{
  "educate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to provide schooling for":[
        "chose to educate their children at home"
      ],
      ": to train by formal instruction and supervised practice especially in a skill, trade, or profession":[],
      ": to develop mentally, morally, or aesthetically especially by instruction":[],
      ": to provide with information : inform":[
        "educating themselves about changes in the industry"
      ],
      ": to persuade or condition to feel, believe, or act in a desired way":[
        "educate the public to support our position"
      ],
      ": to educate a person or thing":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8e-j\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "indoctrinate",
      "instruct",
      "lesson",
      "school",
      "teach",
      "train",
      "tutor"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for educate teach , instruct , educate , train , discipline , school mean to cause to acquire knowledge or skill. teach applies to any manner of imparting information or skill so that others may learn. taught us a lot about our planet instruct suggests methodical or formal teaching. instructs raw recruits in military drill educate implies development of the mind. more things than formal schooling serve to educate a person train stresses instruction and drill with a specific end in view. trained foreign pilots to operate the new aircraft discipline implies training in habits of order and precision. a disciplined mind school implies training or disciplining especially in what is hard to master. schooled the horse in five gaits",
    "examples":[
      "Parents trust schools to educate their children.",
      "The job of our public schools is to educate .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The goal is to educate people and drive change through experiential storytelling. \u2014 Tony Bradley, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
      "The commission would have the following responsibilities: Support efforts to organize, educate and mobilize the LGBTQIA+ community through coalition building and coordination with allied individuals, groups and organizations. \u2014 Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
      "The series is intended to educate and entertain the community about the planet. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
      "The primary goal was to educate and entertain, according to organizers. \u2014 Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press , 20 June 2022",
      "Its purpose is to engage, educate and celebrate with the heritage and current accomplishments of Vermont\u2019s granite industry. \u2014 Walter Nicklin, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "The organization works with contractors to educate and train them on building with materials to prevent off-gassing of volatile organic compounds and improve indoor air environments. \u2014 Samantha Hendrickson, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
      "The next hurdle will be to educate parents and caregivers and to address all their questions and concerns about these vaccines. \u2014 Syra Madad, CNN , 15 June 2022",
      "Without laying out explicit requirements, the resolution passed Wednesday pushes the city to educate residents on the history of the slave trade here and create a registry allowing Bostonians to express regret for past injustices. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, to rear, from Latin educatus , past participle of educare to rear, educate, from educere to lead forth \u2014 more at educe":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-094818"
  },
  "educated":{
    "antonyms":[
      "benighted",
      "dark",
      "ignorant",
      "illiterate",
      "uneducated",
      "unlearned",
      "unlettered",
      "unscholarly"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": based on some knowledge of fact":[
        "an educated guess"
      ],
      ": befitting one that is educated":[
        "educated taste"
      ],
      ": giving evidence of training or practice : skilled":[
        "educated hands"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "These companies want an educated work force.",
      "an educated woman with an impressive career",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "All of this means that external observers of the court have just enough knowledge to make educated guesses about how the court might rule in certain cases, but not enough knowledge to predict the vast majority of outcomes with absolute certainty. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "Matters become even more complicated when scientists try to look forward and make educated guesses at how the global climate will change from natural forces and human behavior not just decades in advance, but centuries. \u2014 Norbert Michel, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
      "Trump\u2019s crass, angry, shoot-from-the-hip style offered his base a cultural release after eight years of President Obama\u2014the portrait of America\u2019s growing, diverse, educated cosmopolitan elite. \u2014 Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic , 3 June 2022",
      "There have always been critiques of France, particularly in more educated , urban circles in West Africa, but now that almost everyone either owns a cellphone or knows somebody who does, these ideas have spread. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Hopefully the backlash becomes an opportunity to support Black businesses, and more importantly, to become more educated on the holiday if not already. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 23 May 2022",
      "Now is the time to become educated about what can be done. \u2014 Hersh Shefrin, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Good schools drive property values and attract young families, but also most importantly produce educated citizens who are able to self sustain and thrive. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "Without food, the survivors, part of Uruguay\u2019s educated elite, are forced to eat the flesh of the deceased to stay alive. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8e-j\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "erudite",
      "knowledgeable",
      "learned",
      "lettered",
      "literate",
      "scholarly",
      "well-read"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212930",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "education":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools":[],
      ": the knowledge and development resulting from the process of being educated":[
        "a person of little education"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The school is devoted to the education of children with reading difficulties.",
      "She received her education at private schools.",
      "The applicants had comparable educations .",
      "She earned her master's degree in education .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The study found the association between stressful life events and fewer naive T cells remained strong even after controlling for education , smoking, drinking, weight and race or ethnicity, Klopack said. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 23 June 2022",
      "Cuyahoga County scored well in education , infrastructure, but less well in the equity and public safety categories. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
      "The most effective reward systems offer continuous feedback, coaching, education , exposure, advocacy and sponsorship, all of which are powerful performance improvers. \u2014 Mohammad Anwar, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Other state government initiatives include strengthening education about the Holocaust and other genocides, as well as making teaching about the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks mandatory. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
      "Moreover, internet connectivity is a key plank to the United Nations\u2019 2030 sustainable development goal of eradicating the gender gap in health, education , and financial inclusion. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
      "The new regenerative travel emerging from a global shutdown and responding to those regions of the world economically dependent on tourism combines service, education , and often, luxury accommodations. \u2014 Melissa Hart, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
      "The event raises money for education , health care, and homelessness issues in the city. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 20 June 2022",
      "His organization offers education , training and consulting services that foster diversity, inclusion, and equity. \u2014 La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cce-j\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "instruction",
      "schooling",
      "teaching",
      "training",
      "tuition",
      "tutelage",
      "tutoring"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024631",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "educational":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools":[],
      ": the knowledge and development resulting from the process of being educated":[
        "a person of little education"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The school is devoted to the education of children with reading difficulties.",
      "She received her education at private schools.",
      "The applicants had comparable educations .",
      "She earned her master's degree in education .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The study found the association between stressful life events and fewer naive T cells remained strong even after controlling for education , smoking, drinking, weight and race or ethnicity, Klopack said. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 23 June 2022",
      "Cuyahoga County scored well in education , infrastructure, but less well in the equity and public safety categories. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
      "The most effective reward systems offer continuous feedback, coaching, education , exposure, advocacy and sponsorship, all of which are powerful performance improvers. \u2014 Mohammad Anwar, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Other state government initiatives include strengthening education about the Holocaust and other genocides, as well as making teaching about the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks mandatory. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
      "Moreover, internet connectivity is a key plank to the United Nations\u2019 2030 sustainable development goal of eradicating the gender gap in health, education , and financial inclusion. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
      "The new regenerative travel emerging from a global shutdown and responding to those regions of the world economically dependent on tourism combines service, education , and often, luxury accommodations. \u2014 Melissa Hart, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
      "The event raises money for education , health care, and homelessness issues in the city. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 20 June 2022",
      "His organization offers education , training and consulting services that foster diversity, inclusion, and equity. \u2014 La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cce-j\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "instruction",
      "schooling",
      "teaching",
      "training",
      "tuition",
      "tutelage",
      "tutoring"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055438",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "educational test":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a test that measures achievement in subjects of study":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131734",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "educationese":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the jargon used especially by educational theorists":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1954, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8n\u0113s",
      "\u02cce-j\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-sh\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200959",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "educationist":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a professional educator":[],
      ": an educational theorist":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "educationists around the U.K. were largely in support of the reforms",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The first is that educationists are using a broader range of methods to identify highly intelligent children, especially those from poor households. \u2014 The Economist , 22 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cce-j\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh(\u0259-)nist"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "educator",
      "instructor",
      "pedagogue",
      "pedagog",
      "preceptor",
      "schoolteacher",
      "teacher"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225855",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "educative":{
    "antonyms":[
      "unenlightening",
      "unilluminating",
      "uninformative",
      "uninstructive"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to education":[],
      ": tending to educate : instructive":[
        "an educative experience"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "college students discover that what they experience outside the classroom can be just as educative as anything that happens within",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Equally important, IDShield has an educative blog section that can educate you into making fewer ID security mistakes. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "The commission was established in 2019 to review reports and cases of abuse of minors under the age of 15, ensure punishment for the perpetrators and work out preventive and educative measures. \u2014 Fox News , 24 June 2021",
      "But to preoccupy ourselves with a debate on whether our current state is or is not racist misses the educative point altogether. \u2014 Raymond Pierce, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
      "And the educative benefits of representation are inevitably weighed against whatever harms publication might bring about, including the risk that representation might normalize and facilitate the spread of destructive views. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 7 June 2020",
      "John Leguizamo steps away from the blackboard when this educative solo show finishes its run. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 20 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8e-j\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-tiv"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "educational",
      "enlightening",
      "illuminating",
      "informational",
      "informative",
      "informatory",
      "instructional",
      "instructive"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182124",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "educator":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a student of the theory and practice of education : educationist sense 2":[],
      ": an administrator in education":[],
      ": one skilled in teaching : teacher":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The conference will attract many leading scholars and educators .",
      "decided at a fairly young age that there is no more rewarding career than that of an educator",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An Evening with Itzhak Perlman - Thursday, April 27, 2023: The legendary Israeli-American violinist and music educator has won 16 Grammys, including a Lifetime Achievement Award, four Emmys and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 20 June 2022",
      "The wine educator and producer has flown nearly 4 million miles over 25 years and has logged countless conversations with mom. \u2014 Sharon Waters, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Circuit Judge Katherine Weber revoked the former educator \u2019s bail and ordered him held until sentencing June 28. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 June 2022",
      "Within months of Adolf Hitler\u2019s rise to power in 1933, the Jewish-German educator Anna Essinger devised an escape that would take her and her Jewish students and staff out of an increasingly repressive Germany. \u2014 Diane Cole, WSJ , 5 June 2022",
      "But Nancy, leaning hard on her experience as an educator (and also on Thompson\u2019s skill at playing persnickety authority types), deals more in goals than fantasies. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "And Futter has leaned into the museum\u2019s potentially important role as an educator in a period of increasing concern about climate change. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
      "As a little girl, Ancion had been inspired by her mother\u2019s work as an educator in Roxbury. \u2014 John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
      "Now Kito, originally from Petersburg and of Tlingit and Japanese descent, is set to retire next month after 57 years as an educator , most of it within the Anchorage School District. \u2014 Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1673, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8e-j\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "educationist",
      "instructor",
      "pedagogue",
      "pedagog",
      "preceptor",
      "schoolteacher",
      "teacher"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134439",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "educatory":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": educative":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u022fr-",
      "\u02c8ej\u0259k\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113",
      "-ri"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113704",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "educe":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": deduce":[],
      ": to bring out (something, such as something latent)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the gift of a puppy finally educed a response from the shy boy"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin educere to draw out, from e- + ducere to lead \u2014 more at tow entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also -\u02c8dy\u00fcs",
      "i-\u02c8d\u00fcs"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for educe educe , evoke , elicit , extract , extort mean to draw out something hidden, latent, or reserved. educe implies the bringing out of something potential or latent. educed order out of chaos evoke implies a strong stimulus that arouses an emotion or an interest or recalls an image or memory. a song that evokes warm memories elicit usually implies some effort or skill in drawing forth a response. careful questioning elicited the truth extract implies the use of force or pressure in obtaining answers or information. extracted a confession from him extort suggests a wringing or wresting from one who resists strongly. extorted their cooperation by threatening to inform",
    "synonyms":[
      "elicit",
      "evoke",
      "inspire",
      "raise"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021907",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "educt":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a substance separated from material in which it already existed":[
        "\u2014 distinguished from product"
      ],
      ": inference":[],
      ": something that is educed :":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin eductus , past participle of educere to lead forth, draw out":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0113\u02ccd\u0259kt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110316",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "eduction":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": deduce":[],
      ": to bring out (something, such as something latent)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the gift of a puppy finally educed a response from the shy boy"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin educere to draw out, from e- + ducere to lead \u2014 more at tow entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also -\u02c8dy\u00fcs",
      "i-\u02c8d\u00fcs"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for educe educe , evoke , elicit , extract , extort mean to draw out something hidden, latent, or reserved. educe implies the bringing out of something potential or latent. educed order out of chaos evoke implies a strong stimulus that arouses an emotion or an interest or recalls an image or memory. a song that evokes warm memories elicit usually implies some effort or skill in drawing forth a response. careful questioning elicited the truth extract implies the use of force or pressure in obtaining answers or information. extracted a confession from him extort suggests a wringing or wresting from one who resists strongly. extorted their cooperation by threatening to inform",
    "synonyms":[
      "elicit",
      "evoke",
      "inspire",
      "raise"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233910",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "eductive":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": relating to eduction":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin educt us + English -ive":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-ktiv"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133646",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "educational television":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": television that provides instruction especially for students":[],
      ": public television":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Students have been primarily learning through educational television programming instead, as home internet remains a rarity on the island. \u2014 Kara Fox, CNN , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "The series is good educational television , comparable to the best of PBS. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2021",
      "Later in 1977, he was named chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, taking charge of a federal agency that supported projects ranging from the development of new encyclopedias to the release of educational television series. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2021",
      "That\u2019s what passed for educational television in the late 1940s. \u2014 Ingrid Ockert, Scientific American , 3 Sep. 2020",
      "While state law requires a certain amount of instructional minutes each day, which varies by grade level, that can include both live and independent learning, including online videos, educational television programs, and other assignments. \u2014 Jill Tucker, SFChronicle.com , 14 Aug. 2020",
      "Tontitown Hearing just peachy Some 50 years ago, the United States Senate Subcommittee on Communications held a hearing to decide on the amount of funding for educational television . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "His brand of educational television paved the way for a genre of reality TV centered around what would otherwise be mundane tasks. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2019",
      "But Sesame Ventures, the VC arm of the non-profit Sesame Workshop, which produces the long-running educational television show Sesame Street, is betting on the future of teaching kids to build new tech products\u2014even the next Snapchat. \u2014 Brittany Shoot, Fortune , 11 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1951, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-053219"
  },
  "edu":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "educational institution":[
        "\u2014 usually preceded by a period; used in World Wide Web addresses"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-192950"
  },
  "educ":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "education ; educational":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-203835"
  },
  "educational sociology":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the sociology of education : study of educational objectives and organization in the light of an analysis of the group life as a whole":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221638"
  },
  "educational quotient":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": achievement quotient sense 1":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-081116"
  },
  "Educabilia":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a superorder of placental mammals having the large cerebrum overlapping the cerebellum and optic lobes and including the higher mammals (such as the Primates, Carnivora, and Ungulata)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccej\u0259k\u0259\u02c8bily\u0259",
      "-l\u0113\u0259"
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    "synonyms":[],
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      "New Latin, from Latin educare to bring up, rear, educate + -abilia (neuter plural of -abilis -able)":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-132636"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ej-\u0259-k\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8e-j\u0259-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Thursday night proved that the commission that puts these things together can prove educable . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 Oct. 2020",
      "At times the carefulness feels schematic: a good cop to offset the bad cops, the thoughtful, educable white kid and the defensive, narcissistic white kid. \u2014 Marjorie Ingall, New York Times , 24 Feb. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-194656"
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      "noun"
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      ": psychology concerned with human maturation, school learning, teaching methods, guidance, and evaluation of aptitude and progress by standardized tests":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bloomberg has a bachelor\u2019s in special education from St. Cloud University, a master\u2019s in psychometrics and educational psychology from Cornell University, and a doctorate in educational policy and administration from Minnesota. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "That shouldn't include resorting to violence, said Joel Wong, professor and chair of the counseling and educational psychology department at Indiana University Bloomington. \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "According to Linda Nielsen, a professor of adolescent and educational psychology in the Department of Education at Wake Forest University, joint physical custody means that children have more emotional resources at their disposal. \u2014 Sushma Subramanian, Washington Post , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Christine Greenhow, an associate professor of educational psychology and technology at Michigan State University, researches the use of social media in the classroom. \u2014 Sherry Liang, CNN , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "The fourth accuser, Annie Farmer, who has a Ph.D. in educational psychology and works as an educational therapist, testified under her true name. \u2014 Benjamin Weiser, New York Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "This award is given to a student in the educational psychology doctoral degree program in recognition of outstanding teaching. \u2014 Daily Southtown Staff, chicagotribune.com , 18 May 2021",
      "Dalal Katsiaficas, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, told me that moving away from home has traditionally been one of the sociological markers of becoming an adult. \u2014 Rainesford Stauffer, The Atlantic , 6 May 2021",
      "Adams has a PhD from the University of Illinois in educational psychology . \u2014 Beacon-news Staff, chicagotribune.com , 5 Mar. 2021"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1865, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002936"
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      "noun"
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      ": one that is to be educated : student":[]
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      "\u00a6ej\u0259\u00a6kand"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin educandus , gerundive of educare":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-031151"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": entertainment (as by games, films, or shows) that is designed to be educational":[]
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      "\u02cce-dy\u00fc-",
      "\u02cce-j\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101n-m\u0259nt"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sega doesn't make up for their absence with stuff like Sonic's 3D games from the Dreamcast or the series' edutainment weirdness on the Sega Pico. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
      "Created and produced by Federica Carbone, and directed by Anita Verona, an edutainment series in development consisting of 52 episodes. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Many moms and dads turned to children\u2019s podcasts as a screen-free form of edutainment to keep kids stimulated, engaged and out of their hair. \u2014 J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The class may sound the same as other MasterClasses, but this is a little different tact for the streaming edutainment service. \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "From news coverage to e-commerce and edutainment , technology has entered another breakthrough era. \u2014 Stephan Rabimov, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "BAMS Fest holds a series of edutainment programs to uplift and raise awareness around the arts, creative entrepreneurs, and dialogues to reclaim Boston\u2019s identity from false narratives about who actually lives and creates here. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
      "But edutainment isn\u2019t exclusively about job skills. \u2014 Marian Salzman, Forbes , 5 July 2021",
      "As a production of an edutainment company that started with apps to teach children to read and write, Super Sema was inclined to take the STEAM approach. \u2014 Carlos Mureithi, Quartz , 12 Mar. 2021"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "edu cation + enter tainment":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1973, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044537"
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      ": to free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances by washing":[],
      ": to free from harshness (as of attitude) : make pleasant":[
        "cozened and flattered and edulcorated the Turks",
        "\u2014 Vincent Sheean"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0113\u02c8-",
      "\u0259\u0307\u02c8d\u0259lk\u0259\u02ccr\u0101t"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin edulcoratus , past participle of edulcorare , blend of Late Latin edulcare to sweeten (from Latin e- + Late Latin dulcare to sweeten, from Latin dulcis sweet) and dulcorare to sweeten, from dulcor sweetness, from Latin dulcis":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-131234"
  },
  "eductor":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": ejector sense 2":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "i-\u02c8d\u0259k-t\u0259r"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, one that leads out, from Latin educere":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1796, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142003"
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