{ "pose":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an attitude, role, or characteristic assumed for effect":[], ": puzzle , baffle":[], ": to affect an attitude or character usually to deceive or impress":[ "posed as a doctor to gain access to the ward" ], ": to assume a posture or attitude usually for artistic purposes":[], ": to come to attention as : present":[ "smoking poses a health risk" ], ": to place (someone, such as a model) in a studied attitude":[], ": to put or set in place":[], ": to set forth or offer for attention or consideration":[ "let me pose a question" ] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "The photographs show the models in both clothed and nude poses .", "Hold that pose . It will make a great photograph.", "His disapproval of the war looks good to voters, but I bet it's just a pose .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Facing down the threats that the two men pose to democracy has become the defining challenge of Biden\u2019s Presidency. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 30 June 2022", "In another snap, Ryder and Traina pose together, Ryder showing off his new tattoo. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022", "Here is how to talk to your family about the threat opioids pose . \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022", "Digital rights groups have warned of the risks this online footprint may now pose to people seeking or providing abortions in states where the procedure is criminalized. \u2014 Brian Fung And Clare Duffy, CNN , 28 June 2022", "Metro is not doing enough to keep defective rail cars that pose a safety hazard separated from the rest of its fleet, the transit system\u2019s safety regulator said Tuesday. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 28 June 2022", "Lightning strikes and wayward firework sparks pose less of a risk -- though not zero, Singer warned. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022", "Unsecured fuel tanks are in danger of sustaining undercarriage damage that could cause fuel leakage and pose a fire risk, the NHTSA report says. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 22 June 2022", "All soft objects, including pillows, quilts, pillowlike toys, comforters, and even blankets pose a risk of SIDS, suffocation, entrapment or strangulation, the guidelines note. \u2014 Dan Hurley, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "In this undated photo provided by Karen Caballero, her son Alejandro Miguel Andino Caballero and his girlfriend Margie Tamara Paz Grajeda pose for a photo at an undisclosed location in Honduras. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022", "The mother-son duo pose side-by-side as Hudson rests her arm on Bing's head. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022", "Yo-Yo Ma and Lecolion Washington pose for a picture with students, faculty, and staff at the Community Music Center of Boston. \u2014 Serena Puang, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022", "Yet the Democrats are striking a Frank Drebin pose : Nothing to see here, folks. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 9 June 2022", "The five friends, all graduates of Santa Barbara High School, took the first photo in the now-familiar pose in their late teens with an automatic camera timer in 1982. \u2014 Paul Vercammen, CNN , 15 June 2022", "She was ultimately captured in an unusual pose : bending backward. \u2014 Sarah Bahr, New York Times , 9 June 2022", "To the left of the time subdial is the sculpture of Balmat in a climbing pose between 9 o\u2019clock and 10 o\u2019clock, and to the right of the time subdial, between 1 o\u2019clock and 3 o\u2019clock, the dragon-like wyvern breathes fire. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 8 June 2022", "In the first photo, she is seen lifting her arms in a dancer-like pose and looking straight at the camera. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "1593, in the meaning defined above":"Verb", "1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French poser , from Vulgar Latin *pausare , from Late Latin, to stop, rest, pause, from Latin pausa pause":"Verb", "short for earlier appose , from Middle English apposen , alteration of opposen to oppose":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dz" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pose Noun pose , air , airs , affectation , mannerism mean an adopted way of speaking or behaving. pose implies an attitude deliberately assumed in order to impress others. her shyness was just a pose air may suggest natural acquirement through environment or way of life. a traveler's sophisticated air airs always implies artificiality and pretentiousness. snobbish airs affectation applies to a trick of speech or behavior that strikes the observer as insincere. the posh accent is an affectation mannerism applies to an acquired eccentricity that has become a habit. gesturing with a cigarette was her most noticeable mannerism", "synonyms":[ "act", "airs", "charade", "disguise", "facade", "fa\u00e7ade", "front", "guise", "masquerade", "playacting", "pretense", "pretence", "put-on", "semblance", "show" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090010", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pose (as)":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to pretend to be (someone or something) in order to deceive people":[ "She posed as a student to get free admission to the museum.", "undercover cops posing as drug dealers" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004035", "type":[ "phrasal verb" ] }, "posh":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": elegant , fashionable":[ "a posh restaurant" ], ": typical of or intended for the upper classes : highfalutin":[ "posh accents" ] }, "examples":[ "They live in a posh neighborhood.", "The family is very posh .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The next week, thieves stuck up a few guests at gunpoint outside a posh downtown hotel and made off with $100,000 of jewelry. \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 3 June 2022", "Moving through the lobby of a posh Santa Monica hotel one May afternoon, Jerrod Carmichael is not so much walking as strutting. \u2014 Dan Hyman, Rolling Stone , 17 May 2022", "Tanned people in sharp suits and stylish dresses stride inside, past rows of TV cameras and stage lights and into the posh hotel\u2019s ballroom. \u2014 Chase Peterson-withorn, Forbes , 5 May 2022", "When a struggle broke out for control of Madhya Pradesh in 2020, the BJP locked its lawmakers in a posh hotel near the Delhi airport, while the Congress party packed its assembly members off to the tourist city of Jaipur. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022", "Newsom would also have to be careful to avoid past mistakes, such as his visit to a posh Napa Valley restaurant during the pandemic\u2018s first year that muddied his reputation. \u2014 Taryn Lunastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022", "The neighborhood also includes the posh villas of U.S.-allied former warlords who have fled the country or gone into hiding. \u2014 Time , 16 Aug. 2021", "The neighborhood also includes the posh villas of U.S.-allied former warlords who have fled the country or gone into hiding. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Aug. 2021", "From basketball courts, private pools and tee time on the 18-hole golf course, a stay in one of 74 perfectly posh villas at The Tryall Club ticks all the boxes. \u2014 Melanie Reffes, USA TODAY , 14 Nov. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4sh" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070217", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "posit":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to assume or affirm the existence of : postulate":[], ": to dispose or set firmly : fix":[], ": to propose as an explanation : suggest":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The researchers also posit that a similar process could have been active on Mars in the past, too. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 12 May 2022", "Many posit that those who visit Antarctica become ambassadors for a place that has no indigenous population to speak on its behalf. \u2014 Mary Holland, Robb Report , 1 May 2022", "Contemporary Black dramas often posit that Black lives are either secondary (best friends, drug dealers, therapists) or extraordinary (healers, fighters, heroes), when life is rarely one or the other. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022", "If what the scientists posit turns out to be true, future expeditions on the planet could prove more about Mars\u2019 violent history. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 2 May 2022", "In this new paper, though, scientists posit that this symmetry doesn\u2019t just pertain to the actions that take place in the universe. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 22 Mar. 2022", "Per National Geographic, some researchers posit that members of the species were uninterested in, or incapable of, symbolic thinking or creativity. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 July 2021", "Judging by its size and complexity, experts posit that the mosaic once decorated the floor of a triclinium, or formal Roman dining room. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022", "In other words, these mid-20th-century market liberals did not posit that markets solved all problems, let alone insist that economic liberty and economic growth were absolutes. \u2014 Samuel Gregg, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin positus , past participle of ponere":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113710", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "position":{ "antonyms":[ "depose", "deposit", "dispose", "emplace", "fix", "lay", "place", "put", "set", "set up", "situate", "stick" ], "definitions":{ ": a certain arrangement of bodily parts":[ "rose to a standing position" ], ": a point of view adopted and held to":[ "made my position on the issue clear" ], ": a situation that confers advantage or preference":[], ": an act of placing or arranging: such as":[], ": an arranging in order":[], ": an employment for which one has been hired : job":[ "a position with a brokerage firm" ], ": relative place, situation, or standing":[ "is now in a position to make decisions on his own" ], ": social or official rank or status":[], ": the laying down of a proposition or thesis":[], ": the point or area occupied by a physical object : location":[ "took her position at the head of the line" ], ": to put in a certain position":[ "positioned the chairs around the room", "positioned the company in the global market" ] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "From this position , you can see all of New York City's skyline.", "Actors, please assume your positions . The show is about to begin.", "The child fell asleep in a sitting position .", "I was in an uncomfortable position and had to move.", "I was uncomfortable, so I shifted position .", "Return your seat to an upright position for landing.", "Verb", "He positioned the chairs around the table.", "The company is positioning itself to take advantage of a new market.", "The shortstop was positioned well to make the play.", "She positioned herself by the door.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The Democratic convention being held at the Indiana Convention Center is expected to be a straightforward event, with the party backing only one candidate for each position . \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022", "Many golfers at this point will waggle themselves into alignment\u2014matching the programmed swing shape with the proper ball position . \u2014 Paul Christianson, WSJ , 15 June 2022", "Shah said the district is interviewing candidates for the Lake Bluff Elementary School principal position and expects to hire a new principal by July. \u2014 Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022", "The company will conduct an executive search to fill the position permanently. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 15 June 2022", "Biden was joined at the ceremony by Vice President Kamala Harris, the first person of Indian descent to be elected to the position . \u2014 Darlene Superville, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022", "Before President Biden announced Kamala Harris as his running mate for the 2020 election, Lance Bottoms was considered to be among the top contenders for the position . \u2014 Nancy Cordes, CBS News , 14 June 2022", "With Season 4 continuing in the No. 1 position , Season 2 followed as No. 2 with 51. 4 million hours viewed while Season 1 took third place with 50.3 million hours viewed and Season 3 came in fourth place with 47.6 million hours viewed. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 14 June 2022", "The search team received about 10 applications and interviewed six candidates for the interim position , according to its memo. \u2014 John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "But she is often criticized by activists as being pro-police and has sought to position herself as an ally to local cops, with mixed results. \u2014 Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022", "That could change if China takes advantage of Russian weakness to position itself as a reliable national security, economic and political partner \u2013 a core feature of its Belt and Road Initiative. \u2014 Terrence Guay, The Conversation , 7 June 2022", "In other words, unlimited vacation can allow employers to position themselves as caring and thoughtful, while reducing their own financial investment in it. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022", "Like Musk, Bolsonaro has sought to position himself as a champion of free speech and opposed the deplatforming of individuals including his ally, former U.S. President Donald Trump. \u2014 Diane Jeantet, ajc , 20 May 2022", "Like Musk, Bolsonaro has sought to position himself as a champion of free speech and opposed the deplatforming of individuals including his ally, former U.S. President Donald Trump. \u2014 CBS News , 20 May 2022", "In London, Travers said, Byford has been able to position himself as a kind of honest broker between Khan and the national government whenever differences have flared. \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022", "Industry analysts saw this as a move to better position Microsoft with Google GOOG -5% and Facebook in capturing digital media dollars. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 5 May 2022", "That included DeVonta Smith, Najee Harris, and Alex Leatherwood sticking around to better position themselves for the NFL, but also end their college careers on a higher note than an appearance in the Citrus Bowl after a two-loss 2019 season. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 17 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "1817, in the meaning defined above":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English posycion , from Anglo-French posicioun , from Latin position-, positio , from ponere to lay down, put, place, from Old Latin *posinere , from po- away (akin to Old Church Slavonic po- , perfective prefix, Greek apo away) + Latin sinere to leave \u2014 more at of":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u0259-\u02c8zish-\u0259n", "p\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "appointment", "berth", "billet", "capacity", "connection", "function", "job", "place", "post", "situation" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112518", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "position of strength":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a position that gives an advantage":[ "negotiating from a position of strength" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122525", "type":[ "noun phrase" ] }, "position of trust":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a job/position in which one has a lot of responsibility and power":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124457", "type":[ "noun phrase" ] }, "position paper":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a detailed report that recommends a course of action on a particular issue":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "In a position paper published online on Friday, the group proposed abandoning the existing names for monkeypox virus clades \u2014 West Africa and Congo Basin \u2014 and replacing them with numbers, saying the current names are discriminatory. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 13 June 2022", "One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021", "One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021", "One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021", "One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021", "One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021", "One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021", "One group\u2019s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar\u2019s lead. \u2014 Jamie Thompson, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Oct. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1949, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122404", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "positive":{ "antonyms":[ "adverse", "depreciative", "depreciatory", "derogatory", "disapproving", "inappreciative", "negative", "unappreciative", "uncomplimentary", "unfavorable", "unflattering", "unfriendly" ], "definitions":{ ": a positive form of an adjective or adverb":[], ": a positive photograph or a print from a negative":[], ": active and effective in social or economic function rather than merely maintaining peace and order":[ "a positive government" ], ": being an electron-collecting electrode of an electron tube":[], ": being, relating to, or charged with electricity of which the proton is the elementary unit and which predominates in a glass body after being rubbed with silk":[], ": contributing toward or characterized by increase or progression":[ "take some positive action", "positive cash flow" ], ": converging light rays and forming a real inverted image":[], ": directed or moving toward a source of stimulation":[ "a positive taxis" ], ": expressed clearly or peremptorily":[ "her answer was a positive no" ], ": formally laid down or imposed : prescribed":[ "positive laws" ], ": fully assured : confident":[ "positive it was her book" ], ": having a good effect : favorable":[ "a positive role model" ], ": having higher electric potential and constituting the part from which the current flows to the external circuit":[ "the positive terminal of a discharging storage battery" ], ": having more protons than electrons":[ "a positive ion" ], ": having rendition of light and shade similar in tone to the tones of the original subject":[ "a positive photographic image" ], ": incontestable":[ "positive proof" ], ": independent of changing circumstances : unconditioned":[ "an insurance policy with positive coverage" ], ": indicating, relating to, or characterized by affirmation, addition, inclusion, or presence rather than negation, withholding, or absence":[ "took the positive approach and struck a new deal rather than canceling the contract" ], ": marked by optimism":[ "the positive point of view" ], ": marked by or indicating acceptance, approval, or affirmation":[ "received a positive response" ], ": not fictitious : real":[ "positive social tensions" ], ": of, relating to, or constituting the degree of comparison that is expressed in English by the unmodified and uninflected form of an adjective or adverb and denotes no increase or diminution":[], ": real and numerically greater than zero":[ "+2 is a positive integer" ], ": relating to or constituting a motion or device that is definite, unyielding, constant, or certain in its action":[ "a positive system of levers" ], ": something of which an affirmation can be made : reality":[], ": something positive: such as":[], ": the positive degree of comparison in a language":[], ": unqualified":[ "a positive disgrace" ] }, "examples":[ "Adjective", "The book had a positive influence on me.", "He has been a positive role model for his brother.", "Nothing positive came out of that experience.", "What are some of the positive things about your job", "The low unemployment rate is a positive sign for the economy.", "The company took positive steps to create a safer workplace.", "You've got to have a positive attitude to do well in life.", "You should try to be more positive about the whole situation.", "On the positive side , you will be making more money.", "To end on a positive note , we are seeing an increase in sales this month.", "Noun", "The positives of living in the city include access to public transportation and many interesting restaurants.", "The test showed a positive .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Only a handful of stock-fund managers have managed to stay in positive territory (see Winners\u2019 Circle). \u2014 William Power, WSJ , 4 July 2022", "The Dodgers still viewed this weekend as a positive , as well. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 3 July 2022", "Independence Day should be storm free, which is always a positive given all the outdoor plans. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 2 July 2022", "Drilling down into stock sectors, just one of the 11 S&P 500 sectors are in positive territory for 2022. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 1 July 2022", "Everybody working on it is really appreciating it in a different way \u2013 that\u2019s a real positive and will give it a real energy for the next 10 years at least. \u2014 Mark Sutherland, Variety , 30 June 2022", "Alternatively, Biden could argue that wide-scale student loan cancellation will be a net positive to the economy. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 29 June 2022", "Despite the bitter end of Tina, Haynes is trying to focus on the positive . \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 29 June 2022", "What was most important was his gift of liking people, treating everyone fairly, seeing the positive in any situation, and being profoundly flexible. \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "He was urged to take a test and wound up popping a positive . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022", "Russia may be run by a despot whose needless military adventurism will result in the death of thousands of Ukranians, but Chelsea\u2019s recent run of success is a net positive . \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 25 Feb. 2022", "The only substantial positive is turnover numbers have stayed down. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Feb. 2022", "Dawson described the past few weeks as something of an emotional pendulum, as one test would come back negative, then the next positive . \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 8 Feb. 2022", "Health officials in Hong Kong are now investigating this as a possible case of animal-to-human transmission because two more human infections, one confirmed and one preliminary positive , were linked to the pet store. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Jan. 2022", "Ten of the brochures never mention that a false positive can happen. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Jan. 2022", "Players undergo more testing after an initial positive . \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 18 Nov. 2021", "Honerkamp also noted that focusing on the positive can have powerful benefits. \u2014 SELF , 5 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective", "1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin positivus , from positus , past participle of ponere":"Adjective" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4z-tiv", "\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259-tiv", "\u02c8p\u00e4z-\u0259t-iv, \u02c8p\u00e4z-tiv" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for positive Adjective sure , certain , positive , cocksure mean having no doubt or uncertainty. sure usually stresses the subjective or intuitive feeling of assurance. felt sure that I had forgotten something certain may apply to a basing of a conclusion or conviction on definite grounds or indubitable evidence. police are certain about the cause of the fire positive intensifies sureness or certainty and may imply opinionated conviction or forceful expression of it. I'm positive that's the person I saw cocksure implies presumptuous or careless positiveness. you're always so cocksure about everything", "synonyms":[ "admiring", "applauding", "appreciative", "approbatory", "approving", "commendatory", "complimentary", "favorable", "friendly", "good" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211506", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "positiveness":{ "antonyms":[ "adverse", "depreciative", "depreciatory", "derogatory", "disapproving", "inappreciative", "negative", "unappreciative", "uncomplimentary", "unfavorable", "unflattering", "unfriendly" ], "definitions":{ ": a positive form of an adjective or adverb":[], ": a positive photograph or a print from a negative":[], ": active and effective in social or economic function rather than merely maintaining peace and order":[ "a positive government" ], ": being an electron-collecting electrode of an electron tube":[], ": being, relating to, or charged with electricity of which the proton is the elementary unit and which predominates in a glass body after being rubbed with silk":[], ": contributing toward or characterized by increase or progression":[ "take some positive action", "positive cash flow" ], ": converging light rays and forming a real inverted image":[], ": directed or moving toward a source of stimulation":[ "a positive taxis" ], ": expressed clearly or peremptorily":[ "her answer was a positive no" ], ": formally laid down or imposed : prescribed":[ "positive laws" ], ": fully assured : confident":[ "positive it was her book" ], ": having a good effect : favorable":[ "a positive role model" ], ": having higher electric potential and constituting the part from which the current flows to the external circuit":[ "the positive terminal of a discharging storage battery" ], ": having more protons than electrons":[ "a positive ion" ], ": having rendition of light and shade similar in tone to the tones of the original subject":[ "a positive photographic image" ], ": incontestable":[ "positive proof" ], ": independent of changing circumstances : unconditioned":[ "an insurance policy with positive coverage" ], ": indicating, relating to, or characterized by affirmation, addition, inclusion, or presence rather than negation, withholding, or absence":[ "took the positive approach and struck a new deal rather than canceling the contract" ], ": marked by optimism":[ "the positive point of view" ], ": marked by or indicating acceptance, approval, or affirmation":[ "received a positive response" ], ": not fictitious : real":[ "positive social tensions" ], ": of, relating to, or constituting the degree of comparison that is expressed in English by the unmodified and uninflected form of an adjective or adverb and denotes no increase or diminution":[], ": real and numerically greater than zero":[ "+2 is a positive integer" ], ": relating to or constituting a motion or device that is definite, unyielding, constant, or certain in its action":[ "a positive system of levers" ], ": something of which an affirmation can be made : reality":[], ": something positive: such as":[], ": the positive degree of comparison in a language":[], ": unqualified":[ "a positive disgrace" ] }, "examples":[ "Adjective", "The book had a positive influence on me.", "He has been a positive role model for his brother.", "Nothing positive came out of that experience.", "What are some of the positive things about your job", "The low unemployment rate is a positive sign for the economy.", "The company took positive steps to create a safer workplace.", "You've got to have a positive attitude to do well in life.", "You should try to be more positive about the whole situation.", "On the positive side , you will be making more money.", "To end on a positive note , we are seeing an increase in sales this month.", "Noun", "The positives of living in the city include access to public transportation and many interesting restaurants.", "The test showed a positive .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Only a handful of stock-fund managers have managed to stay in positive territory (see Winners\u2019 Circle). \u2014 William Power, WSJ , 4 July 2022", "The Dodgers still viewed this weekend as a positive , as well. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 3 July 2022", "Independence Day should be storm free, which is always a positive given all the outdoor plans. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 2 July 2022", "Drilling down into stock sectors, just one of the 11 S&P 500 sectors are in positive territory for 2022. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 1 July 2022", "Everybody working on it is really appreciating it in a different way \u2013 that\u2019s a real positive and will give it a real energy for the next 10 years at least. \u2014 Mark Sutherland, Variety , 30 June 2022", "Alternatively, Biden could argue that wide-scale student loan cancellation will be a net positive to the economy. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 29 June 2022", "Despite the bitter end of Tina, Haynes is trying to focus on the positive . \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 29 June 2022", "What was most important was his gift of liking people, treating everyone fairly, seeing the positive in any situation, and being profoundly flexible. \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "He was urged to take a test and wound up popping a positive . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022", "Russia may be run by a despot whose needless military adventurism will result in the death of thousands of Ukranians, but Chelsea\u2019s recent run of success is a net positive . \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 25 Feb. 2022", "The only substantial positive is turnover numbers have stayed down. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Feb. 2022", "Dawson described the past few weeks as something of an emotional pendulum, as one test would come back negative, then the next positive . \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 8 Feb. 2022", "Health officials in Hong Kong are now investigating this as a possible case of animal-to-human transmission because two more human infections, one confirmed and one preliminary positive , were linked to the pet store. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Jan. 2022", "Ten of the brochures never mention that a false positive can happen. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Jan. 2022", "Players undergo more testing after an initial positive . \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 18 Nov. 2021", "Honerkamp also noted that focusing on the positive can have powerful benefits. \u2014 SELF , 5 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective", "1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin positivus , from positus , past participle of ponere":"Adjective" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4z-tiv", "\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259-tiv", "\u02c8p\u00e4z-\u0259t-iv, \u02c8p\u00e4z-tiv" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for positive Adjective sure , certain , positive , cocksure mean having no doubt or uncertainty. sure usually stresses the subjective or intuitive feeling of assurance. felt sure that I had forgotten something certain may apply to a basing of a conclusion or conviction on definite grounds or indubitable evidence. police are certain about the cause of the fire positive intensifies sureness or certainty and may imply opinionated conviction or forceful expression of it. I'm positive that's the person I saw cocksure implies presumptuous or careless positiveness. you're always so cocksure about everything", "synonyms":[ "admiring", "applauding", "appreciative", "approbatory", "approving", "commendatory", "complimentary", "favorable", "friendly", "good" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014010", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "posse":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a body of persons summoned by a sheriff to assist in preserving the public peace usually in an emergency":[], ": a group of people temporarily organized to make a search (as for a lost child)":[], ": a large group often with a common interest":[], ": entourage sense 1":[] }, "examples":[ "The sheriff and his posse rode out to look for the bandits.", "I went to the game with my posse .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Atlanta hip-hop artist (and part of J.Cole\u2019s Dreamville Records posse ) bought something of a master class in rap history on Sunday. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022", "Various search and rescue efforts have been launched since Friday, including YCSO Backcountry Search and Rescue, search dogs, the Sheriff's Volunteer OHV Unit, a Jeep posse , along with a Department of Public Safety Ranger helicopter. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022", "And the crowd of stunned pedestrians formed into a posse , dozens of them giving chase. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022", "Adding insult to injury, Will's condescending posse sabotages the burgeoning relationship between Noah's best pal, Howie (Bowen Yang), and their doctor friend, Charlie (James Scully), by jetting in Charlie's ex to crash their beach getaway. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022", "Officials also seized a large diamond and a gold Short North posse medallion necklace from Smith. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 11 May 2022", "This posse , angry over the construction of shelters and homeless housing in the district, has tried and failed to recall him multiple times. \u2014 Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022", "The posse spent almost a decade chasing down leads. \u2014 Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com , 18 Apr. 2022", "Syd was originally the engineer for the rascally rap posse Odd Future, and recorded most of the group\u2019s early work in her parents\u2019 home in the Mid-City neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1645, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Medieval Latin posse comitatus , literally, power or authority of the county":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4-s\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "cortege", "cort\u00e8ge", "entourage", "following", "retinue", "suite", "tail", "train" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085243", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "possess":{ "antonyms":[ "lack", "want" ], "definitions":{ ": to bring or cause to fall under the influence, domination, or control of some emotional or intellectual response or reaction":[ "melancholy possesses her" ], ": to enter into and control firmly : dominate":[ "was possessed by demons" ], ": to have and hold as property : own":[], ": to have as an attribute , knowledge, or skill":[], ": to instate as owner":[], ": to make the owner or holder":[ "\u2014 used in passive construction to indicate simple possession possessed of riches possessed of knowledge and experience" ], ": to seize and take control of : take into one's possession":[] }, "examples":[ "What would possess seemingly sane people to treat concrete walls like trampolines", "People who experience specific colors when looking at particular letters, such as seeing sky blue when shown an R, possess an unusual abundance of connections in brain areas involved in word and color perception, a new brain-imaging investigation finds. \u2014 Bruce Bower , Science News , 26 May 2007", "What does matter is that we come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious, indeed; and, moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint. \u2014 Tom Robbins , Harper's , September 2004", "nations that possess nuclear weapons", "The defendant was charged with possessing cocaine.", "The ruby was once possessed by an ancient queen.", "He dreams of someday possessing great wealth.", "He possesses a keen wit.", "The drug possesses the potential to suppress tumors.", "Do dolphins possess the ability to use language", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The requirements for a license to carry a gun sit atop the many state rules restricting who can possess a firearm. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022", "In the past few decades, hot pants have been associated with women like Kate Moss, who possess strong personal style and impressive body confidence. \u2014 Nancy Macdonell, WSJ , 22 June 2022", "Detroit Police Chief James White, alongside Mayor Mike Duggan and Dawn Ison, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, announced a collaboration to prosecute felons who illegally possess firearms quickly and under federal law. \u2014 Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022", "Luke Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Ben Stiller play the Tenenbaum kids, who all possess quirks that can only be described as extremely Wes Anderson. \u2014 Hilary Weaver, ELLE , 1 June 2022", "Under the bill, those who possess the weapons when the law is passed would be grandfathered in, subject to registration of their firearms. \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022", "Leaders who possess customer-centric qualities can easily adapt to clients\u2019 needs. \u2014 Karen Greenbaum, Forbes , 16 May 2022", "But in many states that haven\u2019t decriminalized the strips, people who possess the papers aren\u2019t being prosecuted. \u2014 Andy Miller, CNN , 4 May 2022", "The legislation also would increase the accessibility of naloxone and test strips while steering people who possess fentanyl into education and treatment programs. \u2014 Geoff Mulvihill, ajc , 3 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Middle French possesser to have possession of, take possession of, from Latin possessus , past participle of possid\u0113re , from potis able, having the power + sed\u0113re to sit \u2014 more at potent , sit":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u0259-\u02c8zes", "also -\u02c8ses" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "command", "enjoy", "have", "hold", "own", "retain" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093906", "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "possessable":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": capable of being held as or converted into a possession":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024353", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "possessed":{ "antonyms":[ "agitated", "discomposed", "disturbed", "flustered", "perturbed", "unglued", "unhinged", "unstrung", "upset" ], "definitions":{ ": held as a possession":[], ": influenced or controlled by something (such as an evil spirit, a passion, or an idea)":[], ": mad , crazed":[], ": self-possessed , calm":[], ": urgently desirous to do or have something":[] }, "examples":[ "a horror movie about a possessed child", "remarkably poised and possessed in the midst of all the turmoil", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The bright red color was soon muted by a generous dollop of Smetana, which would melt in the hot soup, sending its white streaks all around, like a possessed octopus. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022", "Then the idea of playing the three, there is a kind of possessed -ness, so that did require a different body shape or different vocal inflections. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 14 Jan. 2022", "Etruscans saved the furcula of chickens, setting them in the sun to dry out, according to Panati, believing the birds were sacred and possessed power. \u2014 Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 25 Nov. 2021", "Players assume the role of a possessed lamb and build a flock of deceptively cute woodland creatures to become the biggest, baddest satanic cult around. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Aug. 2021", "Blair famously played the possessed child Regan MacNeil in William Friedkin's original 1973 film. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 27 July 2021", "The front-seat passenger, the mother of a 1-year-old in the back seat, possessed needles and a methamphetamine pipe, according to police. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 8 Nov. 2020", "Her most common move is scuttling toward the camera on all fours, like a possessed toddler. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 16 Sep. 2020", "At the outset of this horror flick, the third installment in the possessed doll series, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) lock the Annabelle doll in a sacred glass case in their home\u2019s artifacts room. \u2014 Sara Aridi, New York Times , 5 Mar. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "also -\u02c8sest", "p\u0259-\u02c8zest" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "calm", "collected", "composed", "cool", "coolheaded", "equal", "level", "limpid", "peaceful", "placid", "recollected", "sedate", "self-composed", "self-possessed", "serene", "smooth", "together", "tranquil", "undisturbed", "unperturbed", "unruffled", "unshaken", "untroubled", "unworried" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073039", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "possessingly":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": so as to possess : in a possessing manner : captivatingly":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215057", "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "possession":{ "antonyms":[ "nonpossession" ], "definitions":{ ": a psychological state in which an individual's normal personality is replaced by another":[], ": control or occupancy of property without regard to ownership":[], ": domination by something (such as an evil spirit, a passion, or an idea)":[], ": ownership":[], ": self-possession":[], ": something owned, occupied, or controlled : property":[], ": the act of having or taking into control":[] }, "examples":[ "The city can take possession of the abandoned buildings.", "She came into possession of a rare silver coin.", "The family lost all of its possessions in the fire.", "This ring was my mother's most precious possession .", "The defendant was charged with heroin possession .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Griner has remained in Russian custody since February after she was arrested at a Moscow airport and suspected of cannabis possession . \u2014 Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022", "American basketball star Brittney Griner appeared in a Moscow-area court for trial Friday, about 4 1/2 months after she was arrested on cannabis possession charges at an airport while traveling to play for a Russian team. \u2014 Jim Heintz, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 July 2022", "The other man pleaded guilty in 2020 to two counts of drug possession and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 30 June 2022", "As Rittenhouse's case went to the jury in November, Judge Bruce Schroeder threw out the possession charge. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022", "The change of legal guardian came years after June was arrested and charged with felony drug possession . \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022", "Brittney Griner was seen in a Russian court and ordered to stand trial Friday near Moscow on cannabis possession charges, about 4 1/2 months after her arrest at an airport. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 27 June 2022", "Shackled and looking wary, WNBA star Brittney Griner was ordered to stand trial Friday by a court near Moscow on cannabis possession charges, about 4\u00bd months after her arrest at an airport while returning to play for a Russian team. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022", "Shackled and looking wary, WNBA player Brittney Griner was ordered to stand trial Friday by a court near Moscow on cannabis- possession charges, about 4\u00bd months after her arrest at an airport while returning to play for a Russian team. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 27 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "also -\u02c8se-", "p\u0259-\u02c8ze-sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "control", "enjoyment", "hands", "keeping" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181428", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "possessionalism":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the principle or practice of private ownership of property":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u1d4al\u02cciz\u0259m", "-\u0259\u02ccli-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202549", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "possessionary":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to possession : arising from possession":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-sh\u0259\u02ccner\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042640", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "possessionate":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": having possessions or endowments":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Medieval Latin possessionatus from Latin possession-, possessio possession + -atus -ate":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-sh\u0259n\u0259\u0307t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162904", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "possessioned":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": having possessions":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-sh\u0259nd" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104712", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "possessioner":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a member of a religious order holding endowments (as of lands or buildings)":[], ": a property holder":[], ": one appointed to renew boundary landmarks in the southern U.S.":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English possessiouner , from possessioun possession + -er":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-sh(\u0259)n\u0259(r)" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042515", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "possessionist":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a believer in possession by spirits":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-sh(\u0259)n\u0259\u0307st" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193809", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "possessive":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a possessive word or word group":[], ": a word in the possessive case":[], ": manifesting possession or the desire to own or dominate":[], ": of, relating to, or constituting a word, a word group, or a grammatical case that denotes ownership or a relation analogous to ownership":[], ": the possessive case":[] }, "examples":[ "Adjective", "If you marry him, he is only going to become even more jealous and possessive than he is now.", "The possessive form of \u201cdog\u201d is \u201cdog's.\u201d", "\u201cHis\u201d and \u201cher\u201d are possessive pronouns .", "Noun", "\u201cYour\u201d and \u201cyours\u201d are possessives .", "The possessive of \u201cit\u201d is \u201cits.\u201d", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Covarrubias was possessive and kept her and Angel on a short leash, according to Erika Gonzalez. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022", "But what no one has ever located is what makes so many people feel possessive not just of the stories, but also of their connection to the writer. \u2014 Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022", "In this case, even when given oxytocin, the first lion to get the food typically became possessive and prevented its companions from approaching too closely\u2014typically by growling and snarling. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022", "That possessive nationalist rhetoric clashes, however, with increasing numbers of Chinese athletes who consider themselves members of a global sporting community. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2022", "Women, too, get the stubby end of the stick in a film that paints an unflattering picture of possessive masculine entitlement, but doesn\u2019t afford Isadora \u2014 despite Lvovsky\u2019s game, ribald performance \u2014 much in the way of a point of view. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 10 Feb. 2022", "Angela could be highly possessive and extremely volatile if any of the Daddy\u2019s Girls failed to live up to her requirements, Chae says. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 5 Nov. 2021", "Jacob is being very possessive about the baby, whose name is Renesmee(!). \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 27 Aug. 2021", "In addition to Roberts and Mulroney, standout supporting players include Brian Sacca as a surprisingly indulgent police officer and RZA as a not-so-surprisingly possessive pimp. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 15 Oct. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The possessive in the title of Zack Snyder\u2019s Justice League says it all. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 15 Mar. 2021", "That titular possessive really is doing a lot of work. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 15 Mar. 2021", "Devon and Birmingham unilaterally disposed of the possessive in in all street and road signs in 2009, though the Devon council backtracked shortly after. \u2014 Roslyn Petelin, Quartz , 10 Dec. 2019", "Wisconsin linebacker Chris Orr stood on the field at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday \u2014 the spot where Minnesota beat the Badgers 37-15 last November \u2014 and attached a possessive to a coveted item. \u2014 Andy Greder, Twin Cities , 24 Nov. 2019", "But with great power comes great responsibility: 8 breeds workaholics, and on a bad day, can become excessively controlling and possessive . \u2014 Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure , 16 July 2018", "Luckily, Salander is a more compelling, surprising, and complex character than Blomkvist, in his possessive and protective desire, can see. \u2014 Alice Bolin, Longreads , 26 June 2018", "Tully is endlessly open and nurturing without seeming possessive , helpful without seeming controlling. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 4 May 2018", "That\u2019s next-level possessive and a product of unchecked toxic masculinity. \u2014 Jill Gutowitz, Glamour , 9 Feb. 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "also -\u02c8se-", "p\u0259-\u02c8ze-siv" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "jealous" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084339", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "possessive adjective":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a pronominal adjective expressing possession":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Suddenly, pronouns and possessive adjectives are on everyone\u2019s minds. \u2014 Christopher O. Blum, National Review , 12 Sep. 2019", "That\u2019s true despite the possessive adjective in the title, or the fact that the director, an artist, plays an artist, Ellie. \u2014 Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times , 11 Jan. 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "1870, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061144", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "possessive pronoun":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a pronoun that derives from a personal pronoun and denotes possession and analogous relationships":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062005", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "possessor":{ "antonyms":[ "lack", "want" ], "definitions":{ ": to bring or cause to fall under the influence, domination, or control of some emotional or intellectual response or reaction":[ "melancholy possesses her" ], ": to enter into and control firmly : dominate":[ "was possessed by demons" ], ": to have and hold as property : own":[], ": to have as an attribute , knowledge, or skill":[], ": to instate as owner":[], ": to make the owner or holder":[ "\u2014 used in passive construction to indicate simple possession possessed of riches possessed of knowledge and experience" ], ": to seize and take control of : take into one's possession":[] }, "examples":[ "What would possess seemingly sane people to treat concrete walls like trampolines", "People who experience specific colors when looking at particular letters, such as seeing sky blue when shown an R, possess an unusual abundance of connections in brain areas involved in word and color perception, a new brain-imaging investigation finds. \u2014 Bruce Bower , Science News , 26 May 2007", "What does matter is that we come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious, indeed; and, moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint. \u2014 Tom Robbins , Harper's , September 2004", "nations that possess nuclear weapons", "The defendant was charged with possessing cocaine.", "The ruby was once possessed by an ancient queen.", "He dreams of someday possessing great wealth.", "He possesses a keen wit.", "The drug possesses the potential to suppress tumors.", "Do dolphins possess the ability to use language", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The requirements for a license to carry a gun sit atop the many state rules restricting who can possess a firearm. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022", "In the past few decades, hot pants have been associated with women like Kate Moss, who possess strong personal style and impressive body confidence. \u2014 Nancy Macdonell, WSJ , 22 June 2022", "Detroit Police Chief James White, alongside Mayor Mike Duggan and Dawn Ison, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, announced a collaboration to prosecute felons who illegally possess firearms quickly and under federal law. \u2014 Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022", "Luke Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Ben Stiller play the Tenenbaum kids, who all possess quirks that can only be described as extremely Wes Anderson. \u2014 Hilary Weaver, ELLE , 1 June 2022", "Under the bill, those who possess the weapons when the law is passed would be grandfathered in, subject to registration of their firearms. \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022", "Leaders who possess customer-centric qualities can easily adapt to clients\u2019 needs. \u2014 Karen Greenbaum, Forbes , 16 May 2022", "But in many states that haven\u2019t decriminalized the strips, people who possess the papers aren\u2019t being prosecuted. \u2014 Andy Miller, CNN , 4 May 2022", "The legislation also would increase the accessibility of naloxone and test strips while steering people who possess fentanyl into education and treatment programs. \u2014 Geoff Mulvihill, ajc , 3 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Middle French possesser to have possession of, take possession of, from Latin possessus , past participle of possid\u0113re , from potis able, having the power + sed\u0113re to sit \u2014 more at potent , sit":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u0259-\u02c8zes", "also -\u02c8ses" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "command", "enjoy", "have", "hold", "own", "retain" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133751", "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "possessoress":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a female possessor":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090336", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "possessoriness":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the quality or state of being possessory":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "p\u0259\u02c8zes\u0259r\u0113n\u0259\u0307s", "p\u014d\u02c8-", "-\u02c8ses-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134947", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "possibility":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": one's utmost power, capacity, or ability":[], ": potential or prospective value":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural the house had great possibilities" ], ": something that is possible":[], ": the condition or fact of being possible":[] }, "examples":[ "There is a strong possibility that I will not be chosen for the job.", "Have you considered the possibility that you may be wrong", "My first two ideas didn't work, but I thought of a third possibility .", "The future holds untold possibilities .", "His degree and job experience give him a wide range of possibilities for a career.", "a man of undetermined possibilities", "The old house might not look like much now, but it has possibilities .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Reports that President Xi will be in Hong Kong this Friday appear to be confirmed, opening the possibility for more financial reform announcements for the city. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 28 June 2022", "Federal immigration officials routinely run safety campaigns warning migrants against traveling in tractor-trailers because of the possibility of overheating. \u2014 Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ , 28 June 2022", "This sequel has been a long time coming, with the stars and fans alike have discussing the possibility for years. \u2014 Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc , 28 June 2022", "Another central theme at the NATO summit will be the possibility for Finland and Sweden to join the alliance following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 Fox News , 27 June 2022", "The panel has yet to hear directly from either Trump or former vice president Mike Pence, although lawmakers have left open the possibility of calling either. \u2014 Luke Broadwater, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022", "But Cele said forensic samples were being sent to an advanced toxicology laboratory in Cape Town, indicating that police were looking at the possibility that poison or a toxin was involved. \u2014 Gerald Imray, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022", "Charles now faces the possibility of an investigation by The Charity Commission \u2014 the governing body of the charity world in Britain. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022", "The Avalanche beat the Lightning before attrition could take too much of a toll and before the scary possibility of facing elimination in Game 7 against Vasilevskiy. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 27 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u00e4-s\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "capability", "eventuality", "potential", "potentiality", "prospect" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062141", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "possible":{ "antonyms":[ "hopeless", "impossible", "impracticable", "infeasible", "nonviable", "unattainable", "undoable", "unfeasible", "unrealizable", "unviable", "unworkable" ], "definitions":{ ": being something that may or may not be true or actual":[ "possible explanation" ], ": being something that may or may not occur":[ "a possible surprise visit" ], ": being what may be conceived, be done, or occur according to nature, custom, or manners":[ "the best possible care", "the worst possible circumstance" ], ": being within the limits of ability, capacity, or realization":[ "a possible but difficult task" ], ": having an indicated potential":[ "a possible housing site" ] }, "examples":[ "Advances in medicine have made it possible for people to live longer.", "It is possible that she decided not to join us.", "We tried to spend as little money as possible .", "It is not physically possible to do everything you have planned in one day.", "The weather report warned of possible thunderstorms tonight.", "Thunderstorms are possible but not probable tonight.", "The highest possible score is 100.", "What possible good can it do to argue", "He is in the worst possible situation.", "It is possible that life exists on other planets.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "These countries wanted to get out of a security gray zone as fast as possible , and with NATO membership, locked in their success as Western style democracies and prevented a kind of a backsliding into a security and political no man's land. \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2022", "Winning more renewal sales begins with an agreement on the problems worth solving\u2014ensure your teams know the importance of gathering as much information as possible before recommending any solution, the importance of which I\u2019ve written on before. \u2014 Julie Thomas, Forbes , 29 June 2022", "The objective is clear: to develop new solutions for local customers on a continuous basis and to expand by taking them to multiple markets as fast as possible . \u2014 Allison Bailey, Fortune , 28 June 2022", "In the short term, then, our efforts to prevent nuclear disaster must focus on maintaining as much control of the situation as possible . \u2014 J. Peter Scoblic And David R. Mandel, CNN , 28 June 2022", "Since then, supporters, including coaches and players from the WNBA and NBA, including the Mercury and Suns, have advocated for the U.S. to bring her home as soon as possible . \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022", "Stevenson has called for warding off the ugly effects of inflation by being as conservative as possible with county spending. \u2014 Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022", "One hack is to sign up for as many of these services as possible through a third party on Apple\u2019s App Store or Apple TV platform, Google Play or Amazon\u2019s Prime video (not all are available). \u2014 Heather Kelly, Washington Post , 28 June 2022", "We're told that as much work as possible will be done internally, with the RB17's gearbox set to be made on site. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin possibilis , from posse to be able, from potis, pote able + esse to be \u2014 more at potent , is":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4-s\u0259-b\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for possible possible , practicable , feasible mean capable of being realized. possible implies that a thing may certainly exist or occur given the proper conditions. a possible route up the west face of the mountain practicable implies that something may be effected by available means or under current conditions. a solution that is not practicable in the time available feasible applies to what is likely to work or be useful in attaining the end desired. commercially feasible for mass production", "synonyms":[ "achievable", "attainable", "doable", "feasible", "practicable", "realizable", "viable", "workable" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231635", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "possibleness":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the quality or state of being possible : possibility":[ "the possibleness of such a feat" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001713", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "possibly":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": by merest chance : perhaps":[ "possibly he will recover" ], ": in a possible manner : by any possibility":[ "that's all she could possibly do" ], ": it is possible or imaginable : conceivably":[ "a political libel which may possibly damage me", "\u2014 G. B. Shaw" ] }, "examples":[ "he may possibly recover after such a serious mistake, but it doesn't seem likely", "Recent Examples on the Web", "That\u2019s down from recent readings but still elevated, and is possibly a sign that the market is nearing a bottom. \u2014 Simon Constable, Forbes , 30 June 2022", "Prince, 1983, Von Braun Civic Center March 1, 1983 was possibly the most awesome Friday night ever in Huntsville. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 27 June 2022", "McDonald's is delaying their McPlant, possibly because it's been a McFlop in initial test markets. \u2014 Paul Kita, Men's Health , 27 June 2022", "In what's possibly the most bad-ass action scene of the series thus far, Homelander and Soldier Boy face off. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 24 June 2022", "When asked what could possibly be the reason to have doors like that, McCraw seemed befuddled. \u2014 Safia Samee Ali, NBC News , 22 June 2022", "What better name for June 19 could there possibly be", "But the path to this year\u2019s win was possibly the unlikeliest in its history. \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 17 June 2022", "If this hearing wasn\u2019t newsworthy on a strictly empirical basis, what could possibly be" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4-s\u0259-bl\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "conceivably", "maybe", "mayhap", "perchance", "perhaps" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030759", "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "possie":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": position , place":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "alteration of position":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082116", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "posslq":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "persons of the opposite sex sharing living quarters":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4-s\u0259l-\u02ccky\u00fc" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074744", "type":[ "abbreviation" ] }, "possn":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "possession":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112523", "type":[ "abbreviation" ] }, "post":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a football passing play in which the receiver runs downfield before turning towards the middle of the field":[], ": a local subdivision of a veterans' organization":[], ": a metallic fitting attached to an electrical device (such as a storage battery) for convenience in making connections":[], ": a piece (as of timber or metal) fixed firmly in an upright position especially as a stay or support : pillar , column":[], ": a single dispatch of mail":[], ": a station or task to which one is assigned":[], ": a trading station on the floor of a stock exchange":[], ": after : subsequent : later":[ "post date" ], ": an office or position to which a person is appointed":[], ": behind : posterior : following after":[ "post lude", "post consonantal" ], ": courier":[], ": goalpost":[], ": letter sense 2a":[], ": mail":[ "post a letter" ], ": one of a series of stations for keeping horses for relays":[], ": one of two bugle calls sounded (as in the British army) at tattoo":[], ": post office":[], ": postbox":[], ": posterior to":[ "post orbital" ], ": score":[ "posted a 70 in the final round" ], ": something (such as a message) that is published online":[], ": subsequent to : later than":[ "post operative" ], ": the distance between any two such consecutive stations : stage":[], ": the metal stem of a pierced earring":[], ": the place at which a body of troops is stationed : camp":[], ": to affix to a usual place (such as a wall) for public notices : placard":[], ": to assign to a unit, position, or location (as in the military or civil service)":[], ": to carry ceremoniously to a position":[ "posting the colors" ], ": to denounce by public notice":[], ": to dispatch in haste":[], ": to enter on a public listing":[], ": to forbid (property) to trespassers under penalty of legal prosecution by notices placed along the boundaries":[], ": to make familiar with a subject : inform":[ "kept her posted on the latest gossip" ], ": to make transfer entries in":[], ": to publish (something, such as a message) in an online forum (such as an electronic message board)":[], ": to publish, announce, or advertise by or as if by use of a placard":[], ": to put up":[ "O'Brien claims city cops roughed him up and refused to let him post bond.", "\u2014 Jeffrey Ressner" ], ": to ride or travel with haste : hurry":[], ": to rise from the saddle and return to it in rhythm with a horse's trot":[], ": to station in a given place":[ "guards were posted at the doors" ], ": to transfer or carry from a book of original entry to a ledger":[], ": to travel with post-horses":[], ": trading post , settlement":[], ": with post-horses : express":[], "Emily 1872\u20131960 n\u00e9e Price American columnist and writer":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1507, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun", "1533, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3":"Verb", "1549, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb", "1562, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun", "1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb", "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "circa 1640, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Latin, from post ; akin to Lithuanian pas at, Greek apo away from \u2014 more at of":"Prefix", "Middle English, from Old English, from Latin postis ; probably akin to Latin por- forward and to Latin stare to stand \u2014 more at portend , stand":"Noun", "Middle French poste , from Old Italian posto , from past participle of porre to place":"Noun", "Middle French poste relay station, courier, from Old Italian posta relay station, from feminine of posto , past participle of porre to place, from Latin ponere \u2014 more at position":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181603", "type":[ "adverb", "biographical name", "noun", "prefix", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "post entry":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a last minute entry in a race or competition":[], ": a subsequent or late entry (as of an item missed in an account)":[], ": the inspection and quarantine detention period following admission of plant material at a port of entry":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 3":"Noun", "post- + entry":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114157", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "post-traumatic stress disorder":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a psychological reaction occurring after experiencing a highly stressing event (such as wartime combat, physical violence, or a natural disaster) that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of reminders of the event":[ "\u2014 abbreviation PTSD" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Garner, who has dementia and sensory aphasia, a condition that impairs her ability to communicate or fully understand speech, now has post-traumatic stress disorder . \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022", "Clinical psychologist Dawn Hughes defended her conclusion that Heard has post-traumatic stress disorder after Depp's legal team attempted to undermine her examinations. \u2014 Saba Hamedy, NBC News , 4 May 2022", "One of them, Jason Knight, had asked the court for compassion, saying Staveley had post-traumatic stress disorder that could be triggered by incarceration, WJAR reported. \u2014 Brittany Williams, Arkansas Online , 11 Oct. 2021", "The severity of survivors' post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms is related to their proximity to the mass shooting. \u2014 Rinad S. Beidas, CNN , 29 May 2022", "On his right arm is a semicolon, a common suicide awareness tattoo in the color teal for post-traumatic stress disorder awareness. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022", "Many years ago, Catch a Lift gave Rudder her first barbell, which started her back on the path to fitness, after more than a decade of chronic pain, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder issues and substance abuse. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Aug. 2021", "For example, people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder exhibit heightened activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, known as the brain\u2019s internal critic, when performing under pressure. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 7 Oct. 2020", "After narrowly escaping the shooting on the YouTube campus in 2018, Vivekanandan developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). \u2014 Soulaima Gourani, Forbes , 19 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1980, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113713", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postdate":{ "antonyms":[ "antedate", "precede", "predate" ], "definitions":{ ": to assign (an event) to a date subsequent to that of actual occurrence":[], ": to date with a date later than that of execution":[ "postdate a check" ], ": to follow in time":[] }, "examples":[ "We sent the company a postdated check for next month's payment.", "the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Both of them postdate a report in the New York Times in April 2020 that Chris Cuomo had provided advice to Andrew Cuomo\u2019s staff. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022", "Coralie Mills of Dendrochronicle found that the samples of timbers retrieved from the riverbed were native oak, a wood rarely found at Scottish sites that postdate 1450. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Oct. 2020", "Four of the ten Indian Ocean Dipoles that have occurred since 1240 postdate 1960. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 23 June 2020", "Mel Dacus left Casa in 1975, so most of Brent Dacus\u2019 work and all of Reynold\u2019s work at the theater postdate their father and grandfather there. \u2014 Punch Shaw, star-telegram , 10 May 2018", "A pane of glass reveals a bright office space inside: a lounge, rows of workstations, people who mostly postdate 1980. \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 2 Apr. 2007", "The Times had been investigating whether Ms. Coico\u2019s expenses were accurately recorded, or whether some had been postdated . \u2014 David W. Chen, New York Times , 7 Oct. 2016" ], "first_known_use":{ "1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8d\u0101t", "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02ccd\u0101t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "follow", "succeed", "supervene" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090428", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "poste restante":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": general delivery":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1768, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "French, literally, waiting mail":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02ccre-\u02c8st\u00e4nt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195723", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postepileptic":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": occurring or being in the period following an epileptic seizure":[ "postepileptic temporary paralysis" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1875, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02cce-p\u0259-\u02c8lep-tik", "-\u02ccep-\u0259-\u02c8lep-tik" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114135", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "poster":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a person who posts something online (see post entry 2 sense 3 )":[ "The case is among a growing number of defamation claims nationally that target anonymous Internet posters to websites operated by news media and other owners.", "\u2014 Jeff Swiatek" ], ": a swift traveler":[], ": a usually large printed sheet that is put on a wall as decoration":[], ": a usually large printed sheet that often contains pictures and is posted in a public place (as to promote something)":[], ": to put up posters on walls or surfaces : to affix posters to":[ "postered her bedroom walls with images of her favorite athletes", "They were not exactly old hands when it came to postering abandoned buildings, walls and fences in the dead of night.", "\u2014 Nancy Kapitanoff", "That we were in fact postering for so innocuous an event as a poetry reading was cause for greater amusement \u2026", "\u2014 The Baffler" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1538, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1918, in the meaning defined above":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 2":"Noun", "post entry 4":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014d-st\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194839", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "poster boy":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a male poster child":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Two decades ago Enron became the poster boy for how not to run a 401(k) plan when it was revealed that 60% of its employees\u2019 nest eggs were in its worthless stock. \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 17 June 2022", "The ordeal has made Better.com the poster boy for poor layoff conduct in a primarily remote world. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 2 June 2022", "Since his 2012 debut album Pluto, Future has undoubtedly solidified his role as the poster boy for drug binges, toxic entanglements, and exorbitant spending for the last decade. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 29 Apr. 2022", "After starting the Amazon Labor Union, Smalls became the poster boy for the opposition against Amazon. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022", "The poster boy for the power outage was, of course, slugger Juan Gonzalez, acquired in a blockbuster offseason trade. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022", "Automotive, poster boy of the deflating bubble, finished down 21% following news that Ford Motor F 0.20% sold a chunk of its stake. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 10 May 2022", "Kupp has become the poster boy for third-round draft picks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022", "In the nineteenth century, German strongman Eugen Sandow was the bodybuilding poster boy . \u2014 Derek Beres, Rolling Stone , 19 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1946, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-100028" }, "poster child":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a child who has a disease and is pictured in posters to solicit funds for combating the disease":[], ": a person having a public image that is identified with something (such as a cause)":[] }, "examples":[ "She was a stirring speaker and activist and soon became the poster child of the antiwar movement.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The region has been a poster child for drought conservation. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022", "Phoenix \u2022 Mary Francis had no qualms about being a poster child for COVID-19 vaccinations on the Navajo Nation, once a virus hot spot. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 May 2022", "Insulin, used by patients with diabetes to help control their blood sugar, has long been a poster child for skyrocketing U.S. drug costs. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022", "Moffett, who made her debut in the outfield last season for Oswego and hit .284 to earn all-conference honors, was a poster child for that approach Monday. \u2014 Rick Armstrong, chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022", "The poster child for this is the insurance companies benefiting from the mandatory enrollment in ObamaCare for all residents. \u2014 Simon Constable, Forbes , 28 May 2022", "The most \u2014 the poster child for that is Mariupol, obviously, a city of 450,000 people in the south of the country, southeast of the country. \u2014 Jacob Rosen, CBS News , 8 Apr. 2022", "The poster child was Hamilton County, a Democratic county that the map split into three Republican districts. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 14 Jan. 2022", "SpaceX, the poster child of the commercial space era, has been anxious to get a full-scale version of its Starship rocket launched on its first orbital test flight. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 10 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1938, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091929", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "poster color":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an opaque watercolor paint with a gum- or glue-size binder sold usually in jars":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1925, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082812", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "poster girl":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a female poster child":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "As the longtime poster girl for a healthy glow, Jennifer Aniston\u2019s beauty routine is a subject of great interest to the general public\u2014team Vogue included. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 6 May 2022", "Affleck famously proposed to the Versace poster girl with a pink six-carat Harry Winston diamond ring in 2002, before the pair called off their engagement. \u2014 Hayley Maitland, Vogue , 9 Apr. 2022", "Few people were better at it than top SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau, who, at 40, was blond, vivacious, and literally the poster girl for the marine park in Orlando, Florida, appearing on billboards around the city. \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010", "The Vogue cover star, who this year reinvented herself as the poster girl for emerging talent thanks to her stylist Lorenzo Posocco\u2019s eye for the next big thing, called upon Maximilian Davis to create her a custom look for the industry celebration. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 29 Nov. 2021", "Juggling on-set glamour and motherhood at home, Jolene is a poster girl for the industry; respected, aspirational, happy. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 22 Nov. 2021", "Whatever that word is, Thomasin McKenzie\u2019s character in Edgar Wright\u2019s half-brilliant thriller Last Night in Soho\u2014playing out of competition at the 78th Venice Film Festival\u2014is the poster girl for it. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 4 Sep. 2021", "Elsewhere, Barbie Ferreira and Dua Lipa were spotted wearing colorful eye shadow in shades of mellow green and frosted lilac, while Bella Hadid has become the Y2K poster girl with her thin brows and spiky updos. \u2014 Kristen Bateman, Vogue , 16 Apr. 2021", "Taking it all in her stride Being the poster girl for Black swimming while also studying towards a master's degree in social media and political communications might be overwhelming for some, but Dearing takes it all in her stride. \u2014 Sammy Mngqosini, CNN , 17 Dec. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1896, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-162019" }, "posterior":{ "antonyms":[ "backside", "behind", "booty", "bootie", "bottom", "breech", "bum", "buns", "butt", "buttocks", "caboose", "can", "cheeks", "derriere", "derri\u00e8re", "duff", "fanny", "fundament", "hams", "haunches", "heinie", "hunkers", "keister", "keester", "nates", "rear", "rear end", "rump", "seat", "tail", "tail end", "tush" ], "definitions":{ ": adaxial , superior":[], ": caudal":[], ": dorsal":[], ": later in time : subsequent":[], ": situated behind: such as":[] }, "examples":[ "Adjective", "the posterior part of the brain", "the chapel's posterior location in the church serves to make it a quiet retreat", "Noun", "The man squeezed his large posterior into the chair.", "the baseball players were always slapping one another on the posterior", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "The deadlift remains the king of all back exercises, as the movement incorporates lat and core stabilization along with engaging your entire posterior chain. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 30 June 2022", "Your calf muscles help make up your posterior chain, the group of muscles that run along the back of your body, including those along your spine, your hamstrings, and your glutes. \u2014 Melissa Matthews, SELF , 23 June 2022", "Another all-star starter, Freddy Peralta, has begun throwing again after suffering a right posterior shoulder strain on May 22. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022", "Ablation of the posterior nasal nerves is a new treatment for vasomotor rhinitis, which is characterized by a runny nose after eating or with changes in temperature. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 3 June 2022", "The injury occurred the same day the Brewers found out that starting pitcher Freddy Peralta would miss a significant amount of time this year with a right posterior shoulder strain, though he is expected to return sometime in 2022. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022", "One day hit legs, the next chest, and the final was focused on the posterior chain. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 24 May 2022", "Once formed, the gametes can detach and swim freely, and the posterior ends can regenerate. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 Jan. 2022", "Hinge your hips then scoop up to get a stretch through the posterior chain on the straight leg side. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 3 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Brown shook Grayson Allen so thoroughly on an 18-foot jumper in the first quarter that Allen staggered and his posterior ended up on the parquet. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 4 May 2022", "If that set of bones is well controlled, the tibialis posterior can work eccentrically to smoothly lower your foot to the ground. \u2014 Jay Dicharry, Outside Online , 13 Mar. 2019", "The deltoid muscles consist of three parts: the anterior (front) deltoid, lateral (medial) deltoid, and posterior (back) deltoid. \u2014 Tyler Hatfield, Men's Health , 26 Apr. 2022", "The whitish larvae are C-shaped with a bulbous posterior . \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Apr. 2022", "This compromises the tibialis posterior and its tendon. \u2014 Jay Dicharry, Outside Online , 13 Mar. 2019", "Philip English imagines a stuffy British bureaucrat parking his posterior on that seat and arguing that humans could never have descended from apes. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 13 Mar. 2022", "Somewhere along the way, many of us have lost touch with our intuitive gait and developed inefficient patterns, letting the front of our bodies do the work instead of our powerhouse posterior chain. \u2014 Esther Smith, Outside Online , 9 Jan. 2022", "Madonna's posterior has apparently been a point of controversy in recent years. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Sep. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective", "1605, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin, comparative of posterus coming after, from post after \u2014 more at post-":"Adjective" }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u00e4-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259r, p\u014d-", "p\u014d-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259r", "p\u014d-", "p\u00e4-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259r", "p\u014d-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259r, p\u00e4-", "p\u00e4-" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "aft", "after", "back", "hind", "hinder", "hindmost", "rear", "rearward" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053503", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "posterior cruciate ligament":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a cruciate ligament of each knee that attaches the back of the tibia with the front of the femur and functions especially to limit the backward motion of the tibia":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Linebacker Drew White has continued to play despite tearing a posterior cruciate ligament during practice last week. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 13 Nov. 2021", "Wilson sprained the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during a 54-13 loss at New England last Sunday. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Oct. 2021", "Wilson suffered an injury to the posterior cruciate ligament of his right knee. \u2014 J.p. Pelzman, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021", "Rios Ayala required foot surgery and injured both the posterior cruciate ligament and anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2021", "Surgery to repair the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee has given him new life, and there\u2019s enough uncertainty for the A\u2019s at second base that the position could be there for the taking. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Feb. 2021", "Texas A&M committed quarterback Eli Stowers is fully cleared after tearing the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in his left knee during the Wildcats' first drive of the 2019 state championship and is expected to start Friday. \u2014 Tess Demeyer, Dallas News , 22 Sep. 2020", "Stanton played just his 10th game this year and first since straining the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee June 25. \u2014 Jake Seiner, courant.com , 19 Sep. 2019", "Stanton played just his 10th game this year and first since straining the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee June 25. \u2014 Jake Seiner, courant.com , 19 Sep. 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "1981, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111806", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "posterior foramen":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the opening in an insect's head leading to the thoracic cavity":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-051510" }, "posterior paralysis":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": progressive weakness and loss of function accompanied by modification of joints and bones of the hindquarters of young pigs receiving inadequate vitamin D and calcium":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100800", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "posterioric":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": a posteriori":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "(a) posteriori + -ic":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035116" }, "posteriority":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the quality or state of being later or subsequent":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "For all intensive porpoises, the very pineapple of creative word play and hexagon of humor, his work will live on for posteriority . \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8\u00e4r-", "(\u02cc)p\u00e4-", "(\u02cc)p\u014d-\u02ccstir-\u0113-\u02c8\u022fr-\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-201103", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "posterist":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": one who designs or makes posters":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "poster entry 2 + -ist":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst\u0259r\u0259\u0307st" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181335", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "posterity":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": all future generations":[], ": the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation":[] }, "examples":[ "Her broad aim is to reconcile the image of Johnson\u2014the clubbable man, loved by posterity as well as by his contemporaries\u2014and the man racked by disease and tormented by his fear of madness. \u2014 Frank Kermode , New York Review of Books , 22 June 2006", "Posterity looks for hooks to hang old reputations on \u2026 \u2014 John Updike , New York Review of Books , 15 July 2004", "The restructuring of the New York Yankees began five days after that broken-bat bloop by Luis Gonzalez parachuted to posterity behind second base, clinching the World Series for the Arizona Diamondbacks and breaking the Yankees' run of three titles. \u2014 Tom Verducci , Sports Illustrated , 24-31 Dec. 2001", "It was puzzling to own trees\u2014they were not owned the way a business is owned or even a house is owned. If anything, they were held in trust. In trust. Yes, for all of posterity , beginning with Merry and her kids. \u2014 Philip Roth , American Pastoral , 1997", "Posterity will remember her as a woman of courage and integrity.", "A record of the events was preserved for posterity .", "The truth about what happened will be known to posterity .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "And jotting everything down for posterity is a writer (Makis Papadimitriou) who\u2019s having a hard time concentrating on the task at hand, what with his intense acid reflux and some highly gaseous medical issues\u2026. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022", "Radio reporter Les Grobstein saved the tape for posterity , and every year Cubs fans relive the memory of the rant heard around the world. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022", "Fans broke out their cellphones to record the moment for posterity . \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022", "The English diarist Samuel Pepys was a passenger on the royal yacht sailing alongside the Gloucester in the royal fleet and recorded the harrowing experience of the sinking for posterity in a letter to a friend. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 10 June 2022", "White\u2019s team had yet another device capturing the show for posterity : a digital recorder. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022", "Researchers are working quickly to digitize and map the cave and its artwork to both preserve it for posterity and create the virtual replica, which is accurate to within millimeters. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022", "At the other end of the emotional scale, many jokers were moved to ask posterity if their local sports team had won anything yet. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022", "Parfit scolded economists for undervaluing posterity . \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English posterite , from Anglo-French pusterit\u00e9 , from Latin posteritat-, posteritas , from posterus coming after":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u00e4-\u02c8ster-\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "fruit", "get", "issue", "offspring", "progeny", "seed", "spawn" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114856", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "posterization":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the act or action of posterizing an opponent":[ "The Warriors faithful will never forget 6-foot-3 Baron Davis soaring over the 6-9 Kirilenko for a massive posterization dunk in Golden State's only win.", "\u2014 Jody Genessy" ], ": the obtaining of posterlike reproductions having solid tones or colors and little detail from photographs or other continuous-tone originals by means of separation negatives":[], ": the visual effect produced when an image (such as a print or photograph) has a limited number of tones or colors rather than gradations of tone and color":[ "I noticed posterization (the tendency for sudden shifts in color and shading where they should be gradual) in one drawing.", "\u2014 Tony Hoffman" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "poster entry 2 + -ize":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014d-st\u0259-r\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191406", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "posterize":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to make (an image) into a poster":[ "You could freeze nearly any shot of this film, go to one of those websites that posterize any image and have a piece of art suitable for framing.", "\u2014 Richard Roeper" ], ": to print or display (an image, such as a photograph) with a limited number of tones or colors in a way suggesting or appropriate to a poster":[ "You can also go wild with the Equalizer's advanced modes\u2014 posterize the picture, change it to negative, make it black and white \u2026", "\u2014 Popular Photography" 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anterior", "postero lateral" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin posterus coming after":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192647", "type":[ "combining form" ] }, "posterodorsad":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": posterodorsally":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "postero- + dorsad":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6p\u00e4st\u0259r\u014d+" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190026", "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "posterodorsal":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to the posterior part of the back":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "postero- + dorsal":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183337", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "posterolateral":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": posterior and lateral in position or direction":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1836, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "poster ior + -o- + lateral":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u00e4-st\u0259-r\u014d-\u02c8la-t(\u0259-)r\u0259l", "\u02ccp\u00e4s-t\u0259-r\u014d-\u02c8lat-\u0259-r\u0259l, -\u02c8la-tr\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135015", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "posthaste":{ "antonyms":[ "slow", "slowly" ], "definitions":{ ": great haste":[], ": speedy , immediate":[ "requires your \u2026 posthaste appearance", "\u2014 William Shakespeare" ], ": with all possible speed":[] }, "examples":[ "Adverb", "ran posthaste for the doctor" ], "first_known_use":{ "1545, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "1569, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb", "1594, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 3":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst-\u02c8h\u0101st" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "apace", "briskly", "chop-chop", "double-quick", "fast", "fleetly", "full tilt", "hastily", "hell-for-leather", "hot", "lickety-split", "presto", "pronto", "quick", "quickly", "rapidly", "snappily", "soon", "speedily", "swift", "swiftly" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025623", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "posthypophysis":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the posterior lobe of the pituitary body":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + hypophysis":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125119", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postical":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": posterior":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin posticus , adjective, that is behind, from post after, behind + -icus -ic, -ical":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4st\u0259\u0307k\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220409", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "postiche":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1867, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "French, from Spanish postizo":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u022f-\u02c8st\u0113sh" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042333", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "posticous":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": posterior":[], ": situated on the outer side of a filament":[ "\u2014 used of an extrorse anther" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin posticus , from post behind, after + -icus -ic":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u00e4\u02c8st\u012bk\u0259s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104003", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "posticum":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a portico behind an ancient Greek or Roman temple":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin, rear of a building, back door, from neuter of posticus back, posterior":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u00e4\u02c8st\u012bk\u0259m" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214243", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postie":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": letter carrier":[] }, "examples":[ "the sort of small Cornish village in which the local postie knows everyone's business" ], "first_known_use":{ "1611, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "by shortening & alteration from postman":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014d-st\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "letter carrier", "mail carrier", "mailman", "postman" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012548", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postil":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a collection of such homilies":[], ": commentary":[], ": to write marginal comments in (a text) : annotate , gloss":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English postilen , from Middle French postiller , from Medieval Latin postillare , from postilla":"Transitive verb", "Middle English postille , from Middle French, from Medieval Latin postilla , probably from post illa ( verba textus ) after those words of the text, from Latin post after + illa , neuter accusative plural of ille that":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4st\u0259\u0307l", "\"" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010829", "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb" ] }, "postilion":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": one who rides as a guide on the near horse of one of the pairs attached to a coach or post chaise especially without a coachman":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1640, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle French postillon mail carrier using post-horses, from Italian postiglione , from posta post \u2014 more at post entry 3":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u0259-", "p\u014d-\u02c8stil-y\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044015", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postimpact":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": following an impact":[ "postimpact observations", "a postimpact fire", "postimpact debris" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1955, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8im-\u02ccpakt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185501", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "postimperial":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or occurring in the period following the dissolution of an empire":[ "postimperial Britain", "Although the postwar system of international relations was not static, it is right to call it postimperial .", "\u2014 Robert Skidelsky" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Against this harsh reality, the submarine deal appears to reflect a declining superpower, riven by internal discord and imperiled by democratic collapse, leading a diminished postimperial power down a cul-de-sac of geopolitical irrelevance. \u2014 Jonathan Stevenson, The New York Review of Books , 13 Oct. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1836, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-im-\u02c8pir-\u0113-\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140209", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "postinfection":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": relating to, occurring in, or being the period following infection":[ "postinfection fatigue", "postinfection fungicidal activity" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1895, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-in-\u02c8fek-sh\u0259n", "-in-\u02c8fek-sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113404", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "postinfectious":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": occurring after and especially as a result of an infection":[ "postinfectious encephalitis", "a postinfectious cough" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "There are precedents for this kind of postinfectious , noncritical illness, such as posttreatment Lyme disease. \u2014 Jennifer Couzin-frankel, Science | AAAS , 13 Apr. 2021", "In other words, long Covid may simply be the latest example of a postinfectious phenomenon that has mystified physicians for more than a century. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Jan. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1895, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-in-\u02c8fek-sh\u0259s", "\u02ccp\u014dst-in-\u02c8fek-sh\u0259s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181054", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "posting":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": appointment to a post or a command":[], ": something (such as an announcement) that is posted online":[ "job postings", "\u2026 he read verbatim from nasty Internet postings about him and his family.", "\u2014 Frank Bruni" ], ": the act of transferring an entry or item from a book of original entry to the proper account in a ledger":[], ": the record in a ledger account resulting from the transfer of an entry or item from a book of original entry":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "1880, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "1991, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 2":"Noun", "post entry 4":"Noun", "post entry 7":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014d-sti\u014b" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162331", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "posting box":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a public mailbox":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130950", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postlude":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a closing phase (as of an epoch or a literary work)":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The event is led by Bob Lundy and Elizabeth Yahn Williams with preludes and postludes of pianist Andrew Wong and assisted by artist Marion Wong, illustrator of the HA\u00cfKU for an Artist series. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 July 2019", "The dance now continues and switches gears as sound bites of Ailey and of Mr. Harris present a postlude suggesting them in conversation. \u2014 Robert Greskovic, WSJ , 12 Dec. 2018", "Make a very long weekend of your trip to the Berkshires with three Boston Symphony concerts and, as a postlude on Monday, an evening with the young players of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. \u2014 New York Times , 12 July 2018", "The 14 songs that made up Wednesday\u2019s program were grouped in three sets, with an introduction and postlude , collectively exploring mortal interaction with the gods, the Orestes myth and the deities themselves. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 7 Sep. 2017", "Perhaps the best thing to do with GWTW is to ask anyone who shows the film to put together a prelude or postlude \u2014 or maybe a little presentation for the intermission that is usually provided \u2014 that interrogates the film\u2019s presentation of history. \u2014 Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer , 30 Aug. 2017", "The six postlude concerts next season will be played by Peter Richard Conte. \u2014 Peter Dobrin, Philly.com , 7 Aug. 2017", "The postlude concerts were studded with some wonderful surprises. \u2014 Peter Dobrin, Philly.com , 1 May 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + -lude (as in prelude )":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst-\u02ccl\u00fcd" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114204", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postludium":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": postlude sense 1":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + -ludium , (as in Medieval Latin praeludium prelude)":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104705", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postman":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": mailman":[] }, "examples":[ "the postman comes at around nine every morning", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Rural Route Collection is an extensive body of photographs by local Harrison County, Kentucky postman , and photographer Mark Bradford. \u2014 Pat Mcdonogh, The Courier-Journal , 12 May 2022", "His father held a series of jobs, including as a postman . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022", "Among them is a Robert Pidgeon who worked in the General Post Office, and might well have been the father of our postman in the 1970s. \u2014 Anne Enright, The New York Review of Books , 5 Jan. 2022", "To that end, the young man gets a job as the postman to Pablo Neruda when the legendary writer, poet and diplomat moves there after being exiled from Chile. \u2014 Jamie Lang, Variety , 9 Nov. 2021", "An arriving officer located the postman , who immediately said something about emptying a bottle of water. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 6 Oct. 2021", "Once a postman and now a flying wing-back, Thomas Meunier was sold for 200,000 euros to Club Brugge in 2011. \u2014 Samindra Kunti, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021", "The postman demanded a handsome tip from my father, considering the delivery of this letter such an auspicious occasion. \u2014 Cressida Leysho, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021", "This is the dramatic moment a postman came face-to-face with a shark while snorkeling off the coast of Cornwall, England. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 16 Aug. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1529, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst-m\u0259n", "-\u02ccman", "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-m\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "letter carrier", "mail carrier", "mailman", "postie" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214135", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postman's knock":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a British game similar to post office":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000108", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postmarital":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": occurring, existing, or taking effect after the end of a marriage":[ "their postmarital relationship", "postmarital agreements" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1836, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8ma-r\u0259-", "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8mer-\u0259-t\u1d4al" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190846", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "postmark":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to put a postmark on":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "The package was postmarked 13 February.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The postmark was August 29, 2017, which worked out to be a day late. \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 26 May 2022", "Its wrapping bears a postmark of May 11, 1965, and the sender and addressee are the same: Lewis Reed. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022", "The outer envelope then carries a postmark from the post office and a timestamp delineating when counties received it. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 24 May 2022", "The bill prohibits the use of a U.S. Postal Service postmark as a way to verify when a ballot was mailed. \u2014 David Pitt, Star Tribune , 24 Feb. 2021", "The thick envelope bearing a Spanish postmark immediately struck Bishop as odd. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 23 Feb. 2022", "Mail ballots that arrived three days late would be valid, even without a postmark . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 24 Oct. 2021", "Every December, post office workers in the small Wood County village (population 433) hand stamp 10,000 cards with a special Christmas postmark that features Rudolph and is designed by local schoolchildren. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Dec. 2021", "The mailers carry the postmark and approval from the Ohio Democratic Party, which gets a discount on bulk mailing. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 28 Oct. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Six Democrats, 16 Republicans, two libertarians and 24 unaligned or independent candidates are smushed together on the same single-page ballot, which Alaskans need to postmark by Saturday. \u2014 Dan Zak, Washington Post , 9 June 2022", "For voters who are eligible to vote under the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act, May 24 is the last day to postmark an absentee ballot. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 26 Apr. 2022", "Also, voters who are eligible to vote pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act will have until May 24 to postmark an absentee ballot. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022", "So far, turnout has been anemic, but that could change because voters have until election day to postmark their ballots. \u2014 Gillian Flaccus, ajc , 13 May 2022", "Officials said voters who wait until the last day should use a ballot dropbox \u2014 available at select locations \u2014 or walk into a post office and ask the postmaster to hand- postmark their ballot. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Mar. 2022", "However, a Postal Service spokesperson said there\u2019s been a longstanding policy to postmark election mail, regardless of the type of postage on it, specifically because so many election laws rely on them. \u2014 Jeremy Hsieh, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Jan. 2022", "Deadline to postmark a letter for the program is Friday, Dec. 10. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 2 Dec. 2021", "Those who wish to object must postmark their letters by July 28, 2021. \u2014 al , 27 Apr. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1678, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "1716, in the meaning defined above":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst-\u02ccm\u00e4rk", "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02ccm\u00e4rk" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125459", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "postmortem":{ "antonyms":[ "autopsy", "necropsy", "postmortem examination" ], "definitions":{ ": an analysis or discussion of an event after it is over":[], ": autopsy sense 1":[], ": done, occurring, or collected after death":[ "postmortem tissue specimens" ], ": following the event":[] }, "examples":[ "Adjective", "postmortem tests on the brain tissue of people who had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease", "Noun", "A postmortem showed that the man had been poisoned.", "Party leaders are conducting a postmortem of the election to try to find out what went wrong.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Another area ripe for new technology is postmortem facial reconstruction, used for identification purposes, which has traditionally been carried out by putting clay on skulls in a process known as forensic art. \u2014 Rachel Pannett, WSJ , 30 Sep. 2020", "Beer and his colleagues analyzed postmortem brain tissue from 56 patients in southeastern Germany\u2019s state of Bavaria between 1999 and 2019. \u2014 Tanya Lewis, Scientific American , 8 Jan. 2020", "Although treatments for these disorders remain elusive, postmortem brain tissue offers a key resource for unlocking possible solutions. \u2014 Emily Toomey, Smithsonian , 21 Aug. 2019", "In addition to studying postmortem tissue, imaging methods like MRIs offer alternative tools for investigating neurological conditions. \u2014 Emily Toomey, Smithsonian , 21 Aug. 2019", "Nearby, the researchers also found skulls apparently stuck together with mortar\u2014remnants of one of the towers flanking the tzompantli, where most skulls once exhibited on its posts ended their postmortem journey. \u2014 Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS , 21 June 2018", "Last year, Jeff Iliff, a neuroscientist at Oregon Health & Science University, and several colleagues examined postmortem tissue from 79 human brains. \u2014 The Washington Post, The Denver Post , 21 May 2017", "Last year, Jeff Iliff, a neuroscientist at Oregon Health & Science University, and several colleagues examined postmortem tissue from 79 human brains. \u2014 David Kohn, Washington Post , 21 May 2017", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The stand-up hour is likely a first in the world of comedy \u2014 a postmortem last joke and testament from a comic who relished defying contention. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022", "After taking audiences through the steps of how such a postmortem is conducted, Mathieu stands up at a press conference and pulls a Colin Powell: His premature conclusions let the airline off the hook. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 5 May 2022", "She had been stabbed to death and a train had run over her body postmortem , the release said. \u2014 Melissa Alonso, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022", "In these postmortem portraits, Gunn achieves a highly effective balance between heartbreaking details and the soothing consolations of form and rhyme. \u2014 Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022", "These are being discussed in the postmortem over Terra\u2019s collapse. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 12 May 2022", "The postmortem offered by a veteran Alaska campaign consultant was brief and blunt. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022", "In a study published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US CDC partnered with the CDC China for a postmortem on the deadly spike. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 8 Apr. 2022", "So: prearrange, predeath, pretax, as well as postdate, postmortem , but pre-election, pre-eminent, pre-Columbian. \u2014 WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective", "1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin post mortem after death":"Adjective" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8m\u022fr-t\u0259m", "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8m\u022fr-t\u0259m", "(\u02c8)p\u014dst-\u02c8m\u022frt-\u0259m" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "posthumous" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120211", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "postmortem dividend":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a dividend paid after an insured person's death representing his share in surplus for the current year":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192356", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postmortem examination":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": autopsy sense 1":[] }, "examples":[ "a coroner performed the postmortem examination with painstaking thoroughness", "Recent Examples on the Web", "During a postmortem examination , the coroner concluded that Kathleen had died from injuries that were consistent with blunt force trauma, not an accidental fall. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 4 June 2022", "Dunikoski showed Donoghue a series of photos taken during the postmortem examination and asked the medical examiner to give a detailed description of each. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 16 Nov. 2021", "The postmortem examination was performed Monday, and the subsequent report with more details about the findings was expected to be completed by mid- to late November, Hess said. \u2014 Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 8 Oct. 2021", "Upon postmortem examination , these birds, including the black and white water bird species western grebes, were found to have domoic acid poisoning. \u2014 Jennifer Clare Ball, Wired , 16 Aug. 2021", "The two types of CJD can only be distinguished through a postmortem examination of brain tissue. \u2014 Barbara Casassus, Science | AAAS , 28 July 2021", "The puppy was brought to the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, run by the university, for a postmortem examination after its unexpected death. \u2014 Amanda Blanco, courant.com , 13 Apr. 2021", "Schwarz\u2019s body was taken to the medical examiner\u2019s office of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Montgomery for a postmortem examination . \u2014 John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al , 24 Oct. 2020", "Todd was there for the postmortem examination and accompanied the president's body to the White House, the letter said. \u2014 Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 14 Sep. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1832, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "autopsy", "necropsy", "postmortem" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183558", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postnaris":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": one of the posterior nares":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + Latin naris nostril":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132311", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "postpone":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to place later (as in a sentence) than the normal position in English":[ "postpone an adjective" ], ": to place later in order of precedence, preference, or importance":[], ": to put off to a later time : defer":[] }, "examples":[ "The baseball game was postponed until tomorrow because of rain.", "we'll have to postpone a decision until we have all the information", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Also on Friday, a federal judge agreed to postpone a trial in July for members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group charged with conspiring to forcefully halt the peaceful transfer of power after President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 7 May 2022", "Francis also confirmed that the two clerics had agreed to postpone a face-to-face meeting in Jerusalem that had been scheduled for June. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 4 May 2022", "Prosecutors and Buck\u2019s attorneys agreed to postpone a hearing to determine the amount that Buck must pay in restitution while his lawyers gather records of his finances. \u2014 Matthew Ormsethstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022", "Potential disruptions of the aviation system were averted after wireless companies agreed to postpone switching on broadcasts near runways and to lower power levels and the FAA began tests to determine the extent of potential problems. \u2014 Alan Levin, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022", "Some analysts even speculate Putin agreed to postpone a Ukraine invasion until after the Winter Olympics as a favor to China President Xi Jinping. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 9 Feb. 2022", "Last week, Cahill agreed to postpone that trial again to allow the federal case to precede at the request of both defense attorneys and prosecutors. \u2014 N'dea Yancey-bragg, USA TODAY , 20 Jan. 2022", "The Texas Attorney General's Office and SAISD lawyers agreed to postpone for six to eight months a trial that had been set for Wednesday on the state\u2019s effort to kill the vaccine mandate. \u2014 Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Jan. 2022", "Common Pleas Court judges agreed Monday to postpone jury trials until the beginning of next month. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 4 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin postponere to place after, postpone, from post- + ponere to place \u2014 more at position":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u014dst-\u02c8p\u014dn", "(\u02cc)p\u014ds(t)-\u02c8p\u014dn" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for postpone defer , postpone , suspend , stay mean to delay an action or proceeding. defer implies a deliberate putting off to a later time. deferred buying a car until spring postpone implies an intentional deferring usually to a definite time. the game is postponed until Saturday suspend implies temporary stoppage with an added suggestion of waiting until some condition is satisfied. business will be suspended while repairs are underway stay often suggests the stopping or checking by an intervening agency or authority. the governor stayed the execution", "synonyms":[ "defer", "delay", "hold off (on)", "hold over", "hold up", "lay over", "put off", "put over", "remit", "shelve" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054150", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "posttreatment":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": occurring after medical treatment":[ "a posttreatment relapse", "posttreatment care" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "And there's no downtime or posttreatment redness to contend with, which is always a bonus. \u2014 Sarah Wu, Glamour , 23 Nov. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1927, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8tr\u0113t-m\u0259nt", "(\u02c8)p\u014dst-\u02c8tr\u0113t-m\u0259nt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123439", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "postulate":{ "antonyms":[ "assumption", "given", "hypothetical", "if", "premise", "premiss", "presumption", "presupposition", "supposition" ], "definitions":{ ": a hypothesis advanced as an essential presupposition, condition, or premise of a train of reasoning":[], ": axiom sense 2":[], ": demand , claim":[], ": to assume as a postulate or axiom (as in logic or mathematics)":[], ": to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary : depend upon or start from the postulate of":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "Scientists have postulated the existence of water on the planet.", "postulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from them", "Noun", "Einstein's theory of relativity was deduced from two postulates .", "one of the postulates that the true agnostic rejects is the assumption that it is even possible for us to know whether God exists", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "So there is no reason to postulate on a Pat Riley-LeBron James reunion, because there has been no indication of that as a possibility. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 13 June 2022", "Others postulate that a multiple-choice protocol or a binary encoding might be a means to prevent the AI from deviously fooling a human guard. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022", "The theory, which is laid out in Steele\u2019s 1988 paper, goes on to postulate that people are motivated to maintain views of themselves as morally good and competent. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022", "Some astronomers, Hailey and his co-authors among them, postulate that the distinction can be made by carefully monitoring the timing of an x-ray binary\u2019s outbursts. \u2014 Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American , 5 Apr. 2022", "Scientists postulate that the bacillus originated in some lower animal and jumped to humans. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022", "Experts postulate that the housing bubble burst in tandem with economic hardships of the Great Recession pushed many people of home-buying age to the cities. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022", "Although cooler than the rest of the sun\u2019s surface, some scientists postulate that sunspots have an overall warming effect on the sun. \u2014 Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 10 Apr. 2021", "Some scholars postulate that the severe injury reminded him of his time in World War I, when his first concussion took place. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Modern philosophers such as Nick Bostrom postulate that our cosmos is probably a simulation, a virtual reality created by the alien equivalent of a bored teenage hacker. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 14 June 2022", "Taleb goes a step further, offering a mathematical postulate . \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 3 June 2022", "That\u2019s the main postulate of the supremely interesting and information-filled 2021 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER), released earlier this week by Startup Genome with the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN). \u2014 Dane Stangler, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021", "Belief in this postulate is evident at universities across the country, with many adopting protocols to ensure a safe, on-campus experience this fall. \u2014 Blake D. Morant, Forbes , 20 May 2021", "But this isn\u2019t necessarily so, and it\u2019s the fifth postulate \u2019s fault. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 5 Mar. 2021", "If Euclid\u2019s fifth postulate were true, then any two lines of longitude could never intersect. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 5 Mar. 2021", "At the heart of this particular puzzle lies a conflict between three fundamental postulates beloved by many physicists. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Quanta Magazine , 21 Dec. 2012", "Starting from these two postulates , Einstein showed that space and time are intertwined in ways that scientists had never previously realized. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Apr. 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin postulatus , past participle of postulare ; akin to Latin poscere to ask, Old High German forsc\u014dn to search, Sanskrit p\u1e5bcchati he asks \u2014 more at pray":"Verb", "Medieval Latin postulatum , from neuter of postulatus , past participle of postulare to assume, from Latin, to demand":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4s-ch\u0259-l\u0259t, -\u02ccl\u0101t", "\u02c8p\u00e4s-ch\u0259-l\u0259t", "-\u02ccl\u0101t", "\u02c8p\u00e4s-ch\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "assume", "hypothecate", "hypothesize", "premise", "presume", "presuppose", "say", "suppose" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211433", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "posture":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a conscious mental or outward behavioral attitude":[], ": state or condition at a given time especially with respect to capability in particular circumstances":[ "maintain a competitive posture in the market" ], ": the pose of a model or artistic figure":[], ": the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose":[ "erect posture" ], ": to assume an artificial or pretended attitude : attitudinize":[], ": to cause to assume a given posture : pose":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "Human beings have an upright posture .", "a good upright posture will prevent backaches", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Our new religious posture is this: Don\u2019t mess with us. \u2014 Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022", "As the organization Global Zero has made clear in its alternative nuclear posture review, the United States can dissuade any nation from attacking it with nuclear weapons with a substantially smaller nuclear arsenal. \u2014 William Hartung, Forbes , 16 May 2022", "But Popov went on to accuse the West of threatening Russia with its comments about wanting to see the country weakened, though the U.S.'s posture has been in the context of getting Putin to stop the war on Ukraine. \u2014 Amy Kellogg, Fox News , 5 May 2022", "WhatsApp\u2019s aggressive posture was unusual among big technology companies, which are often reluctant to call attention to instances in which their systems have been compromised. \u2014 Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022", "The United States\u2019 posture on land mines is that anti-vehicle and anti-personnel mines serve complementary functions, and are most effective when used together. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022", "Bad posture is one of the main reasons for back problems. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 7 Apr. 2022", "However, if their swaggering posture was uncertain, their fashion sense was exuberantly their own. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022", "The posture of the Biden administration by all appearances is one of wishful thinking: that while the United States and the world have rightly taken a side in this conflict, the fighting is going to stay in Ukraine. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "While the Bears may posture about the importance of winning games in 2022, their behavior since the arrival of General Manager Ryan Poles telegraphs his plan to build a new team around quarterback Justin Fields, essentially from the ground up. \u2014 Phil Rogers, Forbes , 28 May 2022", "All the while, one got the nagging sense that Cherry\u2014unlike more modern populists who posture as spokespeople for some silent majority because doing so is politically expedient\u2014wasn\u2019t faking it. \u2014 John Semley, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021", "Crude prices, which have run up recently, extended their gains early Wednesday before drooping in the afternoon, as traders continued to posture themselves ahead of higher demand stemming from the global economic recovery and summertime travel. \u2014 Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ , 16 June 2021", "This was the pre-Covid posture the Trump administration quickly adopted, turning almost anything connected to China into a political punching bag. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 June 2021", "While both sides had to posture for domestic audiences, particularly the rising nationalist fervor of Xi Jinping, China's increasingly authoritarian leader, the grievances at the heart of the dispute are longstanding. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 19 Mar. 2021", "Gale was not an overtly menacing physical presence onstage, in the way many metal frontmen try to posture . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2021", "Help your back and posture by raising your computer screen up to eye level. \u2014 Medea Giordano, Wired , 19 Sep. 2020", "The latter will be put to a jury, which means that both sides can be expected to posture when explaining Hollywood economics to regular citizens. \u2014 Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Aug. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1645, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb", "circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 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Ukraine\u2019s domestic reserves to survive in a postwar future. \u2014 Jenny Strasburg, WSJ , 14 June 2022", "The explosive postwar growth of suburban Chicago did not come without costs that included deeper racial segregation and economic divides as more affluent white residents left the city behind. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022", "He had been stationed at frontier posts in Montana, California and Arizona during his postwar career. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 11 June 2022", "Eyeing the postwar suburban boom in the 1950s, area political leaders planned a highway - Route 33 - connecting downtown Buffalo to a new airport built in the White suburbs. \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1853, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040641" }, "postweaning":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": having recently been weaned":[ "postweaning calves" ], ": relating to, 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"\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8w\u0259rk-\u02ccsh\u00e4p" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060620", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "postzygapophysis":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a posterior or inferior zygapophysis":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + zygapophysis":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033414", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "posy":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a brief sentiment, motto, or legend":[], ": bouquet , nosegay":[], ": flower":[] }, "examples":[ "a pocket full of posies", "gathered a posy of wildflowers to present to his girlfriend", "Recent Examples on the Web", "At the close of the event, the Queen received a posy of flowers that were part of her coronation bouquet, such as lily of the valley. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 Feb. 2022", "Cruachan IV has attracted attention in previous years for attempting to eat the Queen\u2019s posy of flowers in 2017 and also for trying to nibble Prince Harry\u2019s hand in 2018. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 9 Aug. 2021", "All that weeding and planting, mulching and mowing leaves one too exhausted for any but the most enthralling books \u2014 such as those in this springtime posy of favorite recent titles. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2021", "During such uncertain times, there is something particularly joyful about bringing nature into our lives through art, even if that means enjoying a posy of Forget-me-Nots hand-painted onto wafer-thin gold, online, at the end of a long Zoom day. \u2014 Kate Matthams, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021", "Cliff came back into the living room holding three glasses of milk, balancing them by pressing them together like a squat white posy . \u2014 Namwali Serpell, Harper's Magazine , 18 Aug. 2020", "Then make a posy , because flowers are beautiful and bring joy. \u2014 Isabella Kwai, New York Times , 28 Apr. 2020", "Bluebonnet Trail in Plano Patches of posies are scattered along this trail that runs east to west across Plano, just north of West Spring Creek Parkway. \u2014 Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News , 8 Apr. 2020", "Near the Luce Foundation Center on the third floor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum at 7th and F Streets, muralist Kelsey Montague created a cheeky panda bearing posies and perfectly poised for Instagram poseurs. \u2014 Beth Py-lieberman, Smithsonian , 10 Aug. 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "alteration of poesy":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014d-z\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "bob", "bouquet", "nosegay" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013653", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "posy pea":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": sweet pea":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061236", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "positional":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or fixed by position":[ "positional astronomy" ], ": involving little movement":[ "positional warfare" ], ": dependent on position or environment or context":[ "the front-articulated \\k\\ in \\k\u0113\\ key and the back-articulated \\k\\ in \\k\u00fcl\\ cool are positional variants" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh(\u0259-)n\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "In an era of positional flexibility, Stuart\u2019s skill set matches. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 2 June 2022", "Segura is fine, offering some positional flexibility and general competence though relatively little upside. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022", "The former Butler University star flashed his scoring potential and positional flexibility over the past two seasons. \u2014 Nat Newell, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Jan. 2022", "The Jack keeps that structure while adding some positional flexibility. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 7 Dec. 2021", "Dipoto said as of now the Mariners view Frazier as their starting second baseman, while also fitting with Seattle's goal of having positional flexibility with significant chunks of its roster. \u2014 Tim Booth, ajc , 27 Nov. 2021", "Hall also has more positional flexibility than Facyson. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 1 Sep. 2021", "Texas on Sunday drew upon its advantageous ties to Alabama to bolster a positional group led by Heisman candidate sophomore running back Bijan Robinson. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 6 June 2021", "Among their positional needs that remain are wide receiver, cornerback, defensive lineman, edge rusher, linebacker and running back. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1560, in the 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": occurring after or as a result of trauma":[ "post-traumatic seizures", "post-traumatic headache" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-trau\u0307-", "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-tr\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik", "-tr\u0259-\u02c8mat-ik, -tr\u022f-, -trau\u0307-", "-tr\u022f-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary post- + traumatic":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1872, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-111542" }, "post-covid syndrome":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a condition that is marked by the presence of symptoms (such as fatigue, cough, shortness of breath, headache, or brain fog ) which persist for an extended period of time (such as weeks or months) following a person's initial recovery from COVID-19 infection : long covid":[ "It is difficult to know who will develop post-COVID syndrome , but a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that 30% of respondents had persistent symptoms.", "\u2014 Lisa Denton", "Terrifying for sufferers and frustrating for physicians, post-COVID syndrome's questions far outnumber answers.", "\u2014 Nanette Asimov", "Unfortunately, there's no magic medicine to get rid of post-acute COVID syndrome . [Dr. Dayna] McCarthy says the best thing for these long haulers is sleep.", "\u2014 Elizabeth Ruiz" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8k\u014d-vid-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "2020, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164500" }, "position effect":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a genetic effect in which the expression of a gene is influenced by its interaction with usually adjacent genes and which is modified when the spatial relationships of the genes change (as by translocation)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1930, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164629" }, "postal order":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": money order":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1864, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164645" }, "positional notation":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a system of expressing numbers in which the digits are arranged in succession, the position of each digit has a place value, and the number is equal to the sum of the products of each digit by its place value":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The answer is a process that doesn\u2019t look much like modern arithmetic with Arabic numerals and positional notation , but is, in fact, far more powerful and flexible than it\u2019s usually given credit for. \u2014 Chad Orzel, Forbes , 12 May 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1941, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172115" }, "position micrometer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a filar-micrometer attachment for the equatorial telescope to measure position angles and angular separations (as of double stars)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172509" }, "possessory action":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an action at law founded on a right of possession and brought to recover or obtain possession as:":[], ": a real action formerly used under Old English law to regain possession of a freehold":[], ": an action founded on mere possession and sometimes used to try title indirectly":[], ": a suit under admiralty law to recover possession of a ship under claim of title":[], ": an action under Scots law to vindicate and recover possession of goods heritable or movable":[], ": an action in Louisiana to be secured in possession or restored to the possession of an immovable":[] }, "pronounciation":[], 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for small and midsize banks. \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 8 May 2018", "The Senate legislation would relax postcrisis regulatory requirements for small and medium-size banks. \u2014 Andrew Ackerman, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1893, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195306" }, "post exchange":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a store at a military installation that sells merchandise and services to military personnel and authorized civilians":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Beavers told stories later about how members of the unit were not allowed to use the post exchange or mess hall while in Georgia, a privilege even while German and Italian POWs being held there were allowed to do so. \u2014 The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com , 29 Dec. 2017", "Barbasol was a staple item in post exchanges and military ration kits. \u2014 Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star , 15 Sep. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1892, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-101042" }, "postfix":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": characterized by placement of an operator after its operand or after its two operands if it is a binary operator \u2014 compare infix , prefix":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)p\u014dst-\u02c8fiks", "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02ccfiks" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + -fix (as in prefix )":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1973, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195838" }, "postery":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": resembling a poster in pictorial effect":[ "an irregular solid background with altogether pleasing and postery results", "\u2014 Printer's Ink" ] }, "pronounciation":[ 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Ugolini", "posteruptive changes in tooth enamel" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-i-\u02c8r\u0259p-tiv" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1930, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200248" }, "postcrash":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": following a crash (such as a violent collision or a financial collapse)":[ "experienced postcrash headaches", "postcrash stock prices", "A financial services outfit that he controlled took a tumble with junk bonds in the postcrash Eighties.", "\u2014 Patricia Sellers" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8krash" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1930, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202626" }, "postfire":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after a fire":[ "postfire logging", "postfire restoration" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1872, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205815" }, "postcoup":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": following a coup d'\u00e9tat":[ "\u2026 might be trying to position himself for an important role in some future postcoup junta \u2026", "\u2014 Richard Vokey" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8k\u00fc" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1948, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210258" }, "postcranial":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to the part of the body caudal to the head":[ "postcranial skeleton" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8kr\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259l", "-\u02c8kr\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Numerous other cranial and postcranial features in the Krapina Neandertals overlap with early modern humans, too. \u2014 David W. Frayer, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022", "First named in 1995, this species was known only from teeth, jaws and some postcranial bones from the sites of Allia Bay and Kanapoi in northern Kenya that dated to between about 4.2 and 3.9 million years ago. \u2014 Briana Pobiner, Smithsonian , 13 Dec. 2019", "A novel form of postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in a sauropod dinosaur: implications for the paleobiology of Rebbachisauridae. \u2014 Brian Switek, Scientific American Blog Network , 15 May 2017", "Meachen and Samuels looked to the postcranial skeletons of coyotes and grey wolves from the late Pleistocene to the modern era to track how the canids changed. \u2014 Brian Switek, WIRED , 27 Sep. 2012" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1879, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214444" }, "postfix notation":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": reverse polish notation":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], 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2022", "American eggnog is closely related to English posset and Scottish Auld Man's Milk (to be drunk on New Year's Day after a night of revelry). \u2014 Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online , 22 Dec. 2021", "Teapot-like drinking vessels for posset enabled people to drink the liquid before eating the curds with a spoon after. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Aug. 2021", "Hints of sherbet, marshmallow, lemon posset (a kind of lemon custard), mango, creamed peaches and ripe orange lead on to a composed and approachable palate that has good complexity. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 6 June 2021", "The story of eggnog can be traced back to English colonists, who transformed a hot British drink called posset (a mixture of eggs, milk, and ale or wine) by adding rum and bourbon\u2014the spirits of the New World. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living , 4 Dec. 2020", "Some of other dishes scattered throughout the service will be snacks like dashi popcorn and dessert like lemon posset . \u2014 Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Apr. 2018", "And Ms. Billups has transformed the desserts: lemon-thyme posset with shortbread, apple brown-sugar cheesecake with apple cider caramel and a dusting of brown butter sugar. \u2014 Steve Reddicliffe, New York Times , 1 Aug. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English poshet, possot":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235643" }, "postflight":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after a flight":[ "postflight aircraft inspections", "a postflight debriefing" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8fl\u012bt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "This time, the protocols were more extensive, incorporating CDC recommendations on infection control during postflight medical testing and readaptation. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 4 Mar. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1933, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001101" }, "postfeminist":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, occurring in, or being the period following widespread advocacy and acceptance of feminism":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8fe-m\u0259-nist" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The gnawing insecurities of the postfeminist male were at the heart of Force Majeure, and \u00d6stlund initially appears to be returning to that subject in a negotiation both thorny and droll as Carl is bloodlessly castrated by Yaya. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1965, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010601" }, "post-eruption":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after an eruption (such as a volcanic eruption)":[ "posteruption climate change", "\u2026 to make alternative plans the next time its winter carnival falls during a posteruption winter warming.", "\u2014 Richard A. Kerr" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-i-\u02c8r\u0259p-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1907, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011651" }, "postexercise":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": existing or occurring after exercise":[ "postexercise stretching", "When it comes to postexercise munching, what you eat can have a lot to do with how quickly you recover.", "\u2014 Cheryl Sacra" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8ek-s\u0259r-\u02ccs\u012bz" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "After a strength-training session, your metabolism stays elevated through a process called excess postexercise oxygen consumption (EPOC). \u2014 K. Aleisha Fetters, SELF , 21 Sep. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1910, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014548" }, "poster stamp":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a charity seal made in extra large size":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020923" }, "postmaster general":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an official in charge of a national post office department or agency":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, when the agency's board of governors picked DeJoy as postmaster general and Democrats accused him of slowing service to undermine the election. \u2014 CBS News , 9 Feb. 2022", "Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency's board of governors had tapped Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as the new postmaster general . \u2014 CBS News , 9 Mar. 2022", "Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency's board of directors had tapped Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as the new postmaster general . \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, ajc , 8 Mar. 2022", "President Donald Trump\u2019s appointees, picked DeJoy as postmaster general and Democrats accused him of slowing service to undermine the election. \u2014 Alan Fram, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022", "Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, when President Donald Trump appointed Louis DeJoy as postmaster general and Democrats accused him of slowing service to undermine the election. \u2014 Alan Fram, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Feb. 2022", "Upon his appointment by Trump two years ago, DeJoy\u2014the first postmaster general in 20 years to have no prior experience with the postal service\u2014immediately gutted the agency by cutting overtime, shortening hours, and decreasing delivery trips. \u2014 Mekedas Belayneh, The New Republic , 25 Apr. 2022", "Democrats, who support expanding mail-in voting to prevent voters from exposing themselves to the coronavirus, have accused Trump and the postmaster general of actively trying to sabotage the U.S. Postal Service ahead of the election. \u2014 Mike Brest, Washington Examiner , 17 Aug. 2020", "The postmaster general is in charge of the Postal Service. \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1626, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021938" }, "postexilic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to the period of Jewish history between the end of the exile in Babylon in 538 b.c. and a.d. 1":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-(\u02cc)eg-\u02c8zi-lik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1861, in the meaning defined 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"examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "In Texas, there are three types of conservatorships with a child: a joint managing conservator, a sole managing conservator and a possessory conservator. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 24 June 2021", "After the possessory term, the other half of the home can transfer to a separate QPRT for the prime benefit of the descendants. \u2014 Alan Gassman, Forbes , 3 June 2021", "The numbers were based on sales, hotel, property and possessory interest taxes. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com , 12 July 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-102927" }, "postmating":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after mating":[ "postmating behavior of fruit flies", "postmating survival" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8m\u0101-ti\u014b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1926, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042540" }, "postcoronary":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": relating to, occurring in, or being the period following a heart attack":[ "postcoronary care", "postcoronary exercise" ], ": having suffered a heart attack":[ "a postcoronary patient" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8k\u00e4r-", "-\u02ccne-r\u0113", "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8k\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113", "-\u02c8k\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113, -\u02c8k\u00e4r-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1949, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054923" }, "postcornu":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a posterior horn of the lateral ventricle":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, 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Lake City, didn\u2019t respond to several requests for comment. \u2014 Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Mar. 2022", "Officials said voters who wait until the last day should use a ballot dropbox \u2014 available at select locations \u2014 or walk into a post office and ask the postmaster to hand-postmark their ballot. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Mar. 2022", "De La Garza is Duke\u2019s postmaster , in charge of the incoming and outgoing mail on campus. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 5 Mar. 2022", "Part of that time was in Mountain Home as postmaster . \u2014 Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online , 27 Feb. 2022", "Only drug dealers and employees of the nearby Los Alamos National Laboratory had the good roofs in town, a postmaster in Truchas once put it. \u2014 Alicia Inez Guzm\u00e1n, Rolling Stone , 30 Nov. 2021", "Morgan replaced the previous embattled postmaster , Wanda Prater, in June. \u2014 Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com , 15 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062108" }, "post-maturation":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": changes that may occur in a fruit when it ripens on the plant":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + maturation":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074932" }, "posttransfusion":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": caused by transfused blood":[], ": occurring after blood transfusion":[ "posttransfusion shock" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-tran(t)s-\u02c8fy\u00fc-zh\u0259n", "-tran(t)s-\u02c8fy\u00fc-zh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1944, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093221" }, "postmedia":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a postmedian vein":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + media":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105547" }, "poster session":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a presentation of information on a series of posters that may include drawings, photographs, charts, graphs, and textual data relating to a specific subject":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Maya Ajmera, president and CEO of the Society for Science & the Public and the publisher of Science News, said that the dramatic pivot was about more than just putting a poster session online. \u2014 Amanda Baker, Scientific American , 19 Aug. 2020", "Two additional studies presented during a poster session at the conference found that people with Alzheimer\u2019s had more seizures than normal controls. \u2014 Lauren Aguirre, Scientific American , 22 July 2019", "The convention will also feature a plant sale, photo exhibit/contest and poster session . \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Nov. 2019", "The convention will also feature a plant sale, photo exhibit/contest and poster session . \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Nov. 2019", "The convention will also feature a plant sale, photo exhibit/contest and poster session . \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Nov. 2019", "The convention will also feature a plant sale, photo exhibit/contest and poster session . \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Nov. 2019", "The convention will also feature a plant sale, photo exhibit/contest and poster session . \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Nov. 2019", "The convention will also feature a plant sale, photo exhibit/contest and poster session . \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Nov. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1974, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114337" }, "postmedian":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": located behind the middle (as of the body)":[], ": of or relating to a vein of the wing of an insect that is now regarded as a branch of the cubitus":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + median or medial":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115335" }, "post-free":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": postpaid":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02c8fr\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1890, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141821" }, "postnatal":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)p\u014dst-\u02c8n\u0101t-\u1d4al", "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8n\u0101-t\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The memoir\u2019s title derives from a nickname that Ms. Blair was given in infancy, a reference to a postnatal glower that seemingly wouldn\u2019t quit. \u2014 Joanne Kaufman, WSJ , 17 May 2022", "Their products range from vegan postnatal vitamins to surprisingly tasty lactation tea. \u2014 Emily Barasch, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022", "Make sure to read Sarah Vaughan\u2019s source material too, and then order her follow-up, Little Disasters*\u2014*an unsettling exploration of postnatal anxiety which is also set to be adapted for the screen. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 20 Feb. 2022", "The researchers also weren't able to examine prenatal and postnatal cannabis use separately. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 16 Nov. 2021", "These aren\u2019t your average pre- and postnatal prescriptions. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Nov. 2021", "Women often stick with a primary care physician that treats their family rather than choosing a primary care physician that specializes in women's health - menopause, mental health, nutrition, prenatal and postnatal care. \u2014 Gregg Ratkovic, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021", "The first chapter is a postnatal depression questionnaire filled out with discursive irony. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 30 Sep. 2021", "In other words, what options exist within the constraints of embryonic and postnatal development" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1859, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155714" }, "postexperience":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": following a particular experience or a period of experience (such as work experience)":[ "postexperience questionnaires/surveys", "postexperience courses" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-ik-\u02c8spir-\u0113-\u0259n(t)s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1958, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163631" }, "posttranscriptional":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring, acting, or existing after genetic transcription":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-tran(t)-\u02c8skrip-shn\u0259l", "-tran(t)s-\u02c8krip-shn\u0259l, -sh\u0259n-\u1d4al", "-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1969, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164324" }, "postal money order":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": money order":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165942" }, "postfracture":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after a bone fracture":[ "postfracture pain", "postfracture rehab" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8frak-ch\u0259r", "-sh\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1897, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171633" }, "positron":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a positively charged particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as the electron and constituting the antiparticle of the electron":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259-\u02cctr\u00e4n", "\u02c8p\u00e4z-\u0259-\u02cctr\u00e4n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The antiparticle version of an electron, for instance, is a positron . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 21 Sep. 2021", "The dance between positron and antiproton in antihydrogen should exactly follow that of the electron and proton in hydrogen. \u2014 Sophia Chen, Wired , 19 Feb. 2020", "In contrast, the higher energies used in the ALPHA experiment slow antiprotons and positrons down enough for the particles to form atoms of antihydrogen for more in-depth study. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American , 19 Feb. 2020", "Sometimes, the photon immediately decays into an electron and a positron , which are propelled forward by the photon\u2019s momentum and strike the detector near one another. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 7 June 2016", "Richard Feynman, a young professor at Cornell, had invented a novel method to describe the behavior of electrons and photons (and their antimatter equivalent, positrons ). \u2014 George Johnson, SFChronicle.com , 29 Feb. 2020", "The electron, quark, and muon, for example, are paired with the positron , antiquark, and antimuon, respectively. \u2014 Sophia Chen, Wired , 19 Feb. 2020", "Bananas, which contain trace amounts of radioactive potassium, emit a positron every 75 minutes. \u2014 Sophia Chen, Wired , 19 Feb. 2020", "By contrast, the researchers observed that some electrons and positrons seem to be correlated in their emission direction. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 20 Dec. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "posi tive + -tron (as in electron )":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1933, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173753" }, "posset cup":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a 2-handled usually covered and spouted vessel used especially in the 17th and 18th centuries for possets and invalid feeding":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174003" }, "posttrial":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring or existing after a trial":[ "posttrial motions", "posttrial access to experimental medication" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8tr\u012b(-\u0259)l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The records included both pretrial 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meetings after a horrible loss or a series of defeats. \u2014 Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com , 24 May 2020", "The Detroit Pistons point guard typically exits the locker room at Little Caesars Arena before reporters conclude postgame sessions with coach Dwane Casey. \u2014 Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press , 17 Jan. 2020", "Howard's final act of the night: Passing the microphone as Teske and Simpson, his first two seniors, gave their postgame speeches. \u2014 Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press , 6 Mar. 2020", "Sunday\u2019s setback \u2014 filled with dropped passes and botched field goals and missed opportunities and more postgame agitation \u2014 was the Bears\u2019 fifth loss in their last six games. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 18 Nov. 2019", "That made Waddle a happy guy in those postgame moments with high school buddies. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 13 Oct. 2019", "Fox News sent its foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot to a Lyon sports bar to report on the World Cup final\u2019s postgame scene, and the fans \u2014 knowing that reporter was from Fox News \u2014 had their own message for the network\u2019s live shot. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, For The Win , 7 July 2019", "Seattle options RHP Matt Festa and RHP Erik Swanson to Tacoma ( postgame April 11). \u2014 Seattle Times Sports Staff, The Seattle Times , 13 Apr. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1902, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194225" }, "position buoy":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": fog buoy sense 2":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201123" }, "position light signal":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a fixed railroad signal that gives its indications by varying the positions of two or more lights":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], 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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001055" }, "postage paper":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": postal paper":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004929" }, "postnasal drip":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": flow of mucous secretion from the posterior part of the nasal cavity onto the wall of the pharynx occurring usually as a chronic accompaniment of an allergic state":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst-\u02ccn\u0101-z\u0259l-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "In the last 20 years, Lee has landed in the hospital a half-dozen times after the postnasal drip from a cold or seasonal allergies triggered congestion, then bronchitis and pneumonia. \u2014 Marion Renault, The New Republic , 21 Oct. 2021", "And because a lot of cold symptoms\u2014like runny nose and postnasal drip \u2014are generated from the sinuses, Dr. Wasylyshyn's advice to his patients who are dealing with a cold is to focus on clearing those up. \u2014 Colleen Murphy, Health.com , 27 Sep. 2021", "And people with a persistent postnasal drip experience a flow of mucous that rides on top of the vocal folds. \u2014 Star Tribune , 21 July 2021", "And all that postnasal drip can cause a stink by ending up stuck on the back of your tongue, which is incredibly hard to reach with a toothbrush. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 5 May 2020", "Coughing at night may be due to poorly controlled asthma, postnasal drip from allergies or acid reflux. \u2014 Craig Canapari, New York Times , 18 Apr. 2020", "Optimize rest conditions: Use a bed wedge or extra pillows to keep your chest raised to avoid additional congestion and postnasal drip . \u2014 Adam Popescu, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2020", "Dozens of conditions can cause a recurrent, lingering cough, but the lion\u2019s share are caused by just five: postnasal drip , asthma, acid reflux, chronic bronchitis and treatment with ACE inhibitors, used for high blood pressure. \u2014 Howard Lewine, sun-sentinel.com , 2 Oct. 2019", "Instead, the real culprits are invisible, microscopic bacteria that hang out around your tongue and gums, feasting on tiny bits of food, postnasal drip and even oral tissues. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian , 13 Feb. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1949, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012731" }, "postexposure":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after exposure to something (such as a pathogen)":[ "postexposure antiretroviral medications", "postexposure surveillance" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-ik-\u02c8sp\u014d-zh\u0259r", "\u02ccp\u014dst-ik-\u02c8sp\u014d-zh\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "But if the animal can't be identified or captured, the recommendation is to begin postexposure preventive treatment for rabies. \u2014 Caitlin Hillyard, chicagotribune.com , 27 Aug. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1906, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014344" }, "position finder":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a gunnery instrument for finding by triangulation the exact position and range of a ship or target":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015734" }, "postgena":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the lateral part of the area of the insect cranium between the occipital and postoccipital sutures":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Latin post- + gena":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020506" }, "postmedieval":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, occurring in, or characteristic of the period following the Middle Ages":[ "postmedieval Europe", "the postmedieval period" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-mi-", "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02ccm\u0113-\u02c8d\u0113-v\u0259l", "\u02ccme-", "-d\u0113-\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1851, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025548" }, "posset pot":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a two-handled vessel used for making posset":[], ": posset cup":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025733" }, "position artillery":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": heavy artillery chiefly of fieldworks":[] }, 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"Recent Examples on the Web", "In the case of the most recent quake, the postglacial rebound torqued the crust around the fault in a way that increased stress near the epicenter as well. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021", "The date places the statue at a time when forests were spreading across a warmer, postglacial Eurasia. \u2014 Andrew Curry, Science | AAAS , 25 Apr. 2018", "The date places the statue at a time when forests were spreading across a warmer, postglacial Eurasia. \u2014 Andrew Curry, Science | AAAS , 25 Apr. 2018", "Scientists at the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey in Madison said at the time that the low-intensity seismic activity could have been produced by a phenomenon known as postglacial rebounding. \u2014 Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Sep. 2017", "The flat postglacial geography of the sluggish Chicago River and its adjacent swamps marked the narrow southwestern edge of the Great Lakes watershed, the perfect spot for a canal to connect the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River watershed. \u2014 Bill Savage, Chicago Reader , 22 June 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1851, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051754" }, "positronium":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a short-lived system that consists of a positron and an electron bound together and is suggestive of a hydrogen atom":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u00e4-z\u0259-\u02c8tr\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "For example, in the 1990s physicists thought, essentially, that positronium didn\u2019t live as long as predicted. \u2014 Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS , 25 Aug. 2020", "That makes positronium an ideal tool with which to look for new physics, Cassidy says. \u2014 Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS , 25 Aug. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1945, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-060812" }, "post-COVID syndrome":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a condition that is marked by the presence of symptoms (such as fatigue, cough, shortness of breath, headache, or brain fog ) which persist for an extended period of time (such as weeks or months) following a person's initial recovery from COVID-19 infection : long covid":[ "It is difficult to know who will develop post-COVID syndrome , but a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that 30% of respondents had persistent symptoms.", "\u2014 Lisa Denton", "Terrifying for sufferers and frustrating for physicians, post-COVID syndrome's questions far outnumber answers.", "\u2014 Nanette Asimov", "Unfortunately, there's no magic medicine to get rid of post-acute COVID syndrome . [Dr. Dayna] McCarthy says the best thing for these long haulers is sleep.", "\u2014 Elizabeth Ruiz" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8k\u014d-vid-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "2020, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-063717" }, "position target":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a railroad day signal that indicates by its position whether the accompanying switch is open or closed":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-092857" }, "postclimax":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a relatively stable ecological community requiring a greater amount of available moisture than that generally available to a climax and occurring typically where locally abundant soil moisture compensates for a generally deficient 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"antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Glover, 75, inherited his heart from his parents, who were postal workers in San Francisco and members of the postal union . \u2014 Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022", "At a massive mail facility in Santa Ana, tractor-trailers began pulling away from the docks even if workers were in the middle of loading them, said Will Khong, president of the postal union \u2019s Orange County-area chapter. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 21 Sep. 2020", "Roscoe Woods, a Detroit-area postal union president, said that USPS sometimes lacks up-to-date contact information, complicating the task of contact tracers. \u2014 Maryam Jameel, ProPublica , 18 Sep. 2020", "Ellinor, Hjorth\u2019s narrator, is a publicist tasked with handling the Norwegian postal union \u2019s fight against the Third Postal Services Directive in 2011. \u2014 Megan Evershed, The New Republic , 18 Sep. 2020", "According to postal union leader Carlos Barrios, the workers were instructed to send the mail to a processing plant in Austin in an effort to fool Castro about the extent of problems at the U.S. Postal Service. \u2014 Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com , 21 Aug. 2020", "On Friday, a representative from the local postal union said that six mail processing machines \u2014 four in Baltimore and two in Linthicum \u2014 were taken out of use in early August and being dismantled. \u2014 Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com , 17 Aug. 2020", "In the Baltimore area, four delivery bar code sorters in Baltimore and two more in Linthicum were removed, according to local postal union officials. \u2014 Sameer Rao, baltimoresun.com , 26 Aug. 2020", "The postmaster general ordered the removal of six mail sorting machines in San Antonio, two more than previously known to postal union leaders, who say cuts to the U.S. Postal Service are causing long delays in mail delivery. \u2014 ExpressNews.com , 20 Aug. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1853, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-072132" }, "position isomerism":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": isomerism in which a substituting atom or group occupies different positions":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-073645" }, "postgnathal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": situated behind the gnathal region of an insect's head":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + gnathal":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-074628" }, "postclassical":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to a period (as in art, literature, or civilization) following a classical one":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8kla-si-k\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Only two months later, after the assassination of James Meredith, the new chairman emerged from a Mississippi jail and popularized the phrase that would become the rallying cry of this postclassical struggle: Black power. \u2014 Blair Mcclendon, The New Republic , 24 May 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1851, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-075424" }, "posthouse":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a house or inn for exchanging post-horses and accommodating postriders":[], ": post office":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 4 + house":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-081634" }, "post-Victorian":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring or existing after the Victorian era":[ "post-Victorian England", "While the modesty of the post-Victorian swimming outfits is perhaps the most conspicuous difference between then and now, the change in materials is just as stark.", "\u2014 Allyssia Alleyne" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-vik-\u02c8t\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1912, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-083021" }, "posied":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": inscribed with a posy or motto":[], ": provided with posies : flowery":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dz\u0113d", "-zid" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "posy + -ed":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-084845" }, "postface":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a brief article or note (as of explanation) placed at the end of a publication":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccf\u0101s", "p\u022fs-\u02c8f\u00e4s", "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-f\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "French, from post- + -face (as in pr\u00e9face preface)":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1742, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-085137" }, "position vector":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the vector of a point drawn from an origin to the point":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-085922" }, "postulant":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a person admitted to a religious order as a probationary candidate for membership":[], ": a person on probation before being admitted as a candidate for holy orders in the Episcopal Church":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4s-ch\u0259-l\u0259nt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "There is a major Chicago theater debut from Isabella Andrews, as the nervous postulant Mary Robert. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 12 Nov. 2021", "Ron Hansen has written 10 estimable novels with wildly diverse, mostly historical subjects ranging from postulant Mariette Baptiste to Hitler\u2019s niece to Billy the Kid. \u2014 Ron Hansen, Star Tribune , 14 Aug. 2020", "Even today, postulants who enter the order, which has chapters around the world, mostly spend their days alone, in spartan cells in prayer and contemplation, mixed with some manual labor. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Nov. 2019", "One of the postulants is Barbara Prate, a bright, occasionally caustic 45-year-old nurse from New Jersey. \u2014 Kristina Krug, Smithsonian , 28 June 2018", "Brother Reilly had given him a short tour of the public areas\u2014the chapel, the guest parlor, the dining hall\u2014and then escorted him to the front veranda, where the other postulants had gathered to admire the grounds. \u2014 John L\u2019heureux, The New Yorker , 14 May 2018", "The Sound of Music\u2019\u2019 starred Mary Martin \u2014 then just weeks away from her 46th birthday \u2014 as Maria, the young postulant who leaves an abbey to become a governess to the von Trapp family. \u2014 Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com , 3 May 2018", "Maria, a postulant at a convent near Salzburg, Austria, is detached from her duties to be governess to the seven motherless children of Baron Von Trapp. \u2014 Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Mar. 2018", "After high school, he was accepted as a postulant to the Augustinian Academy in Staten Island, N.Y., and was accepted to the Order in September 1946. \u2014 Adia H. Robinson, Philly.com , 21 June 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "French, petitioner, candidate, postulant, from Middle French, from present participle of postuler to demand, solicit, from Latin postulare":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1721, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-091533" }, "postmastectomy":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": relating to, being in, or occurring in the period following a mastectomy":[ "postmastectomy pain", "postmastectomy patients", "postmastectomy breast reconstruction" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-ma-\u02c8stek-t\u0259-m\u0113", "-ma-\u02c8stek-t\u0259-m\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1948, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-092943" }, "positively":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": formally laid down or imposed : prescribed":[ "positive laws" ], ": expressed clearly or peremptorily":[ "her answer was a positive no" ], ": fully assured : confident":[ "positive it was her book" ], ": of, relating to, or constituting the degree of comparison that is expressed in English by the unmodified and uninflected form of an adjective or adverb and denotes no increase or diminution":[], ": independent of changing circumstances : unconditioned":[ "an insurance policy with positive coverage" ], ": relating to or constituting a motion or device that is definite, unyielding, constant, or certain in its action":[ "a positive system of levers" ], ": incontestable":[ "positive proof" ], ": unqualified":[ "a positive disgrace" ], ": not fictitious : real":[ "positive social tensions" ], ": active and effective in social or economic function rather than merely maintaining peace and order":[ "a positive government" ], ": indicating, relating to, or characterized by affirmation, addition, inclusion, or presence rather than negation, withholding, or absence":[ "took the positive approach and struck a new deal rather than canceling the contract" ], ": having rendition of light and shade similar in tone to the tones of the original subject":[ "a positive photographic image" ], ": contributing toward or characterized by increase or progression":[ "take some positive action", "positive cash flow" ], ": directed or moving toward a source of stimulation":[ "a positive taxis" ], ": real and numerically greater than zero":[ "+2 is a positive integer" ], ": being, relating to, or charged with electricity of which the proton is the elementary unit and which predominates in a glass body after being rubbed with silk":[], ": having more protons than electrons":[ "a positive ion" ], ": having higher electric potential and constituting the part from which the current flows to the external circuit":[ "the positive terminal of a discharging storage battery" ], ": being an electron-collecting electrode of an electron tube":[], ": marked by or indicating acceptance, approval, or affirmation":[ "received a positive response" ], ": converging light rays and forming a real inverted image":[], ": having a good effect : favorable":[ "a positive role model" ], ": marked by optimism":[ "the positive point of view" ], ": something positive: such as":[], ": the positive degree of comparison in a language":[], ": a positive form of an adjective or adverb":[], ": something of which an affirmation can be made : reality":[], ": a positive photograph or a print from a negative":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4z-\u0259t-iv, \u02c8p\u00e4z-tiv", "\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259-tiv", "\u02c8p\u00e4z-tiv" ], "synonyms":[ "admiring", "applauding", "appreciative", "approbatory", "approving", "commendatory", "complimentary", "favorable", "friendly", "good" ], "antonyms":[ "adverse", "depreciative", "depreciatory", "derogatory", "disapproving", "inappreciative", "negative", "unappreciative", "uncomplimentary", "unfavorable", "unflattering", "unfriendly" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for positive Adjective sure , certain , positive , cocksure mean having no doubt or uncertainty. sure usually stresses the subjective or intuitive feeling of assurance. felt sure that I had forgotten something certain may apply to a basing of a conclusion or conviction on definite grounds or indubitable evidence. police are certain about the cause of the fire positive intensifies sureness or certainty and may imply opinionated conviction or forceful expression of it. I'm positive that's the person I saw cocksure implies presumptuous or careless positiveness. you're always so cocksure about everything", "examples":[ "Adjective", "The book had a positive influence on me.", "He has been a positive role model for his brother.", "Nothing positive came out of that experience.", "What are some of the positive things about your job?", "The low unemployment rate is a positive sign for the economy.", "The company took positive steps to create a safer workplace.", "You've got to have a positive attitude to do well in life.", "You should try to be more positive about the whole situation.", "On the positive side , you will be making more money.", "To end on a positive note , we are seeing an increase in sales this month.", "Noun", "The positives of living in the city include access to public transportation and many interesting restaurants.", "The test showed a positive .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Only a handful of stock-fund managers have managed to stay in positive territory (see Winners\u2019 Circle). \u2014 William Power, WSJ , 4 July 2022", "The Dodgers still viewed this weekend as a positive , as well. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 3 July 2022", "Independence Day should be storm free, which is always a positive given all the outdoor plans. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 2 July 2022", "Drilling down into stock sectors, just one of the 11 S&P 500 sectors are in positive territory for 2022. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 1 July 2022", "Everybody working on it is really appreciating it in a different way \u2013 that\u2019s a real positive and will give it a real energy for the next 10 years at least. \u2014 Mark Sutherland, Variety , 30 June 2022", "Alternatively, Biden could argue that wide-scale student loan cancellation will be a net positive to the economy. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 29 June 2022", "Despite the bitter end of Tina, Haynes is trying to focus on the positive . \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 29 June 2022", "What was most important was his gift of liking people, treating everyone fairly, seeing the positive in any situation, and being profoundly flexible. \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "He was urged to take a test and wound up popping a positive . \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022", "Russia may be run by a despot whose needless military adventurism will result in the death of thousands of Ukranians, but Chelsea\u2019s recent run of success is a net positive . \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 25 Feb. 2022", "The only substantial positive is turnover numbers have stayed down. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Feb. 2022", "Dawson described the past few weeks as something of an emotional pendulum, as one test would come back negative, then the next positive . \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 8 Feb. 2022", "Health officials in Hong Kong are now investigating this as a possible case of animal-to-human transmission because two more human infections, one confirmed and one preliminary positive , were linked to the pet store. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Jan. 2022", "Ten of the brochures never mention that a false positive can happen. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Jan. 2022", "Players undergo more testing after an initial positive . \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 18 Nov. 2021", "Honerkamp also noted that focusing on the positive can have powerful benefits. \u2014 SELF , 5 Nov. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin positivus , from positus , past participle of ponere":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective", "1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095113" }, "postmark ad":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": cachet sense 4b":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095657" }, "postmenopausal":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": having undergone menopause":[], ": occurring or administered after menopause":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccm\u0113-", "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02ccme-n\u0259-\u02c8p\u022f-z\u0259l", "-\u02ccmen-\u0259-\u02c8p\u022f-z\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The study looked at data and survey responses from 159,255 participants in the Women\u2019s Health Initiative, which included postmenopausal women in the United States. \u2014 Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022", "Are studies that suggest eating prunes daily might delay or prevent osteoporosis for postmenopausal women valid? \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 21 June 2022", "Visceral fat has been linked to a greater risk of cardiovascular disease, which is one of the leading causes of death in postmenopausal women. \u2014 Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022", "In a study of more than 5,000 postmenopausal women, those with breast arterial calcification (BAC) were 51 percent more likely to develop heart disease or have a stroke compared with women who didn\u2019t have the condition. \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022", "Something to do with uteri or double X\u2019s or estrogen \u2014 never mind the millions of women ( postmenopausal , post-hysterectomied, infertile or living with Turner syndrome) who would not fit those definitions. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022", "Either ultrasound or biopsy is a reasonable first step in excluding uterine cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 14 Dec. 2021", "Twenty-four were premenopausal; 24 were perimenopausal; and 24 were postmenopausal . \u2014 NBC News , 8 Mar. 2022", "Thai researchers, scrutinizing the scalps of nearly 200 postmenopausal women, found that 52.2 percent had some hair thinning, a condition called female pattern hair loss, according to a report published Wednesday in Menopause. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-104053" }, "postally":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": in a postal manner : for postal purposes":[ "a postally used stamp" ], ": by or on postage stamps":[ "a postally commemorated anniversary" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst\u0259l\u0113", "-li" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "postal entry 1 + -ly":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-105118" }, "postcopulatory":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after copulation : following sexual intercourse":[ "postcopulatory mating behaviors" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8k\u00e4-py\u0259-l\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1932, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-112142" }, "postal paper":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": postage stamps":[ "the postal paper of \u2026 the United States and its possessions", "\u2014 K. B. Stiles" ], ": postal stationery":[ "pioneer in issuing airmail postal paper", "\u2014 K. B. Stiles" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-112414" }, "postfurca":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the posterior one of the forked internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + furca":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-113521" }, "postal fiscal stamp":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a stamp issued as a revenue stamp but used as a postage stamp":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-113826" }, "postage-due stamp":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a special adhesive stamp that is applied by a post office to mail bearing insufficient postage":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1893, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-115945" }, "postfrontal":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\"+", "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + frontal":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-122855" }, "postal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to the mails or the post office":[], ": conducted by mail":[ "postal chess" ], ": insanely or murderously violent":[ "\u2014 usually used in the phrase go postal" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014d-st\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Postal rates are going up.", "The city worked to quickly restore postal service.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Utah case was dropped in 1993, but a criminal investigation by U.S. postal inspectors continued in Montgomery, Ala. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2022", "Sheriff\u2019s detectives and U.S. postal inspectors investigating narcotics being transported through the mail observed Dante Howse, 28, of Hoffman Estates, on Oct. 28 pick up a suspicious looking package, a sheriff\u2019s office news release said. \u2014 Courier-news Staff Report, chicagotribune.com , 2 Nov. 2021", "Zachary David Houle, 26, of Key West was expecting his cocaine shipment via the U.S. Postal Service just as the local sheriff\u2019s office was conducting some package interdiction training with postal inspectors, the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office said. \u2014 Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com , 17 Aug. 2021", "And, according to Shively officers, postal inspectors said there were no packages. \u2014 Bruce Schreiner And Dylan Lovan, The Courier-Journal , 6 Aug. 2021", "Drug task force members in north Alabama seized 75 pounds of marijuana and $22,000 in cash in a joint investigation that also included postal inspectors and investigators from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. \u2014 al , 1 Aug. 2021", "Early polling for reasons of travel or work began two weeks ago and the Australian Electoral Commission will continue collecting postal votes for another two weeks. \u2014 Rod Mcguirk, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022", "He is accused of confronting letter carriers and demanding their postal keys twice in San Antonio last summer, then again in Austin last month. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 11 May 2022", "Tony Evans, also known as Tony Tre Von Evans and Tony Trevon Evans, 24, is accused of stealing postal keys from mail carriers in July and August in San Antonio and last month in Austin, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 10 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-122926" }, "positive definite":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": having a positive value for all values of the constituent variables":[ "positive definite quadratic forms" ], ": having the characteristic roots real and positive":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-124235" }, "postage meter":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a machine that prints postal indicia on pieces of mail, records the amount of postage, and subtracts it from a total paid amount for which the machine has been set":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "His father worked in sales at Pitney Bowes, the postage meter company. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Sep. 2019", "His father worked in sales at Pitney Bowes, the postage meter company. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Sep. 2019", "His father worked in sales at Pitney Bowes, the postage meter company. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Sep. 2019", "His father worked in sales at Pitney Bowes, the postage meter company. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Sep. 2019", "His father worked in sales at Pitney Bowes, the postage meter company. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Sep. 2019", "His father worked in sales at Pitney Bowes, the postage meter company. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Sep. 2019", "His father worked in sales at Pitney Bowes, the postage meter company. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Sep. 2019", "His father worked in sales at Pitney Bowes, the postage meter company. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Sep. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1914, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-124724" }, "posthuma":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": posthumous writings":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u00e4\u02c8st(y)\u0259m\u0259", "\u02c8p\u00e4sch\u0259m\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin postuma, posthuma , neuter plural of postumus, posthumus":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-130225" }, "possessions":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the act of having or taking into control":[], ": control or occupancy of property without regard to ownership":[], ": ownership":[], ": something owned, occupied, or controlled : property":[], ": domination by something (such as an evil spirit, a passion, or an idea)":[], ": a psychological state in which an individual's normal personality is replaced by another":[], ": self-possession":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "also -\u02c8se-", "p\u0259-\u02c8ze-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[ "control", "enjoyment", "hands", "keeping" ], "antonyms":[ "nonpossession" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "The city can take possession of the abandoned buildings.", "She came into possession of a rare silver coin.", "The family lost all of its possessions in the fire.", "This ring was my mother's most precious possession .", "The defendant was charged with heroin possession .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Griner has remained in Russian custody since February after she was arrested at a Moscow airport and suspected of cannabis possession . \u2014 Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022", "American basketball star Brittney Griner appeared in a Moscow-area court for trial Friday, about 4 1/2 months after she was arrested on cannabis possession charges at an airport while traveling to play for a Russian team. \u2014 Jim Heintz, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 July 2022", "The other man pleaded guilty in 2020 to two counts of drug possession and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 30 June 2022", "As Rittenhouse's case went to the jury in November, Judge Bruce Schroeder threw out the possession charge. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022", "The change of legal guardian came years after June was arrested and charged with felony drug possession . \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022", "Brittney Griner was seen in a Russian court and ordered to stand trial Friday near Moscow on cannabis possession charges, about 4 1/2 months after her arrest at an airport. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 27 June 2022", "Shackled and looking wary, WNBA star Brittney Griner was ordered to stand trial Friday by a court near Moscow on cannabis possession charges, about 4\u00bd months after her arrest at an airport while returning to play for a Russian team. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022", "Shackled and looking wary, WNBA player Brittney Griner was ordered to stand trial Friday by a court near Moscow on cannabis- possession charges, about 4\u00bd months after her arrest at an airport while returning to play for a Russian team. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 27 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-130844" }, "positive acceleration":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": headward acceleration":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-133156" }, "postfact":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a subsequent deed or occurrence":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin postfactum , neuter of postfactus done afterwards, from post- + factus , past participle of facere to do":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-134115" }, "postage":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the fee for postal service":[], ": adhesive stamps or printed indicia representing postal fees":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014d-stij" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "How much is the postage for this package?", "Enclose two dollars for postage and handling.", "I hope I put enough postage on the package.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Cooke said the cost is $14,000, and a large portion of the costs was for printing and postage for the postcards that will be sent to community members about the survey. \u2014 Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star , 12 Apr. 2022", "The recipient\u2019s address and proper postage are required, but the return address is optional. \u2014 Maggie Horton, Country Living , 14 June 2022", "That means customers would be paying 9% more for postage compared with prices less than a year ago, or above the 7.9% rate of inflation in February. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 6 Apr. 2022", "On Monday, Biden released a budget proposal that includes a big bump: $10 billion in election assistance funding over 10 years, including a call for free postage on mail-in ballots. \u2014 Fredreka Schouten And Kelly Mena, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022", "The company will print it on the card chosen and send it to the recipient, and even pay for the postage . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Dec. 2021", "The obvious joke is how can the Aggies miss on postage with speculation of lucrative Name, Image and Likeness deals to close recruits? \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 17 May 2022", "Swindon are now enlisting the help of their supporters to try to identify who wrote the letter, which arrived with no postage paid. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 16 Feb. 2022", "No postage required with these love-letter ornaments. \u2014 Sarah Lemire, Better Homes & Gardens , 28 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-134657" }, "postorbital":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": situated behind the eye socket":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8\u022fr-b\u0259-t\u1d4al", "-\u02c8\u022fr-b\u0259t-\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1836, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-140243" }, "postage stamp":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": suggesting a postage stamp in size : very small":[ "postage-stamp yards" ], ": a government adhesive stamp or imprinted stamp for use on mail as evidence of prepayment of postage":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014d-stij-\u02ccstamp" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Molly, a year younger, was a sunny, energetic artist who in high school had won a national contest to design a 1984 U.S. postage stamp . \u2014 Earl Swift, Outside Online , 2 Sep. 2015", "When the postage stamp was being released, a reporter contacted my father and asked him about his mother. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Dec. 2021", "Ukraine this week released a postage stamp with a drawing picturing a soldier making an obscene gesture toward the ship. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022", "The country recently unveiled a postage stamp commemorating it. \u2014 Adam Schreck, chicagotribune.com , 14 Apr. 2022", "The country recently unveiled a postage stamp commemorating it. \u2014 Adam Schreck, ajc , 14 Apr. 2022", "There\u2019s the postage stamp with an image of a Ukrainian soldier defiantly displaying his middle finger to a Russian battleship. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022", "She would later be granted Canada's first posthumous pardon, have her own postage stamp and become the first Black person with a solo portrait on Canadian currency. \u2014 ABC News , 1 Feb. 2022", "By 2009, the image of Chornovil, who died in 1999, was on a Ukrainian postage stamp . \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1938, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective", "1829, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-140843" }, "postoperative":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": following a surgical operation":[ "postoperative care" ], ": having recently undergone a surgical operation":[ "a postoperative patient" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101-", "\u02c8p\u014dst-\u02c8\u00e4p-(\u0259-)r\u0259t-iv", "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8\u00e4-p(\u0259-)r\u0259-tiv" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Ketamine, meanwhile, was first used in clinical practice in the 1960s as a safer alternative to the anesthetic phencyclidine (PCP), which has been discontinued in the U.S. due to the high incidence of postoperative delirium with hallucinations. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022", "Certainly professional compassion may confer direct benefits: Surgical patients who had pre-op visits from nurses trained in compassionate care, for instance, rated their postoperative pain 50 percent lower than patients who did not. \u2014 Barbara J. King, Washington Post , 13 May 2022", "Then there is the postoperative care, which can include 24/7 direct access to your surgeon and at-home nurses. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022", "Each episode will follow two patients in desperate need of assistance with postoperative pain and trauma. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Jan. 2022", "Limited staffing and too few beds for postoperative care and recovery, however, can complicate matters. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022", "The hours involved in medically optimizing a patient and planning postoperative care shifted from the inpatient admission to the preoperative period, where none of these efforts are financially captured. \u2014 Prem Ramkumar, Forbes , 4 Sep. 2021", "But the board accused him of negligence in the postoperative care of two other patients: an elderly man whose foot began dragging after back surgery and another man who developed a serious spinal infection that Chiu failed to diagnose. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 July 2021", "The study, published in the journal Anaesthesia in March, examined the 30-day postoperative mortality rate of more than 140,000 patients in 116 countries who had elective or emergency surgery in October. \u2014 NBC News , 24 June 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-145547" }, "postal savings bank":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a savings bank conducted by a government through the local post offices":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-145859" }, "positival":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": real , objective":[ "\u2014 opposed to ideal" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6p\u00e4z\u0259\u00a6t\u012bv\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "positive entry 1 + -al":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-150959" }, "postage currency":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a paper fractional currency bearing the facsimiles of postage stamps":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-152408" }, "poser":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a puzzling or baffling question":[], ": a person who poses":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014d-z\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "pose entry 3":"Noun", "pose entry 1":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "1793, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "1888, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-153100" }, "positum":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": something that is posited or laid down":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4z\u0259t\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin, neuter of positus , past participle of ponere to place, put, lay down":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163959" }, "posthume":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": posthumous":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle French postume, posthume , from Latin postumus, posthumus":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-164047" }, "postage impression":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": meter impression":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-164937" }, "post-Christian":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": following the decline of Christianity as a majority religion":[ "post-Christian values", "\"My country 'tis of Thee, sweet land of Secularity\" will be our new national hymn as America enters the uncharted territory of a post-Christian era.", "\u2014 David Davenport" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8krish-", "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8kris-ch\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1929, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-172931" }, "post oak":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a white oak ( Quercus stellata ) of the eastern and central U.S. having hard durable wood":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "That\u2019s odd for a meat smoked over post oak for hours on end. \u2014 Chris O'connell, Chron , 10 Feb. 2022", "There are few areas of old-growth post oak trees left in Texas. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Aug. 2021", "Sweetgum, winged elm and post oak trees were ranked at the top of the list. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 20 Apr. 2021", "The post oak wood was supposed to go out in a blaze of glory, a sacrifice to the gods of barbecue in exchange for a perfect brisket or a show-stopping rack of pork ribs. \u2014 San Antonio Express-News , 3 Mar. 2021", "Smoke BBQ also became a locals favorite for their melt-in-your-mouth prime brisket, slow-smoked with a dry rub for 16 hours over post oak wood. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 10 Dec. 2020", "The barbecue is smoked with post oak wood on one of three large J&R Oyler pits. \u2014 Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News , 6 Nov. 2020", "Some have names that correspond to their appearance, like the post oak . \u2014 Karen Martin, Arkansas Online , 30 Aug. 2020", "The home was designed to account for the site\u2019s topography and vegetation, nestled among the tall post oak trees and within the existing grades. \u2014 Dallas News , 10 May 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1775, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-173145" }, "postverbal":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": formed after or from a verb":[], ": a noun formed from a verb":[ "names of male occupations \u2026 from postverbals", "\u2014 Yakov Malkiel" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + verbal":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183251" }, "postal delivery zone":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": zone sense 5c":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-184117" }, "positure":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": placing , situation , locality":[], ": posture":[], ": configuration":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4z\u0259ch\u0259(r)" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin positura":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-190335" }, "posies":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a brief sentiment, motto, or legend":[], ": bouquet , nosegay":[], ": flower":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014d-z\u0113" ], "synonyms":[ "bob", "bouquet", "nosegay" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "a pocket full of posies", "gathered a posy of wildflowers to present to his girlfriend", "Recent Examples on the Web", "At the close of the event, the Queen received a posy of flowers that were part of her coronation bouquet, such as lily of the valley. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 Feb. 2022", "Cruachan IV has attracted attention in previous years for attempting to eat the Queen\u2019s posy of flowers in 2017 and also for trying to nibble Prince Harry\u2019s hand in 2018. \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 9 Aug. 2021", "All that weeding and planting, mulching and mowing leaves one too exhausted for any but the most enthralling books \u2014 such as those in this springtime posy of favorite recent titles. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2021", "During such uncertain times, there is something particularly joyful about bringing nature into our lives through art, even if that means enjoying a posy of Forget-me-Nots hand-painted onto wafer-thin gold, online, at the end of a long Zoom day. \u2014 Kate Matthams, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021", "Cliff came back into the living room holding three glasses of milk, balancing them by pressing them together like a squat white posy . \u2014 Namwali Serpell, Harper's Magazine , 18 Aug. 2020", "Then make a posy , because flowers are beautiful and bring joy. \u2014 Isabella Kwai, New York Times , 28 Apr. 2020", "Bluebonnet Trail in Plano Patches of posies are scattered along this trail that runs east to west across Plano, just north of West Spring Creek Parkway. \u2014 Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News , 8 Apr. 2020", "Near the Luce Foundation Center on the third floor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum at 7th and F Streets, muralist Kelsey Montague created a cheeky panda bearing posies and perfectly poised for Instagram poseurs. \u2014 Beth Py-lieberman, Smithsonian , 10 Aug. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "alteration of poesy":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-190750" }, "posn":{ "type":[ "abbreviation" ], "definitions":{ "position":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-191155" }, "poses":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to set forth or offer for attention or consideration":[ "let me pose a question" ], ": to come to attention as : present":[ "smoking poses a health risk" ], ": to put or set in place":[], ": to place (someone, such as a model) in a studied attitude":[], ": to assume a posture or attitude usually for artistic purposes":[], ": to affect an attitude or character usually to deceive or impress":[ "posed as a doctor to gain access to the ward" ], ": an attitude, role, or characteristic assumed for effect":[], ": puzzle , baffle":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dz" ], "synonyms":[ "act", "airs", "charade", "disguise", "facade", "fa\u00e7ade", "front", "guise", "masquerade", "playacting", "pretense", "pretence", "put-on", "semblance", "show" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pose Noun pose , air , airs , affectation , mannerism mean an adopted way of speaking or behaving. pose implies an attitude deliberately assumed in order to impress others. her shyness was just a pose air may suggest natural acquirement through environment or way of life. a traveler's sophisticated air airs always implies artificiality and pretentiousness. snobbish airs affectation applies to a trick of speech or behavior that strikes the observer as insincere. the posh accent is an affectation mannerism applies to an acquired eccentricity that has become a habit. gesturing with a cigarette was her most noticeable mannerism", "examples":[ "Noun", "The photographs show the models in both clothed and nude poses .", "Hold that pose . It will make a great photograph.", "His disapproval of the war looks good to voters, but I bet it's just a pose .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Facing down the threats that the two men pose to democracy has become the defining challenge of Biden\u2019s Presidency. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 30 June 2022", "In another snap, Ryder and Traina pose together, Ryder showing off his new tattoo. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022", "Here is how to talk to your family about the threat opioids pose . \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022", "Digital rights groups have warned of the risks this online footprint may now pose to people seeking or providing abortions in states where the procedure is criminalized. \u2014 Brian Fung And Clare Duffy, CNN , 28 June 2022", "Metro is not doing enough to keep defective rail cars that pose a safety hazard separated from the rest of its fleet, the transit system\u2019s safety regulator said Tuesday. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 28 June 2022", "Lightning strikes and wayward firework sparks pose less of a risk -- though not zero, Singer warned. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 28 June 2022", "Unsecured fuel tanks are in danger of sustaining undercarriage damage that could cause fuel leakage and pose a fire risk, the NHTSA report says. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 22 June 2022", "All soft objects, including pillows, quilts, pillowlike toys, comforters, and even blankets pose a risk of SIDS, suffocation, entrapment or strangulation, the guidelines note. \u2014 Dan Hurley, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "In this undated photo provided by Karen Caballero, her son Alejandro Miguel Andino Caballero and his girlfriend Margie Tamara Paz Grajeda pose for a photo at an undisclosed location in Honduras. \u2014 CBS News , 30 June 2022", "The mother-son duo pose side-by-side as Hudson rests her arm on Bing's head. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022", "Yo-Yo Ma and Lecolion Washington pose for a picture with students, faculty, and staff at the Community Music Center of Boston. \u2014 Serena Puang, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022", "Yet the Democrats are striking a Frank Drebin pose : Nothing to see here, folks. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 9 June 2022", "The five friends, all graduates of Santa Barbara High School, took the first photo in the now-familiar pose in their late teens with an automatic camera timer in 1982. \u2014 Paul Vercammen, CNN , 15 June 2022", "She was ultimately captured in an unusual pose : bending backward. \u2014 Sarah Bahr, New York Times , 9 June 2022", "To the left of the time subdial is the sculpture of Balmat in a climbing pose between 9 o\u2019clock and 10 o\u2019clock, and to the right of the time subdial, between 1 o\u2019clock and 3 o\u2019clock, the dragon-like wyvern breathes fire. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 8 June 2022", "In the first photo, she is seen lifting her arms in a dancer-like pose and looking straight at the camera. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Anglo-French poser , from Vulgar Latin *pausare , from Late Latin, to stop, rest, pause, from Latin pausa pause":"Verb", "short for earlier appose , from Middle English apposen , alteration of opposen to oppose":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "1593, in the meaning defined above":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-191856" }, "postrecession":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring or existing in the period following a recession":[ "the postrecession job market", "the nation's postrecession economy" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-ri-\u02c8se-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1938, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-193924" }, "positrino":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a hypothetical atomic particle similar to the neutrino and having an immeasurably small mass and a positive charge":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u00e4z\u0259\u2027\u02c8tr\u0113(\u02cc)n\u014d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "positr on + -ino (as in neutrino )":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-202334" }, "positive feedback":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": feedback that tends to magnify a process or increase its output":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Pedestrians that drop trash into one of two bins on the city's Davidshallsbron bridge are rewarded with extremely positive feedback from a sultry female voice, who offers a range of responses. \u2014 Jack Bantock, CNN , 10 June 2022", "But were the clients going to provide generally positive feedback for the purpose of the personal favor? \u2014 Brittany White, Forbes , 8 June 2022", "The proposal got generally positive feedback from redistricting advocates on social media, although Faber didn\u2019t end up bringing it up during the meeting. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 4 May 2022", "And it\u2019s not just about discipline: Officers can provide positive feedback for good driving. \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Jan. 2022", "Viewers largely provided positive feedback for the musical on Twitter. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 3 Dec. 2021", "Leaders who practice this rule of engagement look for places where employees add value and reward them financially and verbally with positive feedback and affirmations. Connection versus isolation. \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 2 June 2022", "Although members posted photos of occasionally long vehicle and pedestrian lines, many came with positive feedback . \u2014 Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY , 23 Nov. 2021", "That election coverage, along with an outpouring of positive feedback , propelled the organization to build a network of students nationwide including in Newton. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Nov. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1934, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-202411" }, "postal service":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": post office sense 1":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The postal service warned against using the blue boxes during the string of thefts last year. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 31 May 2022", "The postal service even released stamps commemorating the sinking of a Russian warship in the Black Sea. \u2014 Sudarsan Raghavan, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022", "The postal service even released stamps commemorating the sinking of a Russian warship in the Black Sea. \u2014 Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post , 26 May 2022", "But the postal service isn't even meeting its lower delivery standards, Steidler said. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 6 Apr. 2022", "On Tuesday, China\u2019s postal service asked the public to receive less mail and started disinfecting international packages to ensure that COVID-19 does not enter China from abroad. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 18 Jan. 2022", "Urban areas had a 48.6% share of inbound moves in the first half of 2021, where a 50% share means no net change of household location from the postal service data. \u2014 Richard Mcgahey, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021", "The lack of consistent scanning raises questions about the reliability of all postal service data that claims to measure on-time performance. \u2014 Matt Wynn, USA TODAY , 21 Oct. 2020", "This arrangement resizes postal service to fit local needs, offering products and setting prices the market is willing to pay. \u2014 WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1885, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-204712" }, "posteriorly":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": later in time : subsequent":[], ": situated behind: such as":[], ": caudal":[], ": dorsal":[], ": adaxial , superior":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u00e4-", "p\u00e4-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259r", "p\u014d-", "p\u014d-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259r", "p\u014d-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259r, p\u00e4-", "p\u00e4-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259r, p\u014d-" ], "synonyms":[ "aft", "after", "back", "hind", "hinder", "hindmost", "rear", "rearward" ], "antonyms":[ "backside", "behind", "booty", "bootie", "bottom", "breech", "bum", "buns", "butt", "buttocks", "caboose", "can", "cheeks", "derriere", "derri\u00e8re", "duff", "fanny", "fundament", "hams", "haunches", "heinie", "hunkers", "keister", "keester", "nates", "rear", "rear end", "rump", "seat", "tail", "tail end", "tush" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Adjective", "the posterior part of the brain", "the chapel's posterior location in the church serves to make it a quiet retreat", "Noun", "The man squeezed his large posterior into the chair.", "the baseball players were always slapping one another on the posterior", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "The deadlift remains the king of all back exercises, as the movement incorporates lat and core stabilization along with engaging your entire posterior chain. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 30 June 2022", "Your calf muscles help make up your posterior chain, the group of muscles that run along the back of your body, including those along your spine, your hamstrings, and your glutes. \u2014 Melissa Matthews, SELF , 23 June 2022", "Another all-star starter, Freddy Peralta, has begun throwing again after suffering a right posterior shoulder strain on May 22. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022", "Ablation of the posterior nasal nerves is a new treatment for vasomotor rhinitis, which is characterized by a runny nose after eating or with changes in temperature. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 3 June 2022", "The injury occurred the same day the Brewers found out that starting pitcher Freddy Peralta would miss a significant amount of time this year with a right posterior shoulder strain, though he is expected to return sometime in 2022. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022", "One day hit legs, the next chest, and the final was focused on the posterior chain. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 24 May 2022", "Once formed, the gametes can detach and swim freely, and the posterior ends can regenerate. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 Jan. 2022", "Hinge your hips then scoop up to get a stretch through the posterior chain on the straight leg side. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 3 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Brown shook Grayson Allen so thoroughly on an 18-foot jumper in the first quarter that Allen staggered and his posterior ended up on the parquet. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 4 May 2022", "If that set of bones is well controlled, the tibialis posterior can work eccentrically to smoothly lower your foot to the ground. \u2014 Jay Dicharry, Outside Online , 13 Mar. 2019", "The deltoid muscles consist of three parts: the anterior (front) deltoid, lateral (medial) deltoid, and posterior (back) deltoid. \u2014 Tyler Hatfield, Men's Health , 26 Apr. 2022", "The whitish larvae are C-shaped with a bulbous posterior . \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Apr. 2022", "This compromises the tibialis posterior and its tendon. \u2014 Jay Dicharry, Outside Online , 13 Mar. 2019", "Philip English imagines a stuffy British bureaucrat parking his posterior on that seat and arguing that humans could never have descended from apes. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 13 Mar. 2022", "Somewhere along the way, many of us have lost touch with our intuitive gait and developed inefficient patterns, letting the front of our bodies do the work instead of our powerhouse posterior chain. \u2014 Esther Smith, Outside Online , 9 Jan. 2022", "Madonna's posterior has apparently been a point of controversy in recent years. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Sep. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin, comparative of posterus coming after, from post after \u2014 more at post-":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{ "1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective", "1605, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-205043" }, "postrace":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after a race":[ "a postrace interview", "the postrace awards ceremony" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8r\u0101s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Sun was not made available for a news conference because he was stuck in a routine, postrace drug test. \u2014 Karen Crouse, New York Times , 23 July 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1909, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-211715" }, "postpaid":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": having the postage paid by the sender and not chargeable to the receiver":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02c8p\u0101d", "\u02c8p\u014dst-\u02c8p\u0101d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "The shoes are $40 postpaid .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Buyers looking for the big subsidy deals from carriers will also have to get specific postpaid contracts. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 18 Apr. 2022", "Communications segment revenue grew 6%, as AT&T generated postpaid net additions of nearly 3 million for the quarter. \u2014 Moneyshow, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021", "It\u2019s recommending but not mandating that all current postpaid customers change their PINs as well, and offering a service called Account Takeover Protection to help stymie SIM-swap attacks. \u2014 Brian Barrett, Wired , 18 Aug. 2021", "In its wireless business, AT&T also saw its lowest postpaid subscriber churn ever in the second quarter. \u2014 Dom Difurio, Dallas News , 22 July 2021", "To put things in perspective, Verizon added 279,000 new postpaid phone customers in Q4 2020, much lower than AT&T\u2019s 800,000 and T-Mobile\u2019s 824,000. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 24 June 2021", "MoffettNathanson estimates the average revenue per user on a postpaid plan, which carriers value for its reliable monthly payments, has hovered around roughly $47 over the past three years. \u2014 Drew Fitzgerald, WSJ , 5 June 2021", "The carrier said about a fifth of its postpaid wireless accounts subscribed to these premium unlimited plans at the end of 2020, a share executives hope to boost to about 50% by the end of 2023. \u2014 Drew Fitzgerald, WSJ , 5 June 2021", "To put things in perspective, Verizon added 279,000 new postpaid phone customers in Q4 2020, much lower than AT&T\u2019s T +1.2% 800,000 and T-Mobile\u2019s 824,000. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1653, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-213448" }, "pose as":{ "type":[ "phrasal verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to pretend to be (someone or something) in order to deceive people":[ "She posed as a student to get free admission to the museum.", "undercover cops posing as drug dealers" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-213909" }, "post-Freudian":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun," ], "definitions":{ ": following the introduction and widespread recognition of the psychoanalytic theories and practices of Sigmund Freud":[ "post-Freudian psychoanalysis", "The Switch squeezes fresh laughs out of what is, in essence, a rather startlingly post-Freudian \u2026 view of child development.", "\u2014 Owen Glieberman", "Caravaggio frequently painted himself into his works, often behind a patina of self-loathing, at least to post-Freudian eyes.", "\u2014 Bruce Handy" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8fr\u022fi-d\u0113-\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1922, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-214441" }, "postadolescent":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "noun," ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or occurring in the period following adolescence and preceding adulthood : being or occurring in postadolescence":[ "As long as there have been agreeable parents and disposable income, the postadolescent adventure has been a rite of passage in the West.", "\u2014 Lesley Downer", "postadolescent acne", "postadolescent males" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8\u02cca-d\u0259-\u02c8le-s\u1d4ant", "-\u1d4ant" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1908, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-215037" }, "posited":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to dispose or set firmly : fix":[], ": to assume or affirm the existence of : postulate":[], ": to propose as an explanation : suggest":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "In it, authors Darryl Granger and others posit that the skull date back to between 3.4 to 3.6 million years. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 3 July 2022", "The researchers also posit that a similar process could have been active on Mars in the past, too. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 12 May 2022", "Many posit that those who visit Antarctica become ambassadors for a place that has no indigenous population to speak on its behalf. \u2014 Mary Holland, Robb Report , 1 May 2022", "Contemporary Black dramas often posit that Black lives are either secondary (best friends, drug dealers, therapists) or extraordinary (healers, fighters, heroes), when life is rarely one or the other. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022", "If what the scientists posit turns out to be true, future expeditions on the planet could prove more about Mars\u2019 violent history. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 2 May 2022", "In this new paper, though, scientists posit that this symmetry doesn\u2019t just pertain to the actions that take place in the universe. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 22 Mar. 2022", "Per National Geographic, some researchers posit that members of the species were uninterested in, or incapable of, symbolic thinking or creativity. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 July 2021", "Judging by its size and complexity, experts posit that the mosaic once decorated the floor of a triclinium, or formal Roman dining room. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin positus , past participle of ponere":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-215224" }, "Poseidon":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the Greek god of the sea \u2014 compare neptune":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u0259-\u02c8s\u012b-d\u1d4an" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin, from Greek Poseid\u014dn":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1811, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-220602" }, "post-oak grape":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a tall growing grape of the southern and central U.S. that is usually considered a variety ( Vitis labrusca lincecumii ) of the common American fox grape":[], ": the large edible purplish black slightly bloomy fruit of the post-oak grape":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-223204" }, "posttemporal":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a bone connecting the back part of the skull and the dorsal part of the pectoral arch in most teleost fishes":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + temporal":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-223906" }, "poster panel":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an outdoor structure having a standardized size surface on which advertising posters may be posted":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-225904" }, "possessorship":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the condition of a possessor":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-230417" }, "positionless":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": lacking a position":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u0259\u02c8zish\u0259nl\u0259\u0307s", "p\u014d\u02c8-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-232518" }, "post tenebras lux":{ "type":[ "Latin phrase" ], "definitions":{ ": after darkness, light":[ "\u2014 motto of the Protestant Reformation" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u014dst-\u02c8te-ne-\u02ccbr\u00e4s-\u02c8lu\u0307ks" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-232842" }, "postal stationery":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": government-issued stationery (as letter sheets, envelopes, postcards) bearing imprinted stamps":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-002416" }, "poseur":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014d-z\u0259r", "p\u014d-\u02c8z\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Chaplin the promethean filmmaker was also his own worst enemy, a comedic and business genius, a political naif, even a poseur in certain ways, but also a man who could never escape either his childhood or his attraction to childlike women. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021", "Still, Seldom Seen is a real mover, not a political poseur like Jesse Jackson, Danny Glover, Cornel West, and Chuck D, who display their frustration ineffectually by pinning their hopes on Bernie Sanders. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Mar. 2020", "As the zero-waste concept gains steam, there will inevitably be poseurs , or restauranteurs aiming to tap an eco-conscious customer base without putting in the real work. \u2014 Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2020", "Yet Hollywood has turned away from laconic tough guys toward newcomers such as Bruce Lee, an arrogant little poseur who picks a fight with Cliff while bragging about his own prowess. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 13 Dec. 2019", "Near the Luce Foundation Center on the third floor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum at 7th and F Streets, muralist Kelsey Montague created a cheeky panda bearing posies and perfectly poised for Instagram poseurs . \u2014 Beth Py-lieberman, Smithsonian , 10 Aug. 2019", "Another new toy in the film, a daredevil motorcyclist from Canada called Duke Caboom, is voiced by Keanu Reeves, and proves to be a charming poseur . \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 20 June 2019", "The plot is fueled by arch archetypes that infuriate the main character, Alceste, who prides himself on telling these poseurs the truth, no matter the cost. \u2014 Nelson Pressley, Washington Post , 5 June 2019", "This is not to say that all of the nineties\u2019 non-black hip-hop devotees were poseurs , or that sincere hip-hop fans cannot grow up to be lawyers. \u2014 Rebecca Schuman, Longreads , 2 May 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "French, literally, poser, from poser":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1869, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-010805" }, "POSB":{ "type":[ "abbreviation" ], "definitions":{ "post office savings bank":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-012041" }, "post-obit":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring or taking effect after death":[ "post-obit liquidation", "a post-obit gift" ], ": post-obit bond":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin post obit um after death":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-013658" }, "postal address":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an address to which mail can be sent":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-023053" }, "post chariot":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-023357" }, "posttension":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to apply tension to (reinforcing steel) after concrete has set":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8ten(t)-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1950, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-042820" }, "positive law":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": law established or recognized by governmental authority \u2014 compare natural law":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Designing a coherent, resilient, and positive law firm culture, as that author describes, can be done. \u2014 Paula Davis, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022", "In his time, human positive law was understood as that which depended solely on the will of legislators. \u2014 Alejandro Chafuen, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021", "American success requires nurturing personal responsibility and civic virtue; fidelity to nonstate action, positive law , and close-to-home governing; and respect for an array of cultures and traditions. \u2014 Andy Smarick, National Review , 24 Sep. 2021", "This includes everything from customs and norms to family structure and voluntary associations to democratic deliberation and positive law . \u2014 Andy Smarick, National Review , 17 Sep. 2020", "This is obviously a process from which the coercive sanction of positive law and coercive violence is excluded. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 4 Sep. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-043002" }, "post-structuralism":{ "type":[ "adjective or noun", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a movement or theory (such as deconstruction) that views the descriptive premise of structuralism as contradicted by reliance on borrowed concepts or differential terms and categories and sees inquiry as inevitably shaped by discursive and interpretive practices":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8str\u0259k-ch\u0259-r\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m", "-\u02c8str\u0259k-shr\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1975, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-050227" }, "posaune":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": trombone":[], ": a reed stop on the pedal organ of 16\u2032 pitch or 32\u2032 pitch imitating the trombone":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u014d\u02c8zau\u0307n\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "German, from Middle High German bus\u012bne, bus\u016bne trumpet, from Old French buisine, busine , from Latin bucina , probably from bu- (from bos head of cattle) + -cina (from canere to sing)":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-051127" }, "postal storage car":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a railroad car for transporting mail that lacks facilities for sorting or distribution en route \u2014 compare railway mail car":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-052837" }, "postclypeus":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the upper or proximal portion of the clypeus in some insects \u2014 compare anteclypeus":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + clypeus":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-053059" }, "post-":{ "type":[ "adverb", "biographical name", "noun", "prefix", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": a piece (as of timber or metal) fixed firmly in an upright position especially as a stay or support : pillar , column":[], ": goalpost":[], ": a football passing play in 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station in a given place":[ "guards were posted at the doors" ], ": to carry ceremoniously to a position":[ "posting the colors" ], ": to assign to a unit, position, or location (as in the military or civil service)":[], ": to put up":[ "O'Brien claims city cops roughed him up and refused to let him post bond.", "\u2014 Jeffrey Ressner" ], ": after : subsequent : later":[ "post date" ], ": behind : posterior : following after":[ "post lude", "post consonantal" ], ": subsequent to : later than":[ "post operative" ], ": posterior to":[ "post orbital" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Old English, from Latin postis ; probably akin to Latin por- forward and to Latin stare to stand \u2014 more at portend , stand":"Noun", "Middle French poste relay station, courier, from Old Italian posta relay station, from feminine of posto , past participle of porre to place, from Latin ponere \u2014 more at position":"Noun", "Middle French poste , from Old Italian posto , from past participle of porre to place":"Noun", "Middle English, from Latin, from post ; akin to Lithuanian pas at, Greek apo away from \u2014 more at of":"Prefix" }, "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "circa 1640, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Verb", "1507, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun", "1533, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3":"Verb", "1549, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb", "1562, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun", "1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-053716" }, "posttest":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a test given to students after completion of an instructional program or segment and often used in conjunction with a pretest to measure their achievement and the effectiveness of the program":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02cctest" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1942, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-054631" }, "postnuptial settlement":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a legal settlement after marriage of property by one spouse upon the other often but not necessarily in contemplation of separation or divorce":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-055355" }, "posteroventral":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": situated posteriorly and ventrally":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "postero- + ventral":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-060152" }, "postteen":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after one is no longer a teenager":[ "In this chapter, I define youth broadly as that period in an individual's life between childhood and adulthood. This period may include preteen, teen, and some postteen years.", "\u2014 Collins O. Airhihenbuwa" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8t\u0113n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1938, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-060924" }, "post hoc":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": relating to or being the fallacy of arguing from temporal sequence to a causal relation":[], ": formulated after the fact":[ "a post hoc rationalization" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst-\u02c8h\u00e4k" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Not post hoc loan forgiveness, but tuition-free education or enticements to enroll. \u2014 Bonnie Kristian, The Week , 1 June 2021", "Biogen later worked with the FDA on post hoc review of the trials that found some marginal improvement. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 20 July 2021", "But restricting these post hoc rationalizations serve important values, Chief Justice Roberts wrote. \u2014 Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor , 19 June 2020", "In a hyperpolarized system such as ours (as opposed to a European parliamentary government), what seem to be inevitable political coalitions are just as often post hoc frameworks grafted on top of marriages of convenience. \u2014 Thomas Chatterton Williams, Harper's magazine , 20 Jan. 2020", "Lowell\u2019s eventual return to Hardwick, and his almost shamed gratitude to her for permitting him to come back to a life led in common, put a post hoc frame around the dramatic vicissitudes and fantasies of the flight to Blackwood. \u2014 Helen Vendler, Harper's magazine , 20 Jan. 2020", "One thing both sides seems to agree on is that omission amounts to punishment, a post hoc retraction of playing-day success. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2019", "Our cancel culture relies on the unpredictability and post hoc nature of the enforcement to instill a spirit of creative and preemptive conformity among those with something to lose. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 2 July 2019", "But these, deCervo likes to point out, are post hoc variables. \u2014 Zach Schonbrun, New York Times , 13 Apr. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin post hoc, ergo propter hoc after this, therefore because of this":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1704, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-071106" }, "positive G":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the G force exerted on the human body in a headward direction during acceleration":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-072811" }, "postament":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": pedestal , base":[], ": stereobate":[], ": a frame, mount, or molding for a work in relief":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst\u0259m\u0259nt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "German, from (assumed) obsolete Italian postamento , from postare to place, put (from posto , past participle of porre to put) + -mento -ment (from Latin -mentum )":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-075538" }, "post no bills":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-082832" }, "posthumous":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": born after the death of the father":[], ": published after the death of the author":[], ": following or occurring after death":[ "posthumous fame" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "also -t\u0259-", "\u02c8p\u00e4s-ch\u0259-m\u0259s", "-th\u0259-", "-\u02c8y\u00fc-", "\u02c8p\u014dst-", "-ty\u0259-", "p\u00e4st-\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259s", "\u02c8p\u00e4s-ch\u0259-m\u0259s also -t(y)\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[ "postmortem" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "She received a posthumous award for her life of philanthropy.", "the soldier was awarded a posthumous medal for valor", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The tribute comes after Saget received a posthumous Critics Choice Impact Award at the Critics Choice Real TV Awards on June 12. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 19 June 2022", "Boogie also marks Pop Smoke\u2019s posthumous acting debut. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 26 Feb. 2021", "Finally, late American rapper and singer XXXTentacion makes an impact on the U.K. Top 40 with his posthumous compilation, Look At Me: The Album (Columbia). \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 20 June 2022", "Ludacris, Bill Pullman, Thurman, Vince Vaughn and John Waters will receive stars in the motion pictures category, along with posthumous stars for Juanita Moore and Walker. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 17 June 2022", "Other posthumous recipients will include singer Jenni Rivera and Imitation of Life actress Juanita Moore. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 17 June 2022", "His 2013 documentary, Finding Vivian Maier, sparked intense interest in the previously unknown photographer and her work, launching her to posthumous fame. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022", "Gallimard, probably the most influential French publishing house of the last hundred years, is treating publication as a unique and posthumous literary sensation, and the initial print run of Guerre is a massive 80,000 copies. \u2014 David Pryce-jones, National Review , 9 June 2022", "School officials awarded Luis Mejia a posthumous diploma on Saturday. \u2014 Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post , 8 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin posthumus , alteration of postumus late-born, posthumous, from superlative of posterus coming after \u2014 more at posterior":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1608, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-082911" }, "postconvention":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after a convention (such as a political convention)":[ "a postconvention press conference", "postconvention campaigning", "The candidates are preparing for the postconvention period, when the government will provide them with office space and equipment \u2026", "\u2014 Douglas A. Brook" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-k\u0259n-\u02c8ven(t)-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1876, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-083319" }, "post time":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the designated starting time of a horse race":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Preakness is Race 13 with post time scheduled for 7:01 p.m. ET. \u2014 Jay Ginsbach, Forbes , 16 May 2022", "The Derby Day card features 14 races, with the first post time set for 10:30 am. \u2014 Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal , 6 May 2022", "The Preakness Stakes has an approximate post time of 5:50 p.m. CDT Saturday. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 16 May 2022", "The Kentucky Derby has an approximate post time of 6:57 p.m. Saturday and will be televised by NBC. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022", "CBS Baltimore projects an afternoon high of 95 degrees, which will drop to about 91 by the Preakness' 7:01 p.m. post time . \u2014 Allison Elyse Gualtieri, CBS News , 21 May 2022", "The 2022 Kentucky Derby's estimated post time is 6:57 p.m EST. \u2014 Evan Hilbert, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022", "When is post time for the 2022 Kentucky Derby? Like the Super Bowl, there\u2019s an extensive pre-game for the Derby. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 7 May 2022", "The costume contest is at 6:30 p.m. and the race post time is scheduled for 6:57 p.m. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 6 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1941, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-083343" }, "postpalatal":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": postpalatine":[], ": articulated against the rear third or the rear half of the hard palate":[], ": articulated against the rear half of the palate as a whole : articulated against the soft palate or velum : velar":[], ": a postpalatal part or sound":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+", "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary post- + palatal":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-084031" }, "posttonic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": immediately following or constituting one of a succession of consonants immediately following a vowel having stress":[], ": immediately following a syllable having stress":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + tonic":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-090226" }, "post-obit bond":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-090401" }, "post trader":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one of the sutlers appointed by the secretary of war for each post in the U.S. military service":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 7":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-092210" }, "post coach":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 4":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093028" }, "post-Holocaust":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": existing or occurring after the Holocaust of World War II":[ "post-Holocaust literature", "the post-Holocaust generation", "Cohen wrote for post-Holocaust times, bravely countering Theodore Adorno's notion that there could be no poetry after Auschwitz.", "\u2014 Mark Kidel" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8h\u00e4-", "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8h\u014d-l\u0259-\u02cck\u022fst", "or -\u02c8h\u022f-l\u0259-k\u022fst", "also -\u02cck\u00e4st" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1968, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-094702" }, "post-Einsteinian":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": following the introduction and widespread recognition of the theories and discoveries of Albert Einstein":[ "a post-Einsteinian world view", "In the domain of theoretical science, astrophysics in particular brought to dramatic realization the post-Einsteinian universe with disclosures of startling new concepts and phenomena \u2026", "\u2014 V. B. Leitch" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u012bn-\u02c8st\u012b-n\u0113-\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1938, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100653" }, "post note":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 4":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-092026" }, "postotic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": posterior to the otic vesicle":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + otic":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-102400" }, "postnuclear":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, occurring in, or suggestive of a period following a nuclear war":[ "\u2026 a macho street hero who arrives to clean up a tough town in a postnuclear tomorrow.", "\u2014 Fred Robbins", "\u2026 a post-nuclear thriller about an astronaut \u2026 struggling to stay alive amid earth's devastation.", "\u2014 TV Guide", "\u2026 a postnuclear landscape of poverty and blight \u2026", "\u2014 Richard Corliss" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8n(y)\u00fc-kl\u0113-\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Even the most mundane tasks of our chamber\u2014and therefore of the Biden presidency\u2014would become much harder, not easier, in a postnuclear 50-50 Senate. \u2014 Mitch Mcconnell, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2021", "And, while it hasn\u2019t been eulogized with the same fanfare as the other formative HBO dramas, to my eye, Six Feet Under\u2019s vision of a diverse and porous postnuclear family is unrivaled in both prescience and earned sentiment. \u2014 Adam Wilson, Harper's magazine , 16 Sep. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1950, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-105149" }, "postmentum":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the part of the insect labium that is attached to the cranium":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + mentum":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-105743" }, "posada":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an inn in Spanish-speaking countries":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4-d\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "There will be a posada each night until Christmas Eve. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Dec. 2021", "The word posada means inn or lodging, and traditionally the festival takes place across nine nights leading up to Christmas Eve. \u2014 Stephanie Garc\u00eda, baltimoresun.com , 25 Dec. 2021", "At the conclusion of the posada tat night, the children will join in a pinata party. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Dec. 2021", "The posada will feature a re-enactment of Mary and Joseph\u2019s arrival in Bethlehem, American holiday classics and traditional Mexican carols. \u2014 Diane Lopez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Dec. 2021", "Last Saturday\u2019s procession in Baltimore made three stops to sing the posada litany at Fruity Bar, Vargas Bakery and Salem Methodist Church before arriving at Our Lady of Pompei Church on Claremont Street. \u2014 Stephanie Garc\u00eda, baltimoresun.com , 25 Dec. 2021", "Nevin added that the posada is intended for the Mexican community and for everyone to come enjoy and learn about this tradition and culture. \u2014 Diane Lopez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Dec. 2021", "Travelers to Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Guanajuato state spot it as inexpensive dolls called lupitas, skull masks for a single posada (procession), or Judas Iscariot effigies packed with fireworks and blown up during Lent. \u2014 Jennifer Barger, National Geographic , 19 Oct. 2020", "As the holidays approach, the group is planning a posada , a traditional Mexican holiday party. \u2014 Rafael Carranza, azcentral , 27 Dec. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Spanish, from posar to lodge, from Late Latin pausare":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1652, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111402" }, "postadolescence":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the period following adolescence and preceding adulthood":[ "\u2026 understanding jazz as a 100-year continuity, an art performed by great musicians from postadolescence until the ends of their lives \u2026", "\u2014 Ben Ratliff" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8\u02cca-d\u0259-\u02c8le-s\u1d4an(t)s", "-\u02ccad-\u1d4al-\u02c8es-\u1d4an(t)s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "My college years and early postadolescence were filled with that fury, that determined indignation. \u2014 Richard Lawson, HWD , 7 Mar. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1908, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-112749" }, "possumwood":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": persimmon":[], ": the light soft wood of the sandbox tree":[], ": opossum wood":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-114253" }, "postdepression":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-d\u0113-", "\u02ccp\u014dst-di-\u02c8pre-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1922, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-114401" }, "positive electricity":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": electricity of which the elementary unit is the proton":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-120349" }, "postcode":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a code (as of numbers and letters) used similarly to the zip code especially in the United Kingdom and Australia":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02cck\u014dd" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "My app provides a precise address for the AirTag\u2019s location, complete with postcode (or zip code), as well as a time for when it was last located. \u2014 Barry Collins, Forbes , 15 May 2021", "Finally, each installation of the app was associated with one of 338 postcode districts. \u2014 John Drake, Forbes , 21 May 2021", "In August last year, most NHS trusts would still not allow partners to attend prenatal scans and as the months drew on, the rules women were subject to became something of a postcode lottery. \u2014 Natasha Preskey, refinery29.com , 28 May 2021", "Some provinces could afford it, others couldn\u2019t, which ended up creating a postcode lottery for artists. \u2014 Shain Shapiro, Forbes , 8 Apr. 2021", "In Britain, health care access and health care outcomes are known to vary radically by postcode (the British term for the American zip code). \u2014 John C. Goodman, Forbes , 3 Mar. 2021", "Peachey was one of the 30,000 people whose postcode came up in a random lottery to choose potential participants, and one of 1748 people who responded to the invitation. \u2014 Cathleen O\u2019grady, Science | AAAS , 29 Oct. 2020", "Potential diners simply plug their postcode (or zip code) into a government website for a list of participating pubs and restaurants, which is pretty much all of them in most areas. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 13 Aug. 2020", "Like other local authorities, this council did not until recently have postcode -level data on infections, which is essential for controlling outbreaks. \u2014 Rachel Shabi, The New York Review of Books , 8 July 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1967, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-121820" }, "post-determiner":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a limiting noun modifier (as first or few ) characterized by occurrence after the determiner in a noun phrase":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + determiner":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1960, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-122021" }, "postcoital":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after coitus : used or occurring following sexual intercourse":[ "postcoital contraception" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8k\u014d-\u0259-t\u1d4al", "-k\u014d-\u02c8\u0113-", "-\u02c8k\u022fi-t\u1d4al", "-\u02c8k\u014d-\u0259t-\u1d4al, -k\u014d-\u02c8\u0113t-\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Here, the bedroom scene is postcoital , with Mav and Penny talking about life. \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022", "With so many leggy bachelors roaming around, females can afford to devour a few\u2014so to avoid becoming a postcoital snack, male spiders must flee immediately after procreation. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 25 Apr. 2022", "His orange face the picture of postcoital consummation. \u2014 John Lithgow, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021", "Fowler-Finn is also studying a bizarre behavior in which some postcoital males from one species will nibble on their mate\u2019s second leg and \u2026 jiggle it. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 3 Aug. 2021", "Female hoopoes douse their eggs in a pungent postcoital goo. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 4 May 2021", "Two strangers hook up and, while giddily enjoying their postcoital high, decide to try to cram an entire relationship \u2014 a world of togetherness \u2014 into the next 24 hours. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 26 Apr. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1904, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-122142" }, "post up":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to take up a position against a defender in the post in basketball while standing with one's back to the basket":[], ": to post up against (a defender) in basketball":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Horford did try to post up Thompson a few times, but the actions were slightly forced and clunky. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022", "Wahl likely is too quick for Colgate centers Keegan Records and Jeff Woodward and Crowl could post up any forward the Raiders have. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Mar. 2022", "Wright has instilled several ideals: emphasizing program players over individual stars, running an offensive system that features guards who can post up and shoot, placing team defense, rebounding and culture over personal branding. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022", "Banchero has the size to post up smaller players, can shoot from the perimeter and beat defenders off the dribble. \u2014 John Marshall, ajc , 28 Mar. 2022", "Banchero has the size to post up smaller players, can shoot from the perimeter and beat defenders off the dribble. \u2014 John Marshall, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022", "While Indiana is used to defending the post, given the many great post players in the Big Ten, not many teams in its league post up guards as much as Wyoming will. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 14 Mar. 2022", "That\u2019s why head coach Steve Kerr has asked Thompson to post up more on the low block. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Feb. 2022", "The fourth location in Virginia will post up in the Crystal City neighborhood of the National Landing district in Arlington. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 3 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1974, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-122304" }, "post-op":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": postoperative":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst-\u02c8\u00e4p" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1906, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-122513" }, "post road":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a route over which mail is carried":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Sometimes the county will post road -closure signs at Henness Pass. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Feb. 2021", "The constitutional authority that created the Postal Service allowed for the construction of post roads to link faraway cities; eventually, these ran all the way from Florida to Maine. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 2 May 2020", "The power of establishing post roads must, in every view, be a harmless power, and may, perhaps, by judicious management, become productive of great public conveniency. \u2014 Chris Stirewalt, Fox News , 11 Apr. 2018", "The power of establishing post roads must, in every view, be a harmless power, and may, perhaps, by judicious management, become productive of great public conveniency. \u2014 Chris Stirewalt, Fox News , 11 Apr. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1657, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-123406" }, "postal bus":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": highway post office":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124603" }, "positive discrimination":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the practice of improving the educational and job opportunities of members of groups that have not been treated fairly in the past because of their race, sex, etc.":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-125721" }, "postal car":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": railway mail car":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-130904" }, "post hoc, ergo propter hoc":{ "type":[ "Latin phrase" ], "definitions":{ ": after this, therefore because of this : because an event 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something affecting the land of another in such a way that the holder would be guilty of trespass or nuisance were it not for the easement \u2014 compare negative easement":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-132607" }, "posteroventrad":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": in a posterior and ventral direction : at once posteriorly and ventrally":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "postero- + ventrad":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133537" }, "postrecord":{ "type":[ "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to record (voice or sound effects) after the corresponding scene has been photographed in making movies":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], 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being rescued by the authorities. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 29 Mar. 2022", "Dehairing a shoat is the sort of thing Crews knew all about, along with cooking possum , cleaning a rooster\u2019s craw, making moonshine, trapping birds, tanning hides, and getting rid of screwworms. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022", "The Possum Person \u2014 To whoever dressed up in a suit and massive possum mask, thank you for making my Saturday afternoon. \u2014 Ryan Reed, SPIN , 28 Mar. 2022", "Her most interesting Texas encounters to date include a bucket full of rattlesnakes, accidentally standing on an alligator in Lake Corpus Christi, and befriending a possum with a jar of beef fat. \u2014 Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure , 20 Feb. 2022", "Then in the present, Billy's nephew Sean turns out to be the prime suspect in the shooting death of possum -loving petty officer Danna Calley. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 15 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1613, 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with the low, middle and high ends of the spectrum of the seafood experience, channeling the egalitarian, can-do spirit of the old post office that used to inhabit this majestic old building. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 15 June 2022", "From its completion in 1899, the impressive building, whose iconic clock tower houses the Bells of Congress, served for years at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue as the main post office for the nation\u2019s capital. \u2014 Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes , 19 May 2021", "Once, Mull had seen a group of walkers on the freeway, a cluster of eight or nine, centered in the empty lanes, moving together northward, toward the old post office or beyond, out of sight. \u2014 Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker , 1 Mar. 2021", "The first batch of 157,000 absentee ballot packets left the Hamilton County Board of Election on a rental truck at 2:17 pm Monday, headed for Cincinnati\u2019s main post office . \u2014 Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer , 5 Oct. 2020", "All my Anaheim friends support Valencia, whose mailers have choked up my Anaheim post office box all this month. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022", "The mailers, which began appearing in mailboxes late last week, came from a post office box in Aurora, where Irvin is mayor, but failed to directly disclose that they were paid for by Irvin\u2019s campaign as required under the election code. \u2014 Rick Pearson, chicagotribune.com , 4 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-144021" }, "post-office address":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an address for mail":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-144245" }, "postamputation":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after an amputation":[ "postamputation pain", "postamputation 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innocent stuff of child's play\u2014 posable plastic women, cowboy figures, fake fish, and ventriloquists' dummies\u2014Laurie Simmons creates wry, highly theatrical scenes, haunting for their melancholy evocations of a time that never was.", "\u2014 A. 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Kram, WSJ , 20 Nov. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1911, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150446" }, "positive column":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the region in an electric discharge that extends from the anode to the Faraday dark space":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152809" }, "positive clutch":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": claw clutch":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-094802" }, "post meridiem":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": being after noon":[ "\u2014 abbreviation PM , p.m. , or (British) pm" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccem", "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-m\u0259-\u02c8ri-d\u0113-\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], 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pain\u2014and the talented health care professionals at Johns Hopkins hospital, the procedure was a success. \u2014 Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, Health.com , 12 Oct. 2021", "California hospitals had 14 percent fewer postsurgical deaths than New Jersey and 11 percent fewer than Pennsylvania, when matched for variables other than staffing ratios. \u2014 Roni Jacobson, Scientific American , 14 July 2015", "According to postsurgical guidelines spearheaded by Johns Hopkins last year, those surgeries should require at most 30 pills for a bypass, and 10 pills for minimally invasive gallbladder removal, lumpectomy and minimally invasive hysterectomy. \u2014 Julie Appleby, chicagotribune.com , 11 Sep. 2019", "Deaths involving fentanyl, normally used as a treatment for severe or postsurgical pain, began to rise in 2016 and have spiked locally since June, according to county data. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 7 Oct. 2019", "Many patients recovering from surgery cannot drive, Bettger points out, which means that an affordable in-home option could vastly improve postsurgical care. \u2014 Garnet Henderson, Scientific American , 21 Aug. 2019", "The postsurgical prescribing falloff seen in Michigan does not likely reflect a broader trend, especially where there is less emphasis on such guidelines. \u2014 Juliet Appleby, Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1923, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-154659" }, "postdevaluation":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": following the devaluation of a currency":[ "a postdevaluation period", "postdevaluation price increases" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02ccval-y\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n", "-y\u00fc-\u02c8\u0101-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1934, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-155039" }, 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}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164615" }, "postcard":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": postal card sense 1":[], ": a card on which a message may be written for mailing without an envelope and to which the sender must affix a stamp":[], ": picturesque , picture-postcard":[ "a postcard village" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02cck\u00e4rd", "\u02c8p\u014dst-\u02cck\u00e4rd" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The story of a young intellectual whose life is ruined by the regime for writing a flippant postcard proved too much for the post-Dubcek authorities. \u2014 Will Tizard, Variety , 2 July 2022", "Using telescopes powerful enough to stretch our perception across unfathomable distances, astronomers have made a cosmic postcard : the first-ever picture of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 12 May 2022", "In Japan, for example, the country\u2019s tax authority withholds income from taxpayers throughout the year and later sends them a postcard with a summary of their earnings, tax payments, and any refunds. \u2014 Courtney Vinopal, Quartz , 18 Apr. 2022", "LeWitt urged her in a postcard sent from New York in August 1964, that\u2019s on display in the Oberlin exhibition. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022", "But just mailing a postcard does not guarantee a spot at the restaurant. \u2014 Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022", "Those voters would also have received a postcard preaddressed to their local clerk to verify their address. \u2014 Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 1 Apr. 2022", "Each astronaut will carry a postcard designed through the aerospace organization's Club for the Future\u2014a foundation aimed at inspiring new generations of STEM students. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 15 Mar. 2022", "Each astronaut on board will carry a postcard to space on behalf of Blue Origin\u2019s foundation, Club for the Future, whose Postcards to Space program gives students access to space on Blue Origin\u2019s rockets. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Mar. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "The mixed-density project could be a postcard picture of what economists and planners say is needed to combat the nation\u2019s housing shortage and sprawl. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Feb. 2022", "For a long time, everything still looks postcard -pretty. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 12 Dec. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "1924, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164651" }, "post chaise":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a carriage usually having a closed body on four wheels and seating two to four persons":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Such vehicles were nothing new: Chariots came from the Romans, the curricle chair applied to royalty, and the French post chaise became the one-horse shay. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland.com , 7 Feb. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1712, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164749" }, "postnatus":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a person born after an event especially with reference to the existence of political rights (as a person born in one of the 13 American colonies after the Declaration of Independence)":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural of the slaves only the postnati were freed \u2014 opposed to antenatus" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)p\u014ds(t)\u02c8n\u0101t\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Medieval Latin":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165423" }, "postpartum blues":{ "type":[ "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction" ], "definitions":{ ": a feeling of sadness that is experienced by a woman shortly after giving birth, that is typically accompanied by other symptoms (such as mood swings, crying spells, irritability, or insomnia), and that usually lasts less than two weeks : baby blues sense 3":[ "Up to 70% of women who've given birth experience postpartum blues . The blues can begin several hours after giving birth and last up to two weeks.", "\u2014 Polly Drew" ], "\u2014 compare postpartum depression":[ "Up to 70% of women who've given birth experience postpartum blues . The blues can begin several hours after giving birth and last up to two weeks.", "\u2014 Polly Drew" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1949, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165637" }, "postbox":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02ccb\u00e4ks" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Although the 2020 election will surely own mail-in voting\u2019s tipping-point moment in the history books, statistics show that voters were increasingly choosing to drop their ballots in the corner postbox long before this year. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 6 Nov. 2020", "Privacy rules designed for the landline phone, postbox and filing cabinet urgently need to be strengthened for the age of the smartphone, e-mail and cloud computing. \u2014 The Economist , 31 May 2018", "The explosion destroyed buildings but a cast iron red postbox not far from the blast site remained unscathed; its image came to symbolize the resilience of the city. \u2014 Jane Merrick, CNN , 23 May 2017", "Early on Tuesday morning, a picture of the same iconic postbox was shared hundreds of times on Twitter to represent how Manchester would once again remain steadfast in the face of terror. \u2014 Jane Merrick, CNN , 23 May 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1754, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165818" }, "postsynaptic":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after synapsis":[ "a postsynaptic chromosome" ], ": of, occurring in, or being a nerve cell by which a wave of excitation is conveyed away from a synapse":[ "a postsynaptic membrane" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-s\u0259-\u02c8nap-tik", "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-s\u0259-\u02c8nap-tik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The findings from this new study seem to bear on that mystery because the researchers found presynaptic gene sets expressed in neuroid cells and postsynaptic genes expressed in choanocytes. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 4 Nov. 2021", "And every one of these billions and billions and billions of action potentials and postsynaptic potentials across the 10 quadrillion synapses connecting the neurons in the human brain are all taking place independent of each other. \u2014 Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021", "What\u2019s the consequence of all the work required to generate an action potential in the postsynaptic neuron? \u2014 Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170039" }, "post-and-lintel":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to a system of architectural construction based on vertical supports and horizontal beams as distinguished from systems based on arches or vaults":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171118" }, "postpyramidal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": lying behind the pyramids of the medulla oblongata":[ "the postpyramidal nucleus" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + pyramidal":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171257" }, "postbourgeois":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": following the decline or end of the bourgeois class or bourgeois interests or values":[ "But for many years a band of revolutionaries envisioned a different postbourgeois utopia, one based on federated communes free from the oppressive forces of capital and government.", "\u2014 Nathaniel French" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8bu\u0307rzh-\u02ccw\u00e4", "also -\u02c8bu\u0307zh-", "or -\u02c8b\u00fczh-", "or -bu\u0307rzh-\u02c8w\u00e4" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1933, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171919" }, "postpartum depression":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a mood disorder involving intense psychological depression that typically occurs within one month after giving birth, lasts more than two weeks, and is accompanied by other symptoms (such as social withdrawal, difficulty in bonding with the baby, and feelings of worthlessness or guilt)":[ "Strictly defined, postpartum depression is diagnosed by the criteria for major depression\u2014overwhelming feelings of sadness, guilt or worthlessness for at least two weeks\u2014beginning sometime in the month after the baby is born.", "\u2014 Jill U. Adams", "\u2026 10 to 20 percent of new mothers in the United States feel so depressed within six months of childbirth that they have trouble with normal functioning. This is postpartum depression \u2026 and it can occur after the birth of any child.", "\u2014 Andrew Weil", "\u2026 it turns out that men can also have postpartum depression , and its effects can be every bit as disruptive\u2014not just on the father but on mother and child.", "\u2014 Richard A. Friedman", "\u2014 abbreviation PPD" ], "\u2014 compare postpartum blues":[ "Strictly defined, postpartum depression is diagnosed by the criteria for major depression\u2014overwhelming feelings of sadness, guilt or worthlessness for at least two weeks\u2014beginning sometime in the month after the baby is born.", "\u2014 Jill U. Adams", "\u2026 10 to 20 percent of new mothers in the United States feel so depressed within six months of childbirth that they have trouble with normal functioning. This is postpartum depression \u2026 and it can occur after the birth of any child.", "\u2014 Andrew Weil", "\u2026 it turns out that men can also have postpartum depression , and its effects can be every bit as disruptive\u2014not just on the father but on mother and child.", "\u2014 Richard A. Friedman", "\u2014 abbreviation PPD" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1929, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174043" }, "postpalatine":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a postpalatine part":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+", "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + palatine":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-175304" }, "postal clerk":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-175759" }, "posthumously":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": after the death of the person in question":[ "a book published posthumously", "a medal awarded posthumously", "Plath's magnificent Ariel, written mostly during the final months of her life and assembled posthumously by Hughes, takes the notion of confessional poetry to verbal and imaginative extremes.", "\u2014 Christopher Benfey", "Flannery O'Connor united both traditions and is duly, albeit posthumously , celebrated.", "\u2014 Walker Percy" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4s-ch\u0259-m\u0259s-l\u0113", "-\u02c8y\u00fc-", "also -t\u0259-", "p\u00e4st-\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259s-", "\u02c8p\u014dst-", "-ty\u0259-", "-th\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1754, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180244" }, "postboy":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": postilion":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02ccb\u022fi" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1707, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-181456" }, "postnuptial":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": made or occurring after marriage or mating":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-ch\u0259l", "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8n\u0259p-sh\u0259l", "nonstandard -ch\u0259-w\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Two years later, Big Boi and Sherlita privately signed a postnuptial agreement that divided up their assets and debts. \u2014 Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022", "The discussion begins when Memphis asks Rawia to translate how important the conversation of a prenup (or a postnuptial agreement) is in their relationship. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 18 Mar. 2022", "Hammer plays a newlywed opposite Gal Gadot, who has brought famed detective Hercule Poirot (Branagh) onboard a postnuptial river cruise. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 21 Dec. 2021", "Explore your heritage Your postnuptial travel can also be a way to explore your heritage. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Dec. 2019", "Much will depend on whether a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement outlining the terms of a possible split exists, according to lawyers who handle divorces for wealthy individuals. \u2014 Laura Stevens And Sara Randazzo, WSJ , 9 Jan. 2019", "The couple\u2019s postnuptial visit to Augusta\u2019s home provides some of Ms. Seymour\u2019s most astonishing material. \u2014 Abigail Deutsch, WSJ , 13 Dec. 2018", "But not all postnuptial agreements hold up under scrutiny. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 15 Feb. 2018", "To avoid post-divorce legal squabbles over student debt, couples can create a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement. \u2014 Anna Helhoski, USA TODAY , 26 June 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1807, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182127" }, "postural":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4s-ch\u0259-r\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "There is also a postural adjustment system which applies pressure to different areas to help fight the stress and fatigue any owners might experience while being transported in the back of a luxurious Bentley. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 10 May 2022", "The optional rear Airline Seats move in 22 different ways and have a postural adjustment system that can apply 177 individual pressure changes over a three-hour period to minimize fatigue. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 10 May 2022", "Allison Howells, a junior at the University of Texas at Austin, was diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome in 2019. \u2014 Camille Furst, WSJ , 7 May 2022", "Thompson is recognized for her research in rehabilitation engineering, specifically for translating her findings on vestibular disorders in primates into interventions for individuals with balance, gait and postural impairments. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022", "Muscle weaknesses and imbalances often result in postural problems as well. \u2014 Outside Online , 4 Sep. 2019", "Many people with long Covid have documented postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, which affects blood flow. \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022", "Amelia Ford, a Seattle mom, regularly visits the Facebook groups POTSibilities Parents (for parents of kids with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and Autism Inclusivity to gather insight from others who have kids with the same conditions. \u2014 Angie Mccullagh, Wired , 24 Feb. 2022", "To get your elbows back consistently may require some release and retraining to create the necessary range of motion and postural endurance. \u2014 Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online , 19 May 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1857, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-183620" }, "postrevolutionary":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring or existing after a revolution":[ "In the postrevolutionary years, the United States experienced a dramatic increase in internal migration.", "\u2014 Mary Beth Norton et al.", "postrevolutionary Russia", "postrevolutionary turmoil" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02ccre-v\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259-\u02ccner-\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "More important, the sources indicate a drastic decline in arrivals during the postrevolutionary decades compared to prerevolutionary America. \u2014 Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books , 13 Jan. 2022", "The paradigmatic example here is postrevolutionary France. \u2014 Christopher Beha, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022", "Relations between Russia and Yanukovych\u2019s postrevolutionary successor, Petro Poroshenko, quickly soured, especially as Poroshenko staked his legitimacy on an uncompromising and militaristic position in the Donbass. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 16 Dec. 2021", "Tunisians have enjoyed greater political freedoms since the Arab Spring uprising and Mr. Ben Ali\u2019s fall, but a series of postrevolutionary governments have failed to revive the economy and create jobs. \u2014 Jared Malsin, WSJ , 27 Aug. 2018", "At times \u2014 as when a soldier under the new regime rapes a bride in her wedding dress \u2014 the movie flirts with a false equivalence, suggesting that postrevolutionary life is just as cruel as totalitarianism. \u2014 Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times , 2 June 2016" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1814, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184532" }, "postmeridian":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after noon : of or relating to the afternoon":[ "the postmeridian hours of the day" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin postmeridianus , from post- + meridianus meridian":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-185646" }, "postdisseisin":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Anglo-French postdisseisine , from post- + disseisine disseisin":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-094439" }, "post-Kantian":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to the idealist philosophers (such as Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel) following Kant and developing some of his ideas":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8kan-t\u0113-\u0259n", "-\u02c8k\u00e4n-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1843, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192753" }, "postremogeniture":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": ultimogeniture":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u00e4\u00a6str\u0113m\u014d+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin postremus last (superlative of posterus coming after) + English -o- + geniture":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192900" }, "Posnanian":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to Poznan ( Posnania ), Poland":[], ": a native or resident of Poznan ( Posnania )":[], ": the dialect of Poznan upon which standard Polish is based":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"", "-ny\u0259n", "(\u02c8)p\u00e4z\u00a6n\u0101n\u0113\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Pozna\u0144 , province and city in Poland + English -ian":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-193511" }, "postorbitosquamosal arch":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a bony arch made up of fused portions of the postorbital and squamosal bones that separates the two temporal openings in a diapsid reptile":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "postorbit(al) + -o- + squamosal":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-194714" }, "positive birefringence":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": birefringence of a medium (as quartz) that transmits the ordinary rays with greater speed than the extraordinary":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-194904" }, "post captain":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a naval officer holding a captain's commission as distinguished from one bearing the courtesy title of captain":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 7":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195021" }, "posttibia":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the tibia of a hind leg of an insect":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + tibia":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195351" }, "posol":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a thick chiefly Spanish-American soup made of pork, corn, garlic, and chili":[], ": a Spanish-American drink made of cornmeal, water, and sugar":[ "began arriving with food \u2026 posole and fruit", "\u2014 Oliver LaFarge" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u014d\u02c8s\u014dl" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "American Spanish posol, pozol, posole, pozole , from Nahuatl pozolli , literally, foamy, from pozol foam":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1908, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195920" }, "postulatum":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": postulate":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u00e4sch\u0259\u02c8l\u0101t\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Medieval Latin & Latin":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200156" }, "postpartum":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring in or being the period following childbirth":[ "a postpartum hemorrhage", "postpartum care" ], "\u2014 see also postpartum blues , postpartum depression":[ "a postpartum hemorrhage", "postpartum care" ], ": being in or used in the postpartum period":[ "postpartum mothers" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)p\u014dst-\u02c8p\u00e4rt-\u0259m", "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8p\u00e4r-t\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "As outlined by American Progress, the same concern is not extended to those who need postpartum mental health assistance, health care, affordable child care and paid family leave. \u2014 Brooklyn White, Essence , 2 May 2022", "Doulas provide nonclinical care to pregnant and postpartum individuals. \u2014 Katie Lobosco And Tami Luhby, CNN , 7 Dec. 2021", "This cover image celebrates pregnant and postpartum bodies as something beautiful, to be admired. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 27 Aug. 2021", "This cover image celebrates pregnant and postpartum bodies as something beautiful, to be admired. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 July 2021", "As outlined by American Progress, the same concern is not extended to those who need postpartum mental health assistance, health care, unproblematic child care and helpful family leave. \u2014 Brooklyn White, Essence , 1 Sep. 2021", "This cover image celebrates pregnant and postpartum bodies as something beautiful, to be admired. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 27 Aug. 2021", "This cover image celebrates pregnant and postpartum bodies as something beautiful, to be admired. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 July 2021", "This cover image celebrates pregnant and postpartum bodies as something beautiful, to be admired. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 July 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "from the Latin phrase post partum \"after childbirth,\" from post \"after\" + partum, accusative of partus \"act of giving birth, childbirth,\" from parere \"to give birth to, bring into being\" + -tus, suffix of verbal nouns \u2014 more at post- , parturient entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200303" }, "post-hole digger":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200336" }, "postal course":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a course of study conducted by mail \u2014 compare correspondence school":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200935" }, "postdivestiture":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": following a divestiture (such as the sale of business units by a corporation)":[ "But the Baby Bells have gone on their own postdivestiture cost-cutting sprees and moved into competitive deregulated businesses as well.", "\u2014 David Pauly et al." ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-ch\u0259r", "chiefly Southern -t(y)u\u0307(\u0259)r", "\u02ccp\u014dst-d\u012b-\u02c8ve-st\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r", "-d\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1969, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-201116" }, "possum oak":{ "type":[ "noun" ], 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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-204311" }, "post binder":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a loose-leaf binder having metal posts designed to pass through holes punched in the sheets":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205050" }, "postulatory":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": involving assumptions : hypothetical":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-t\u022fr-", "-ri" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Medieval Latin postulatorius , from Latin, petitionary, from postulatus (past participle of postulare to postulate) + -orius -ory":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205439" }, "positive fraud":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": fraud sense 1a(1)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205834" }, "postbrachium":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the brachium of the inferior colliculus":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + brachium":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205951" }, "postparietal":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": located behind parietal elements":[], ": a postparietal part (as a scale)":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + parietal":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-210206" }, "postponement":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to put off to a later time : defer":[], ": to place later (as in a sentence) than the normal position in 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until tomorrow because of rain.", "we'll have to postpone a decision until we have all the information", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Beale\u2019s motion passed out of the Finance Committee in June; when a vote was scheduled for the full City Council, Lightfoot\u2019s allies used a parliamentary maneuver to postpone it, reportedly to buy time to kill it. \u2014 Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica , 8 July 2022", "Family and friends had advised her to postpone it, but the pandemic had only hardened her conviction around her decision. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022", "Assembly member Kameron Perez-Verdia urged members to postpone it in order to review new information. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022", "However, the mayor urged legislators and officials not to participate in the event and said the NRA should postpone it. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN , 26 May 2022", "Pettit is still awaiting trial after prosecutors recommended last October to postpone it. \u2014 Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022", "The major retrospective exhibition is now on view in Boston after the four museums backtracked on their plan to postpone it until 2024. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022", "After some adjustments, administrators announced that the event would be rescheduled for May 18, but the school board voted to postpone it again in a vote on Sunday. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 3 May 2022", "But on the cusp of implementing the measure, lawmakers will likely vote Thursday to postpone it for five months after employers waved red flags. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin postponere to place after, postpone, from post- + ponere to place \u2014 more at position":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-210444" }, "postage-stamp":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": suggesting a postage stamp in size : very small":[ "postage-stamp yards" ], ": a government adhesive stamp or imprinted stamp for use on mail as evidence of prepayment of postage":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014d-stij-\u02ccstamp" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Molly, a year younger, was a sunny, energetic artist who in high school had won a national contest to design a 1984 U.S. postage stamp . \u2014 Earl Swift, Outside Online , 2 Sep. 2015", "When the postage stamp was being released, a reporter contacted my father and asked him about his mother. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Dec. 2021", "Ukraine this week released a postage stamp with a drawing picturing a soldier making an obscene gesture toward the ship. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022", "The country recently unveiled a postage stamp commemorating it. \u2014 Adam Schreck, chicagotribune.com , 14 Apr. 2022", "The country recently unveiled a postage stamp commemorating it. \u2014 Adam Schreck, ajc , 14 Apr. 2022", "There\u2019s the postage stamp with an image of a Ukrainian soldier defiantly displaying his middle finger to a Russian battleship. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022", "She would later be granted Canada's first posthumous pardon, have her own postage stamp and become the first Black person with a solo portrait on Canadian currency. \u2014 ABC News , 1 Feb. 2022", "By 2009, the image of Chornovil, who died in 1999, was on a Ukrainian postage stamp . \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1938, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective", "1829, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-210803" }, "postobituary":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": post-obit":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + obituary":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-211932" }, "post-Paleolithic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or constituting the period following the Paleolithic or initiating the Neolithic":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + paleolithic":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-214021" }, "post-juvenal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": following or terminating the juvenal stage of a bird's life history \u2014 compare juvenal plumage , juvenile entry 2 sense 2b":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + juvenal":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-215312" }, "postlanding":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": relating to or occurring in the period following a landing":[ "postlanding operations", "postlanding support services" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8lan-di\u014b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1945, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-215419" }, "postsynsacral":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": situated behind the synsacrum":[], ": a caudal vertebra in birds":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + New Latin synsacr um + English -al":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-220334" }, "post-polio syndrome":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a condition that affects former polio patients long after recovery from the disease and that is characterized by muscle weakness, joint and muscle pain, and fatigue":[ "The signs and symptoms of post-polio syndrome can include the onset of new muscle weakness in either affected or unaffected limbs.", "\u2014 J. Keith Festa", "The development of postpolio syndrome appears to be time-related, occurring between 25 and 40 years after recovery from the initial bout of infection.", "\u2014 Marny K. Eulberg et al." ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8p\u014d-l\u0113-\u02cc\u014d-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "One parent has sickle cell disease, the other post-polio syndrome . \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Jan. 2022", "Her daughter, Amy Emerman, said the cause was pneumonia and noted that Ms. Emerman, who contracted polio at the age of 7 in 1944 and had used a wheelchair for the rest of her life, had been struggling with complications of post-polio syndrome . \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2021", "Decades later, with post-polio syndrome , her left side started weakening, too. \u2014 Luke Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 Sep. 2021", "Thousands died, others were hospitalized and some left permanently paralyzed or with post-polio syndrome . \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, Cincinnati.com , 10 Apr. 2020", "Thousands died, others were hospitalized and some left permanently paralyzed or with post-polio syndrome . \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, The Courier-Journal , 10 Apr. 2020", "This group is open to those dealing with post-polio syndrome , or anyone who is dealing with pain who want to learn from informative guest speakers. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, sandiegouniontribune.com , 2 Apr. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1983, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-220917" }, "postelection":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": relating to or occurring in the time following an election":[ "postelection analyses", "The 'Lame Duck' Amendment aimed particularly at postelection congressional sessions in which defeated legislators still participated \u2026", "\u2014 Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr." ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u0113-\u02c8lek-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1938, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-221207" }, "posthole":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a hole dug for a post":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014dst-\u02cch\u014dl" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Upgrading Your Fence Game To install the screen, mark the post centers on the ground, and use a posthole digger or shovel to dig holes at least 30 in. \u2014 Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics , 15 May 2021", "Setting the Posts Use a posthole digger to dig the holes. \u2014 Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics , 23 Oct. 2020", "Magazine reviewers were generally favorable to the first Bronco, but there\u2019s a reason the truck became a rural workhorse with an accessories catalog full of snowplows and posthole diggers. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 12 July 2020", "Nearby, the remains of postholes mark the ghostly outlines of two longhouses. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 3 Dec. 2019", "For more than an hour, the three humans dig postholes in the hard dirt, put up a fence and prepare the goats\u2019 meal. \u2014 Rachel Manteuffel, Washington Post , 13 Aug. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1703, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-221325" }, "posterior chamber":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a narrow space in the eye that is behind the peripheral part of the iris and in front of the suspensory ligament of the lens and the ciliary body and is filled with aqueous humor \u2014 compare anterior chamber \u2014 see eye illustration":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1737, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-223057" }, "postbreeding":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": following a period of physiological fitness for reproduction":[ "postbreeding regressive changes" ], "\u2014 see collapse entry 2 sense 5":[ "postbreeding regressive changes" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + breeding":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-223320" }, "postcentrum":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a distinct posterior part of the centrum of a vertebra in some fishes formed by coossification of the interventral and interdorsal arcualia":[ "\u2014 opposed to precentrum" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + centrum":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-223817" }, "possum haw":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": bearberry sense 3":[], ": a withe rod ( Viburnum nudum )":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-224307" }, "Post-it":{ "type":[ "trademark" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-225522" }, "postnotum":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a small dorsal sclerite on the insect thorax posterior to the notum":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + notum":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-225525" }, "postlapsarian":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or characteristic of the time or state after the fall of humankind described in the Bible":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02cclap-\u02c8ser-\u0113-\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Perhaps there was loneliness in Eden, but Radtke\u2019s version is postlapsarian , partially cracked. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 16 July 2021", "But in that postlapsarian politics, there were still leaders to be found, men (always men) who could endure the psychological strain of leadership, who could cut it, who could make the Faustian bargain and emerge with their souls intact. \u2014 George Blaustein, The New Republic , 2 July 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + Latin lapsus slip, fall \u2014 more at lapse":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1733, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-230134" }, "poseidon":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the Greek god of the sea \u2014 compare neptune":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u0259-\u02c8s\u012b-d\u1d4an" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin, from Greek Poseid\u014dn":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1811, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-231033" }, "positon":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": positron":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4z\u0259\u02cct\u00e4n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "posit ive + -on":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1933, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-231350" }, "postcenal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after dinner : postprandial":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + Latin cena dinner + English -al":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-231355" }, "post-office order":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a money order issued by a post office but not bearing the name of the payee which is given on an accompanying letter of advice":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-231640" }, "postocular":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": located behind the eye":[ "\u2014 used especially of one or more scales in a snake or lizard" ], ": a part (as a shield or scale) that is postocular":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary post- + ocular":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-232254" }, "positive light modulation":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a system of television in which an increase in the brightness of the picture corresponds to an increase in the signal strength":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-232300" }, "postorgasmic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": relating to or occurring in the period following an orgasm":[ "a state of postorgasmic bliss", "postorgasmic hormone secretion" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u022fr-\u02c8gaz-mik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "This includes direct health problems like postorgasmic illness syndrome, in which men are struck with headaches and fatigue following ejaculation. \u2014 Matt Simon, WIRED , 11 July 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1953, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-233215" }, "postcapitalist":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": existing or occurring after the decline or end of capitalism":[ "The idea isn't to suppress capitalism and markets in one giant heave but to use policy to promote the long-term expansion of a postcapitalist economic sector.", "\u2014 Stuart White", "a postcapitalist society" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8ka-p\u0259-t\u0259-list", "British also -k\u0259-\u02c8pi-t\u0259-", "-\u02c8kap-t\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1936, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-233513" }, "positivity":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the quality or state of being positive":[], ": something that is positive":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u00e4-z\u0259-\u02c8ti-v\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Always find positivity in your actions because your mood can fluctuate. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 6 July 2022", "Dean Fleischer Camp realized as much in the summer of 2010, when the first audience was introduced to the stop-motion character\u2019s trembling timbre and infectious positivity . \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 30 June 2022", "Not only did Lizzo serve looks, attitude, and a nod to body positivity , but her commanding effort left the crowd in a partying mood. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 27 June 2022", "Chastain\u2019s humbleness and infectious positivity spread like wildfire throughout the already high-spirited organization, propelling the sophomore team into a three-way bid for supremacy with powerhouses Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing. \u2014 Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic , 25 June 2022", "Unbridled positivity , meanwhile, could lead the public to conclude that the pandemic is over. \u2014 Lev Facher, STAT , 23 June 2022", "And as a digital movement built on overwhelming positivity , the NFT community showed few signs of letting the recent market issues shake its confidence. \u2014 Kevin Collier, NBC News , 22 June 2022", "Paying it forward to those deserving, Drew Crew design expert Mikel Welch and the actress team up in remodeling the homes of others to improve their living space and spread positivity into the world. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022", "By his rough calculations, Dowdy estimated that the ratio of deaths to test positivity fell threefold from the early days of the pandemic to January 2022, and fourfold from January 2022 to this spring. \u2014 Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-235629" }, "postal tax stamp":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a government stamp required on mail not for postage but for some public fund (as for a public health project)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-235905" }, "post and pair":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a card game popular in 16th and 17th century England that was played with hands of three cards":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post probably from Italian posta stake, wager, from feminine of posto , past participle of porre to put":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-000116" }, "postaccident":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after an accident":[ "postaccident pain", "postaccident compensation" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccdent", "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8ak-s\u0259-d\u0259nt", "-\u02c8aks-d\u0259nt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1904, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-000357" }, "post cedar":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": southern white cedar":[], ": incense cedar":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-001118" }, "poseuse":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a female poseur":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-z\u0259iz", "(\u02c8)p\u014d\u02c8z\u0259(r)z", "-z\u0259\u0304z" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "French, feminine of poseur":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-001201" }, "post-common":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": post-communion":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English post-comoun , from Medieval Latin postcommunio":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-001209" }, "positive block":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a block in which only one railroad train is allowed to be at one time \u2014 compare block system":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], 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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-014054" }, "postcava":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the inferior vena cava of vertebrates higher than fishes":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8k\u0101-v\u0259", "-\u02c8k\u0101-v\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1882, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-014803" }, "posologic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of or relating to posology":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6p\u00e4s\u0259\u00a6l\u00e4jik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015331" }, "postsynchronization":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the act or process of postsynchronizing":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary postsynchronize + -ation":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015818" }, "postdivorce":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": coming after a divorce : following the legal dissolution of a marriage":[ "It is not so far from here that in my distant, postdivorce days I set sail for many a night's charter cruise with the Divorced Men's Club \u2026", "\u2014 Richard Ford" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "also -d\u012b-", "\u02ccp\u014dst-d\u0259-\u02c8v\u022frs" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1886, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015858" }, "post-and-stall":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": bord-and-pillar":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021730" }, "post obitum":{ "type":[ "Latin phrase" ], "definitions":{ ": after death : after a right limited to a person's lifetime expires with the person's death":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u022fst-\u02c8\u022f-bi-\u02cctu\u0307m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021824" }, "postemergence":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": used or occurring in the stage between the emergence of a seedling and the maturity of a crop plant":[ "postemergence herbicides", "postemergence development" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-i-\u02c8m\u0259r-j\u0259n(t)s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1938, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023044" }, "postriot":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring or 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"first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-025806" }, "postlarva":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an immature fish after complete absorption of the yolk sac but before it has attained the appearance of a miniature adult : an advanced fry":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + larva":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-025840" }, "postburn":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after a burn":[ "postburn first aid", "postburn scarring", "a postburn patient" ], ": in the period following injury from a burn":[ "postburn first aid", "postburn scarring", "a postburn patient" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8b\u0259rn" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The skin softener also seals moisture into the skin and can thwart postburn itch. \u2014 Allison Young, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1947, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030550" }, "posteen":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an Afghan pelisse made of leather with the fleece on":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u014d\u02c8st\u0113n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Persian p\u014dst\u012bn of leather, from p\u014dst skin, from Middle Persian":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-031348" }, "postcommissure":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one of the bands of white matter that bound the third ventricle of the brain posteriorly":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + commissure":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-032244" }, "postsynchronize":{ "type":[ "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to add (speech or sound effects) in synchronism with the action after a scene has been photographed in making movies":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary post- + synchronize":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-033444" }, "possum grape":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": chicken grape":[], ": a wild grape ( Vitis baileyana ) of the southeastern U.S. resembling the chicken grape but having angled branchlets and leaves with lower surfaces permanently pilose":[], ": cissus sense 2":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034455" }, "positivism":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adjective or noun", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a theory that theology and 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Hart, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022", "Auguste Comte, the French founder of positivism , was among the first to work out his own set of religious rites for rationalists. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 3 Nov. 2021", "Scalia\u2019s legal approach adheres closely to the theory of legal positivism , which in its modern form goes back to the English philosopher John Austin (1790\u20131859). \u2014 Noah Feldman, The New York Review of Books , 17 Dec. 2020", "The rising social media company was at the vanguard of America\u2019s embrace of tech positivism . \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Oct. 2021", "Legal positivism depicts law as a set of rules determined by factual description of existing laws and institutions, without reference to normative moral arguments about what the law should be. \u2014 Noah Feldman, The New York Review of Books , 17 Dec. 2020", "Scalia\u2019s legal approach adheres closely to the theory of legal positivism , which in its modern form goes back to the English philosopher John Austin (1790\u20131859). \u2014 Noah Feldman, The New York Review of Books , 17 Dec. 2020", "Scalia\u2019s legal approach adheres closely to the theory of legal positivism , which in its modern form goes back to the English philosopher John Austin (1790\u20131859). \u2014 Noah Feldman, The New York Review of Books , 17 Dec. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "French positivisme , from positif positive + -isme -ism":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034833" }, "postbiblical":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring or existing after the creation of the Bible or after the events recorded in the Bible":[ "postbiblical times", "I read a biblical text now as if the dense screening of postbiblical commentary did not exist.", "\u2014 Chaim Potok" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8bi-bli-k\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1851, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040352" }, "post-runner":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one who carries the post on foot":[], ": a speedy messenger : courier":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post entry 4":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-043531" }, "postposition":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-p\u0259-\u02cczi-", "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-p\u0259-\u02c8zi-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "French, from postposer to place after, from Latin postponere (perfect indicative postposui )":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1638, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-045131" }, "postvasectomy":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after a vasectomy":[ "postvasectomy swelling" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-v\u0101-\u02c8zek-", "\u02ccp\u014dst-v\u0259-\u02c8sek-t\u0259-m\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1970, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-045513" }, "postcommissural":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or transmitted by the postcommissures of the brain":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "postcommissure + -al":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-045642" }, "postgrad":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": postgraduate":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02ccgrad" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Without the income from her part-time job, Clifford is facing the realities of financial anxiety \u2014 and how her postgrad savings and groceries will be affected. \u2014 Maria Lewczyk, Allure , 19 Mar. 2020", "Springs had been planning to spend a postgrad year at Brewster Academy, but instead reclassified and committed to UConn in August. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 30 Oct. 2019", "And having that information accessible will help organize repayment planning and your postgrad budget, says Vince Shorb, CEO of the National Financial Educators Council. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 June 2018", "Currently in midst of a postgrad season at IMG, Simons will be draft-eligible and is considering entering the draft and skipping college. \u2014 Jeremy Woo, SI.com , 10 Jan. 2018", "Last month, UConn landed Isaiah Whalley, 6-9 and 200, who played a postgrad year at Mount Zion Prep in Baltimore. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 8 June 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1926, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-045858" }, "postpositive":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": placed after or at the end of another word":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8p\u00e4-z\u0259-tiv", "-\u02c8p\u00e4z-tiv" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1712, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-050438" }, "poststrike":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring or existing after a strike (such as a military attack or an organized work stoppage)":[ "poststrike bomb damage assessment", "poststrike reconnaissance/photographs", "\u2026 it is difficult to chart what lies ahead in the poststrike NFL, but here are a few things to expect \u2026", "\u2014 Pete Axthelm" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8str\u012bk" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1945, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-051324" }, "postpubis":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the part of the pubic bone in birds and some reptiles that lies behind the acetabulum, in birds represents the true pubis, and in reptiles is a distinct process":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + pubis":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-052511" }, "poststimulus":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, occurring in, or being the period immediately after implementation or administration of a stimulus":[ "the poststimulus activity of neurons", "poststimulus spending trends" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8stim-y\u0259-l\u0259s", "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8stim-y\u0259-l\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1915, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053953" }, "postdental":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": produced with the point of the tongue at the backs of the upper front teeth":[], ": a postdental consonant":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary post- + dental":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060400" }, "postvaccination":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring or existing after vaccination":[ "postvaccination fever", "postvaccination antibody levels" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccvak-s\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n", "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02ccvak-s\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1869, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-061005" }, "postabortion":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": following termination of a pregnancy : occurring after an abortion":[ "postabortion bleeding", "postabortion counseling" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u0259-\u02c8b\u022fr-sh\u0259n", "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u0259-\u02c8b\u022fr-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1943, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-063755" }, "postdoc":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one engaged in postdoctoral study or research":[], ": postdoctoral":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02ccd\u00e4k" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "After an agricultural postdoc at Utah State University, he was offered a job as a staff scientist doing more advanced research at the Oregon primate facility. \u2014 Stephen S. Hall, Wired , 11 Mar. 2021", "Another collaboration is with Yo Suzuki, a young postdoc working in the lab of geneticist John Glass at the J. Craig Venter Institute, just down Torrey Pines Road in La Jolla. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022", "In Villa\u2019s lab, Lindsey Young, a postdoc , showed me a dish of what looked like tiny holes punched out of tinfoil. \u2014 James Somers, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022", "As a postdoc at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Klatt had studied microbial mats growing on sediments in the Middle Island Sinkhole in Lake Huron. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 2 Aug. 2021", "The postdoc eventually had a healthy baby and kept her job. \u2014 Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Jan. 2022", "As a postdoc , he became intrigued by cosmic chemistry and the atmosphere of Venus. \u2014 Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS , 24 June 2021", "In late 2019, with flames closing in on their rural home, Casey Kirchhoff, an ecology postdoc at the University of New South Wales, and her husband packed up their pets and possessions and evacuated to Sydney. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 29 Nov. 2021", "As a postdoc at the Koch Institute in 2017, Garg was looking at gene regulation in cancer. \u2014 Andrew Joseph And Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 15 Nov. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Surapong Thammabuht / EyeEm Just as the pandemic hit, Christina Islas Lynggaard\u2014a postdoc researcher at the University of Copenhagen\u2019s Globe Institute\u2014sat in her apartment surrounded by vacuums and filters. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 6 Jan. 2022", "Meanwhile, to rescue the 2D attractor framework, Fiete, her postdoc Mirko Klukas and their colleagues have proposed a novel model \u2014 one for which Fiete sees evidence in some of Ulanovsky\u2019s and Jeffery\u2019s findings. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 14 Oct. 2021", "Ocampo-Pe\u00f1uela would go on to pursue a PhD at Duke University in North Carolina with a Fulbright-Colciencias fellowship, then postdoc fellowships at ETH Zurich in Switzerland and the Humboldt Institute in Colombia. \u2014 Andrew Wight, Forbes , 29 Aug. 2021", "To find out, her postdoc Oliver Maddocks methodically removed various amino acids from cancer cells\u2019 culture medium. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 1 Apr. 2021", "Moved out of the house in Eugene and headed to San Francisco, where my parents had gotten postdoc positions. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Vogue , 16 Mar. 2021", "To see whether the girdle might contain evidence for its use, Sarah Fiddyment, a postdoc studying ancient proteins at the University of Cambridge, and her colleagues examined it. \u2014 Andrew Curry, Science | AAAS , 9 Mar. 2021", "Jason McLellan, a postdoc studying H.I.V., had been squeezed out of a structural-biology lab upstairs. \u2014 Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2020", "At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, microbiologist Frank Aylward and his postdoc Mohammad Moniruzzaman followed up on this mystery by matching genes found in giant virus DNA to those previously documented in other genomes. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 18 Nov. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1964, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "1942, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-065640" }, "post-ripeness":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the condition of a fruit that has undergone changes following ripening":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + ripeness":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-065735" }, "postneonatal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or affecting the human infant during the period between approximately the first month after birth and the end of the first year of life":[ "postneonatal mortality", "the postneonatal stage" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02ccn\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8n\u0101-t\u1d4al", "-\u02ccn\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8n\u0101t-\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Differences in postneonatal mortality, or from one month to one year, however, were much more stark. \u2014 Aaron E. Carroll, New York Times , 6 June 2016" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1940, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-073022" }, "positive valence":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the valence of a positively charged ion":[], ": the number of electrons an atom can give up":[ "sodium has a positive valence of 1" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-073604" }, "postheating":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the process of heating a metal after welding in order to decrease the rate of cooling to room temperature":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + heating":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080231" }, "postcolonial":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, 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Britain from empire to postcolonial state. \u2014 Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 June 2022", "To those who share this perspective, an unpredictable America at the helm of the liberal West is a greater threat to the independence of many postcolonial states than Russian or even Chinese ambition could ever be. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022", "Self-flagellating postcolonial studies might have paralyzed Western cultural discourse, but in Russia such self-scrutiny is virtually nonexistent. \u2014 Melik Kaylan, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022", "These tweets, along with thousands of others, became part of a study on Twitter conversations in South Africa and Kenya during the early days of the pandemic that highlighted enduring postcolonial issues of race and power. \u2014 Maxine Betteridge-moes, Quartz , 16 Mar. 2022", "And the trial has touched only lightly on the vexed issue of whether, as happened often in postcolonial Africa, foreign powers had a hand in the young leader\u2019s death. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022", "One of the government\u2019s other favored tactics is to apply the country\u2019s sedition law, a remnant of British colonialism that has been repurposed by other postcolonial governments as a means of stifling dissent. \u2014 Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic , 9 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1883, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080412" }, "postulator":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an official who presents a plea for beatification or canonization in the Roman Catholic Church \u2014 compare devil's advocate":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4s-ch\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101-t\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Medical experts can\u2019t have any contact with the postulator . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2017", "People handling Casey's cause for canonization, called postulators , continue to gather documentation of healings attributed to Casey, which will be studied in Rome. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 May 2017", "A postulator , the person assigned to present the cause, is assigned and collects public and private writings, interviews people who knew the candidate, and researches the person's life. \u2014 Jackie Snow, National Geographic , 2 Sep. 2016" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1714, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080541" }, "postabdomen":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a posterior part of the body beyond the abdomen proper":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u00a6)p\u014dst +" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + abdomen":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081414" }, "postmidnight":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after midnight":[ "postmidnight temperatures", "a postmidnight snack" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8mid-\u02ccn\u012bt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1830, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082154" }, "postirradiation":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": relating to or occurring in the period following irradiation":[ "a postirradiation examination", "postirradiation effects" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-i-\u02ccr\u0101-d\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n", "-ir-\u02cc\u0101d-\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1926, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082606" }, "postphragma":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the phragma of the postnotum of an insect":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from post- + phragma":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082953" }, "postediting":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after editing (such as the editing of a text or film)":[ "the postediting stage of production" ], ": a phase of production following editing (such as the editing of a text or film)":[ "sounds added during postediting", "\u2026 there are several levels of quality possible in postediting \u2026", "\u2014 David Crystal" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8e-d\u0259-ti\u014b" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1961, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective", "1955, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-083327" }, "post-mill":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a windmill 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Smith, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022", "While sitting in a meditation posture is the best way to do that for some people, others might find that a bit of movement and sweat, like a hike or vigorous walk, is actually more effective. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 8 June 2022", "President Biden's decision to recommit forces there will allow troops to again stay in an open-ended posture against al-Shabab, according to the administration. \u2014 Luis Martinez, ABC News , 16 May 2022", "The change in Russian posture comes after Ukrainian forces have gone on the offensive in several parts of the country. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022", "Our new religious posture is this: Don\u2019t mess with us. \u2014 Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022", "As the organization Global Zero has made clear in its alternative nuclear posture review, the United States can dissuade any nation from attacking it with nuclear weapons with a substantially smaller nuclear arsenal. \u2014 William Hartung, Forbes , 16 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "While the Bears may posture about the importance of winning games in 2022, their behavior since the arrival of General Manager Ryan Poles telegraphs his plan to build a new team around quarterback Justin Fields, essentially from the ground up. \u2014 Phil Rogers, Forbes , 28 May 2022", "All the while, one got the nagging sense that Cherry\u2014unlike more modern populists who posture as spokespeople for some silent majority because doing so is politically expedient\u2014wasn\u2019t faking it. \u2014 John Semley, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021", "Crude prices, which have run up recently, extended their gains early Wednesday before drooping in the afternoon, as traders continued to posture themselves ahead of higher demand stemming from the global economic recovery and summertime travel. \u2014 Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ , 16 June 2021", "This was the pre-Covid posture the Trump administration quickly adopted, turning almost anything connected to China into a political punching bag. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 4 June 2021", "While both sides had to posture for domestic audiences, particularly the rising nationalist fervor of Xi Jinping, China's increasingly authoritarian leader, the grievances at the heart of the dispute are longstanding. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 19 Mar. 2021", "Gale was not an overtly menacing physical presence onstage, in the way many metal frontmen try to posture . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2021", "Help your back and posture by raising your computer screen up to eye level. \u2014 Medea Giordano, Wired , 19 Sep. 2020", "The latter will be put to a jury, which means that both sides can be expected to posture when explaining Hollywood economics to regular citizens. \u2014 Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Aug. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle French, from Italian postura , from Latin positura , from positus , past participle of ponere to place \u2014 more at position":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1645, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-095206" }, "postcanonical":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": written subsequent to writings included in a canon especially of Scripture":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + canonical":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-095442" }, "postinjection":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring or existing in the period following an injection":[ "postinjection monitoring", "postinjection inflammation" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-in-\u02c8jek-sh\u0259n", "\u02ccp\u014dst-in-\u02c8jek-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1955, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-095850" }, "postcollegiate":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": done or occurring after college : postcollege":[ "postcollegiate life", "postcollegiate study" ], ": no longer in college : having graduated from college":[ "\u2026 a look for the postcollegiate crowd that cleans up the sloppy clothing of their youth, using finer fabrics, tighter tailoring and sleeker silhouettes.", "\u2014 Michael Barbaro" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-k\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113-j\u0259t", "-j\u0113-\u0259t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Anwar was now hiring employees who were less educated and more economically and physically vulnerable than the postcollegiate types who'd been at Zain. \u2014 Brendan I. Koerner, Wired , 12 Oct. 2021", "Drake Deuel\u2019s postcollegiate path could have been relatively clear: work as a software engineer while training for a spot on the U.S. Olympic rowing team. \u2014 Betsy Welch, Outside Online , 7 June 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-100150" }, "postdrug":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": relating to or occurring in the time after a drug is administered or used":[ "postdrug blood pressure" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8dr\u0259g" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1919, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101501" }, "postbellum":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or characteristic of the period following a war and especially following the American Civil War":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8be-l\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "For a prosperous Black man in postbellum Arkansas, there are plenty of good reasons to shut out curious strangers. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022", "Kelley\u2019s career, together with that of his yet more radical daughter, Florence, epitomized the emerging cause of social democracy in the postbellum political world. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 21 June 2021", "This was the dawning of a new and fragile postbellum pluralism, grounded not in pure reason but in mutual d\u00e9tente. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2020", "The pair launched their House of Aama label in 2015 to explore the maternal ties that have bound African American and diasporic families, starting with the folklore of the postbellum South. \u2014 Alex Harrington, Vogue , 28 Oct. 2020", "But to millions of other Americans, the flag is a source of anguish as a symbol of a war ignited by the South's desire to save slavery and due to its postbellum adoption by the Ku Klux Klan. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 June 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin post bellum after the war":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1874, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101707" }, "postconsonantal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": existing or occurring after a consonant":[ "a postconsonantal vowel" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8nen-", "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02cck\u00e4n(t)-s\u0259-\u02c8nan-t\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1905, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101718" }, "postgraduate":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or engaged in formal studies after graduation : graduate":[], ": a student continuing formal education after graduation from high school or college":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccw\u0101t", "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)-\u02c8gra-j\u0259-w\u0259t", "-\u02c8graj-w\u0259t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Adjective", "After college, she spent her first postgraduate year studying abroad.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "After earning a postgraduate degree at the Royal Academy of Music, work came steadily. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022", "Like many other recent graduates, hearing horror stories about the hiring market from the class of 2020 led Amelia Pollard to view her postgraduate options with some trepidation. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 15 Mar. 2022", "Two years into the pandemic, some of these job-seekers are taking postgraduate internships in an attempt to jumpstart their professional careers. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 15 Mar. 2022", "Two-thirds of Americans without high school degrees say religion is very important in their lives, but less than half of those with postgraduate degrees say this. \u2014 Joan C. Williams, The New Republic , 19 Apr. 2022", "At the time of his recruitment with the Vikings, Young planned to spend a year with a postgraduate prep team. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 25 Mar. 2022", "At-home test use also increased with higher levels of household income and education \u2014 people making more than $150,000 a year and those with a postgraduate degree were the most likely to report the use of at-home tests. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Mar. 2022", "Born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia, which was then part of Yugoslavia, Abramovi\u0107 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts there and completed her postgraduate studies in 1972. \u2014 Lane Florsheim, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022", "The 111-year-old school is an independent, college preparatory, boarding and day school for girls in grades 6 to 12 , plus a postgraduate year. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 8 Dec. 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The video, captured and posted on Twitter in December 2021 by postgraduate student Hamish Symington, show bees being studied by fellow student Kristina Buch in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 20 Mar. 2022", "And once students graduate, the price keeps rising \u2014 prestigious law and other vocational postgraduate courses can set you back around $100,000 a year. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 7 Oct. 2021", "As Agnes shares stories of her life \u2013 as well as her artistic ideas \u2013 with an unnamed postgraduate student who narrates the book, her path becomes a haunting cautionary tale. \u2014 Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Nov. 2021", "One postgraduate student at HKU has reported at least two faculty members to the tip line, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 5 June 2021", "Originally from the United Kingdom, Humphrey first went to China as a 23-year-old postgraduate student. \u2014 James Griffiths, CNN , 13 Dec. 2020", "Ahrens graduated summa cum laude, was a two-time CTCA Scholar All-American and earned an NCAA postgraduate scholarship. \u2014 Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic , 15 Oct. 2020", "Paris\u2019s prestigious postgraduate school Ecole Normale Superieure was in for a surprise this summer when results of its admission exam for literature came out. \u2014 Geraldine Amiel, Fortune , 26 Aug. 2020", "Oregon\u2019s Justin Herbert won the award, which comes with a $25,000 postgraduate scholarship, last year. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Oct. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1858, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective", "1877, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-101810" }, "postcommunist":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": existing or occurring after the decline or end of communism":[ "postcommunist reformation", "\u2026 what's at stake here is the establishment of a new form of governance that's been spreading across postcommunist Central 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"The dice are loaded for a well-above-normal wildfire season in the West, including in California, said Ronnie Abolafia-Rosenzweig, a postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. \u2014 Diana Leonard, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022", "The dice are loaded for a well-above-normal wildfire season in the West, including in California, said Ronnie Abolafia-Rosenzweig, a postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. \u2014 Diana Leonard, Washington Post , 10 June 2022", "Alexander Winkler, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, was not a part of this research but also studies how climate change affects vegetation. \u2014 Sarah Sloat, NBC News , 2 June 2022", "The inclusion of such kernels of fact may constitute a deliberate strategy, Kolina Koltai, who studied vaccine-hesitancy as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington, told me. \u2014 New York Times 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Jemisin, New York Times , 28 Dec. 2015", "The Go Team\u2019s ongoing dissection of postmillennial sonic overload skews sweet and surreal on Rolling Blackouts, the U.K. pop-hop collective\u2019s addictive third \u2014 and possibly final \u2014 record. \u2014 Scott Thill, WIRED , 31 Jan. 2011" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141713" }, "postsphenoid":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the posterior portion of the sphenoid bone developed in five separate parts consisting of a central basisphenoid, the two alisphenoids, and the two medial pterygoid laminae":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + sphenoid":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141830" }, "positive temperature coefficient":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a larger than 1 ratio of a quantity (as resistance or length) at a higher temperature to the corresponding value of the quantity at a lower temperature":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142023" }, "postconception":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after conception (see conception sense 1a(1) )":[ "postconception drug treatments", "the postconception fetal age" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-k\u0259n-\u02c8sep-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1897, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143801" }, "postgraduation":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": relating to or occurring in the time after graduation":[ "postgraduation plans", "a postgraduation party" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02ccgra-j\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1872, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144809" }, "positive stability":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the tendency of a ship to return to previous position when inclined":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145710" }, "positive motion":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": motion that is transferred (as by gears, cranks, or belts) without slippage \u2014 compare friction drive":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-150016" }, "postprandial":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring after a meal":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "p\u014ds(t)-\u02c8pran-d\u0113-\u0259l", "-\u02c8pran-d\u0113-\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Cynar is used in pre-dinner drinks like spritz and negroni, but is also drunk as a postprandial digestif because of its savory artichoke flavor. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 26 June 2021", "Glenlaurel Scottish Inn\u2019s six-course dinner (prix fixe from $65; 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Ford, Variety , 16 June 2022", "The sketch, which uncannily replicated the wormhole-like experience of TikTok, was immaculately produced, though the level of postproduction required to send up lo-fi content carries a certain kind of irony. \u2014 Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic , 17 Apr. 2022", "His final project as a producer, MK Ultra, directed by Joseph Sorrentino, recently finished postproduction . \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Mar. 2022", "Weathers, a postproduction coordinator and producer, and Palmieri, a freelance editor, met as 6-year-old classmates in Santa Cruz. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Mar. 2022", "And that\u2019s somewhat literal because this edition includes several cuts of the film that emerged over an insane postproduction that forced Scott and his team to nip and tuck at the entire film. \u2014 Brian Tallerico, Vulture , 22 Nov. 2021", "The movie, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Mr. Smith as a runaway slave who joins the Union army, is in postproduction and has already been touted as a possible awards contender. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1953, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191634" }, "postliberation":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring or existing in the period following liberation":[ "postliberation France" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02ccli-b\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1891, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-200218" }, "positive ray":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a stream of positively charged ions moving toward the cathode in a discharge tube":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-201835" }, "postscore":{ "type":[ "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": postrecord":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + score":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-203501" }, "positive potential":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an electric potential higher than that of the earth or of other conductor taken as an arbitrary zero of potential":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-204306" }, "postaudit":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an audit made subsequent to the final settlement of a transaction":[ "\u2014 contrasted with preaudit" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "post- + audit":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-205253" }, "postprison":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": occurring in or relating to the period following a prisoner's release from prison":[ "postprison education programs", "\u2026 remains a subject of such fascination that The Wall Street Journal devoted a recent front-page story to his postprison life.", "\u2014 Joseph Nocera" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014dst-\u02c8pri-z\u1d4an" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1883, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210859" }, "positive religion":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a religion that has a definite historic founder":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-211806" }, "positive philosophy":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": positivism sense 1":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-213556" }, "postdeadline":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": coming after a deadline":[ "postdeadline entries", "It is not too late to submit posters. 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regular-season and postseason matches, the package includes all Leagues Cup matches \u2014 the competition between MLS and Mexico\u2019s Liga MX \u2014 as well as select MLS NEXT Pro and MLS NEXT matches. \u2014 Joe Reedy, ajc , 14 June 2022", "Consecutive appearances, regular season and postseason , that Lowry has made without playing as a reserve, an indication of just how dramatic a possible shift to a bench role would be for the 36-year-old Heat point guard. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 11 June 2022", "Arkansas is on the road to begin postseason play for the first time since the 2015 campaign. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, Arkansas Online , 3 June 2022", "Connecticut has scored 90-plus points in four of its seven games this season, after only doing so three times across the regular and postseason in 2021. \u2014 Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant , 27 May 2022", "Both the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions were ineligible for postseason play in 2012. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 26 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1893, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-222052" }, "postliminary":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or involving the right of postliminium":[], ": done or carried on after something else or as a conclusion : subsequent":[ "\u2014 opposed to preliminary" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "in sense 1, from postlimin ium + -ary ; in sense 2, from post- + liminary":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-222201" }, "postliminium":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a Roman legal doctrine whereby those captured by an enemy are regarded as having died freemen before capture to protect those claiming under them and whereby upon their return to the jurisdiction of Rome the captives regain their suspended property and civil rights":[], ": the right or rule of international law under which when persons or things taken by an enemy in war come again under the control of their own state they as a general rule regain the rights belonging or relating to them before capture":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccp\u014ds(t)l\u0259\u0307\u02c8min\u0113\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin postliminium , from post- + limin-, limen threshold":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-222920" }, "postscript":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a note or series of notes appended to a completed letter, article, or book":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u014ds(t)-\u02ccskript", "\u02c8p\u014dst-\u02ccskript" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "In a postscript to her letter, she promised to write again soon.", "An interesting postscript to the story is that the two people involved later got married.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Sampat\u2019s talent strategy is a postscript of sorts to her hiring efforts in previous tech roles. \u2014 Aman Kidwai, Fortune , 2 May 2022", "Spector, who died of cancer in January at age 78, first published the book in 1990, and a new hardcover version with an introduction written by Keith Richards and a postscript by Spector was released on May 3. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022", "Moreover, there\u2019s a crucial legal detail that perhaps could be explained in a postscript , especially for the benefit of American, British and some European viewers. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022", "The pair also added a humorous postscript in which the 37-year-old Crosby insisted that the 31-year-old O'Donnell sleep in his jersey. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 May 2022", "As the postscript says, the Duke remarried five weeks after his divorce was ruled. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022", "There is a postscript that should have been included in Friday\u2019s story about the Lakers\u2019 historic 33-game winning streak. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Jan. 2022", "According to the table of contents, the memoir was to be divided into 8 chapters and a postscript . \u2014 Katie Hafner, Scientific American , 31 Mar. 2022", "The postscript here is that, as this legal affair works its way toward an inevitable settlement, the conclusion will in fact be one more turning of the page that moves CNN into a new chapter for the network. \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin postscriptum , from Latin, neuter of postscriptus , past participle of postscribere to write after, from post- + scribere to write \u2014 more at scribe":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1551, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-224037" }, "postatomic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": existing or occurring after the introduction of atomic weapons":[ 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