher than a wing and lower than an air force":[],
": an administrative or operating unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":[],
": one of the parts or groupings into which a whole is divided or is divisible":[],
": plant propagation by dividing parts and planting segments capable of producing roots and shoots":[],
": something that divides , separates, or marks off":[],
": the act or process of dividing : the state of being divided":[],
": the act, process, or an instance of distributing among a number : distribution":[],
": the act, process, or an instance of separating or keeping apart : separation":[],
": the basic naval administrative unit":[],
": the condition or an instance of being divided in opinion or interest : disagreement , disunity":[
"exploited the divisions between the two countries"
],
": the mathematical operation of dividing something":[],
": the physical separation into different lobbies of the members of a parliamentary body voting for and against a question":[]
},
"examples":[
"the process of cell division",
"a division of profits into equal shares",
"After learning multiplication, the students were taught division .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hartford had won the first two of the six-game series between the division \u2019s top two teams, who now are both 42-24. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"The Miami Valley Conference\u2019s Scarlet division ran through CHCA over the past three seasons (2019, 2021, 2022), with Payne being a big reason why. \u2014 Alex Harrison, The Enquirer , 24 June 2022",
"Still, concerns over inequities remain \u2013 most notably for that third division champ that doesn\u2019t receive a bye. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
"Christopher Hartz, who was in charge of quality control at Shaw\u2019s nuclear division , said many of the workers at the plant had no experience in nuclear welding and struggled to meet the industry\u2019s exacting standards. \u2014 Matthew Dalton, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
"Brad Boxberger, Devin Williams and Josh Hader combined to record 10 outs while protecting a one-run lead to draw the Brewers even with the Cardinals atop the division . \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"High-end bourbon is particularly booming, especially among millennials, according to the market research division of the online alcohol retailer Drizly. \u2014 Jon Marcus, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Fenumiai said the division would remove Gross\u2019 name from the special election ballot. \u2014 Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"Perry is a captain who supervises Van Buren's Police Department's patrol division . \u2014 Monica Brich, Arkansas Online , 23 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French devision , from Latin division-, divisio , from dividere to divide":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0259-\u02c8vizh-\u0259n",
"d\u0259-\u02c8vi-zh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for division part , portion , piece , member , division , section , segment , fragment mean something less than the whole. part is a general term appropriate when indefiniteness is required. they ran only part of the way portion implies an assigned or allotted part. cut the pie into six portions piece applies to a separate or detached part of a whole. a puzzle with 500 pieces member suggests one of the functional units composing a body. a structural member division applies to a large or diversified part. the manufacturing division of the company section applies to a relatively small or uniform part. the entertainment section of the newspaper segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage. the retired segment of the population fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off. only a fragment of the play still exists",
"synonyms":[
"divider",
"partition",
"separation",
"separator"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053533",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"divorce":{
"antonyms":[
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"definitions":{
": a divorced man":[],
": separation , severance":[
"divorce of the secular and the spiritual"
],
": the action or an instance of legally dissolving (see dissolve entry 1 sense 1d ) a marriage":[],
": to dissolve the marriage contract between":[
"They were divorced last year.",
"They are getting divorced ."
],
": to legally dissolve one's marriage with : to end marriage with (one's spouse) by divorce (see divorce entry 1 sense 1 )":[
"She divorced her husband."
],
": to make or keep separate : separate":[
"divorce church from state",
"media narratives divorced from reality"
],
": to obtain a divorce":[
"They divorced two years later."
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"Since getting a divorce , she has been raising her children alone.",
"They went through a lengthy divorce .",
"Their marriage ended in divorce .",
"Financial problems are a leading cause of divorce .",
"Verb",
"After years of unhappiness, she decided to divorce him.",
"They both agreed it was best to divorce .",
"Their constitution divorces church and state."
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1877, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English divorse , from Anglo-French, from Latin divortium , from divertere, divortere to divert, to leave one's husband":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8v\u022fr-\u02ccs\u0101",
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u022frs",
"-\u02c8s\u0113",
"d\u0259-\u02ccv\u022fr-\u02c8s\u0101",
"also d\u012b-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for divorce Verb separate , part , divide , sever , sunder , divorce mean to become or cause to become disunited or disjointed. separate may imply any of several causes such as dispersion, removal of one from others, or presence of an intervening thing. separated her personal life from her career part implies the separating of things or persons in close union or association. vowed never to part divide implies separating into pieces or sections by cutting or breaking. civil war divided the nation sever implies violence especially in the removal of a part or member. a severed limb sunder suggests violent rending or wrenching apart. a city sundered by racial conflict divorce implies separating two things that commonly interact and belong together. cannot divorce scientific research from moral responsibility",
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"part",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084528",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"divulge":{
"antonyms":[
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"definitions":{
": to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)":[
"refused to divulge the name of her informant",
"divulge the company's sales figures"
],
": to make public : proclaim":[]
},
"examples":[
"The company will not divulge its sales figures.",
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"Johnson would not divulge specific search areas and said investigators now have Carli\u2019s vehicle in their custody. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The report does not divulge anything about the price of the iPhone 14, or if consumers should expect higher prices as a result. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 May 2022",
"Deus didn\u2019t divulge any details regarding the electric motors, but said the Vayanne will be fitted with an 85 kWh battery that should provide approximately 300 miles of range. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 10 May 2022",
"Hocker declined to divulge training secrets but said one element is that Oregon runners always took one day, Sunday, completely off. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Aug. 2021",
"He was tested for the virus, but the theater declined to divulge the results, citing privacy. \u2014 Sarah Bahr, New York Times , 24 May 2021",
"Walsh declined to divulge the purchase price and would not confirm or deny the $30 million sum. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2021",
"Michigan officials are not currently required to divulge any of this information, joining Idaho as the only two states where this is the case. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 10 May 2022",
"Like most streamers, Peacock doesn\u2019t divulge viewing data for its series. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The dividend yield overall won\u2019t change, but the dividend per share may be reduced by the same divisor as the split. \u2014 Lee Clifford, Fortune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The dividend yield overall won\u2019t change, but the dividend per share may be reduced by the same divisor as the split. \u2014 Lee Clifford, Fortune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The dividend yield overall won\u2019t change, but the dividend per share may be reduced by the same divisor as the split. \u2014 Lee Clifford, Fortune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The dividend yield overall won\u2019t change, but the dividend per share may be reduced by the same divisor as the split. \u2014 Lee Clifford, Fortune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In 2023, Samuel would be 75, and the life expectancy divisor would be 24.6. \u2014 Julie Jason, Jd, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"One flaw with using return on equity as the measure is that the numbers look better when a company\u2019s debt is high (and therefore its equity, the divisor in the equation, is low). \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
"This works out because the only improper divisor of a number is the number itself. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 Mar. 2021",
"S&P Dow Indices, which oversees the Dow, changed the divisor used to generate the index's total. \u2014 David Goldman, CNN , 31 Aug. 2020"
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"Haugen has argued that the algorithm change promoted angrier and more divisive content. \u2014 Scott Wartman, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
"The report was conducted in response to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's first executive orders to review and identify divisive concepts in public schools. \u2014 Mike Emanuel, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s so that\u2019s so subjective. Chris: Well, these laws, these laws would count as divisive concepts. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The proposal, Smart noted, combines two of the most politically divisive concepts in Congress: raising taxes and restricting guns. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Split release or not, the most divisive aspect of the iPhone 14 launch is likely to be the phones themselves. \u2014 Gordon Kelly, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler\u2019s decision to skip the pregame U.S. national anthem going forward is bound to spark another furious debate concerning the most divisive bit of Americana of our times. \u2014 Sean Gregory, Time , 28 May 2022",
"In its most divisive case in years, the court must decide whether to uphold Mississippi's ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"The debate grew passionate as lawmakers in both parties contemplated the demise of a right that has existed for nearly a half-century, and an issue that is among the most divisive in American society. \u2014 Annie Karni, New York Times , 11 May 2022"
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"The company is divesting 8 of its 20 stores.",
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"As part of the agreement, Keppel O&M will divest its legacy oil rigs business and associated receivables into a separate entity that will be owned by investors including Keppel Corp and a unit of Temasek. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Some officials in Canada have called on Evraz to divest from its steel mills there, to avoid any connection with the invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Rachel Woolf For Cnn, CNN , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The funding was part of nearly $15 million that the City Council voted to divest from the bureau, including disbanding police units that work in schools, investigate gun violence and patrol the regional public transit system. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Norway\u2019s prime minister said on Sunday that the country\u2019s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world\u2019s largest, will divest all its Russian assets. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 6 Mar. 2022",
"New York State\u2019s pension fund plans to start shedding its fossil fuels holdings, and Maine became the first state last year to require both its Treasury and its public employee pension fund to divest from fossil fuels. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"Chelsea, a Premier League soccer club in England, sold this week for $3.1 billion \u2014 an international record \u2014 to an American group after Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was forced by British sanctions to divest the team. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 26 May 2022",
"Divest When a practice is not paying off, successful leaders know when and how to divest from it, Alli said. \u2014 Carmela Chirinos, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"That changed this year with The CW\u2019s corporate backers, CBS Studios (a division of Paramount Global) and Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s Warner Bros. TV, looking to divest the network from their respective portfolios. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022"
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"This is nothing more than a diversionary tactic to distract attention from the issues.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Border guards have detected Russian diversionary groups trying to enter their territory at night, said a local guards chief, Serhiy Homenko. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"A month earlier, a national database of automobile insurance policies was raided during a diversionary cyberattack that defaced Ukrainian websites. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Publicly, this involved a rhetoric of universalism, the exaggerated spectre of vacant museums, and diversionary offers of developmental assistance. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The offender also cannot have completed a separate diversionary program within five years of the new offense. \u2014 Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The top Russian intelligence official in charge of overseeing the recruitment of spies and diversionary operations in Ukraine has been put under house arrest along with his deputy, Mr. Soldatov said. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Historical data shows that diversionary wars \u2014 fighting abroad to draw attention away from problems at home \u2014 have rarely worked for Putin. \u2014 Arik Burakovsky, The Conversation , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The ensemble\u2019s game, but nobody gets much in the way of lighthearted diversion even in the diversionary bits. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Whether this help should go to prisons and jails or diversionary programs is another hot debate. \u2014 Morgan Simon, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022"
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"The country is diversifying its energy sources.",
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"The company needs to diversify .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many of them know that two waves of previous efforts to diversify the industry created little lasting change. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"This could help reduce the company\u2019s debt, as well as provide funds for RedBox to further diversify . \u2014 Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 May 2022",
"To diversify further within healthcare, consider the Tekla World Healthcare Fund (THW), with a 9.1% yield, and the Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), which yields 5.9%. \u2014 Michael Foster, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Additionally, Stellantis plans to further diversify into new business lines and boost revenue overseas, including in China where both PSA and Fiat Chrysler have long lagged behind rivals in sales. \u2014 Christina Rogers, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
"By nominating Jackson, Biden delivered on a campaign promise and seeks to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 26 Feb. 2022",
"But in an ugly political climate, and during a time when Bravo has made real strides in its effort to further diversify its programming, fans are wondering how next season\u2019s casting will shake out. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Saturday\u2019s sale was part of a bid by casino and hotel group MGM Resorts to further diversify its vast collection to include more art from women, people of color and emerging nations as well as from LGBTQ artists and artists with disabilities. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Entering 2021, Gallup and Lamb have worked to further diversify their routes. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 17 Aug. 2021"
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"Middle English dyversefyen \"to change, vary,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French diversefier, diversifier \"to change, vary, be variable, be different,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin d\u012bversific\u0101re \"to differentiate, differ, disagree, be at variance,\" verbal derivative of Late Latin d\u012bversificus \"varied,\" from Latin d\u012bversus \"turned in different directions, differing\" + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic \u2014 more at diverse":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What\u2019s behind pointillism is divisionism , the new scientific theories of light and color and ocular perception. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 27 Feb. 2017"
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"some tall and diverting tales were told by the festival's roving storyteller",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But you were also treated to a diverting and delightful narrative, rich with insider\u2019s lore. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 July 2021",
"The plan also would call for constant testing of players and staff, which could mean diverting resources from public health care. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, azcentral , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Per The New York Times: Judging by comments on social media, many of those who tuned in found Mr. Bone to be the most diverting thing about the debate. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 10 Oct. 2016",
"Both popular and science media show an outsized fondness for brain imaging studies, inspiring much work more diverting than informative. \u2014 David Dobbs, WIRED , 4 July 2006",
"Judging by comments on social media, many of those who tuned in found Mr. Bone to be the most diverting thing about the debate. \u2014 Jonah Engel Bromwich, New York Times , 10 Oct. 2016"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Potter said one diver cracked teeth when hitting bottom. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 27 June 2022",
"The salvage work ended that summer, however, after one diver died and two others were paralyzed from decompression sickness. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
"My Pop, who had been a POW with the Nazis, sought solace in being an abalone diver out of Santa Barbara. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"The Barnwell brothers and their late father, Michael, along with friend and fellow diver and former Royal Navy submariner James Little, found the shipwreck after searching for four years. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Free diver Johanna Nordblad tries to break the world record for farthest distance traveled below ice with one breath. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Centobie was a Mississippi firefighter and rescue diver hailed as a hero after Mobile\u2019s 1993 Amtrak derailment that killed 47 people. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
"Entrees include plenty of fish options (crispy whole fish, pan-seared salmon and Maine diver scallops are just a few of the choices listed) and prices range from $24 to $52, not including market prices. \u2014 Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The group's instructor, Kristine Grodem, 35, from Norway, was rescued on Thursday, while Adrian Peters Chesters and another diver , Alexia Molina, 18, of France were rescued by fishermen on Friday, Reuters reported. \u2014 Fox News , 9 Apr. 2022"
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"1506, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044022"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": diversion , amusement , recreation":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065245"
},
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"noun"
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"noun"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It was designed overnight by Genta, who was inspired by a childhood memory of seeing a man being sealed into a diving suit near Geneva\u2019s Mont Blanc Bridge. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 10 May 2022",
"On one of the research expeditions, Widder had the chance to test an atmospheric deep-sea diving suit called WASP, which resembles a submersible suit of armor. \u2014 Ferris Jabr, Scientific American , 5 Aug. 2010",
"His diving suit was not a tight-enough fit; water seeped in and rose slowly, terrifyingly, from his ankles to his neck. \u2014 Richard Davenport-hines, WSJ , 21 Aug. 2020",
"There were lots of stuntmen out there in all these very nifty high tech diving suits that were designed for diving in the coldest water possible. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Walker\u2019s statue, in a diving suit , is at the east end of the cathedral. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2019",
"The deterioration was bad news for the salvagers, but likely made for a safer dive that could still be done by people in deep diving suits rather than robots. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 7 Nov. 2019",
"Channel 10 TV\u2019s military correspondent said the entrance point of the tunnel was inside a Gaza house enabling Hamas to evade suspicion by entering the building in civilian clothes and once inside put on their diving suits and gear up with weapons. \u2014 Ian Deitch, The Seattle Times , 10 June 2018",
"Onboard were wealthy birdwatchers, two men with diving suits planning to mine gold underwater, cannery workers, an Orthodox priest and his children and fellow Alaska explorers like myself. \u2014 Mike Coppock, USA TODAY , 17 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1908, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081425"
},
"divinity circuit binding":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a style of bookbinding that is often used for Bibles and hymnbooks and that is characterized by rounded corners on both book and cover and by a flexible leather cover with projecting flaps bent over to protect the edges of the leaves":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123033"
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"divinity school":{
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"noun"
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": a professional school having a religious curriculum especially for ministerial candidates":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Radcliffe Institute and divinity school rely much more heavily on endowment income. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Oppenheimer directs the Yale Journalism Initiative and has been a lecturer in Yale\u2019s English department, political science department, and divinity school . \u2014 Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"His faith plays a major role in his life; Blanco is involved in his church and plans to attend divinity school . \u2014 Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, together with its important divinity school , are set to begin next fall. \u2014 Nina Shea, National Review , 20 Mar. 2022",
"His wife, Julia, serves as the deputy dean of the divinity school . \u2014 David Bell, WSJ , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Some suggested, erroneously, that Epstein had been tapped to head the divinity school , while the Daily Mail seemed to imply that Harvard had empowered Epstein to lead the entire university. \u2014 Nick Paumgarte, The New Yorker , 11 Sep. 2021",
"West, who had been a professor of the practice of public philosophy in the divinity school , announced plans to leave Harvard in March, according to The Boycott Times, which describes itself as a publication of dissent. \u2014 NBC News , 14 July 2021",
"West has taught at Harvard\u2019s law school, divinity school , and Department of African and African American Studies. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 July 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1555, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123859"
},
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"transitive verb"
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": to tear apart : break off : detach":[]
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"d\u012b\u02c8vel\u0259\u02cck\u0101t",
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin di- (from dis- apart) + vellicatus , past participle of vellicare to pluck, twitch, from vellere to pluck, pull":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141929"
},
"divinify":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
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"definitions":{
": to make divine : deify":[]
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"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8vin\u0259\u02ccf\u012b"
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"Latin divin us divine + English -ify":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142600"
},
"division viol":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a bass viol somewhat smaller than the ordinary bass viol used especially for playing divisions (see division sense 16a )":[]
},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1656, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151702"
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"noun"
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": the slash / used to indicate a fraction":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2019, Live Nation\u2019s clubs and theater division signed deals across the country with venues such Basement East in Nashville and the former Playboy Club in New York and upcoming spaces including the new Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville. \u2014 Taylor Mims, Billboard , 14 Jan. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164238"
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"divining rod":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a forked rod believed to indicate the presence of water or minerals especially by dipping downward when held over a vein":[]
},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Over five years of production, Brennan, 30, used his camera as a kind of divining rod for finding ways to live more consciously in a world of higher temperatures and ever-worsening drought. \u2014 David Hochman, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
"Throughout his career, Biden has been a divining rod for the middle of his party, more moderate in the 1990s when that was in vogue and more liberal during the Obama era when the center of gravity shifted. \u2014 Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Jan. 2021",
"Throughout his career, Mr. Biden has been a divining rod for the middle of his party, more moderate in the 1990s when that was in vogue and more liberal during the Obama era when the center of gravity shifted. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Jan. 2021",
"The brown stone fly nymph on the end of my line and the 9-foot-graphite stick in my hand would have to act as the steelhead divining rod . \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Apr. 2020",
"Ten out of 12 water utilities in the United Kingdom admitted that their technicians use divining rods to find underground leaks or water pipes, according to an investigation by science blogger Sally Le Page. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 21 Nov. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1751, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173701"
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"divinityship":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being divine : the status of a divinity":[]
},
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"-\u02ccship"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192605"
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"dives":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a rich man":[]
},
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"\u02c8d\u012b-(\u02cc)v\u0113z"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin, rich, rich man; misunderstood as a proper name in Luke 16:19":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194211"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": the art or practice that seeks to foresee or foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers":[],
": unusual insight : intuitive perception":[]
},
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"\u02ccdi-v\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
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"augury"
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"examples":[
"the art of reading tea leaves and other forms of divination",
"if her powers of divination are so great, why doesn't she know what the stock market will do",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These cards\u2014which go by many names, like divination , oracle, mindfulness, affirmation\u2014make regular appearances in Dua\u2019s life. \u2014 Jen Wang, Vogue , 10 May 2022",
"Using tarot, scrying, pendulums, runes and other forms of intuitive counseling, Amanda Yates Garcia, known as the Oracle of L.A., offers clarity through elemental divination sessions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Throughout history, Chinese rulers\u2014who were sometimes paranoid megalomaniacs\u2014used astronomical divination to justify their often eccentric decisions, and a total solar eclipse was believed to be a bad omen. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Outside Online , 8 July 2020",
"His master cut up Luc's body and sold the parts for divination . \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"There is also a spider divination interpreted by Bollo Pierre Tadios. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Ethereal Weaving also incorporates elements of Onmyodo, a Japanese system of magic and divination , as well as Ninjutsu martial arts. \u2014 George Yang, Wired , 3 Feb. 2022",
"From the Oracle at Delphi to the Yoruba practitioners of If\u00e1, there are myriad ways to approach divination and myriad reasons for wanting to see into the future. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The danger is that modern predictions with an AI imprint are considered more scientific, and hence more likely to be accurate, than those produced by older systems of divination . \u2014 Amanda Rees, Wired , 27 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English divinacioun , from Latin divination-, divinatio , from divinare \u2014 see divine entry 3":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205623"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a title page immediately preceding a major division of a book":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212147"
},
"diving bell":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a diving apparatus consisting of a container open only at the bottom and supplied with compressed air by a hose":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When the film opens, a distressed diving bell descends into the ruins of a city. \u2014 Karen Idelson, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"Scientists have measured oxygen diffusing into the diving bell and carbon dioxide diffusing out to facilitate a spider\u2019s breathing. \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Oct. 2021",
"As Underwater Breathing Tanks Only one arachnid lives most of its life underwater: the diving bell spider (Argyroneta aquatica). \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The US Navy\u2019s Experimental Diving Unit was called into action and opted to deploy an untried rescue diving bell (the McCann Rescue Chamber) as part of a daring operation. \u2014 Heather Wishart-smith, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
"While some readers may struggle to stay afloat in this sea of glinting references and wandering currents, others will be happy to join Hoare in his diving bell to revelation. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2021",
"Per the Wall Street Journal\u2019s Edward Rothstein, the team submerged three divers housed in a 12-foot-long diving bell near the wreck for 69 days. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1661, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214641"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": divisional":[]
},
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"-zh\u0259\u02ccner\u0113"
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220102"
},
"diverb":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a proverbial expression : proverb":[]
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from Latin di- (from dis- apart) + English -verb (as in proverb )":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221926"
},
"diving beetle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various predatory aquatic beetles (family Dytiscidae) that breathe while submerged using air trapped under their elytra":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Various species of aquatic insects, such as the predaceous diving beetle , use bubbles for breathing underwater. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2021",
"From horror to hope Scientists have known for a few decades that diving beetles share the waterlogged limestone cavern known as Devil\u2019s Hole with the pupfish. \u2014 Jason Bittel, National Geographic , 1 Mar. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233240"
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"divulgence":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)":[
"refused to divulge the name of her informant",
"divulge the company's sales figures"
],
": to make public : proclaim":[]
},
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"d\u012b-",
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259lj"
],
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"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
],
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"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for divulge reveal , disclose , divulge , tell , betray mean to make known what has been or should be concealed. reveal may apply to supernatural or inspired revelation of truths beyond the range of ordinary human vision or reason. divine will as revealed in sacred writings disclose may imply a discovering but more often an imparting of information previously kept secret. candidates must disclose their financial assets divulge implies a disclosure involving some impropriety or breach of confidence. refused to divulge an anonymous source tell implies an imparting of necessary or useful information. told them what he had overheard betray implies a divulging that represents a breach of faith or an involuntary or unconscious disclosure. a blush that betrayed her embarrassment",
"examples":[
"The company will not divulge its sales figures.",
"we tried to make him divulge the name of the winner, but he wouldn't budge",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Johnson would not divulge specific search areas and said investigators now have Carli\u2019s vehicle in their custody. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The report does not divulge anything about the price of the iPhone 14, or if consumers should expect higher prices as a result. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 May 2022",
"Deus didn\u2019t divulge any details regarding the electric motors, but said the Vayanne will be fitted with an 85 kWh battery that should provide approximately 300 miles of range. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 10 May 2022",
"Hocker declined to divulge training secrets but said one element is that Oregon runners always took one day, Sunday, completely off. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Aug. 2021",
"He was tested for the virus, but the theater declined to divulge the results, citing privacy. \u2014 Sarah Bahr, New York Times , 24 May 2021",
"Walsh declined to divulge the purchase price and would not confirm or deny the $30 million sum. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2021",
"Michigan officials are not currently required to divulge any of this information, joining Idaho as the only two states where this is the case. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 10 May 2022",
"Like most streamers, Peacock doesn\u2019t divulge viewing data for its series. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin divulgare , from dis- + vulgare to make known, from vulgus mob":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000333"
},
"divisional":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the act or process of dividing : the state of being divided":[],
": the act, process, or an instance of distributing among a number : distribution":[],
": one of the parts or groupings into which a whole is divided or is divisible":[],
": the condition or an instance of being divided in opinion or interest : disagreement , disunity":[
"exploited the divisions between the two countries"
],
": something that divides , separates, or marks off":[],
": the act, process, or an instance of separating or keeping apart : separation":[],
": the mathematical operation of dividing something":[],
": a self-contained major military unit capable of independent action":[],
": a tactical military unit composed of headquarters and usually three to five brigades":[],
": the basic naval administrative unit":[],
": a tactical subdivision of a squadron of ships":[],
": a unit of the U.S. Air Force higher than a wing and lower than an air force":[],
": a portion of a territorial unit marked off for a particular purpose (such as administrative or judicial functions)":[],
": an administrative or operating unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":[],
": the physical separation into different lobbies of the members of a parliamentary body voting for and against a question":[],
": plant propagation by dividing parts and planting segments capable of producing roots and shoots":[],
": a competitive class or category (as in boxing or wrestling)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0259-\u02c8vi-zh\u0259n",
"d\u0259-\u02c8vizh-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"divider",
"partition",
"separation",
"separator"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for division part , portion , piece , member , division , section , segment , fragment mean something less than the whole. part is a general term appropriate when indefiniteness is required. they ran only part of the way portion implies an assigned or allotted part. cut the pie into six portions piece applies to a separate or detached part of a whole. a puzzle with 500 pieces member suggests one of the functional units composing a body. a structural member division applies to a large or diversified part. the manufacturing division of the company section applies to a relatively small or uniform part. the entertainment section of the newspaper segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage. the retired segment of the population fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off. only a fragment of the play still exists",
"examples":[
"the process of cell division",
"a division of profits into equal shares",
"After learning multiplication, the students were taught division .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With the launch of the new number, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (a division of HHS) expects a dramatic increase in the call volume for the Lifeline over the first year of 988's implementation. \u2014 Kelly Livingston, ABC News , 1 July 2022",
"Cut to Margo sitting across the table from a bald, bespectacled man, presumably from the KGB, or a nefarious division of the USSR's space program. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 30 June 2022",
"Chief Creative Officer of The Training Arcade & The Game Agency (a division of ELB Learning) - exciting, engaging and educating learners. \u2014 Stephen Baer, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The book was published by Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS' parent company Paramount Global. \u2014 Analisa Novak, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"The only two Miracle League fields in the state are in West Hartford and East Lyme and those serve thousands of athletes throughout the state who play Challenger Baseball, a division of Little League. \u2014 Lori Riley, Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022",
"The Western Approaches, a unique division of Alaska, includes the Bering Sea islands, Seward Peninsula, Norton Sound area, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and Bristol Bay. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
"In December, Bernstein\u2019s colleague Justin Wilkes, Imagine Entertainment\u2019s chief strategy officer and president of Imagine Documentaries, began overseeing the company\u2019s new podcast division , titled Imagine Audio, in partnership with iHeartMedia. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"The company\u2019s famous Skunk Works division developed the SR-72, as well as the real SR-71. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French devision , from Latin division-, divisio , from dividere to divide":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005018"
},
"divulgement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": divulgence":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-jm\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011455"
},
"diversified":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities":[
"a diversified [=diverse] student body",
"cities with more diversified economies",
"No other North American raptor \u2026 occupies a range so diversified in character, both as to climate and terrain.",
"\u2014 Frank Lyman Beebe et al."
],
": of, relating to, or involving varied operations or products":[
"diversified farming/agriculture",
"\u2026 a diversified conglomerate with interests in pulp and paper, machinery and electronics, and construction materials.",
"\u2014 Stewart Pinkerton",
"\u2026 offered diversified services like credit-card lending, mortgage banking and real estate development.",
"\u2014 Time",
"He said that studios should push for a more diversified business model, so they won't live or die based on the success of one [video] game.",
"\u2014 Brian Gaar"
],
": balanced defensively by having funds divided among varied securities":[
"Investors, if they are well advised, will have broadly diversified portfolios.",
"\u2014 Robert Charles Clark"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0259-\u02c8v\u0259r-s\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd",
"d\u012b-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from past participle of diversify":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014137"
},
"divinization":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the act, process, or an instance of investing with a divine character or of making into an object of worship : deification , glorification":[
"divinization of the state is a feature of his political thought"
"As pressure increases inside the diverticulum , the cells inside get less blood flow and the wall can burst. \u2014 Andrea K. Mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com , 7 June 2018",
"If the diverticulum ruptures, bacteria escape into the abdomen, leading to a more widespread infection. \u2014 Andrea K. Mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com , 7 June 2018",
"Zenker\u2019s diverticulum is a pouch that forms where the pharynx, or voicebox, meets the esophagus. \u2014 Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2018"
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"borrowed from New Latin d\u012bverticulum, going back to Latin d\u0113verticulum, d\u012bverticulum \"turn off the main road, byway, deviation,\" from d\u0113vertere \"to turn away, divert, make a turn aside/detour\" + -i- -i- + -culum, suffix of instruments (going back to *-klom, -tlom ) \u2014 more at divert":""
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"For instance, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) recommends people with diverticulosis \u2014a disease in which little sacs bulge out of the weak areas of your colon wall\u2014incorporate more fiber into their diet. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 31 Mar. 2022",
"For instance, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) recommends people with diverticulosis \u2014a disease in which little sacs bulge out of the weak areas of your colon wall\u2014incorporate more fiber into their diet. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 31 Mar. 2022",
"For instance, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) recommends people with diverticulosis \u2014a disease in which little sacs bulge out of the weak areas of your colon wall\u2014incorporate more fiber into their diet. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 31 Mar. 2022",
"In fact, many people live with diverticulosis without any complications. \u2014 Karen Pallarito, Health.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
"About 15%\u201320% of people with diverticulosis (or tiny pouches along the wall of the colon) will go on to develop diverticulitis during their lifetime, per Harvard Health. \u2014 Karen Pallarito, Health.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"That includes Crohn\u2019s disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, chronic pancreatitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and diverticulosis or diverticulitis. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 30 May 2019",
"Ten to 20 percent of patients with diverticulosis develop a complication known as diverticulitis, in which the diverticula become inflamed, leading to chronic abdominal pain, perforation of the colon, or infection inside the abdomen. \u2014 Andrea K. Mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com , 7 June 2018",
"Boys, there\u2019s always Ring of Honor. Too much diverticulosis talk for me in this one. \u2014 Jim Varsallone, miamiherald , 9 Apr. 2018"
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"borrowed from New Latin d\u012bverticul\u014dsis (in German context), from d\u012bverticulum diverticulum + -\u014dsis -osis":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Six decades draining away quickly, Peter Witt took aim at the deep well pool from the three-meter diving board at Harrer Pool\u2019s spanking-new aquatic complex Friday. \u2014 George Castle, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Arias loved his three brothers and two stepsisters, too; Anthony says that aside from learning how to do a standing backflip (after first mastering a front flip off a pool diving board ), being a big brother was his proudest accomplishment. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 22 Dec. 2020",
"After a while, Kevin impatiently asks again about going to the diving board . \u2014 Amanda Ostuni, EW.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
"On the day of the young Pearson family's pool trip, while Kevin yearns to jump off the diving board in the deep end, Kate refuses to try swimming on her own at all. \u2014 Amanda Ostuni, EW.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"When the young Pearson family visits the pool one summer day, while Kevin marvels at kids jumping off the diving board , Kate marvels at a girl swimming on her back. \u2014 Amanda Ostuni, EW.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"This included project elements such as zero-depth entry, a water slide and spray features, 25- and 50-meter lap lanes, a diving board , a splash pad, shade structures on the pool deck, family changing rooms and a renovated pool house. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Van Seenus appears on a diving board sporting Le-Tan\u2019s favorite pink trench, evoking David Hockney\u2019s Portrait of an Artist, for which Schlesinger was the muse. \u2014 Vogue , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The firm speedboard is akin to a diving board , with a little give, albeit one tuned high. \u2014 Adam Chase, Outside Online , 13 Aug. 2021"
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": to separate into portions and give out in shares : distribute":[
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"break up",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for divide Verb separate , part , divide , sever , sunder , divorce mean to become or cause to become disunited or disjointed. separate may imply any of several causes such as dispersion, removal of one from others, or presence of an intervening thing. separated her personal life from her career part implies the separating of things or persons in close union or association. vowed never to part divide implies separating into pieces or sections by cutting or breaking. civil war divided the nation sever implies violence especially in the removal of a part or member. a severed limb sunder suggests violent rending or wrenching apart. a city sundered by racial conflict divorce implies separating two things that commonly interact and belong together. cannot divorce scientific research from moral responsibility distribute , dispense , divide , deal , dole out mean to give out, usually in shares, to each member of a group. distribute implies an apportioning by separation of something into parts, units, or amounts. distributed food to the needy dispense suggests the giving of a carefully weighed or measured portion to each of a group according to due or need. dispensed wisdom to the students divide stresses the separation of a whole into parts and implies that the parts are equal. three charitable groups divided the proceeds deal emphasizes the allotment of something piece by piece. deal out equipment and supplies dole out implies a carefully measured portion of something that is often in short supply. doled out what little food there was",
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"Verb",
"She divided the pie into eight pieces.",
"The equator divides the Earth into two hemispheres.",
"The river divides after the bridge.",
"A tall fence divides the two yards.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Facebook\u2019s role in potentially distorting elections became evident after 2016, when Russian operatives used the site to spread inflammatory content and divide American voters in the U.S. presidential election. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"In what's sure to divide Hoosiers in the foodie world, Reader\u2019s Digest deemed Bru Burger Bar home to the best burger in Indiana. \u2014 Griffin Wiles, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"To divide bulbs, carefully pull the small bulbs from the base of the plant to increase plant numbers and gently separate them so that they can be planted with more spacing in their new location. \u2014 Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"The law allows homeowners to either build two 800-square-foot homes on their lot or divide their lot in two for a total of four homes on a formerly single-family plot. \u2014 Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"The dispute dredged up racial and class tensions that often divide the 93,000-student district between a wealthier white minority in its northern end and a poorer, Black majority in the southern end. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Families usually want liquidity to settle an estate or more easily divide assets after a loved one passes\u2014even when a family business has been central to the financial picture for multiple decades or generations. \u2014 Meredith Moore, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"These two controversial options divide lawmakers, with Republicans more hawkish about giving Ukraine jets, but some Democrats -- and the White House -- concerned Russia could consider such a move an escalation and potentially draw America into war. \u2014 Clare Foran And Ted Barrett, CNN , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Pour batter into cake pan or evenly divide batter among two cake pans. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Black-white divide didn\u2019t mean much to the Presleys. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 25 June 2022",
"The responses to the Roe decision also revealed the divide . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"Delivered along the high court\u2019s ideological divide , the decision also comes a month after a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school left 21 people, including 19 children, dead \u2013 a fact not lost on the dissenting justices. \u2014 Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2022",
"Quips and asides from Julia\u2019s maid Molly (Sianand Gregory) and footman John (Divian Ladwa) add even more spirit and texture with commentary that acknowledges the divide of the ruling class and their labor force. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"And, to tackle the illiteracy divide , Jio has been expanding the A.I.-powered voice-to-text and speech-recognition functions on the phones. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Other large states such as California have adopted standards that embrace the science of climate change, leading to a divide . \u2014 Katie Worth, Scientific American , 20 June 2022",
"An ABC News/Ipsos poll earlier this year found that 65 percent of Americans believed Biden was legitimately elected, though that number had sharp a partisan divide with nearly three-quarters of Republicans believing the opposite. \u2014 Eric Fayeulle, ABC News , 19 June 2022",
"By the time Cardinal Wolsey was running things 1,500 years later, the divide remained in place. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 19 June 2022"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"She divided the pie into eight pieces.",
"The equator divides the Earth into two hemispheres.",
"The river divides after the bridge.",
"A tall fence divides the two yards.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Browns should know in the next week or two how long Watson will be out, and how to divide up training camp reps between him and backup Jacoby Brissett. \u2014 cleveland , 21 June 2022",
"But Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced in the Budget that this leave would be rolled into a single 20-week package that parents could choose how to divide up amongst themselves. \u2014 Justine Landis-hanley, refinery29.com , 9 May 2022",
"As Colorado is an equitable division state, the Court will consider the facts and circumstances of each case when determining how to divide marital property. \u2014 Kimberly R. Nelson, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Addressing Germany\u2019s parliament remotely on March 17, Zelenskyy referenced the Berlin Wall to describe how Russia is trying to divide Europe. \u2014 Courtney Vinopal, Quartz , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Now the challenge is figuring out how to divide up the carries. \u2014 Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Health care systems must decide how to divide up manpower and resources between infusion clinics and treating patients in the hospital, amid record strain on hospitals. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Facebook\u2019s role in potentially distorting elections became evident after 2016, when Russian operatives used the site to spread inflammatory content and divide American voters in the U.S. presidential election. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"In what's sure to divide Hoosiers in the foodie world, Reader\u2019s Digest deemed Bru Burger Bar home to the best burger in Indiana. \u2014 Griffin Wiles, The Indianapolis Star , 21 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Black-white divide didn\u2019t mean much to the Presleys. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 25 June 2022",
"The responses to the Roe decision also revealed the divide . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"Delivered along the high court\u2019s ideological divide , the decision also comes a month after a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school left 21 people, including 19 children, dead \u2013 a fact not lost on the dissenting justices. \u2014 Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2022",
"Quips and asides from Julia\u2019s maid Molly (Sianand Gregory) and footman John (Divian Ladwa) add even more spirit and texture with commentary that acknowledges the divide of the ruling class and their labor force. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"And, to tackle the illiteracy divide , Jio has been expanding the A.I.-powered voice-to-text and speech-recognition functions on the phones. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Other large states such as California have adopted standards that embrace the science of climate change, leading to a divide . \u2014 Katie Worth, Scientific American , 20 June 2022",
"An ABC News/Ipsos poll earlier this year found that 65 percent of Americans believed Biden was legitimately elected, though that number had sharp a partisan divide with nearly three-quarters of Republicans believing the opposite. \u2014 Eric Fayeulle, ABC News , 19 June 2022",
"By the time Cardinal Wolsey was running things 1,500 years later, the divide remained in place. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 19 June 2022"
],
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"Middle English, from Latin dividere , from dis- + -videre to separate \u2014 more at widow":"Verb"
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"Doctors had to remove 9 inches of her colon due to diverticulitis . \u2014 Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
"In addition to fever, diverticulitis can also cause pain on the left side of your abdomen, which can be severe and sudden or mild and increase over time. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Low fiber intake is considered a risk factor for diverticulitis . \u2014 Karen Pallarito, Health.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Colon diverticulitis is a common condition affecting more than half of adults in the United States, and is more common as people age. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 5 July 2021",
"Pope Francis is recovering after undergoing surgery yesterday for colon diverticulitis . \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 5 July 2021",
"Oppedisano, who became Sinatra\u2019s pal in his early 20s and was later his best friend and road manager, said the artist had emergency diverticulitis surgery in late `1986 and was left wearing a colostomy bag during recovery. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2021",
"The Cato Institute's Michael Cannon has shared the story of a 61-year-old Arizona woman who was able to cover the entire cost of her emergency diverticulitis surgery with a $274 per month, $2,500 deductible short-term plan. \u2014 Sally Pipes, Forbes , 7 June 2021",
"The musician later got sick with diverticulitis , an infection in the colon, and underwent surgery in 1990. \u2014 Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press , 4 Apr. 2021"
],
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"borrowed from New Latin d\u012bverticul\u012btis (in German context), from d\u012bverticulum diverticulum + -\u012btis -itis":""
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"divulge the company's sales figures"
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"unmask",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for divulge reveal , disclose , divulge , tell , betray mean to make known what has been or should be concealed. reveal may apply to supernatural or inspired revelation of truths beyond the range of ordinary human vision or reason. divine will as revealed in sacred writings disclose may imply a discovering but more often an imparting of information previously kept secret. candidates must disclose their financial assets divulge implies a disclosure involving some impropriety or breach of confidence. refused to divulge an anonymous source tell implies an imparting of necessary or useful information. told them what he had overheard betray implies a divulging that represents a breach of faith or an involuntary or unconscious disclosure. a blush that betrayed her embarrassment",
"examples":[
"The company will not divulge its sales figures.",
"we tried to make him divulge the name of the winner, but he wouldn't budge",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Johnson would not divulge specific search areas and said investigators now have Carli\u2019s vehicle in their custody. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The report does not divulge anything about the price of the iPhone 14, or if consumers should expect higher prices as a result. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 23 May 2022",
"Deus didn\u2019t divulge any details regarding the electric motors, but said the Vayanne will be fitted with an 85 kWh battery that should provide approximately 300 miles of range. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 10 May 2022",
"Hocker declined to divulge training secrets but said one element is that Oregon runners always took one day, Sunday, completely off. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Aug. 2021",
"He was tested for the virus, but the theater declined to divulge the results, citing privacy. \u2014 Sarah Bahr, New York Times , 24 May 2021",
"Walsh declined to divulge the purchase price and would not confirm or deny the $30 million sum. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2021",
"Michigan officials are not currently required to divulge any of this information, joining Idaho as the only two states where this is the case. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 10 May 2022",
"Like most streamers, Peacock doesn\u2019t divulge viewing data for its series. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
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"Middle English, from Latin divulgare , from dis- + vulgare to make known, from vulgus mob":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-113247"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the invitation of the Evangelical Church and the Council of Churches in Namibia, the mortal remains of two victims of the genocide 1904-1908 in former German Southwest Africa are returned during a divine service . \u2014 Suyin Haynes, Time , 28 May 2021",
"Had that event not occurred, the first born rather than the Priest or Levite would have undertaken the mission to perform divine service . \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com , 31 Aug. 2020",
"Had that event not occurred, the first born rather than the Priest or Levite would have undertaken the mission to perform divine service in one's home. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal , 5 Sep. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-124750"
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"diversification":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": the act or process of diversifying something or of becoming diversified : an increase in the variety or diversity of something":[
"Between the appearance of complex cells 2.1 billion to 1.6 billion years ago and the explosive diversification of multicellular animals some 800 million years ago, not much happens in the fossil record.",
"\u2014 Carolyn Gramling"
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"I've emphasized bond mutual funds because they're so useful for investors of average means. You get diversification (because the fund owns many types of bonds) and liquidity (you can cash out, at the market price, whenever you want).",
"\u2014 Jane Bryant Quinn"
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": the act or policy of increasing the variety of a company's products":[
"And it envisions a diversification into products such as clothing and electronics, which Nakasone hopes will attract more customers outside the busy holiday season.",
"borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French diversificacion, diversification, borrowed from Medieval Latin d\u012bversific\u0101ti\u014dn-, d\u012bversific\u0101ti\u014d \"differentiation, variation,\" from d\u012bversific\u0101re \"to differentiate, diversify \" + Latin -ti\u014dn- -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-135704"
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"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8v\u0259l\u02ccg\u0101t",
"\u02c8div\u0259-",
"\u02c8d\u012bv\u0259-",
"d\u012b\u02c8-"
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"Latin divulgatus , past participle of divulgare":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-182937"
},
"divinity calf":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a style of bookbinding featuring calf stained dark brown and blind title and decoration":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from its use in the binding or theological books":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183422"
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"diverticula":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an abnormal pouch or sac opening from a hollow organ (such as the intestine or bladder)":[],
": a pocket or closed branch opening off a main passage":[]
"As pressure increases inside the diverticulum , the cells inside get less blood flow and the wall can burst. \u2014 Andrea K. Mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com , 7 June 2018",
"If the diverticulum ruptures, bacteria escape into the abdomen, leading to a more widespread infection. \u2014 Andrea K. Mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com , 7 June 2018",
"Zenker\u2019s diverticulum is a pouch that forms where the pharynx, or voicebox, meets the esophagus. \u2014 Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin d\u012bverticulum, going back to Latin d\u0113verticulum, d\u012bverticulum \"turn off the main road, byway, deviation,\" from d\u0113vertere \"to turn away, divert, make a turn aside/detour\" + -i- -i- + -culum, suffix of instruments (going back to *-klom, -tlom ) \u2014 more at divert":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183604"
},
"divine inspiration":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": inspiration that comes from God":[]
},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-191045"
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"divisions":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": the act or process of dividing : the state of being divided":[],
": the act, process, or an instance of distributing among a number : distribution":[],
": one of the parts or groupings into which a whole is divided or is divisible":[],
": the condition or an instance of being divided in opinion or interest : disagreement , disunity":[
"exploited the divisions between the two countries"
],
": something that divides , separates, or marks off":[],
": the act, process, or an instance of separating or keeping apart : separation":[],
": the mathematical operation of dividing something":[],
": a self-contained major military unit capable of independent action":[],
": a tactical military unit composed of headquarters and usually three to five brigades":[],
": the basic naval administrative unit":[],
": a tactical subdivision of a squadron of ships":[],
": a unit of the U.S. Air Force higher than a wing and lower than an air force":[],
": a portion of a territorial unit marked off for a particular purpose (such as administrative or judicial functions)":[],
": an administrative or operating unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":[],
": the physical separation into different lobbies of the members of a parliamentary body voting for and against a question":[],
": plant propagation by dividing parts and planting segments capable of producing roots and shoots":[],
": a competitive class or category (as in boxing or wrestling)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0259-\u02c8vizh-\u0259n",
"d\u0259-\u02c8vi-zh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"divider",
"partition",
"separation",
"separator"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for division part , portion , piece , member , division , section , segment , fragment mean something less than the whole. part is a general term appropriate when indefiniteness is required. they ran only part of the way portion implies an assigned or allotted part. cut the pie into six portions piece applies to a separate or detached part of a whole. a puzzle with 500 pieces member suggests one of the functional units composing a body. a structural member division applies to a large or diversified part. the manufacturing division of the company section applies to a relatively small or uniform part. the entertainment section of the newspaper segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage. the retired segment of the population fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off. only a fragment of the play still exists",
"examples":[
"the process of cell division",
"a division of profits into equal shares",
"After learning multiplication, the students were taught division .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With the launch of the new number, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (a division of HHS) expects a dramatic increase in the call volume for the Lifeline over the first year of 988's implementation. \u2014 Kelly Livingston, ABC News , 1 July 2022",
"Cut to Margo sitting across the table from a bald, bespectacled man, presumably from the KGB, or a nefarious division of the USSR's space program. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 30 June 2022",
"Chief Creative Officer of The Training Arcade & The Game Agency (a division of ELB Learning) - exciting, engaging and educating learners. \u2014 Stephen Baer, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The book was published by Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS' parent company Paramount Global. \u2014 Analisa Novak, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"The only two Miracle League fields in the state are in West Hartford and East Lyme and those serve thousands of athletes throughout the state who play Challenger Baseball, a division of Little League. \u2014 Lori Riley, Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022",
"The Western Approaches, a unique division of Alaska, includes the Bering Sea islands, Seward Peninsula, Norton Sound area, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and Bristol Bay. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
"In December, Bernstein\u2019s colleague Justin Wilkes, Imagine Entertainment\u2019s chief strategy officer and president of Imagine Documentaries, began overseeing the company\u2019s new podcast division , titled Imagine Audio, in partnership with iHeartMedia. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 17 June 2022",
"The company\u2019s famous Skunk Works division developed the SR-72, as well as the real SR-71. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French devision , from Latin division-, divisio , from dividere to divide":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-210428"
},
"divulsive":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": tending to divulse":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-lsiv"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin divuls us + English -ive":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-224557"
},
"diving boat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small boat specially fitted for tending deep-sea divers":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-012022"
},
"division bar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a structural or nonstructural element connecting or aligning two panels or pieces of glass":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-051031"
},
"division bell":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a bell rung to summon members of a deliberative body when a vote is to be taken \u2014 compare division sense 17":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-063858"
},
"divide and conquer":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to make a group of people disagree and fight with one another so that they will not join together against one":[
"His military strategy is to divide and conquer ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095544"
},
"diversi-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": different : diverse : diversely":[
"diversi form",
"diversi foliate"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin, from diversus":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-132456"
},
"Divine Liturgy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the eucharistic rite of Eastern churches":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1640, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140032"
},
"dividing line":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a line or object that separates two areas":[
"The dividing lines on the street were newly painted.",
"A fence marked the dividing line between the two properties.",
"\u2014 often used figuratively the dividing line between right and wrong"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180653"
},
"divine healing":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": healing attributed to the direct agency of God usually in response to faith":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-191047"
},
"dividing head":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": index head":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192603"
},
"divineness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being divine : superhuman or supreme excellence : divinity":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u012bnn\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195518"
},
"Divine Office":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the office for the canonical hours of prayer that priests and religious say daily":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-210319"
},
"divine decree":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": decree sense 2b":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-223253"
},
"dividing network":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": crossover network":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-233720"
},
"dividing plate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": index plate":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234509"
},
"divvers":{
"type":[
"noun plural but singular in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": an examination in biblical literature and history required of every Oxford undergraduate up to 1932":[]
": a machine for graduating circles (as for surveying instruments) or bars (as for scales) or for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015102"
},
"divi-divi":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small tropical American tree ( Caesalpinia coriaria ) of the legume family with twisted astringent pods that contain a large proportion of tannin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"div-\u0113-\u02c8div-\u0113",
"\u02ccdi-v\u0113-\u02c8di-v\u0113",
"\u02ccd\u0113-v\u0113-\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish dividivi , probably from Cuman\u00e1 (extinct Cariban language of northern Venezuela) or a cognate Cariban word":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1837, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-032640"
},
"dividual":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb,"
],
"definitions":{
": separate , distinct":[],
": divisible , divided":[],
": divided among or shared by a number":[
"the moon \u2026 her reign with thousand lesser lights dividual holds",
"\u2014 John Milton"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8vij\u0259w\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin dividu us (from dividere to divide) + English -al":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-043218"
},
"divvy":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": divide , share":[
"\u2014 usually used with up"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8di-v\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead, try to divvy up work equitably according to skill and include all key contributors in project discussions. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The data also shows which sport or sports the kids played, allowing the researchers to divvy them up into four groups: those who played only team sports, only individual sports, both team and individual sports, or no sports at all. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"Last year, Yost, Gov. Mike DeWine, and local officials reached a deal on how to divvy up settlement money from a huge cluster of lawsuits filed in Cleveland against drug companies. \u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland , 16 Feb. 2022",
"When the need arises, divvy up the duties among competent and willing individuals. \u2014 Gloria Horsley, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Brother and Sister divvy up most of the lead vocals between Vaylor, Melody and talented guitarist Willis Gore. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The census was also plagued with lawsuits filed by the Trump administration, which sought to add a citizenship question to the survey and to exclude those in the country illegally from the totals used to divvy up congressional seats. \u2014 Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Las Virgenes plans to divvy up watering days among even- and odd-numbered addresses, and then send patrols through the area to ensure that people are complying, McNutt said. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Before long, though, the tenants became like estranged siblings forced to work together to divvy up the inheritance of a wealthy relative who died without a will. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022"
