{ "Emilia":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "district of northern Italy comprising the western part of Emilia-Romagna":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u0101-\u02c8m\u0113l-y\u00e4" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203608", "type":[ "geographical name" ] }, "Emilia-Romagna":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "region of northern Italy that has Bologna as its capital and is bounded by the Po River, the Adriatic Sea, and the Apennines area 8543 square miles (22,126 square kilometers), population 4,342,135":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u0101-\u02c8m\u0113l-y\u00e4-r\u014d-\u02c8m\u00e4-ny\u00e4" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062936", "type":[ "geographical name" ] }, "Emim":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": Rephaim originally inhabiting Moab":[ "like the Anakim they are known as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim", "\u2014 Deuteronomy 2:11 (Revised Standard Version)" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Hebrew \u0113m\u012bm , literally, terrible ones":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u0113\u02ccmim" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083918", "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "emic":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or involving analysis of cultural phenomena from the perspective of one who participates in the culture being studied \u2014 compare etic":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1954, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "phon emic":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u0113-mik" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200356", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "emigrant":{ "antonyms":[ "nonimmigrant" ], "definitions":{ ": a migrant plant or animal":[], ": departing or having departed from a country to settle elsewhere":[], ": one who emigrates":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "Millions of European emigrants came to America in the 19th century.", "a city teeming with emigrants from many lands", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Such a policy would require a thorough disclosure of each emigrant \u2019s background and assets, which would be made public. \u2014 Alex Garcia, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022", "His father was the patriarch of a Manhattan office and apartment building empire founded in 1927 by Robert\u2019s grandfather, Joseph Durst, an Austrian emigrant . \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2022", "Keynigshteyn, a Soviet Union emigrant who did not understand English, found himself in an unfamiliar place with masked caregivers. \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Dec. 2021", "Jesse Applegate, a white 19th-century emigrant to Oregon, worked to keep slavery from becoming established in Oregon. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Dec. 2021", "His father was a seasonal emigrant who worked in mines in Northern Europe and Argentina. \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 13 Oct. 2021", "It\u2019s told by 10 people affected by the disaster, such as a drug trafficker, an emigrant musician and an old woman selling produce in a market. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2021", "Indya Moore, a foster kid who was bullied as a teen and has since walked runways and fronted fashion campaigns; and Dominique Jackson, an emigrant from Trinidad and Tobago who became a true ballroom icon. \u2014 Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2021", "Barzun himself was a French emigrant to the United States, along with his cultured, Parisian parents, in the immediate aftermath of the catastrophic World War I, which affected them all deeply. \u2014 M. D. Aeschliman, National Review , 30 May 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union then, and the senders were emigrant relatives or pen pals from places such as Australia, Poland, or Russia. \u2014 CNN , 27 Jan. 2022", "On September 11, 1857, 50 to 60 Latter-Day Saint militiamen aided by Native American allies killed 120 in an emigrant wagon train headed to California. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 17 Oct. 2021", "In a remarkable commitment by a foreign government, Driscoll\u2019s salary is being paid for the year by Ireland\u2019s Foreign Affairs Department through its emigrant support program. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2021", "One of the most unusual political leaders during the era after the Civil War was William Hines Furbush, a Black soldier, photographer, emigrant to Liberia, state legislator and the first sheriff of Lee County. \u2014 Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online , 14 Dec. 2020", "Lebanon, a country of 5 million, takes massive pride in its emigrant community \u2013 including the many successful businessmen and celebrities of Lebanese heritage. \u2014 Zeina Karam, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 July 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1735, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "1773, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8e-mi-gr\u0259nt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "\u00e9migr\u00e9", "emigr\u00e9", "immigrant", "incomer", "in-migrant", "migrant", "out-migrant", "settler" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073339", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "emigrate":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to leave one's place of residence or country to live elsewhere":[ "emigrated from Canada to the United States" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Sorin has just told her of his family\u2019s plans to emigrate to Germany, and does not, to Ana, seem sufficiently anguished about their impending separation. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 30 May 2022", "In recent weeks, both the U.S. and the Cuban governments have started some conversations, amid a surge of Cubans trying to emigrate illegally to the U.S. \u2014 Zeke Miller, Andrea Rodriguez And Aamer Madhani, Anchorage Daily News , 17 May 2022", "In recent weeks, both the U.S. and the Cuban governments have started some conversations, amid a surge of Cubans trying to emigrate illegally to the U.S. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022", "The resumption comes as the number of Cubans trying to emigrate illegally to the United States surges. \u2014 Andrea Rodr\u00edguez, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022", "Where did Madeleine Albright's family emigrate from in 1948", "People like Monastyrskyi who emigrate from countries that have undergone severe political changes can feel that their home has irreversibly transformed. \u2014 Sheon Han, The Atlantic , 30 Mar. 2022", "In Mexico, one in three people who emigrate to other states do so to find work. \u2014 Palabra, oregonlive , 21 Mar. 2022", "Also gone are Biden requests to help Russian scientists emigrate to the U.S., and to let the Justice Department transfer money to Ukraine that the U.S. has acquired by seizing Russian oligarch\u2019s assets. \u2014 Alan Fram, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1766, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin emigratus , past participle of emigrare , from e- + migrare to migrate":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8e-m\u0259-\u02ccgr\u0101t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140559", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "emigration":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an act or instance of emigrating : departure from a place of abode, natural home, or country for life or residence elsewhere":[ "Further Chinese emigration to Taiwan was to be carefully limited.", "\u2014 Jonathan D. Spence" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1614, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cce-m\u0259-\u02c8gr\u0101-sh\u0259n", "\u02ccem-\u0259-\u02c8gr\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222332", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emigrational":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": concerned with emigration":[ "emigrational agencies" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-shn\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180644", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "emigratory":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u022fr-", "-ri", "-m\u0113g-", "\u02c8em\u0259\u0307gr\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064634", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "emigr\u00e9":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[ "He was one of a group of Soviet \u00e9migr\u00e9s living in New York.", "the revolution resulted in a flood of \u00e9migr\u00e9s into neighboring countries", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Subtler tactics were used to lure back various homesick emigre artists and writers. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022", "But anecdotal evidence suggests the number is at least in the tens of thousands, amid reports of burgeoning Russian-speaking emigre communities arising in Dubai, Istanbul and other places where air service from Russia still exists. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022", "Back then, Nina Kostina, a Russian emigre , ran the Frank Foundation. \u2014 CBS News , 4 Dec. 2021", "Carly Patterson, who began the streak in 2004, and 2008 victor Nastia Liukin, a Russian emigre . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2021", "On Saturday, Sotheby\u2019s auctioned a canvas by Chinese emigre artist Sanyu for $25.2 million, with four bidders pushing the painting of a nude female above its $19 million target. \u2014 Fortune , 8 Oct. 2019", "Mark Obbie\u2019s Sicilian- emigre family began its American life in the same Rochester, N.Y., neighborhoods where this story takes place. \u2014 Mark Obbie, Longreads , 10 Mar. 2020", "These things are posed on simple backgrounds, their only context the gray-haired emigres in adjacent photos. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 31 Jan. 2020", "Retiree Marie Diaz, 59, of San Jose is among the emigres . \u2014 Tony Bizjak, sacbee , 18 June 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "1792, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "French \u00e9migr\u00e9 , from past participle of \u00e9migrer to emigrate, from Latin emigrare":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cce-mi-\u02c8gr\u0101", "\u02c8e-mi-\u02ccgr\u0101" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "deportee", "evacuee", "exile", "expat", "expatriate", "refugee" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180839", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "eminence":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a natural elevation":[], ": a person of high rank or attainments":[ "\u2014 often used as a title for a cardinal" ], ": a position of prominence or superiority":[], ": an anatomical protuberance (as on a bone)":[], ": one that is eminent , prominent, or lofty: such as":[] }, "examples":[ "the eminence of the Nobel Prize in the field of awards and prizes", "the old citadel sits on an eminence with a commanding view of the city", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Until her death in 2015, that person was the Italian photographer and style eminence Manuela Pavesi. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022", "There are no simple answers explaining tennis\u2019s pre- eminence . \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 3 June 2022", "As there wasn\u2019t yet a witness protection program, Roemer begged Outfit boss Tony Accardo to spare the boxing-world eminence . \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022", "Macron should use his newfound eminence to persuade the rest of Europe that keeping Ukraine out of NATO is humane and pragmatic policy. \u2014 Andrew Day, The Week , 4 Apr. 2022", "However, while the Arkestra has always drawn a cult following, institutions were slow to recognize their eminence . \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 23 Mar. 2022", "This is a show on which no less an eminence than Cynthia Nixon is content to play a relatively minor supporting role; many plates are spinning. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022", "Ladd Observatory tops a considerable eminence about a mile from the house. \u2014 Carlos R. Mu\u00f1oz, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Feb. 2022", "Naturally, Williams takes a certain amount of kidding about his new eminence . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, \"exalted position, protuberance,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin eminentia \"state of standing out or projecting, protuberance,\" noun derivative of \u0113minent-, \u0113minens \"standing out above a surface, projecting, outstanding in merit or importance\" \u2014 more at eminent":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8em-\u0259-n\u0259n(t)s", "\u02c8e-m\u0259-n\u0259n(t)s", "\u02c8e-m\u0259-n\u0259ns" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "distinction", "dominance", "noteworthiness", "paramountcy", "preeminence", "preponderance", "preponderancy", "prepotency", "prestigiousness", "primacy", "superiority", "supremacy", "transcendence" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041403", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "eminency":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": eminence":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1604, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "emin(ence) + -ency":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8e-m\u0259-n\u0259n(t)-s\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072857", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "eminent":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent":[], ": jutting out : projecting":[], ": standing out so as to be readily perceived or noted : conspicuous":[] }, "examples":[ "The trend discerned by Wilde a century ago, of course, has only accelerated in recent years, as the line between trashy celebrity expos\u00e9s and serious biographies of eminent artists, statesmen and thinkers has grown increasingly blurred. \u2014 Michiko Kakutani , New York Times , 20 May 1994", "Next year sees the 150th anniversary of the 'invention' of the dinosaurs by the eminent English anatomist and palaeontologist, Richard Owen. \u2014 Nicholas Fraser , Nature , 20 & 27 Dec. 1990", "many eminent surgeons are on the hospital's staff", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The commission held public hearings, but in the end, Florida Power & Light had eminent -domain authority. \u2014 Ivan Penn, New York Times , 31 May 2022", "Joel Whitburn, one of the pre- eminent chart historians of the last 50-plus years, has died. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 14 June 2022", "Israel's assassinations in recent years of top officials -- including a pre- eminent nuclear scientist -- have also failed to curb Iran's uranium enrichment. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 12 June 2022", "Many eminent Democratic Members of Congress went down to defeat. \u2014 Charles Tiefer, Forbes , 28 May 2022", "Joshua Katz is an eminent classics professor who holds degrees from Yale, Oxford, and Harvard, and is the Cotsen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 23 May 2022", "The enormous impact of this transition on the food world was illustrated by the deaths of the pre- eminent chefs Leah Chase and Martha Lou Gadsden in recent years. \u2014 Osayi Endolyn, New York Times , 17 May 2021", "Over the decades, Salone, which is widely judged to be the world\u2019s pre- eminent design fair, has evolved into a platform for about 2,000 international exhibitors and a laboratory for ideas about sustainability in design materials and manufacturing. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022", "Then there\u2019s Scientific American, the pre- eminent publication of its day, which often wrote extensively and glowingly about weapons development, devoting long, detailed, technical articles to the latest and greatest innovations. \u2014 Mark Yost, WSJ , 18 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, \"standing out, exceed other things in quality or degree,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, \"high, lofty\" (also continental Old French), borrowed from Latin \u0113minent-, \u0113minens \"standing out above a surface, projecting, outstanding in merit or importance,\" from present participle of \u0113min\u0113re \"to stick out, protrude, project, be preeminent, excel,\" from \u0113-, variant of ex- ex- entry 1 + -min\u0113re, taken to mean \"stand out, rise above\" (unattested without a prefix) \u2014 more at minatory":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8e-m\u0259-n\u0259nt" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for eminent famous , renowned , celebrated , noted , notorious , distinguished , eminent , illustrious mean known far and wide. famous implies little more than the fact of being, sometimes briefly, widely and popularly known. a famous actress renowned implies more glory and acclamation. one of the most renowned figures in sports history celebrated implies notice and attention especially in print. the most celebrated beauty of her day noted suggests well-deserved public attention. the noted mystery writer notorious frequently adds to famous an implication of questionableness or evil. a notorious gangster distinguished implies acknowledged excellence or superiority. a distinguished scientist who won the Nobel Prize eminent implies even greater prominence for outstanding quality or character. the country's most eminent writers illustrious stresses enduring honor and glory attached to a deed or person. illustrious war heroes", "synonyms":[ "astral", "bright", "distinguished", "illustrious", "luminous", "noble", "notable", "noteworthy", "outstanding", "preeminent", "prestigious", "redoubtable", "signal", "star", "superior" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044359", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "eminent domain":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a right of a government to take private property for public use by virtue of the superior dominion of the sovereign power over all lands within its jurisdiction":[] }, "examples":[ "The state took the homes by eminent domain to build the new road.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The land had been taken from them in 1924 under the guise of eminent domain . \u2014 Curtis Bunn, NBC News , 28 June 2022", "Mere days after the port board approved a resolution to acquire the land, Salt Lake Garfield and Western Railway, or SLGW, filed its own eminent domain action on May 24 in 3rd District Court. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 May 2022", "In December, the City Council authorized SAWS to exercise eminent domain to acquire the easements, and SAWS filed a condemnation lawsuit that spurred settlement negotiations. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 3 May 2022", "Last month, the water project\u2019s governing body, the Joint Powers Authority, voted unanimously to authorize seizing the pump station by eminent domain , if necessary. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022", "Endres said, however, that taking the property by eminent domain is an overstep of authority. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022", "Four of the houses \u2013 home to 11 family members \u2013 are to be taken by eminent domain as the state widens U.S. 43 to reduce travel time between Mobile and Tuscaloosa. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 31 May 2022", "On Thursday, the governing board for the East County project voted unanimously to authorize taking the East Mission Gorge Pump Station in Santee by eminent domain . \u2014 Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 May 2022", "When that didn\u2019t dislodge the resort owners, their property and several others belonging to both white and Black residents was taken by eminent domain for a park that was never built. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1783, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8e-m\u0259-n\u0259nt-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052356", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "eminenter":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": eminently sense 3":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Late Latin, adverb from eminent-, eminens":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccem\u0259\u02c8nent\u0259(r)", "\u02cc\u0101m\u0259\u02c8nen\u02ccte(\u0259)r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115749", "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "eminently":{ "antonyms":[ "little", "negligibly", "nominally", "slightly", "somewhat" ], "definitions":{ ": to a high degree : very":[ "eminently worthy", "an eminently sensible plan" ] }, "examples":[ "an applicant who is eminently qualified for the job", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Then came the #MeToo movement, and an actual election, in 2016, that pitted an eminently qualified woman against a telegenic, woefully unfit magnate. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022", "The enchanting setting is eminently romantic \u2014 this is a place to pop the question, commemorate an anniversary or sweep people off their feet. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 26 May 2022", "That could prove in all too many ways to be eminently counterproductive. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 24 May 2022", "His playing here and elsewhere was eminently satisfying, a description equally applied to Pritsker and Krysa. \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 May 2022", "Breyer\u2019s official retirement set in motion the search for an eminently qualified Black woman who could win Republican support. \u2014 Nolan D. Mccaskill, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022", "To be clear, smashing through the maternal wall is entirely and eminently possible. \u2014 Kristin Rowe-finkbeiner, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022", "What the lyrics lack in substance, the melodies and instrumentation make up for with an eminently danceable, perfect summer song. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 15 Apr. 2022", "The instant torque of an electric motor compared to a gas engine, makes the bZ4X and other EVs feel eminently driveable. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1616, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8e-m\u0259-n\u0259nt-l\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "achingly", "almighty", "archly", "awful", "awfully", "badly", "beastly", "blisteringly", "bone", "colossally", "corking", "cracking", "damn", "damned", "dang", "deadly", "desperately", "enormously", "especially", "ever", "exceedingly", "exceeding", "extra", "extremely", "fabulously", "fantastically", "far", "fiercely", "filthy", "frightfully", "full", "greatly", "heavily", "highly", "hugely", "immensely", "incredibly", "intensely", "jolly", "majorly", "mightily", "mighty", "monstrous", "mortally", "most", "much", "particularly", "passing", "rattling", "real", "really", "right", "roaring", "roaringly", "seriously", "severely", "so", "sore", "sorely", "spanking", "specially", "stinking", "such", "super", "supremely", "surpassingly", "terribly", "that", "thumping", "too", "unco", "uncommonly", "vastly", "very", "vitally", "way", "whacking", "wicked", "wildly" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030646", "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "emissary":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a secret agent":[], ": one designated as the agent of another : representative":[] }, "examples":[ "She acted as the president's personal emissary to the union leaders.", "most of the industrialized nations of the world sent emissaries to the conference on global warming", "Recent Examples on the Web", "While The Hobbit's Thorin Oakenshield has to go around begging for help to reclaim his family's treasure, and LOTR's Gimli is the lone emissary of his race in that story, Rings of Power finds Middle-earth's dwarves at the height of their power. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 14 June 2022", "Yarish proved to be the ideal emissary with his bushy mustache and zeal for dangling fistfuls of drippy springy kelp in front of the camera. \u2014 Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022", "Seen in hovering profile, Duke Ellington seems as much emanation as man, an emissary from a musical realm DeCarava grants us entry to. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022", "Vers une Europe forte et unie! Macron, a centrist in French politics, has been an emissary to Zelensky and Putin. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022", "Naturally, the bishop of Iceland sends an emissary to investigate these goings-on. \u2014 The Atlantic , 16 May 2022", "Kurt Volker, who served as Donald Trump\u2019s special emissary to Ukraine before resigning during the former president\u2019s first impeachment, has also been a leading advocate for a no-fly zone, as have several other foreign policyluminaries. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 15 Mar. 2022", "In June, during a private meeting with a former American emissary to Moscow, Andropov expressed fears of a conflagration far worse than the Second World War, in which the two nations had been allies. \u2014 Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022", "As the proverbial woman behind the most powerful man on earth, the first lady plays an often undefined role as political ally, emissary , hostess and, in some cases, arbiter of style. \u2014 Cathy Whitlock, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin emissarius , from emissus , past participle of emittere":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8e-m\u0259-\u02ccser-\u0113", "-\u02ccse-r\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "agent", "ambassador", "delegate", "envoy", "legate", "minister", "representative" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171920", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emit":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": publish":[], ": to give utterance or voice to":[ "emitted a groan" ], ": to send out : eject":[], ": to throw or give off or out":[ "emit light/heat" ] }, "examples":[ "The telescope can detect light emitted by distant galaxies.", "chimneys emitting thick, black smoke", "The brakes emitted a loud squeal.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Airplanes also emit carbon pollution in this way, but there are a few key differences. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 28 June 2022", "The outer layers emit longer-wavelength light, so making VLBI work with shorter-wavelength light would enable closer-in views approaching the black hole\u2019s event horizon. \u2014 Seth Fletcher, Scientific American , 12 May 2022", "These devices, which are sold in three sizes emit both red light (which helps the skin) and infrared light (for cell repair, recovery, etc). \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022", "Internal-combustion engines emit pollutants that can cause cancer, asthma, heart disease, and birth defects. \u2014 John Seabrook, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022", "Volcanic eruptions emit sulfur dioxide, which reacts in the atmosphere to produce sulfate aerosols. \u2014 Peter Landers, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022", "Broadly, wealthier countries still emit much more than poorer ones. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022", "During the Cold War, ships that had been contaminated by atomic bomb tests docked at the bases and tainted the land with substances that can last for thousands of years and emit radiation that can damage human cells, increasing the risk of cancer. \u2014 Jason Fagone, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Aug. 2020", "Snake plants also absorb excessive amounts of carbon monoxide, emit oxygen and filter other toxins released into the air from common household products. \u2014 Claire Reid, Los Angeles Times , 10 Aug. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin emittere to send out, from e- + mittere to send":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u0113-\u02c8mit" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "cast", "discharge", "emanate", "evolve", "exhale", "expel", "expire", "give out", "irradiate", "issue", "radiate", "release", "send (out)", "shoot", "throw out", "vent" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173323", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "emissive":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an act or instance of emitting : emanation":[], ": publication":[], ": a putting into 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and commercial fleets would help achieve Biden's goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emission by 2050 while creating thousands of jobs, the White House said. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 13 Dec. 2021", "Accelerated adoption of electric vehicles for personal cars and commercial fleets would help achieve Biden\u2019s goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emission by 2050 while creating thousands of jobs, the White House said. \u2014 Matthew Daly, chicagotribune.com , 13 Dec. 2021", "Practically all of the leading 25 international oil companies by barrel reserves (or market capitalization) have committed to a phased lowering of emission by 2030, and net zero by 2050. \u2014 Gaurav Sharma, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021", "Many oil and gas producers in the Persian Gulf region, such as the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, also report very small levels of oil and gas methane emission that don\u2019t line up with other scientific data sets. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2021", "The studies done so far vary widely in their estimates of pollution emission by different sectors. \u2014 Ishan Kukreti, Quartz , 5 Nov. 2021", "Methane was also a focus of discussion, with new a satellite due to launch in 2023 that will help monitor concentrations of the harmful emission , the second largest contributor to greenhouse warming after carbon dioxide. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 18 Oct. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114830" }, "emissile":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": capable of being protruded":[ "\u2014 used especially of the oral structures of certain worms" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u0259\u0307\u02c8-", "\u0113\u02c8mis\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin emiss us + English -ile":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135726" }, "emission line":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a bright line in the emission spectrum of a gas or vapor \u2014 compare absorption line":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194919" }, "emissive power":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the energy of thermal radiation emitted in all directions per unit time from each unit area of a surface at any given temperature":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021452" } }