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  "Father":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a male parent",
      ": a man who has begotten a child",
      ": a male animal who has sired an offspring",
      ": god sense 1",
      ": the first person of the Trinity (see Trinity sense 1 )",
      ": forefather",
      ": one related to another in a way suggesting that of father to child",
      ": an old man",
      ": a pre-Scholastic (see scholastic sense 1a ) Christian writer accepted by the church as an authoritative witness to its teaching and practice",
      ": one that originates or institutes",
      ": source",
      ": prototype",
      ": a priest of the regular clergy",
      ": priest",
      ": one of the leading men (as of a city)",
      ": beget",
      ": to be the founder, producer, or author of",
      ": to accept responsibility for",
      ": to fix the paternity or origin of",
      ": to place responsibility for the origin or cause of",
      ": foist , impose",
      ": to care for or look after someone as a father might",
      ": a male parent",
      ": god sense 1",
      ": ancestor sense 1",
      ": a person who cares for another as a father might",
      ": a person who invents or begins something",
      ": priest",
      ": to become the father of",
      ": to care for as a father",
      ": to be the founder, producer, or author of"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259r",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dad",
      "daddy",
      "old man",
      "pa",
      "papa",
      "poppa",
      "pater",
      "pop",
      "sire"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beget",
      "get",
      "sire"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Retired District Fire Chief Richard Magee recalled the time his father , Richard B. Magee, said there was a fire in the Back Bay area. \u2014 Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
      "The Barnwell brothers and their late father , Michael, along with friend and fellow diver and former Royal Navy submariner James Little, found the shipwreck after searching for four years. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 17 June 2022",
      "Brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and Matthew's father , Al Jardine, a friend from Hawthorne High School, formed the Beach Boys, originally called the Pendletones in 1961. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
      "My father , Mike Jensen, is a dad whose love language (without administering Gary Chapman\u2019s test because feelings, ick!) is most certainly acts of service, with an emphasis on television. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "Mack and Stella\u2019s father , Tommy Schaefer, were charged with the murder of von Wiese-Mack in Indonesia in 2015. \u2014 Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "Heike Paulmann Koepfer heads the business, started by her billionaire father , Horst Paulmann, in 1976. \u2014 Katherine Love, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Lorenzo graduated from there in 2000 and T.J.'s father , Tranel, graduated in 2002. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 16 June 2022",
      "Th poem is written on her gravestone in its entirety, her father said. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Nabil\u2019s mother, Louise Braufman, met Roy in 1970 and soon asked him to have a child with an understanding: The musician would never have to father the boy emotionally or financially. \u2014 Geoff Edgers, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
      "Bowing to that reality, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled in May that men who father a child during an affair with a married woman have the right to seek a role in the child's life. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 10 May 2022",
      "According to the paper, the bounciest males might father more spiderlings by mating with the same female multiple times without being eaten, or by seeking out additional mates. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The younger child, in particular, didn\u2019t want to let her father out of her sight. \u2014 Molly Parker, ProPublica , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The total included three offspring of Nish, one of Monty and Rose\u2019s 2020 chicks who went on to father the first Ohio nest in more than 80 years. \u2014 Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Putting the motivations into sharper focus and throwing the scenario even father back in time are the suspects in Florida. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Some can even be multigenerational: A recent study in the Congo that was published in The Lancet found that men who worked in mines were more likely to father children with birth defects than those who did not. \u2014 Michael Holtz, The Atlantic , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "How C\u2019mon C\u2019mon director Mike Mills convinced Joaquin Phoenix to father his movie son. \u2014 Rachel Handler, Vulture , 20 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-012330"
  },
  "Faenza ware":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": pottery of majolica technique made at Faenza, Italy, in the 16th century"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u00e4\u02c8enz\u0259-",
      "-nts\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"from Faenza , commune in northern Italy",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-031106"
  },
  "Faenza":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "commune in northern Italy population 53,549":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u00e4-\u02c8en-z\u00e4",
      "-\u02c8en(t)-s\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205027"
  },
  "Faeroe Islands":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "self-governing islands of Denmark in the northeastern Atlantic northwest of the Shetlands; capital T\u00f3rshavn area 540 square miles (1404 square kilometers), population 48,400":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer-(\u02cc)\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004007"
  },
  "Faulkner":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "William Cuthbert 1897\u20131962 originally surname Falkner American novelist":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fk-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020930"
  },
  "Faeroese":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of the people inhabiting the Faeroe Islands":[],
      ": the North Germanic language of the Faeroese people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8w\u0113s",
      "\u02ccfer-\u0259-\u02c8w\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190700"
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  "Fawkes":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Guy 1570\u20131606 English conspirator against King James I of Great Britain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-120706"
  },
  "Falla":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Manuel de 1876\u20131946 Spanish composer":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4-y\u0259",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4l-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203315"
  },
  "Favosites":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus (the type of a large exclusively Paleozoic family Favositidae) of extinct corals having polygonal cells with perforated walls especially abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, probably from (assumed) New Latin favosus + New Latin -ites -ite":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232416"
  },
  "Far East":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "the countries of eastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-202324"
  },
  "FAF":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "flyaway factory"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-205908"
  },
  "Fanti":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an African people of Ghana":[],
      ": a member of such people":[],
      ": a dialect of Akan spoken by the Fanti people":[],
      ": a literary language based on the Fanti dialect and used by the Fanti and related peoples":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050124"
  },
  "Fathometer":{
    "type":[
      "trademark"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "fa-\u02c8t\u035fh\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8fa-t\u035fh\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215631"
  },
  "Fat Tuesday":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": mardi gras sense 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1866, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210158"
  },
  "Fakarava":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "island (atoll) in the South Pacific; principal island of the Tuamotu Archipelago population 651":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccf\u00e4-k\u00e4-\u02c8r\u00e4-v\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034205"
  },
  "Faisal II":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "1935\u20131958 king of Iraq (1939\u201358)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040916"
  },
  "Falkland Islands":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "islands of the southwestern Atlantic east of the southern end of Argentina; a British crown colony whose capital is Stanley, but also claimed by Argentina area 4700 square miles (12,173 square kilometers), population 2700":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022f-kl\u0259nd",
      "\u02c8f\u022fl-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173145"
  },
  "Faisal I":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "1885\u20131933 king of Syria (1920), of Iraq (1921\u201333)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090538"
  },
  "Famagusta":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "city and port on",
      "in the Turkish-controlled sector of eastern Cyprus population 42,500"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccf\u00e4-m\u00e4-\u02c8g\u00fc-st\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-111013"
  },
  "Fairweather, Mount":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "mountain 15,300 feet (4663 meters) high on the boundary between the U.S. (Alaska) and Canada (British Columbia)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer-\u02ccwe-t\u035fh\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115645"
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  "Fama":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Fellow of the American Medical Association",
      "Eugene F(rancis) 1939\u2013 American economist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4-m\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-121845"
  },
  "FAQ":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a document (as on a website) that provides answers to a list of typical questions that users might ask regarding a particular subject",
      ": a question included in such a document",
      "fair average quality",
      "frequently asked question, frequently asked questions"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fak",
      "\u02ccef-\u02cc\u0101-\u02c8ky\u00fc",
      "\u02c8fak",
      "\u02ccef-\u02cc\u0101-\u02c8ky\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "f requently a sked q uestions"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1987, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132228"
  },
  "Farsi":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": persian sense 2b":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Persian f\u0101rs\u012b , from F\u0101rs Persia":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1878, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105827"
  },
  "Fajardo":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "city in northeastern Puerto Rico population 40,712":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8h\u00e4r-d\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105942"
  },
  "fab":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fabulous",
      ": a fragment of an antibody that contains one antigen-binding site, one complete light chain, and part of one heavy chain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fab",
      "\u02c8fab"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "A-OK",
      "A1",
      "awesome",
      "bang-up",
      "banner",
      "beautiful",
      "blue-chip",
      "blue-ribbon",
      "boffo",
      "bonny",
      "bonnie",
      "boss",
      "brag",
      "brave",
      "bully",
      "bumper",
      "capital",
      "choice",
      "classic",
      "cool",
      "corking",
      "crackerjack",
      "cracking",
      "dandy",
      "divine",
      "dope",
      "down",
      "dynamite",
      "excellent",
      "fabulous",
      "famous",
      "fantabulous",
      "fantastic",
      "fine",
      "first-class",
      "first-rate",
      "first-string",
      "five-star",
      "four-star",
      "frontline",
      "gangbusters",
      "gangbuster",
      "gilt-edged",
      "gilt-edge",
      "gone",
      "grand",
      "great",
      "groovy",
      "heavenly",
      "high-class",
      "hot",
      "hype",
      "immense",
      "jim-dandy",
      "keen",
      "lovely",
      "marvelous",
      "marvellous",
      "mean",
      "neat",
      "nifty",
      "noble",
      "number one",
      "No. 1",
      "numero uno",
      "out-of-sight",
      "par excellence",
      "peachy",
      "peachy keen",
      "phat",
      "prime",
      "primo",
      "prize",
      "prizewinning",
      "quality",
      "radical",
      "righteous",
      "sensational",
      "slick",
      "splendid",
      "stellar",
      "sterling",
      "superb",
      "superior",
      "superlative",
      "supernal",
      "swell",
      "terrific",
      "tip-top",
      "top",
      "top-notch",
      "top-of-the-line",
      "top-shelf",
      "topflight",
      "topping",
      "unsurpassed",
      "wizard",
      "wonderful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "atrocious",
      "awful",
      "execrable",
      "lousy",
      "pathetic",
      "poor",
      "rotten",
      "terrible",
      "vile",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "We had a fab time.",
      "that designer's new line of spring clothing is absolutely fab",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "How about lemon-squeezing-in Huntsville\u2019s fab new Orion Amphitheater too, Robert? \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
      "This creates a challenge for generations of offices that were built around durable but uninspiring pre- fab furniture and require immense investments to rehaul, Wisecarver says. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
      "Patrick Gelsinger, who became Intel\u2019s chief executive a year ago, is lobbying Congress to provide grants for fab construction and tax credits for equipment investment. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "So fab clean rooms are built on enormous concrete slabs on special shock absorbers. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The chip shortage has hit the automotive industry particularly hard because automakers canceled orders when the pandemic struck, only to see their fab reservations be snapped up by computer and device manufacturers. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Manufacturers say the pre- fab shelters will withstand exposure to chemical, biological and nuclear attacks. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Here are three of our favorite examples of DADUs in the West, from pre- fab units to modular blueprints and genius, space-saving design ideas. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "The mega- fab would also become a center for training new production engineers. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 14 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1957, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171925"
  },
  "fable":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a fictitious narrative or statement such as",
      "a legendary story of supernatural happenings",
      "a narration intended to enforce a useful truth",
      "one in which animals speak and act like human beings",
      "falsehood , lie",
      "to tell fables",
      "to talk or write about as if true",
      "a story that is not true",
      "a story in which animals speak and act like people and which is usually meant to teach a lesson"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8f\u0101-b\u0259l",
    "synonyms":[
      "allegory",
      "apologue",
      "parable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a fable about busy ants",
      "The story that he won the battle single-handedly is a mere fable .",
      "He combines fact and fable to make a more interesting story.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "This film is an anti-war fable that talks about the common origin of all wars. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 13 June 2022",
      "What follows is a fantastical fable of love and suffering, imprisonment and release, mythology and the material world. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
      "Elem Klimov\u2019s heart-rending 1985 antiwar fable , about a Soviet youth who joins the fight against the Nazis, screens as a benefit for families affected by the current crisis in Ukraine. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Screenwriter Anna Symon and director Clio Barnard are translating Sarah Perry\u2019s lush Victorian fable into an evocative six-part series starring Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "This performance will be an attempt to combine all 209 fairy tales into one cohesive fable , brought to life by two narrators and a team of actors. \u2014 Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The history of a movement, narrated as a documentary fable . \u2014 Lise Pedersen, Variety , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Then about 20 years ago, along comes architect and historian John Crandell, who plumbed contemporary accounts to show that the Wyman fable was not true. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "In this way, Owen\u2019s challenges in his not-quite-real world of Terrors, work deeply on our hearts, far more effectively than surface-level fable . \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "Arrebato 4K restoration of Spanish filmmaker Iv\u00e1n Zulueta\u2018s hallucinatory 1980 horror fable about a director and a heroin addict. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163543"
  },
  "fabrication":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the act or process of fabricating":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccfa-bri-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02ccfab-ri-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fable",
      "fairy tale",
      "falsehood",
      "falsity",
      "fib",
      "lie",
      "mendacity",
      "prevarication",
      "story",
      "tale",
      "taradiddle",
      "tarradiddle",
      "untruth",
      "whopper"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "truth"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication",
      "the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Plus, all the attention is placed on the fabrication as well. \u2014 Vogue , 22 June 2022",
      "The launch was announced at a Crestwood company, Machining Systems Corp., which does metals machining and fabrication . \u2014 Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
      "Off College Point Boulevard in Flushing, stainless steel fabrication workshops and showrooms are pervasive. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
      "The Gyalsey inaugurated a FabLab, or fabrication laboratory, named after him\u2014the Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super FabLab\u2014at the TechPark in Thimphu, Bhutan. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
      "His film solves the problem, unavoidable in live-action versions, of how to present a hero who is half human and half fabrication . \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Those words softly resonate with notions of what makes a relationship durable, as well as the encroaching obsolescence of handcrafted tailoring in favor of machine fabrication . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
      "Lam Research, a wafer fabrication equipment and services company, reached No. 250 after leaping 54 spots. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
      "Nationally renowned for his food truck fabrication business that includes a TV show and basketball superstar Steph Curry as a client, Davies has yet to make a name for himself in boxing. \u2014 John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fabricacionne, borrowed from Latin fabric\u0101ti\u014dn-, fabric\u0101ti\u014d, from fabric\u0101re, fabric\u0101r\u012b \"to fashion, shape, construct\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at fabricate":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225719"
  },
  "fabulous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling or suggesting a fable : of an incredible, astonishing, or exaggerated nature":[
        "fabulous wealth"
      ],
      ": wonderful , marvelous":[
        "had a fabulous time",
        "a fabulous view from the summit"
      ],
      ": told in or based on fable":[
        "fabulous dragons"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-by\u0259-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fabled",
      "legendary",
      "mythical",
      "mythic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fabulous fictitious , fabulous , legendary , mythical , apocryphal mean having the nature of something imagined or invented. fictitious implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than deliberate falsification or deception. fictitious characters fabulous stresses the marvelous or incredible character of something without necessarily implying impossibility or actual nonexistence. a land of fabulous riches legendary suggests the elaboration of invented details and distortion of historical facts produced by popular tradition. the legendary exploits of Davy Crockett mythical implies a purely fanciful explanation of facts or the creation of beings and events out of the imagination. mythical creatures apocryphal implies an unknown or dubious source or origin or may imply that the thing itself is dubious or inaccurate. a book that repeats many apocryphal stories",
    "examples":[
      "I had a fabulous time.",
      "The weather has been fabulous .",
      "He is making fabulous amounts of money.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Harry Styles used his concert at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium on Sunday night (June 19) to support a fan in coming out in the most fabulous way possible. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 20 June 2022",
      "Both of us were having a fabulous time, but both of us were restless, wanting to get together. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
      "The three-time Cy Young winner was off to a fabulous start (4-0, 1.80 ERA) until a pelvic injury sidelined him for a little more than a month. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
      "Pick up a stack of these to carry with you wherever the summer sun takes you \u2014 and when you're done, dive into the Good Housekeeping Book Club for even more fabulous feel-good fare. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
      "Premium materials, a fabulous feeling handle, and a super light weight deliver a better user experience than the majority of other everyday carry knives. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 12 June 2022",
      "Also, our yoga instructor did a fabulous job of learning to do Zoom yoga for us. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The movie has its moments, and the CGI really is fabulous , but this go-round feels fairly tired. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
      "There's a fabulous conjunction between Venus and Uranus in your 4th House of Foundations and Family, casting a happy glow over your abode. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fabulous, fabulose \"legendary, mythical,\" borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French fabuleux, borrowed from Latin f\u0101bul\u014dsus \"celebrated in legend, resembling an invented story, mythical,\" from f\u0101bula \"talk, account, fable entry 1 \" + -\u014dsus -ous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060102"
  },
  "fabulously":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling or suggesting a fable : of an incredible, astonishing, or exaggerated nature":[
        "fabulous wealth"
      ],
      ": wonderful , marvelous":[
        "had a fabulous time",
        "a fabulous view from the summit"
      ],
      ": told in or based on fable":[
        "fabulous dragons"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-by\u0259-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fabled",
      "legendary",
      "mythical",
      "mythic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fabulous fictitious , fabulous , legendary , mythical , apocryphal mean having the nature of something imagined or invented. fictitious implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than deliberate falsification or deception. fictitious characters fabulous stresses the marvelous or incredible character of something without necessarily implying impossibility or actual nonexistence. a land of fabulous riches legendary suggests the elaboration of invented details and distortion of historical facts produced by popular tradition. the legendary exploits of Davy Crockett mythical implies a purely fanciful explanation of facts or the creation of beings and events out of the imagination. mythical creatures apocryphal implies an unknown or dubious source or origin or may imply that the thing itself is dubious or inaccurate. a book that repeats many apocryphal stories",
    "examples":[
      "I had a fabulous time.",
      "The weather has been fabulous .",
      "He is making fabulous amounts of money.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Harry Styles used his concert at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium on Sunday night (June 19) to support a fan in coming out in the most fabulous way possible. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 20 June 2022",
      "Both of us were having a fabulous time, but both of us were restless, wanting to get together. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
      "The three-time Cy Young winner was off to a fabulous start (4-0, 1.80 ERA) until a pelvic injury sidelined him for a little more than a month. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
      "Pick up a stack of these to carry with you wherever the summer sun takes you \u2014 and when you're done, dive into the Good Housekeeping Book Club for even more fabulous feel-good fare. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
      "Premium materials, a fabulous feeling handle, and a super light weight deliver a better user experience than the majority of other everyday carry knives. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 12 June 2022",
      "Also, our yoga instructor did a fabulous job of learning to do Zoom yoga for us. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "The movie has its moments, and the CGI really is fabulous , but this go-round feels fairly tired. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
      "There's a fabulous conjunction between Venus and Uranus in your 4th House of Foundations and Family, casting a happy glow over your abode. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fabulous, fabulose \"legendary, mythical,\" borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French fabuleux, borrowed from Latin f\u0101bul\u014dsus \"celebrated in legend, resembling an invented story, mythical,\" from f\u0101bula \"talk, account, fable entry 1 \" + -\u014dsus -ous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020228"
  },
  "facade":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a false, superficial , or artificial appearance or effect":[
        "tried to preserve the facade of a happy marriage"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "face",
      "forehead",
      "forepart",
      "front"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "back",
      "rear",
      "rearward",
      "reverse"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "\"I mean, don't you find yourself being extra careful about what you say and how you say it? As if you have to be this phony, put on a facade , because you don't want to give them the wrong impression?\" \u2014 Terry McMillan , Waiting to Exhale , 1992",
      "When I watched him in motion picture roles after the war, I knew there was something of honest substance behind that acting fa\u00e7ade . \u2014 Andrew A. Rooney , And More by Andy Rooney , (1979) 1982",
      "\u2026 but his magic power of concentration was gone. All the fa\u00e7ades he built up between himself and his desperate love never entirely hid it. \u2014 May Sarton , Shadow of a Man , 1950",
      "the facade of the bank",
      "the windowless fa\u00e7ade of the skyscraper",
      "They were trying to preserve the facade of a happy marriage.",
      "I could sense the hostility lurking behind her polite facade .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And there's a facade of like an open discussion when really there's not. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Second, the effect of silicones on making hair smooth and shiny is a facade . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "On the exterior, the home has a white facade with stonework, custom swings, and top-tier landscaping. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "The home has a south-facing glass facade , allowing for city views. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Boritt designed a sprawling Malibu glass house that could double as status symbol and a trippy facade to project the characters' insecurities. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
      "Charlotte of the Upper West Side was built with a nearly airtight facade , with triple-glazed windows featuring four panes of glass. \u2014 Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor , 6 June 2022",
      "Housed in an eight-story factory from the \u201850s, Mona plays on its wilder and more industrial assets: There\u2019s a bold iron staircase, terrazzo floors, original metal windows, and a marble facade . \u2014 Monica Mendal, Vogue , 4 June 2022",
      "The exhibit begins with a red-carpet walk through a white-columned facade intended to resemble the North Portico of the White House. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French, going back to Middle French fassade, borrowed from Italian facciata, from faccia \"face\" (going back to Vulgar Latin *facia ) + -ata -ade \u2014 more at face entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231056"
  },
  "facetiousness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish":[
        "just being facetious"
      ],
      ": meant to be humorous or funny : not serious":[
        "a facetious remark"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8s\u0113-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clever",
      "humorous",
      "jocular",
      "smart",
      "witty"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for facetious witty , humorous , facetious , jocular , jocose mean provoking or intended to provoke laughter. witty suggests cleverness and quickness of mind. a witty remark humorous applies broadly to anything that evokes usually genial laughter and may contrast with witty in suggesting whimsicality or eccentricity. humorous anecdotes facetious stresses a desire to produce laughter and may be derogatory in implying dubious or ill-timed attempts at wit or humor. facetious comments jocular implies a usually habitual fondness for jesting and joking. a jocular fellow jocose is somewhat less derogatory than facetious in suggesting habitual waggishness or playfulness. jocose proposals",
    "examples":[
      "The portrait is good, the prose embroidered here with the facetious parlance\u2014is that the word?\u2014of clubs. \u2014 V. S. Pritchett , \"Club and Country,\" 1949 , in A Man of Letters , 1985",
      "Nor was Liebling seriously asserting that his facetious bit of investigation into Tin Pan Alley history constituted a refutation of Sartre's philosophy. \u2014 Raymond Sokolov , Wayward Reporter , 1980",
      "\u2026 old ladies shrivelling to nothing in a forest of flowers and giant facetious get-well cards \u2026 \u2014 John Updike , Trust Me , 1962",
      "the essay is a facetious commentary on the absurdity of war as a solution for international disputes",
      "a facetious and tasteless remark about people in famine-stricken countries being spared the problem of overeating",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Now, Courtney, this is a way of asking the question in a facetious manner, but there is a kernel here. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
      "Extending their doofus-and-diva act to the classrooms, corridors, and teachers\u2019 lounge transfers their personal careerism into a facetious representation of a major social institution. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Check out Warrick\u2019s facetious reaction to her aunt\u2019s meet-up with Rihanna below. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "But Sorkin ignores that inconvenient truth by giving this dramatic biopic a facetious documentary structure. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "An index should be objective, but some indexers can\u2019t resist expressing subjective judgments, or even mocking a book\u2019s contents with facetious or insulting entries. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "The title does not refer to Julie, by the way, but is a throwaway, somewhat facetious , reference to that other lover, Eivind (Herbert Nordrum), the one who doesn\u2019t think Julie is sensible. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Spielberg\u2019s own career then seemed upended by misguided egotism, not necessarily his own, but that of a faction hiding behind a facetious pretense of moral values and public trust. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "And the other screen Bonds have their admirers, despite the lesser movies\u2019 unevenness or facetious gadgetry. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 8 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Middle French facetieux, facecieux, from facetie \"joke, jesting remark\" (borrowed from Latin fac\u0113tia, fac\u0113tiae \"cleverness, wit,\" in plural sense, \"amusing things, jests\") + -eux (going back to Latin -\u014dsus -ous ) \u2014 more at facetiae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214313"
  },
  "facilely":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": easily accomplished or attained":[
        "a facile victory"
      ],
      ": shallow , simplistic":[
        "I am not concerned \u2026 with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem",
        "\u2014 T. S. Eliot"
      ],
      ": used or comprehended with ease":[],
      ": readily manifested and often lacking sincerity or depth":[
        "facile tears"
      ],
      ": mild or pleasing in manner or disposition":[],
      ": ready , fluent":[
        "facile prose"
      ],
      ": poised , assured":[
        "a facile lecturer"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "one-dimensional",
      "shallow",
      "skin-deep",
      "superficial"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "deep",
      "profound"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for facile easy , facile , simple , light , effortless , smooth mean not demanding effort or involving difficulty. easy is applicable either to persons or things imposing tasks or to activity required by such tasks. an easy college course facile often adds to easy the connotation of undue haste or shallowness. facile answers to complex questions simple stresses ease in understanding or dealing with because complication is absent. a simple problem in arithmetic light stresses freedom from what is burdensome. a light teaching load effortless stresses the appearance of ease and usually implies the prior attainment of artistry or expertness. moving with effortless grace smooth stresses the absence or removal of all difficulties, hardships, or obstacles. a smooth ride",
    "examples":[
      "But in the less palmy days of their marriage and the final years of his life, Lennon produced (with Yoko's help) shallow, facile recordings that cannibalized his early work. \u2014 Francine Prose , The Lives of the Muses , 2002",
      "Melville shrank from atheism, and from all facile theisms. \u2014 John Updike , Hugging the Shore , (1983) 1984",
      "\u2026 I saw that my old enemy was dead, Amy [Lowell], noble Amy. How I despised myself then for my facile self-pity and for my failure to die\u2014how she seemed to have worsted me once again. \u2014 Conrad Aiken 14 May 1925 , in Selected Letters of Conrad Aiken , 1978",
      "This problem needs more than just a facile solution.",
      "He is a wonderfully facile writer.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the Kings, especially Robert, bridled at creators who adopted more facile strategies\u2014blandly inclusive casting and writing designed to uplift rather than to interrogate. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "The brief\u2019s argument that FIFRA does not expressly preempt state-law liability claims is a straight rehash of the Ninth Circuit\u2019s flawed, facile reasoning in Hardeman. \u2014 Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "In a lecturous speech delivered Thursday at Stanford University, the 44th president succeeded in the facile task of diagnosing the cause and effect of our poisonous social media ecosystem. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Until then, the musical, a facile , satirical stage treatment of a far better movie, bounces from one insincere interlude to the next, doling out bits of exposition without establishing any compelling rationale to feel for its characters. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Biden more than anyone should realize that the facile belief that Donald Trump or other Republicans had it within their power to shut down the pandemic at any point was partisan opportunism and tripe. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Moli\u00e8re is not our contemporary in some facile and fatuous way. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Marusic's point isn't to draw a facile parallel between Putinism and Nazism. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Whatever the facile comparisons, familiar symbols and fearful words, this Canadian protest isn't a grassroots revolt or even a Prairie brushfire. \u2014 Andrew Cohen, CNN , 3 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin facilis \"easy, accommodating, nimble,\" from fac-, stem of facere \"to make, bring about, perform, do\" + -ilis -ile entry 1 \u2014 more at fact":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204841"
  },
  "facilitate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make easier : help bring about":[
        "facilitate growth"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8sil-\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t",
      "f\u0259-\u02c8si-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ease",
      "grease",
      "loosen (up)",
      "smooth",
      "unclog"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "complicate"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The strength of the inner identities that black women forged and nurtured during slavery facilitated the transition to freedom. \u2014 Darlene Clark Hine , Lure and Loathing , 1993",
      "What physical events might have facilitated the evolution of macroscopic animals? \u2014 Andrew H. Knoll , Scientific American , October 1991",
      "Nothing so facilitates writing as actually having something to say, yet the conditions under which, and the tools with which, writing is done can contribute to facility\u2014or to difficulty. \u2014 Joseph Epstein , The Middle of My Tether , 1983",
      "Cutting taxes may facilitate economic recovery.",
      "Her rise to power was facilitated by her influential friends.",
      "The moderator's role is to facilitate the discussion by asking appropriate questions.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Becoming a co-conspirator requires building relationships across differences and centering voices of color to guide and facilitate cultural change at work. \u2014 Michelle King, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, citing efforts made by the government to accelerate the visa application process and facilitate shoots in Spain\u2019s national parks, railways and airports. \u2014 Pablo Sandoval, Variety , 22 June 2022",
      "The insanely large fender flares are grotesque out of necessity to facilitate the 73.2- and 73.6-inch front and rear track widths\u2014over six inches wider than a Sasquatch. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 20 June 2022",
      "The healthcare sector, on the other hand, has the potential to be a longer-term play as industry consolidation and demographics facilitate growth. \u2014 Ali Fazal, Fortune , 19 June 2022",
      "Turkey would facilitate and protect the transport of the grain in the Black Sea, Turkish officials say. \u2014 Ayse Wieting And Susan Fraser, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
      "Finance was always meant to facilitate investment and spur economic growth benefiting the entire country. \u2014 Mike Pence, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
      "They are designed to facilitate a straight line water path from the faucet to the bottom of your gardening shoes and to generate maximum frustration. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 20 May 2022",
      "But Stanley argues that MiamiCoin will be used for local business transactions, facilitate software development, and even one day furnish a source of a universal basic income for residents. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from Middle French faciliter \"to make easy\" (borrowed from Italian facilitare, verbal derivative of facilit\u00e0 facility ) + -ate entry 4":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1599, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041904"
  },
  "facility":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality of being easily performed":[],
      ": ease in performance : aptitude":[
        "has a great facility for writing"
      ],
      ": readiness of compliance":[],
      ": something that makes an action, operation, or course of conduct easier":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural facilities for study The resort has a wide range of facilities for young and old alike."
      ],
      ": lavatory sense 2":[
        "\u2014 often used in plural"
      ],
      ": something (such as a hospital) that is built, installed, or established to serve a particular purpose":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8si-l\u0259-t\u0113",
      "f\u0259-\u02c8sil-\u0259t-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "complex",
      "establishment",
      "installation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The facilities are at the end of the corridor.",
      "He had a great facility for writing.",
      "He had great facility with words.",
      "She handled the crisis with facility .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The new facility was set up to isolate teens in cells for weeks or months at a time. \u2014 Annie Waldman, ProPublica , 24 June 2022",
      "The power supply comes courtesy of Honda\u2019s Transportation Research Center (TRC), which surrounds the new facility . \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 23 June 2022",
      "Sam, Scotsdale\u2019s executive director, bought the facility with her mother, Kathy, who worked in clinical care since the \u201870s. \u2014 Kim Bellware, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
      "Sam, Scotsale\u2019s executive director, bought the facility with her mother, Kathy, who worked in clinical care since the \u201970s. \u2014 Kim Bellware, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
      "Today, nearly two years since that injunction, the facility is still holding inmates who could be transferred to home confinement and the BOP is fighting the case. \u2014 Walter Pavlo, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "According to investigators, the 74-year-old pedestrian walked away from the Cedarview Rehabilitation and Nursing Care facility in Lebanon. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 25 June 2022",
      "The Gainesville school district settled by spending about $750,000 to upgrade the softball facility , while also paying for Folger\u2019s attorney fees, according to a district spokeswoman. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
      "With the arrival of the new inmates, a dominant gang \u2014 the Bloods \u2014 quickly overwhelmed the facility \u2019s depleted security staff and has remained in control since, the AJC has found. \u2014 Danny Robbins, ajc , 23 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English facilite \"gentleness,\" borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French facilit\u00e9 \"quality of being easily performed,\" borrowed from Latin facilit\u0101t-, facilit\u0101s, from facilis \"easy, facile \" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062512"
  },
  "facsimile":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "an exact copy",
      "a system of transmitting and reproducing graphic matter (such as printing or still pictures) by means of signals sent over telephone lines",
      "an exact copy",
      "a system of sending and reproducing printed matter or pictures by means of signals sent over telephone lines"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "fak-\u02c8si-m\u0259-l\u0113",
      "fak-\u02c8si-m\u0259-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alter ego",
      "carbon",
      "carbon copy",
      "clone",
      "counterpart",
      "doppelg\u00e4nger",
      "doppelganger",
      "double",
      "duplicate",
      "duplication",
      "fetch",
      "image",
      "likeness",
      "look-alike",
      "match",
      "mirror image",
      "picture",
      "replica",
      "ringer",
      "spit",
      "spitting image",
      "twin"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "A facsimile of the world's first computer was exhibited in the museum.",
      "the family resemblance is so strong that the boy is virtually a pint-size facsimile of his father",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After surveying the inventory at the Gucci store, Ms. Glaum-Lathbury headed down to Canal Street to peruse the knockoffs being hawked to tourists \u2014 people who longed for the status conferred by a Gucci handbag, or at least a convincing facsimile . \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
      "For example, what appears to be a mannequin might actually be a real person or at least a facsimile of one. \u2014 Scott Luxor, sun-sentinel.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "Still, the new recording is more a facsimile than an addendum. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "But that game plan would produce a weak facsimile of Mississippi State, a team that Alabama held to nine points this season. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "The space has a sparse, futuristic feel; there\u2019s a 3D print facsimile of a boulder from the Alps that is supposed to symbolize the synthesis of technological innovation, appreciation for the natural world, and Swiss charisma. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "The finding, published last October in Nature Neuroscience, suggests that in many cases, a memory isn\u2019t a facsimile of past perceptions that gets replayed. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Pranksters quickly found that some basic photoshop skills could offer a reasonable facsimile of an NFT avatar. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Plus, one of the major characters comes off like a facsimile of Steve Ditko (who created the Question, the Charlton hero that inspired Rorschach), while Dark Knight Returns writer-artist Frank Miller appears as himself. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 8 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"from the Latin phrase fac simile \"make alike,\" from fac, singular imperative of facere \"to make, do, perform\" + simile, neuter of similis \"like, similar\" \u2014 more at fact , same entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164422"
  },
  "fact":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that has actual existence",
      ": an actual occurrence",
      ": a piece of information presented as having objective reality",
      ": the quality of being actual : actuality",
      ": a thing done: such as",
      ": crime",
      ": action",
      ": feat",
      ": performance , doing",
      ": in truth",
      ": something that really exists or has occurred",
      ": a true piece of information",
      ": in truth : actually",
      ": something that has actual existence : a matter of objective reality",
      ": any of the circumstances of a case that exist or are alleged to exist in reality : a thing whose actual occurrence or existence is to be determined by the evidence presented at trial \u2014 see also finding of fact at finding , judicial notice , question of fact at question , trier of fact \u2014 compare law , opinion",
      ": a fact particularly related to the parties to an especially administrative proceeding \u2014 compare legislative fact in this entry",
      ": a fact that has no direct relation to or immediate bearing on the case or matter in question \u2014 compare material fact in this entry",
      ": a fact that relates to the determination of a constitutional issue (as violation of a constitutional right)",
      ": a fact that is part of the situation from which a case arises and that is established by testimony or other evidence",
      ": a fact of general social, economic, or scientific relevance that does not change from case to case \u2014 compare adjudicative fact in this entry",
      ": a fact that affects decision making: as",
      ": a fact upon which the outcome of all or part of a lawsuit depends",
      ": a fact that would influence a reasonable person under the circumstances in making an investment decision (as in purchasing a security or voting for a corporate officer or action)",
      ": evidentiary fact in this entry",
      ": evidentiary fact in this entry",
      ": a conclusion of law or especially mixed fact and law that is necessary to the determination of issues in a case and that is established by evidentiary facts \u2014 compare evidentiary fact in this entry",
      ": as a factual matter : established by fact rather than as a matter of law"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fakt",
      "\u02c8fakt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "actuality",
      "factuality",
      "materiality",
      "reality"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "irreality",
      "unreality"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Rapid electronic communication is now a fact .",
      "The book is filled with interesting facts and figures.",
      "He did it, and that's a fact .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In fact , Skin Medicinals is estimated to have already saved the healthcare industry over $100 million. \u2014 Jane Hanson, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
      "In fact , in 2006, the city of Fairbanks canceled all outdoor activities due to the over-abundance of yellow jackets, and two people died from their stings. \u2014 Bethany Brookshire, Good Housekeeping , 18 June 2022",
      "So when TheraBody announced that their newest tool was in fact an all-in-one facial device, I was intrigued. \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 18 June 2022",
      "In fact , the smartphone comparison is not quite right. \u2014 Tim Folger, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
      "In fact , the Pfizer shot appears to cause less fever and fatigue than the Moderna one, although direct comparisons are not available. \u2014 Matthew Herper And Helen Branswell, STAT , 18 June 2022",
      "In fact , doing abs work too frequently\u2014especially every day\u2014is actually counterproductive to most exercise goals. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 18 June 2022",
      "In fact , the bassist did that a lot throughout the set with Hagar often preoccupied signing autographs or pouring booze. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
      "In fact , all 24 counties with under 30% of population having received at least one dose voted for Trump compared to Biden, in some cases by as much as 90%. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin factum \"deed, action, real event,\" noun derivative from neuter of factus, past participle of facere \"to make, bring about, perform, do,\" going back to a suffixed form *d h h 1 -k-i\u032fe- (with perfect f\u0113c\u012b from *d h eh 1 -k- ) of Indo-European *d h h 1 -, d h eh 1 - \"put, place, make, do\" \u2014 more at do entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214548"
  },
  "facticity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being a fact":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "fak-\u02c8ti-s\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "factuality",
      "sooth",
      "trueness",
      "truth",
      "verity"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "falseness",
      "falsity",
      "untruth"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the facticity of the information is not at issue; it's whether something so private should ever be made public",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Conversant with digital media \u2014 iPhone animation, in Ms. Sillman\u2019s case \u2014 yet committed to the facticity of paint. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 8 Oct. 2020",
      "An effective story must have the unity and lyricism of a poem while giving the comforting facticity of a novel. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2020",
      "Molina seems to be trying to prove a point here, something about what can be lost by emphasizing the facticity and evidentiary value of archival research. \u2014 Jacob Silverman, New Republic , 16 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "fact + -icity (as in authenticity ), perhaps after German Faktizit\u00e4t":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1869, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035552"
  },
  "faction":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique":[
        "The committee soon split into factions ."
      ],
      ": party spirit especially when marked by dissension":[
        "faction , or the irreconcilable conflict of parties",
        "\u2014 Ernest Barker"
      ],
      ": making : -fication":[
        "petri faction"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fak-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bloc",
      "block",
      "body",
      "coalition",
      "party",
      "sect",
      "set",
      "side",
      "wing"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The committee soon split into factions .",
      "several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Bennett struggled over the past three months to keep his coalition together after members of his own faction quit over ideological differences. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
      "Justice Minister Gideon Saar, leader of the New Hope party, told Army Radio that his faction had advocated such a bill and would vote in favor if it's brought before parliament. \u2014 Ilan Ben Zion, ajc , 21 June 2022",
      "The United States now also has, in today\u2019s Republican Party, its first modern ethnic and religious faction . \u2014 Barbara F. Walter, The New Republic , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "My father had been a leading Mountaineer and would still maintain the general superiority in skill and hardihood of the Above Boys (his own faction ) over the Below Boys (so were they called), of which party his contemporary had been a chieftain. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "But behind the scenes, many of its traditionalist members doubted their own faction would achieve its goals. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Even the supposedly nonpartisan Supreme Court has split along the seams, with justices openly expressing scorn and suspicion of the enemy faction . \u2014 William Falk, The Week , 28 May 2022",
      "Another account says that, in times of violent social change, the most militant of factions tend to triumph, and then the leader of the faction becomes the dictator of the land. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "Weeks of Israeli-Palestinian violence, much of it fueled by tensions and fighting at Jerusalem\u2019s most sensitive holy site, prompted Mansour Abbas, leader of the Islamist Arab Ra\u2019am faction in the coalition, to suspend cooperation. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 9 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French faccion, borrowed from Latin facti\u014dn-, facti\u014d \"act of making, social set, band, group, self-seeking political group,\" from facere \"to make, bring about, place, classify\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at fact":"Noun",
      "borrowed from Latin -facti\u014dn-, -facti\u014d (as in satisfacti\u014dn-, satisfacti\u014d satisfaction )":"Noun combining form"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213336"
  },
  "factitious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": produced by humans rather than by natural forces":[
        "It seems probable that several of the mounds are factitious .",
        "Those factitious stones have resisted atmospheric influences much better than sandstones; they are composed of perfectly hard mortar mixed with pounded pebbles \u2026",
        "\u2014 Principles of Modern Building , volume 1"
      ],
      ": formed by or adapted to an artificial or conventional standard":[
        "factitious tastes and values",
        "\u2026 her genuine vocation, as distinguished from the hollow and factitious ideal with which her family and her association with Olive Chancellor had saddled her \u2026",
        "\u2014 Henry James"
      ],
      ": produced by special effort : not genuine":[
        "created a factitious demand by spreading rumors of shortage",
        "\u2026 whether the smile began as a factitious one, to test her capacity in that art,\u2014nobody knows; it ended certainly in a real smile.",
        "\u2014 Thomas Hardy",
        "What was dramatic in it tended to be factitious , generated as it was by the mystery part of the story \u2026",
        "\u2014 Alan Horsman"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or affected with factitious disorder":[
        "True factitious patients are those who consciously feign physical or psychological symptoms to assume the role of a patient because they desire attention, sympathy and caring.",
        "\u2014 Liz Hunt"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "fak-\u02c8tish-\u0259s",
      "fak-\u02c8ti-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artificial",
      "bogus",
      "dummy",
      "ersatz",
      "fake",
      "false",
      "faux",
      "imitation",
      "imitative",
      "man-made",
      "mimic",
      "mock",
      "pretend",
      "sham",
      "simulated",
      "substitute",
      "synthetic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "genuine",
      "natural",
      "real"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "presumably the statue is of factitious marble, because for that price you're not going to get the real stuff",
      "the factitious friendliness shown by the beauty-pageant contestants to one another",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Their connection to these was as factitious as their previous link to toothpaste. \u2014 David Mamet, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Marc Feldman, the American psychiatrist who popularized the term Munchausen by internet, has noticed that most of the cases of factitious disorder that come to his attention involve women. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2021",
      "Amidst this sad and factitious disorder what became clear was that political agendas were once again trumping facts. \u2014 Amir Husain, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "Life here feels familiar\u2014perversely, almost easy, if admittedly factitious . \u2014 Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books , 29 Mar. 2020",
      "That\u2019s because, for the most part, music is used in movies as sonic wallpaper, covering silences and images with an indifferent and casually factitious unity. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Latin fact\u012bcius \"manufactured, artificial,\" from factus (past participle of facere \"to make, create, bring about\") + -\u012bcius -itious \u2014 more at fact":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1624, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174241"
  },
  "factor":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who acts or transacts business for another: such as",
      ": broker sense 1b",
      ": one that lends money to producers and dealers (as on the security of accounts receivable)",
      ": one that actively contributes to the production of a result : ingredient",
      ": a substance that functions in or promotes the function of a particular physiological process or bodily system",
      ": a good or service (such as land, labor, or capital) used in the process of production",
      ": gene",
      ": any of the numbers or symbols in mathematics that when multiplied together form a product (see product sense 1 )",
      ": a number or symbol that divides another number or symbol",
      ": a quantity by which a given quantity is multiplied or divided in order to indicate a difference in measurement",
      ": to work as a factor",
      ": to resolve into factors",
      ": to include or admit as a factor",
      ": to exclude as a factor",
      ": something that helps produce a result",
      ": any of the numbers that when multiplied together form a product",
      ": to be considered in making a judgment",
      ": to find the factors of a number",
      ": something that actively contributes to the production of a result",
      ": a substance that functions in or promotes the function of a particular physiological process or bodily system",
      ": gene",
      ": one who acts or transacts business for another: as",
      ": a commercial agent who buys or sells goods for others on commission",
      ": one that lends money to producers and dealers (as on the security of accounts receivable)",
      ": a person or thing that actively contributes to the production of a result"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fak-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8fak-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8fak-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agent",
      "assignee",
      "attorney",
      "commissary",
      "delegate",
      "deputy",
      "envoy",
      "minister",
      "procurator",
      "proxy",
      "rep",
      "representative"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "allow (for)",
      "consider",
      "provide (for)",
      "regard"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "There were several factors contributing to their recent decline.",
      "Poor planning was a major factor in the company's failure.",
      "6, 4, 3, and 2 are factors of 12.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Contacted later, Seidel said that her just-turned-one-year-old daughter was the key factor in her deciding to take the Park District position. \u2014 Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "Suder said his father\u2019s guidance and influence have been a key factor in his development, and his drive to succeed at the next level. \u2014 Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal , 16 June 2022",
      "Learning the strengths of your team and recognizing their expertise is a key factor . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "MIRANDA KWOK Authenticity is such a key factor of this piece. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
      "Keeping up a consistent regimen also plays a key factor in the effectiveness of one's daily skin care routine. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 June 2022",
      "Heading into this game, Phoenix understood possession was going to be a key factor in winning \u2014 or El Paso would start picking them apart, and slowly that was what El Paso achieved. \u2014 Marlee Zanna Thompson, The Arizona Republic , 12 June 2022",
      "The station was a key factor in the city\u2019s canning industry as the canneries shipped their products nationwide. \u2014 Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
      "The mandate for a negative test result before air travel to the U.S. has been a key factor driving people to be hesitant about international trips, according to travel industry officials. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 10 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "As of now, LIV Golf events don\u2019t factor into the official world golf rankings. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
      "The figure did not factor in new college graduates for this year. \u2014 Laura He, CNN , 13 June 2022",
      "This does not factor in the fact that security is also generally seen as an unforeseen consequence. \u2014 James Carder, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The report, shared with CNN, notes, however, that while achieving that strong job growth milestone in such a short period is notable, the numbers do not factor in the number of new jobs that would have been created if there had not been a pandemic. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
      "MedPAC\u2019s estimates of excess payments, when compared with traditional Medicare, are exaggerated, AHIP executives said, because its calculations do not factor in all differences between the two payment systems. \u2014 Christopher Rowland, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
      "Oakland starter Cole Irvin limited Houston to one run in 5 2/3 innings but didn\u2019t factor into the decision. \u2014 Ben Ross, Chron , 1 June 2022",
      "The veteran right-hander allowed six hits in six-plus scoreless innings at Yankee Stadium but did not factor in the decision. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "Throughout the rest of the story, Frances thinks about the New Testament and often references biblical characters, but this doesn't factor into the show at all. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 15 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1621, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225416"
  },
  "factory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a station where factors reside and trade":[
        "a colonial factory"
      ],
      ": a building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing":[],
      ": the seat of some kind of production":[
        "the vice factories of the slums"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fak-t\u0259-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8fak-t(\u0259-)r\u0113",
      "\u02c8fak-tr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "manufactory",
      "mill",
      "plant",
      "shop",
      "works",
      "workshop"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "She got a job in the factory .",
      "the new factory will create hundreds of much-needed jobs",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His father was a chemical engineer at a wool factory , his mother an artist who taught cooking. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
      "But the 75kWh battery in a Tesla Model 3 Long Range \u2013 which has a 358-mile EPA range and 374-mile WLTP range \u2013 produces 4.5 tons of CO2 if manufactured in Tesla\u2019s battery factory in Nevada, and still only 7.5 tons if produced in Asia. \u2014 James Morris, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
      "Visitors to the Augusta Canal Boat Tours cruise the canal in a historic Petersburg boat, where guides offer the history of the 19th-century mills, gunpowder factory , and some of Georgia\u2019s oldest homes. \u2014 Avery Newmark, AccessAtlanta , 17 June 2022",
      "Which starts the process of spending a whopping 3.5 billion other than the Intel chip factory outside Columbus, which gets all of the attention. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
      "Ukraine says more than 500 civilians are trapped alongside soldiers inside the Azot chemical factory , where its forces have resisted weeks of Russian bombardment that has reduced much of Sievierodonetsk to ruins. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
      "In the Ural Mountains, a factory worked with Siemens, the German manufacturing giant, to produce modern trains to replace rusting Soviet stock. \u2014 Ivan Nechepurenko, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
      "McCaster claims demand has been up 7.7% over the past two years, and the company is running its Auburn, Maine, Tampax factory 24/7 to meet demand. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 9 June 2022",
      "Local reports said the shooting occurred at the \u0421olumbia Machine factory , which produces molds and production equipment, according to its website. \u2014 Fox News , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "fact(or) entry 1 + -ory entry 1 ; in sense 1 after Portuguese feitoria ; in sense 2 perhaps short for manufactory":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031902"
  },
  "fad":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal : craze":[],
      ": flavin adenine dinucleotide":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fad",
      "\u02ccef-(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8d\u0113",
      "\u02ccef-\u02cc\u0101-\u02c8d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "buzz",
      "chic",
      "craze",
      "dernier cri",
      "enthusiasm",
      "fashion",
      "flavor",
      "go",
      "hot ticket",
      "last word",
      "latest",
      "mode",
      "rage",
      "sensation",
      "style",
      "ton",
      "trend",
      "vogue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fad Noun (1) fashion , style , mode , vogue , fad , rage , craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date. fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place. the current fashion style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste. a media baron used to traveling in style mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated. slim bodies are the mode at this resort vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion. short skirts are back in vogue fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion. last year's fad is over rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad. Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted",
    "examples":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "She's always interested in the latest fads .",
      "once the fad for that kind of music had passed, nobody would have been caught dead listening to it"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1867, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1944, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065809"
  },
  "fade":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to lose freshness, strength, or vitality : wither":[
        "fading flowers"
      ],
      ": to lose freshness or brilliance of color":[
        "The fabrics faded in the strong sunshine."
      ],
      ": to sink away : vanish":[
        "a fading memory",
        "The smile faded from his face."
      ],
      ": to change gradually in loudness, strength, or visibility":[
        "\u2014 used of a motion-picture image or of an electronics signal and usually with in or out One scene fades out as the next scene fades in. The radio signal faded out as we got further away from the station."
      ],
      ": to lose braking power gradually":[],
      ": to move back from the line of scrimmage":[
        "\u2014 used of a quarterback"
      ],
      ": to move in a slight to moderate slice":[],
      ": to cause to fade":[
        "time has not completely faded the humor of these verses",
        "\u2014 G. H. Genzmer"
      ],
      ": fade-out":[],
      ": a gradual changing of one picture to another in a motion-picture or television sequence":[],
      ": a fading of an automobile brake":[],
      ": a slight to moderate and usually intentional slice in golf":[],
      ": a hairstyle similar to a crew cut in which the hair on top of the head stands high":[],
      ": insipid , commonplace":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101d",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dematerialize",
      "disappear",
      "dissolve",
      "evanesce",
      "evaporate",
      "flee",
      "fly",
      "melt",
      "sink",
      "vanish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appear",
      "materialize"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The flowers were fading in the vase.",
      "the fading light of late afternoon",
      "She was fading fast from the effects of the pneumonia.",
      "We watched the ship gradually fade from view as it sailed away.",
      "The smile faded from his face.",
      "Hopes for a quick end of the crisis are fading fast.",
      "Their reasons for leaving have faded from memory.",
      "He's trying to recapture the faded glory of his youth.",
      "The band's popularity has faded in recent years.",
      "The fabric will fade unless you protect it from the sunlight.",
      "Noun",
      "The movie ends with a fade to black.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "One advantage is that back then, the news cycles tended to be longer, and so the case had a staying power in contrast to today, when stories fade more quickly, Shimoura said. \u2014 Niraj Warikoo, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "For all the changes that Chin\u2019s case brought about, however, his story seemed to fade into history as the years went on. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 23 June 2022",
      "Lofty investments in retreat spaces is not new, but often fade when companies need to cut costs. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "But Thiel is expected to continue to informally advise Zuckerberg, and his influence is unlikely to fade completely. \u2014 Elizabeth Dwoskin, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
      "Previously the fastest nova took a few days to fade . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 16 June 2022",
      "One advantage is that back then, the news cycles tended to be longer, and so the case had a staying power in contrast to today, when stories fade more quickly, Shimoura said. \u2014 Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022",
      "In the long-term over monthly or quarterly periods, these behavioral disruptions tend to fade in significance as crude oil prices steer the market. \u2014 Hank Tucker, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "Evidence from other urban areas suggests that the tax revenue projections of casino companies often prove to be overstated and that the economic benefits of casinos fade over time. \u2014 Nicole Hong, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "On the third snap of the San Francisco 49ers\u2019 12-play red-zone period during Tuesday\u2019s practice, wide receiver Jauan Jennings beat slot cornerback Darqueze Dennard and caught a fade from quarterback Trey Lance in the left corner of the end zone. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 June 2022",
      "McIlroy pounded driver with a slight fade with the prevailing breeze, leaving him 86 yards. \u2014 Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "McIlroy pounded driver with a slight fade with the prevailing breeze, leaving him 86 yards. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "Chris Kline, co-founder of Bitcoin IRA, said much of this week's fade in crypto prices simply stems from investors reacting to what's happening in the broader economy. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 9 May 2022",
      "At a hair salon (not MG Hair Artistic), Mr. Light, speaking English, asked the barber for a fade . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Mordecai\u2019s second touchdown, too \u2014 a one-on-one fade \u2014 landed in his roommate\u2019s arms. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Climbing roses are pruned after the first blooms of spring fade to only control growth and remove declining portions. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "In Lab testing, the ammonia-free at-home dye offered even coverage, left hair visibly shiny, and was fade -resistant when used to cover up gray. \u2014 Sabina Wizemann, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French *fader , from fade feeble, insipid, from Vulgar Latin *fatidus , alteration of Latin fatuus fatuous, insipid":"Verb",
      "derivative of fade entry 1":"Noun",
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1918, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213947"
  },
  "fag":{
    "type":[
      "adjective,",
      "noun ()",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to work hard : toil",
      ": to tire by strenuous activity : exhaust",
      ": toil , drudgery",
      ": drudge sense 1",
      ": an English public-school boy who acts as servant to an older schoolmate",
      ": to serve as a fag (see fag entry 3 ) especially in an English public school",
      ": cigarette",
      ": a gay person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fag"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bang away",
      "beaver (away)",
      "dig (away)",
      "drudge",
      "endeavor",
      "grub",
      "hump",
      "hustle",
      "labor",
      "moil",
      "peg (away)",
      "plod",
      "plow",
      "plug",
      "slave",
      "slog",
      "strain",
      "strive",
      "struggle",
      "sweat",
      "toil",
      "travail",
      "tug",
      "work"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dogsbody",
      "drone",
      "drudge",
      "drudger",
      "foot soldier",
      "grub",
      "grubber",
      "grunt",
      "laborer",
      "peon",
      "plugger",
      "slave",
      "slogger",
      "toiler",
      "worker"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1) and Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1772, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1770, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1785, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1806, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "circa 1888, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (4)",
      "1921, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221214"
  },
  "fail":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to lose strength : weaken":[
        "her health was failing"
      ],
      ": to fade or die away":[
        "until our family line fails"
      ],
      ": to stop functioning normally":[
        "the patient's heart failed"
      ],
      ": to fall short":[
        "failed in his duty"
      ],
      ": to be or become absent or inadequate":[
        "the water supply failed"
      ],
      ": to become bankrupt or insolvent":[
        "banks were failing"
      ],
      ": to disappoint the expectations or trust of":[
        "her friends failed her"
      ],
      ": to miss performing an expected service or function for":[
        "his wit failed him"
      ],
      ": to be deficient in : lack":[
        "never failed an invincible courage",
        "\u2014 Douglas MacArthur"
      ],
      ": to leave undone : neglect":[
        "fail to lock the door"
      ],
      ": to be unsuccessful in passing":[
        "failed chemistry"
      ],
      ": to grade (someone, such as a student) as not passing":[
        "The teacher failed only his two worst students."
      ],
      ": failure":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase without fail Every day, without fail , he has toast and coffee for breakfast."
      ],
      ": a failure (as by a security dealer) to deliver or receive securities within a prescribed period after purchase or sale":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101l",
      "\u02c8f\u0101(\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "break down",
      "conk (out)",
      "crash",
      "cut out",
      "die",
      "give out",
      "stall"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "start (up)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He failed in his first attempt but succeeded in his second attempt.",
      "His first company failed , but his second company succeeded.",
      "He felt that he had failed her when she needed him most.",
      "The government has failed the voters.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Some companies might fail because of that, but the industry is going through a necessary maturation process, said Julian Holguin, chief executive of Doodles, a collection of 10,000 NFTs. \u2014 Ann-marie Alc\u00e1ntara, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
      "While many of those startups may fail , investors are more afraid of not being in the game than losing their money. \u2014 Peter Cohan, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Last month Alaska\u2019s pilots authorized a strike if the current talks and an extended mediation process ultimately fail . \u2014 Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
      "When prosecutors fail to share that information, charges or convictions can be thrown out of court. \u2014 Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "Beyond unbeatable, the Spectrum port of this cute Commodore 64 game was totally unplayable due to a programming glitch that made the game fail to respond to any keyboard inputs. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
      "In a sense, Xi is proving why advocates of democracy believe authoritarian regimes ultimately fail . \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
      "Now, Chicago has unfortunately been overtaken by media perceptions of narratives of Black-on-Black violence and drive-by shootings which fail to holistically edify narratives of Black triumph and joy among Chicago\u2019s Black people. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
      "Public shaming, this writer is well aware, will reinforce the status quo where the law may fail to do so. \u2014 Rachel Gevlin, The Conversation , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There are over 31 million entrepreneurs in the U.S., according to Zippia, with a 20% fail rate within the first two years of operation. \u2014 Cheryl Robinson, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Officials identified more than 12,500 instances across the system where grades were changed from a fail to a pass between 2016 and the end of the 2019-20 school year. \u2014 Lillian Reed, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
      "Ditch stressing over packing and pairing separates \u2014 this all-in-one piece will make space in your suitcase for delightful accessories and shoes to round out your fail -proof ensemble. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
      "So, a great example here of safe-to- fail infrastructure is Indian Bend Wash in Scottsdale. \u2014 Mark Olalde, ProPublica , 11 May 2022",
      "To ensure compliance with building codes, these fail -safes are meant to avert crises later on. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 May 2022",
      "Amendments that do not get a vote fail and the bill returns to the governor in its original form, as is the case when the governor\u2019s amendments get voted down. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Tesla kept on a collision the driver alleged involved a Tesla brake fail . \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The way to negate that variable is to build in some fail . \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English failen , from Anglo-French faillir , from Vulgar Latin *fallire , alteration of Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044550"
  },
  "failure":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a state of inability to perform a normal function":[
        "kidney failure"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare heart failure":[
        "kidney failure"
      ],
      ": an abrupt cessation of normal functioning":[
        "a power failure"
      ],
      ": a fracturing or giving way under stress":[
        "structural failure"
      ],
      ": lack of success":[],
      ": a failing in business : bankruptcy":[
        "He was trying to rescue the company from failure ."
      ],
      ": a falling short : deficiency":[
        "a crop failure"
      ],
      ": deterioration , decay":[],
      ": one that has failed":[
        "He felt like a failure when he wasn't accepted into law school."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101(\u0259)l-y\u0259r",
      "\u02c8f\u0101l-y\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "default",
      "delinquency",
      "dereliction",
      "misprision",
      "neglect",
      "negligence",
      "nonfeasance",
      "oversight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He became discouraged by his repeated failures in business.",
      "He was often crippled by his fear of failure .",
      "The accident was caused by engine failure .",
      "The patient was suffering from heart failure .",
      "The accident was caused by a failure to use proper procedures.",
      "She was criticized for failure to follow directions.",
      "The drought caused crop failure .",
      "He felt like a failure when he wasn't accepted into law school.",
      "The scheme was a complete failure .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Bertaina and her team have begun to study this protocol in a variety of other children with kidney failure , including those whose bodies previously rejected their transplanted kidneys. \u2014 Erika Edwards, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
      "The success and failure rate of large-scale change initiatives is widely debated, as noted in the Harvard Business Review (registration required). \u2014 Derek Bentley, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
      "Scientists continue to improve the tech, but at this point the success or failure of smart windows depends largely on the economics. \u2014 Brittney J. Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
      "One of the family members was hospitalized with acute liver failure resulting from a hepatitis A infection, according to the lawsuit, which states he was discharged one day later. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022",
      "He was taken to MetroHealth with acute kidney failure and was in a coma for about a week. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
      "Catastrophic damage will occur: A high percentage of framed homes will be destroyed, with total roof failure and wall collapse. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
      "Even with 2021\u2019s near-bottomless coffers, the current startup failure rate is around 70%. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
      "The success or failure of the panel\u2019s efforts to compel sitting lawmakers to testify could determine the scope of Congress\u2019s investigative powers in future disputes. \u2014 Scott Patterson, WSJ , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of earlier failer , from Anglo-French, from Old French faillir to fail":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1643, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173947"
  },
  "faint":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": hardly perceptible : dim":[
        "faint handwriting"
      ],
      ": vague sense 2a":[
        "haven't the faintest idea"
      ],
      ": weak, dizzy, and likely to faint":[
        "sick and faint from the pain",
        "\u2014 Jack London"
      ],
      ": lacking courage and spirit : cowardly":[
        "faint of heart"
      ],
      ": lacking strength or vigor : performed, offered, or accomplished weakly or languidly":[
        "faint praise",
        "a faint smile on her lips"
      ],
      ": producing a sensation of faintness : oppressive":[
        "the faint atmosphere of a tropical port"
      ],
      ": to lose consciousness because of a temporary decrease in the blood supply to the brain":[],
      ": to lose courage or spirit":[],
      ": to become weak":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blear",
      "bleary",
      "blurry",
      "dim",
      "foggy",
      "fuzzy",
      "gauzy",
      "hazy",
      "indefinite",
      "indistinct",
      "indistinguishable",
      "misty",
      "murky",
      "nebulous",
      "obscure",
      "opaque",
      "pale",
      "shadowy",
      "unclear",
      "undefined",
      "undetermined",
      "vague"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "black out",
      "conk (out)",
      "keel (over)",
      "pass out",
      "swoon"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "We heard a faint noise.",
      "the faint glow of a distant light",
      "There was a faint smile on her lips.",
      "There's just a faint chance that the weather will improve by tomorrow.",
      "a faint reminder of their former greatness",
      "I'd better lie down; I feel faint .",
      "She felt faint from hunger.",
      "Verb",
      "He always faints at the sight of blood.",
      "She almost fainted from the pain.",
      "She suffers from fainting spells.",
      "Noun",
      "shocking news can cause a person to fall into a faint",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Tsurenko's match was halted for about 10 minutes when her opponent, British wild-card entry Jodie Burrage, stopped to help a ballboy who was feeling faint . \u2014 Chris Lehourites, ajc , 27 June 2022",
      "The faint coconut smell is inoffensive, unlike some sunscreens that smell chalky or like Pina Coladas. \u2014 Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online , 4 June 2022",
      "The door is closed to the room from which the faint scrabbling is coming. \u2014 Joshua Ferris, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "About 70 or 80 ballots from each batch of 125 were spit out as unreadable because their barcodes were more faint and slightly blurred. \u2014 Gillian Flaccus And Sara Cline, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
      "Two faint and fragile pencil-and-watercolor drawings by Cy Twombly on torn paper hang over the gas-fed fireplace. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Etched deep within a limestone system in Alabama known nondescriptly as 19th Unnamed Cave to avoid detection and potential damage, the life-size masterpieces are too faint to view with the naked eye. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 June 2022",
      "If a meteor shower does occur, the Tau Herculids will move slowly by meteor standards and will likely be faint . \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 30 May 2022",
      "Many etchings were faint or obscured as humidity and rain had worn them away, the scientists said. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In the heightened climate crisis imagined in this novel, birds drop en masse from the sky and heat waves cause baseball players to faint mid-game. \u2014 The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
      "That year, at least five guards reportedly appeared to faint \u2014 lying face down in the pink gravel of Horse Guards Parade as temperatures hit 80 degrees. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The play delivered an all-time Cavs bench reaction, with Darius Garland jumping into the arms of Isaac Okoro, and Okoro pretending to faint . \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "When combined with even a small amount of alcohol, Addyi causes users to faint from low blood pressure, while 40 percent of Vyleesi users experience nausea. \u2014 Lux Alptraum, Wired , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "The massive amount of blood on the ice caused several spectators to faint . \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Known for their strict rules and protocols, guardsmen are even expected to faint in a certain way. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "At which point any secret Cartesians in the cinema will faint with unbearable delight and have to be revived with a splash of Mountain Dew. \u2014 Anthony Lan, The New Yorker , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "An older person with low blood sugar could faint without warning. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Rest assured, though volatile and not for the faint of heart, digital currencies are here to stay. \u2014 Gene Marks, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
      "Returnal is hard, purposefully frustrating, and an experience that\u2019s not for the faint of heart. \u2014 Harry Rabinowitz, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
      "Investing in the stock and bond markets is not for the faint of heart, as substantial rises and falls in asset values often occur. \u2014 Dan Cupkovic, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Integrating cutting-edge technology into fragile, decades-old software systems isn\u2019t for the faint of heart. \u2014 Dave Marcinkowski, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Not for the faint of heart, escape rooms are sure to give you and your friends an exciting, exhilarating and \u2212 at times \u2212 terrifying time. \u2014 Kelly Sundstrom, AccessAtlanta , 25 May 2022",
      "Purchasing and owning a waterfront home is not for the faint of heart. \u2014 Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
      "An episode not for the faint of heart, Benson\u2019s physical and emotional strength are put to the test\u2014and might change her forever. \u2014 cleveland , 19 May 2022",
      "Footage also included a roller coaster ride that was definitely not for the faint of heart. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English feint, faynt \"deceiving, false, lacking in spirit or courage, listless, wearied, feeble, pale,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, \"deceiving, false, lacking in spirit, weak,\" from present participle of feindre, faindre \"to make, fabricate, pretend, dissemble, lose heart, fade\" \u2014 more at feign":"Adjective",
      "Middle English feinten, faynten \"to pretend, lack spirit, become enfeebled, grow weak, fade,\" verbal derivative of feint, faynt \"deceiving, lacking in spirit, wearied\" \u2014 more at faint entry 1":"Verb",
      "noun derivative of faint entry 2":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
      "1792, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202149"
  },
  "fainthearted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": lacking courage or resolution : timid":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101nt-\u02c8h\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fearful",
      "fearsome",
      "mousy",
      "mousey",
      "scary",
      "shy",
      "skittish",
      "timid",
      "timorous",
      "tremulous"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "adventuresome",
      "adventurous",
      "audacious",
      "bold",
      "daring",
      "dashing",
      "gutsy",
      "hardy",
      "venturesome",
      "venturous"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "She gave him a fainthearted response.",
      "the sport of river rafting is not for those who are fainthearted",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This film is not for the fainthearted or weak-stomached. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 30 June 2021",
      "Even the most fainthearted and tremulous of our fellow citizens\u2014our CEOs\u2014could stick up for free speech without being called Nazi sympathizers. \u2014 WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "Moreover, restricting the initiative to projects in developed markets is a fainthearted stipulation that will hopefully be swiftly abandoned. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2019",
      "Ballet Theater itself is suddenly looking fainthearted and uncoordinated as a theatrical troupe. \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, New York Times , 15 June 2018",
      "Maggie Gyllenhaal plays Lee, a fainthearted young woman with a troubled past whose first job is a secretarial position under an overbearing lawyer, Edward (James Spader). \u2014 Sara Aridi, New York Times , 8 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203326"
  },
  "fair":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": marked by impartiality and honesty : free from self-interest, prejudice, or favoritism":[
        "a very fair person to do business with"
      ],
      ": conforming with the established rules : allowed":[],
      ": consonant with merit or importance : due":[
        "a fair share"
      ],
      ": open to legitimate pursuit, attack, or ridicule":[
        "fair game"
      ],
      ": not very good or very bad : of average or acceptable quality":[
        "Her work was only fair .",
        "a patient upgraded from serious to fair condition"
      ],
      ": sufficient but not ample : adequate":[
        "a fair understanding of the work",
        "a fair chance of winning"
      ],
      ": moderately numerous, large, or significant":[
        "takes a fair amount of time",
        "a fair number of participants"
      ],
      ": not stormy or foul : fine":[
        "fair weather"
      ],
      ": having very little color, coloring, or pigmentation : very light":[
        "fair hair",
        "fair skin",
        "a person of fair complexion"
      ],
      ": pleasing to the eye or mind especially because of fresh, charming, or flawless quality":[
        "The innkeeper had two fair daughters."
      ],
      ": superficially pleasing : specious":[
        "she trusted his fair promises"
      ],
      ": clean , pure":[
        "fair sparkling water"
      ],
      ": clear , legible":[
        "an old manuscript written in a fair hand"
      ],
      ": ample":[
        "a fair estate"
      ],
      ": promising , likely":[
        "in a fair way to win"
      ],
      ": favorable to a ship's course":[
        "a fair wind"
      ],
      ": being such to the utmost : utter":[
        "a fair treat to watch him",
        "\u2014 New Republic"
      ],
      ": free of obstacles":[],
      ": a gathering of buyers and sellers at a particular place and time for trade":[],
      ": a competitive exhibition usually with accompanying entertainment and amusements":[
        "an agricultural fair"
      ],
      ": an exhibition designed to acquaint prospective buyers or the general public with a product":[
        "a book fair"
      ],
      ": an exposition that promotes the availability of services or opportunities":[
        "health fairs",
        "job fairs"
      ],
      ": a sale of assorted articles usually for a charitable purpose":[],
      ": in a manner that is honest or impartial or that conforms to rules : in a fair manner":[
        "play fair"
      ],
      ": fairly sense 3":[
        "fair makes you want to cry"
      ],
      ": clear":[],
      ": to join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly":[],
      ": something that is fair or fortunate (see fair entry 1 )":[],
      ": beauty , fairness":[],
      ": to the greatest extent or degree : fully":[
        "the rush is on for fair"
      ],
      ": something that is not according to the rules":[
        "that's no fair"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bright",
      "clear",
      "cloudless",
      "sunny",
      "sunshiny",
      "unclouded"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "display",
      "exhibit",
      "exhibition",
      "expo",
      "exposition",
      "show"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fair Adjective fair , just , equitable , impartial , unbiased , dispassionate , objective mean free from favor toward either or any side. fair implies a proper balance of conflicting interests. a fair decision just implies an exact following of a standard of what is right and proper. a just settlement of territorial claims equitable implies a less rigorous standard than just and usually suggests equal treatment of all concerned. the equitable distribution of the property impartial stresses an absence of favor or prejudice. an impartial third party unbiased implies even more strongly an absence of all prejudice. your unbiased opinion dispassionate suggests freedom from the influence of strong feeling and often implies cool or even cold judgment. a dispassionate summation of the facts objective stresses a tendency to view events or persons as apart from oneself and one's own interest or feelings. I can't be objective about my own child synonyms see in addition beautiful",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "\"You boys not looking for any trouble, are you?\" The question was fair . Millat's Crew looked like trouble. \u2014 Zadie Smith , White Teeth , (2000) 2001",
      "\"I have a good relationship with both Eddie and David. I think they've been fair to me.\" \u2014 Joni Mitchell , quoted in Rolling Stone , 30 May 1991",
      "Everybody out, the Iraqis said, except CNN. Even CNN isn't sure why they made that decision. Perhaps it is because CNN alone is seen globally. What the Iraqis told us is that they had found our coverage since August to have been \" fair .\" \u2014 Peter Arnett , Washington Post , 25-31 Mar. 1991",
      "That's a fair question, and it deserves an honest reply.",
      "He is known as a very fair man.",
      "I try to be fair to my children.",
      "He claims that the competition wasn't fair .",
      "It's not fair that she gets to leave early and I don't.",
      "a fair and impartial jury",
      "a bargain that is fair to everyone",
      "\u201cWhat a bad movie!\u201d \u201c Be fair ! Parts of it are actually pretty funny.\u201d",
      "I can't say I liked the movie, but, to be fair , parts of it are pretty funny.",
      "She did poorly on the test, but, to be fair , so did a lot of other people.",
      "Noun (1)",
      "At night the sparkling lights, hurdy-gurdy music of the merry-go-round, excited children, and screams of the riders on the roller coaster that races overhead recall the gaiety of a carnival midway at a county fair . \u2014 Witold Rybczynski , Atlantic , May 1993",
      "Back at the street fair , in the smoky heat among vendors of souvenirs and street food, a flock of kids dances around a boom box playing Lionel Richie. \u2014 Barbara Kingsolver , New York Times Magazine , 12 Sept. 1993",
      "\"Do you like to go out? You know, party?\" \"Who doesn't?\" \"Well, the Ebony Fashion Fair is in three weeks. You want to go?\" \u2014 Terry McMillan , Waiting to Exhale , 1992",
      "Adverb",
      "we expect everyone on this basketball court to play fair",
      "it fair takes your breath away when you find out what properties in London are going for"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fager, fair , from Old English f\u00e6ger ; akin to Old High German fagar beautiful":"Adjective, Adverb, Verb, and Noun",
      "Middle English feire , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin feria weekday, fair, from Late Latin, festal day, from Latin feriae (plural) holidays \u2014 more at feast":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":"Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
      "1635, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183908"
  },
  "fair-haired":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": specially favored : white-headed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer-\u02c8herd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beloved",
      "cherished",
      "darling",
      "dear",
      "favored",
      "favorite",
      "fond",
      "loved",
      "pet",
      "precious",
      "special",
      "sweet",
      "white-headed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unbeloved"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1597, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220321"
  },
  "fairly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a handsome manner":[
        "a table fairly set"
      ],
      ": in a gentle manner : quietly":[],
      ": in a courteous manner":[],
      ": so to speak : nearly , practically":[
        "fairly bursting with pride"
      ],
      ": in a proper or legal manner":[
        "fairly priced stocks"
      ],
      ": without bias or distortion : impartially":[
        "a story told fairly and objectively"
      ],
      ": to a full degree or extent : plainly , distinctly":[
        "had fairly caught sight of him"
      ],
      ": rather sense 5 , moderately":[
        "a fairly easy job"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "enough",
      "kindly",
      "kind of",
      "like",
      "moderately",
      "more or less",
      "pretty",
      "quite",
      "rather",
      "relatively",
      "something",
      "somewhat",
      "sort of"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "It's a fairly common disease.",
      "I told the story as fairly as possible.",
      "He reports fairly on the issues.",
      "He beat me fairly and squarely .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the SuperVan 4 also features a spread of tech drivers are finding fairly common now, especially in electric vehicles. \u2014 Bill Roberson, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "Fierce debates over the top selection are fairly common, but usually they get sorted out \u2014 and leaked \u2014 well before the prospects hit the Barclays Center stage. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "That was a fairly common practice at the time, her attorney said, because of problems in the medical center\u2019s software system, which impeded communication between the medication cabinets, electronic health record and pharmacy. \u2014 Carolyn Barber, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
      "In fact, downturns of this scale are fairly common, with the last one occurring just two years ago when then pandemic shut down the U.S. economy. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
      "Both vaccines appear to be safe, with short-term side effects like fever and fatigue fairly common, but no evidence of the more serious side effects seen rarely in adults: severe allergic reactions and myocarditis, a swelling of the heart muscle. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
      "Psoriasis and eczema are two fairly common skin conditions, and both cause symptoms like itching and visible inflammation. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 3 June 2022",
      "Such restrictions have been fairly common at religious schools throughout the history of the country. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 25 May 2022",
      "The best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug that isn\u2019t known to cause liver problems in otherwise healthy kids. \u2014 Mike Stobbe, Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042338"
  },
  "fairy tale":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a story (as for children) involving fantastic forces and beings (such as fairies, wizards, and goblins)":[
        "enjoyed the fairy tale \"The Little Mermaid\""
      ],
      ": a story in which improbable events lead to a happy ending":[
        "those balletic fairy tales in which a new corps member steps in for an injured principal at the last minute and delivers a splendid performance",
        "\u2014 Margaret Willis"
      ],
      ": a made-up story usually designed to mislead":[
        "an old-fashioned fairy tale depicting revolutionists as demigods",
        "\u2014 Jonathan Zimmerman"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer-\u0113-\u02cct\u0101l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fable",
      "fabrication",
      "falsehood",
      "falsity",
      "fib",
      "lie",
      "mendacity",
      "prevarication",
      "story",
      "tale",
      "taradiddle",
      "tarradiddle",
      "untruth",
      "whopper"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "truth"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the fairy tale about the sleeping princess",
      "Everything he told us about his happy marriage was just a fairy tale .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Jean-Claude Grumberg, who is co-writing the film with Hazanavicius. Told in the form of a classic fairy tale in 2D animation, it is set during World War II, and tells the story of a poor woodcutter and his wife who live deep in the Polish forest. \u2014 Lise Pedersen, Variety , 18 June 2022",
      "At times the books reads like a fairy tale or a fable, but those usually come with lessons or at least some kind of moral imperative. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Spears's home was transformed into a storybook fairy tale for the special day. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 June 2022",
      "In 1998, Drew Barrymore got to live out her very own Cinderella story as the star of Ever After, a whimsical romantic drama inspired by the famous fairy tale . \u2014 Katie Atkinson, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
      "Theatre West\u2019s kid-friendly Storybook Theatre program launches a locally-touring musical adaptation of the classic fairy tale . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Hickey\u2019s piece is framed as a fairy tale without a drop of condescension while also keeping the humor of the duo\u2019s flamboyant artifice intact. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
      "Elsewhere, the fairy tale of Cinderella is reimagined in the form of a whimsical pumpkin ring studded with spessartite garnets and tsavorites, which opens to reveal a tiny diamond slipper. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 1 June 2022",
      "Traveling back and forth through time, through some of the infinite ways her story might be told, Alice is looking for the good one, the one that, wistful as a fairy tale in its way, finally feels true. \u2014 Ellen Akins, Washington Post , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1904, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1635, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234831"
  },
  "faithful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": steadfast in affection or allegiance : loyal":[
        "a faithful friend"
      ],
      ": firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty : conscientious":[
        "a faithful employee"
      ],
      ": given with strong assurance : binding":[
        "a faithful promise"
      ],
      ": true to the facts, to a standard, or to an original":[
        "a faithful copy"
      ],
      ": full of faith":[],
      ": church members in full communion and good standing":[
        "\u2014 used with the"
      ],
      ": the body of believers in Islam":[
        "\u2014 used with the"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101th-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "down-the-line",
      "fast",
      "good",
      "loyal",
      "pious",
      "staunch",
      "stanch",
      "steadfast",
      "steady",
      "true",
      "true-blue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "faithless",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for faithful Adjective faithful , loyal , constant , staunch , steadfast , resolute mean firm in adherence to whatever one owes allegiance. faithful implies unswerving adherence to a person or thing or to the oath or promise by which a tie was contracted. faithful to her promise loyal implies a firm resistance to any temptation to desert or betray. remained loyal to the czar constant stresses continuing firmness of emotional attachment without necessarily implying strict obedience to promises or vows. constant friends staunch suggests fortitude and resolution in adherence and imperviousness to influences that would weaken it. a staunch defender of free speech steadfast implies a steady and unwavering course in love, allegiance, or conviction. steadfast in their support resolute implies firm determination to adhere to a cause or purpose. a resolute ally",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "She has provided the company with many years of faithful service.",
      "He insists that he has always been faithful to his wife.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The adaptation is likely to remain faithful to the book's plot. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 4 June 2022",
      "The funds are administered by a board of trustees that follows selection rules that remain faithful to Daly\u2019s original intent. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "The mandate does not apply to the faithful attending Mass, but they are required to wear masks. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "The mandate does not apply to the faithful attending Mass, but they are required to wear masks. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "The mandate does not apply to the faithful attending Mass, but they are required to wear masks. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "The mandate does not apply to the faithful attending Mass, but they are required to wear masks. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, chicagotribune.com , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "That means being sufficiently pro-Trump to appeal to the party faithful in rural areas, without appearing so extreme as to forsake any chance of winning over suburban moderates in Northern Virginia, and the Norfolk and Richmond areas. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 May 2021",
      "The Padawan prodigy who would grow into a Jedi Master is, more than anything, faithful to a fault. \u2014 David Betancourt, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "When he was arrested, many of the faithful flocked to churches in the denomination\u2019s hometown of Guadalajara, but also in Los Angeles and other cities. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "The Indiana commit fell behind 0-2 which, according to her, drew some chirping from the Greyhound faithful . \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "But Benedict's lack of a personal apology or any admission of guilt was likely to rile survivors and further complicate efforts by German bishops re-establish credibility with the faithful . \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Here are a few places to gather with the Utah faithful . \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "Wearing crisp, olive-green robes and a towering, white head covering embroidered with the somber face of Jesus, Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, addressed the faithful from an ornate 10,000-seat cathedral in Moscow. \u2014 Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Maybe a reality check is too much to ask for at a political convention, which are typically little more than partisan pep rallies designed to fire up the faithful to go back to their communities and do the same. \u2014 Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Francis has called for dialogue to end the conflict and has urged the faithful to set next Wednesday as a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Ukraine. \u2014 Luciana Lopez, USA TODAY , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "With more modern styling inside and out as well as the familiar fantastic-to-drive behavior, the reborn Golf GTI attracts new enthusiasts, continues to reward the faithful , and again makes our 10Best and Editors' Choice lists. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English feithful, from feith faith entry 1 + -ful -ful entry 1":"Adjective",
      "derivative of faithful entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200356"
  },
  "faithlessness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": not true to allegiance or duty : treacherous , disloyal":[
        "a faithless servant"
      ],
      ": not to be relied on : untrustworthy":[
        "a faithless tool"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101th-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "down-the-line",
      "faithful",
      "fast",
      "loyal",
      "staunch",
      "stanch",
      "steadfast",
      "steady",
      "true"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for faithless faithless , false , disloyal , traitorous , treacherous , perfidious mean untrue to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. faithless applies to any failure to keep a promise or pledge or any breach of allegiance or loyalty. faithless allies false stresses the fact of failing to be true in any manner ranging from fickleness to cold treachery. betrayed by false friends disloyal implies a lack of complete faithfulness to a friend, cause, leader, or country. disloyal to their country traitorous implies either actual treason or a serious betrayal of trust. traitorous acts punishable by death treacherous implies readiness to betray trust or confidence. a treacherous adviser perfidious adds to faithless the implication of an incapacity for fidelity or reliability. a perfidious double-crosser",
    "examples":[
      "faithless friends who deserted him in his time of need",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Through it all, forgiveness is given by the Countess Almaviva to her faithless husband in a seemingly impossible number of ways, making this the ultimate woman\u2019s revenge in opera. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "The Exorcist \u2014 The gold standard of horror distills the battle between good and evil down to its bare essence, a child possessed and faithless priest, maybe right next door. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Following the ten faithless votes in 2016, more states adopted laws that prevent this. \u2014 Fortune , 30 Nov. 2020",
      "The objection to the faithless elector was rejected by both chambers. \u2014 Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY , 6 Jan. 2021",
      "FairVote found that since the founding of the Electoral College, there have been 167 faithless electors. \u2014 Caroline Linton, CBS News , 15 Dec. 2020",
      "In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump had two faithless electors both in the state of Texas: one vote went for Ron Paul and one went for John Kasich. \u2014 Siraj Hashmi, Washington Examiner , 14 Dec. 2020",
      "The seven faithless electors in 2016 made up the largest number of electors voting contrary to their party\u2019s winner in over a century. \u2014 Elizabeth Thompson, Dallas News , 3 Dec. 2020",
      "However, most states have laws which nullify the votes of faithless electors, and there are not expected to be enough to alter the outcome of the election. \u2014 Grace Segers, CBS News , 8 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English feithles, from feith faith entry 1 + -les -less":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022402"
  },
  "fake":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit , sham":[
        "He was wearing a fake mustache.",
        "She held up the bowl to the window light and smiled her fakest smile yet \u2026",
        "\u2014 Lee Durkee",
        "From the well-known to the unknown, fake news , misinformation and hate rhetoric are causing harm to many individuals.",
        "\u2014 Dolar Popat"
      ],
      ": one that is not what it purports to be: such as":[],
      ": a worthless imitation passed off as genuine":[
        "The signature was a fake ."
      ],
      ": impostor , charlatan":[
        "He told everyone that he was a lawyer, but he was just a fake ."
      ],
      ": a simulated movement in a sports contest (such as a pretended kick, pass, or jump or a quick movement in one direction before going in another) designed to deceive an opponent":[],
      ": a device or apparatus used by a magician to achieve the illusion of magic in a trick":[],
      ": to alter, manipulate, or treat so as to give a spuriously (see spurious sense 2 ) genuine appearance to : doctor":[
        "faked the lab results"
      ],
      ": counterfeit , simulate , concoct":[
        "faked a heart attack"
      ],
      ": to deceive (an opponent) in a sports contest by means of a fake (see fake entry 2 sense c )":[],
      ": improvise , ad-lib":[
        "whistle a few bars \u2026 and I'll fake the rest",
        "\u2014 Robert Sylvester"
      ],
      ": to engage in faking something : pretend":[
        "\u2014 sometimes used with it if you don't have the answers, fake it"
      ],
      ": to give a fake to an opponent":[
        "The runner faked left and then cut to the right."
      ],
      ": one loop of a coil (as of ship's rope or a fire hose) coiled free for running":[],
      ": to coil in fakes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artificial",
      "bogus",
      "dummy",
      "ersatz",
      "factitious",
      "false",
      "faux",
      "imitation",
      "imitative",
      "man-made",
      "mimic",
      "mock",
      "pretend",
      "sham",
      "simulated",
      "substitute",
      "synthetic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "counterfeit",
      "forgery",
      "hoax",
      "humbug",
      "phony",
      "phoney",
      "sham"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fake Noun (1) imposture , fraud , sham , fake , humbug , counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine. their claim of environmental concern is an imposture fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth. the diary was exposed as a fraud sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action. condemned the election as a sham fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty. these jewels are fakes ; the real ones are in the vault humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent. creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable. 20-dollar bills that were counterfeits",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "That blood is clearly fake .",
      "He was wearing a fake mustache."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "derivative of fake entry 2":"Adjective",
      "derivative of fake entry 3":"Noun",
      "originally underworld argot, of uncertain origin":"Verb",
      "probably derivative of fake entry 5":"Noun",
      "Middle English faken, of obscure origin":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1879, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1829, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1819, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1627, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223650"
  },
  "fake out":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to deliberately mislead : fool , trick":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "bamboozle",
      "beguile",
      "bluff",
      "buffalo",
      "burn",
      "catch",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "deceive",
      "delude",
      "dupe",
      "fool",
      "gaff",
      "gammon",
      "gull",
      "have",
      "have on",
      "hoax",
      "hoodwink",
      "hornswoggle",
      "humbug",
      "juggle",
      "misguide",
      "misinform",
      "mislead",
      "snooker",
      "snow",
      "spoof",
      "string along",
      "suck in",
      "sucker",
      "take in",
      "trick"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "undeceive"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday",
      "used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1949, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030729"
  },
  "fakir":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Muslim mendicant : dervish":[],
      ": an itinerant Hindu ascetic or wonder-worker":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "bilk",
      "bilker",
      "cheat",
      "cheater",
      "chiseler",
      "chiseller",
      "confidence man",
      "cozener",
      "defrauder",
      "dodger",
      "finagler",
      "fraudster",
      "hoaxer",
      "scammer",
      "scamster",
      "shark",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To be fair, the new nationalists have done their best, explicitly and repeatedly, to distance their emerging movement from white nationalists, alt-right fakirs , strident isolationists, and other assorted cranks. \u2014 John Hood, National Review , 28 Aug. 2019"
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      "Verb",
      "An apple fell from the tree.",
      "A vase fell off the shelf.",
      "Rain fell from the sky.",
      "the sound of the falling rain",
      "She slipped and fell on the ice.",
      "He fell flat on his face.",
      "She was afraid that I would trip and fall .",
      "He fell down the stairs.",
      "One of the sailors had fallen overboard.",
      "He fell back onto the bed.",
      "Noun",
      "a fall from a horse",
      "She's had several bad falls in recent years.",
      "a fall of three feet",
      "the rise and fall of the tide",
      "She went off to college in the fall .",
      "Several weeks of fall remain before winter begins.",
      "When fall came he planted grass.",
      "a fall in the price of oil",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Three whales were struck but lost in the sea and not landed, but the harvest was still a bounty: Utqia\u0121vik has a quota of 25 whales for the year that includes both spring and fall hunts. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 2 July 2022",
      "The first 16 games have seen Rising fall significantly short of their typically lofty expectations. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
      "Though Biden did fall , the Atlantic article in these social media posts is not real. \u2014 Dezimey Kum, USA TODAY , 1 July 2022",
      "Grab dinner, watch a movie and fall asleep on the couch well before the credits come on the screen. \u2014 Kaitlin Madden, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022",
      "Not everybody can handle it all, so uplift mothers and give them resources, whether that\u2019s childcare or having someone there to help when things fall apart, to be better performers and be fantastic mothers at the same time. \u2014 Alicia Ram\u00edrez, ELLE , 1 July 2022",
      "On Wednesday, the U.S. government bought 105 million COVID-19 shots from Pfizer for $3.2 billion with a late summer to fall delivery date. \u2014 Gabe Ferris, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
      "The bad news is that when markets fall this significantly, the following quarter isn't always great. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 30 June 2022",
      "Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody\u2019s Analytics, said prices could fall even absent a recession. \u2014 Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The mutations included in the Omicron variants and fears about another potential fall and winter wave, however, have led scientists to call for updated vaccines. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 3 July 2022",
      "If so, that would put Stranger Things arriving sometime around late fall 2023. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 3 July 2022",
      "Civil defense classes, common in Polish schools during the communist era, largely disappeared in recent decades as the fall of the Berlin Wall and then Poland\u2019s accession to NATO and the European Union seemed to make the notion of war obsolete. \u2014 Anthony Faiola, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
      "Her actions in response to Roe\u2019s fall have had immediate effect. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 2 July 2022",
      "Davis hopes to finally get to Columbus for the first time, eyeing a fall gameday visit to be determined. \u2014 Robert Fenbers, cleveland , 2 July 2022",
      "In late summer and fall , females will begin laying eggs. \u2014 Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune , 2 July 2022",
      "Directed, written and edited by C.K., the indie drama stars co-writer Joe List, who quipped about C.K.\u2019s fall from grace after the moderator praised C.K. for being able to disappear into his role. \u2014 Antonio Ferme, Variety , 1 July 2022",
      "If Burry is correct, and the S&P 500 has another 25% fall ahead of it, even after logging its worst first-half performance since 1970, the index could drop as low as 2,800 this year. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The liquid metal fabrication added a new verve to a style that has become a constant on Beckham\u2019s runways\u2014her pre- fall 2022 featured a neon version of the same piece\u2014and a favorite within her own wardrobe. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "To celebrate the store\u2019s 15-year anniversary, Smallwood partnered with Proenza Schouler on an in-store event, held on March 22, just one day shy of when the pre- fall 2022 collection is available for preorder on Hampden\u2019s site. \u2014 Lauren Caruso, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The pre- fall Proenza Schouler white square-toe loafer, meanwhile, hits the refresh on polished prep, as does The Row\u2019s Margaret\u2014a slim-line, block-heel iteration. \u2014 Vogue , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Keep your eyes peeled on Victoriabeckham.com; the designer\u2019s second dress\u2014a black pre- fall number\u2014will be available to buy in June. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Glamour , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Later, Blumarine, which has grown a reputation as a premiere Y2K-revival brand, released a pre- fall 2022 collection that included red, pink, and black chokers, thick necklaces, and big flower attachments. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The singer wore a long black cardigan with a faux-fur collar from Blumarine's pre- fall 2022 collection. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, Blumarine showcased a pre- fall 2022 collection full of red-and-pink looks. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Harper's Bazaar reports that the dress and outerwear are both from Milan fashion house Del Core's pre- fall 2022 collection, the white heels from Tom Ford, her purse from Aspital of London, jewelry by Pasquale Bruni, and sunglasses from Bulgari. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 7 Feb. 2022"
    ],
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      "Middle English, from Old English feallan ; akin to Old High German fallan to fall and perhaps to Lithuanian pulti":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective"
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      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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      ": a decline especially in quantity or quality",
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      "Noun",
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      "Verb",
      "the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Barry McCarthy, a former Netflix Inc. and Spotify Technology SA finance executive who took over as Peloton\u2019s CEO in February, said the falloff in demand was foreseeable. \u2014 Sharon Terlep, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "In other words, young voters were among the difference-makers in a close election, and any significant falloff in support or turnout could yield historic gains for Republicans in Congress. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 26 May 2022",
      "The residual falloff in Portland air travel is more than twice as steep as the national decline, and the gap is getting wider. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 May 2022",
      "Typically, with high inflation reducing the purchasing power of households and rising interest rates depressing their willingness to spend, the result would be a falloff in consumer spending. \u2014 Gad Levanon For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The falloff for commuter rail has been far steeper and more sustained than for other transit modes like municipal bus service, in part because many front-line workers who don\u2019t have a remote option rely on the bus or subway to get to their jobs. \u2014 Scott Calvert, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Each of those businesses faces challenges \u2014 the aviation unit is emerging from the pandemic falloff in air travel, and the power business must adapt to the shift to alternative energy sources. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "The company, which has 650 Oregon employees, is navigating a turnaround after a steep falloff in business early in the pandemic. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "The focus of all the improvements was to allow the Z06 to run its fastest lap times all day long, with less falloff from heat and other factors than previous models. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 6 Nov. 2021"
    ],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211418"
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        "\u2014 Andy Logan"
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      ": turn out , happen":[
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        "\u2014 Mark Twain"
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      "Noun",
      "concerned about the possible political fallout from the scandal",
      "Verb",
      "club members were soon falling out about how to spend the money they'd made washing cars",
      "I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Moscow is assembling a package of economic relief for Russian individuals and businesses that aims to soften the blow of sanctions and the financial fallout of Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine. \u2014 WSJ , 3 May 2022",
      "Coupled with a rise in inflation and the financial fallout from the war in Ukraine, could this be a sign of a recession coming? \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "However, Tapestry\u2019s stock suffered the wider fallout in the sector and is down by almost 7% over the past month while Capri Holdings fell by 3%. \u2014 Kevin Rozario, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In the Bay Area, Oakland, San Francisco and West Contra Costa school districts are already seeing serious financial fallout , with the prospect of state intervention or takeover, unless school boards make significant cuts. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "This will be the sixth delay on making people resume payments since the policy was enacted more than two years ago to help people manage the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "But the war\u2019s financial fallout is hitting Europe the hardest. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Russia's biggest search engine could collapse as financial fallout from the invasion of Ukraine spreads. \u2014 Cnn Business, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "That could become increasingly true as sanctions are expanded and the Russian people are forced to bear a greater brunt of the financial fallout . \u2014 NBC News , 25 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042625"
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      "it's fallacious to say that something must exist because science hasn't proven its nonexistence",
      "consumers who harbor the fallacious belief that credit-card spending will never catch up with them",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The choice, the show asserted, feels less like a rational Court judgment and more like a fallacious argument that a fringe Facebook group might circulate as fact. \u2014 Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic , 8 May 2022",
      "The fallacious warning was likely amplified by YouTuber Bernard Hsu, known as Chubbyemu, who posted a lengthy dramatization of the case that has been viewed 1.5 million times. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Unfortunately, there\u2019s a lot of contradicting and fallacious information floating around out there about how distance runners should and shouldn\u2019t fuel to run fast. \u2014 Outside Online , 12 Oct. 2020",
      "Followers of QAnon also regularly show up at events and successfully spread new fallacious claims. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Cannabis as a gateway drug seems to be a hypothesis based on simplistic and fallacious logical processes. \u2014 Dario Sabaghi, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "But this is based on the fallacious notion that depletion of the resource means ever-higher prices. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "The thinking that dominates the institution is fundamentally fallacious . \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "Both were grounded on a fallacious interpretation of due process. \u2014 Matthew J. Franck, National Review , 12 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232653"
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      "noun"
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        "\u2014 C. S. Gray"
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      ": guile , trickery":[],
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      "falsehood",
      "falsity",
      "hallucination",
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      "misbelief",
      "misconception",
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The fallacy of their ideas about medicine soon became apparent.",
      "the once-common fallacy that girls just weren't any good at math",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But this line of thinking represents a classic fallacy of composition \u2014 the belief that what is true of a part (a business) is true for the whole (the economy). \u2014 Steve H. Hanke, National Review , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Among physicists, there seems to be universal agreement on one thing: The stakes on turning DUNE\u2019s sunk-cost fallacy into an opportunity are high. \u2014 Thomas Lewton, Scientific American , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Another example of the Fox News fallacy can be seen in the immigration issue. \u2014 Ruy Teixeira, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "But Democrats can\u2019t afford to be governed by the senator\u2019s solo performance-art piece on the sunk cost fallacy . \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 15 Jan. 2022",
      "On this episode of Extra Spicy, Rosenthal and Ho dive into what motivates him, the fallacy of cancel culture and why people don\u2019t want to give up their problematic favorites. \u2014 Extra Spicy Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "But recent experience with the Paycheck Protection Program is just the latest example of the fallacy of that thinking. \u2014 Maureen Conway, Quartz , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "It\u2019s Lincoln, the senior empiricist and metrics expert, who is able to see the fallacy of that belief immediately: There is nothing original about human behavior. \u2014 Lauren Oyler, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "But this line of thinking represents a classic fallacy of composition . . . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin fallacia , from fallac-, fallax deceitful, from fallere to deceive":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053447"
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1568, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161416"
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  "falloff":{
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      "noun",
      "verb"
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        "a falloff of light intensity"
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      ": trend sense 2b":[],
      ": to deviate to leeward of the point to which the bow was directed":[]
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      "depression",
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      "loss",
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      "shrinkage",
      "step-down"
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      "arch",
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      "bow",
      "crook",
      "curve",
      "hook",
      "round",
      "sweep",
      "swerve",
      "trend",
      "wheel"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable",
      "Verb",
      "the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But after three weeks of early voting ahead of Tuesday\u2019s primary, record-breaking turnout is undercutting predictions that the Georgia Election Integrity Act of 2021 would lead to a falloff in voting. \u2014 Amy Gardner And Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
      "But after three weeks of early voting ahead of Tuesday's primary, record-breaking turnout is undercutting predictions that the Georgia Election Integrity Act of 2021 would lead to a falloff in voting. \u2014 Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
      "Barry McCarthy, a former Netflix Inc. and Spotify Technology SA finance executive who took over as Peloton\u2019s CEO in February, said the falloff in demand was foreseeable. \u2014 Sharon Terlep, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "In other words, young voters were among the difference-makers in a close election, and any significant falloff in support or turnout could yield historic gains for Republicans in Congress. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 26 May 2022",
      "The residual falloff in Portland air travel is more than twice as steep as the national decline, and the gap is getting wider. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 May 2022",
      "Typically, with high inflation reducing the purchasing power of households and rising interest rates depressing their willingness to spend, the result would be a falloff in consumer spending. \u2014 Gad Levanon For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The falloff for commuter rail has been far steeper and more sustained than for other transit modes like municipal bus service, in part because many front-line workers who don\u2019t have a remote option rely on the bus or subway to get to their jobs. \u2014 Scott Calvert, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Each of those businesses faces challenges \u2014 the aviation unit is emerging from the pandemic falloff in air travel, and the power business must adapt to the shift to alternative energy sources. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1789, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031747"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
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        "false documents",
        "false teeth"
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        "false testimony"
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        "false scales",
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      ],
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      ": not faithful or loyal : treacherous":[
        "a false friend"
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      ": lacking naturalness or sincerity":[
        "false sympathy"
      ],
      ": not essential or permanent":[
        "\u2014 used of parts of a structure that are temporary or supplemental"
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        "a false note"
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      ": based on mistaken ideas":[
        "false pride"
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      ": inconsistent with the facts":[
        "a false position",
        "a false sense of security"
      ],
      ": threateningly sudden or deceptive":[
        "don't make any false moves"
      ],
      ": in a false or faithless manner : treacherously":[
        "his friends played him false"
      ]
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      "\u02c8f\u022fls"
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      "erroneous",
      "inaccurate",
      "incorrect",
      "inexact",
      "invalid",
      "off",
      "unsound",
      "untrue",
      "untruthful",
      "wrong"
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      "accurate",
      "correct",
      "errorless",
      "exact",
      "factual",
      "precise",
      "proper",
      "right",
      "sound",
      "true",
      "valid",
      "veracious"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for false Adjective faithless , false , disloyal , traitorous , treacherous , perfidious mean untrue to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. faithless applies to any failure to keep a promise or pledge or any breach of allegiance or loyalty. faithless allies false stresses the fact of failing to be true in any manner ranging from fickleness to cold treachery. betrayed by false friends disloyal implies a lack of complete faithfulness to a friend, cause, leader, or country. disloyal to their country traitorous implies either actual treason or a serious betrayal of trust. traitorous acts punishable by death treacherous implies readiness to betray trust or confidence. a treacherous adviser perfidious adds to faithless the implication of an incapacity for fidelity or reliability. a perfidious double-crosser",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false .",
      "He registered at the hotel under a false name.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Gillum is also charged with making a false statement to the FBI. \u2014 Fox News , 23 June 2022",
      "The officer was convicted in September of giving a false statement to law enforcement and misconduct in office. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "Sussmann is charged with a single count of making a false statement. \u2014 Eric Tucker, ajc , 27 May 2022",
      "Moving on, the court first examined Project Veritas' claim for defamation per se, which requires proof of all of four elements, being a false statement, publication of the statement, fault, and damages. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "The exception applies when circulators make a false statement, which clearly has happened with these petitions, many times over, Brewer said. \u2014 Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press , 26 May 2022",
      "Idon\u2019t know if Michael Sussmann will be found guilty of making a false statement to the FBI. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 21 May 2022",
      "Jurors in Rockville Superior Court found Richard guilty Tuesday of all three charges filed against him: murder, tampering with evidence and making a false statement to authorities, reports the Associated Press. \u2014 Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com , 11 May 2022",
      "Brett DiBiase pleaded guilty in December 2020 to one count of making a false statement. \u2014 CBS News , 10 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "There\u2019s false -toothed Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp in Impeachment: American Crime Story. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "With time winding down in a scoreless game, the Gladiators made the most of a penalty corner when two of the four Hereford defenders false -started, crossing the goal line before the ball was put in play. \u2014 Rich Scherr, baltimoresun.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "Browns offensive linemen false -started three times in the game \u2014 once by Wyatt Teller and twice by Joel Bitonio \u2014 and Stefanski vowed to correct it. \u2014 cleveland , 4 Jan. 2021",
      "The 49ers\u2019 chances to keep the game close fizzled late when a touchdown was overturned, and Nick Mullens false -started on a sneak at the goal line and then threw an interception. \u2014 Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "The drive started with left tackle Charles Leno false -starting. \u2014 Star Tribune , 10 Nov. 2020",
      "Alabama coach Nick Saban said Saturday the school conducted 240 tests of its football players and none came positive after his potentially false -positive COVID-19 test Wednesday. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 17 Oct. 2020",
      "Meanwhile, forcing axioms, which deem the continuum hypothesis false by adding a new size of infinity, would also extend the frontiers of mathematics in other directions. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Nov. 2013",
      "Any assertion otherwise on the latter front rings false given that, as acting commissioner, Selig had to have known about the FBI\u2019s Operation Equine, an early \u201990s investigation into PED distribution that included McGwire and Canseco. \u2014 Jay Jaffe, SI.com , 13 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fals, faus , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin falsus , from past participle of fallere to deceive":"Adjective and Adverb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Adjective",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203304"
  },
  "falsehood":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": an untrue statement : lie":[],
      ": absence of truth or accuracy":[],
      ": the practice of lying : mendacity":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fls-\u02cchu\u0307d"
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      "delusion",
      "error",
      "fallacy",
      "falsity",
      "hallucination",
      "illusion",
      "misbelief",
      "misconception",
      "myth",
      "old wives' tale",
      "untruth"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "truth",
      "verity"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the line between truth and falsehood",
      "the possibility of a perpetual motion machine is one falsehood that has been disproved by modern physics",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Joe Biden\u2019s dark fairy tale about the country returning to Jim Crow is not merely an egregious political falsehood . \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Another myth is that all chickens have salmonella, a falsehood that prompts people to feed the animals antibiotics. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
      "When McCarthy declared the story a falsehood of the liberal media, the authors produced an audio recording to confirm its accuracy. \u2014 George Packer, The Atlantic , 18 May 2022",
      "Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation administrator Walter G\u00f3mez and accountant Marcos Fletes were each sentenced to 13 years in prison for the same crimes, in addition to abusive management and ideological falsehood , according to CENIDH. \u2014 Jorge Engels, Mario Medrano And Bertha Ramos, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The attorney also sought to hold people criminally accountable, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, and brought up several conspiracy theories, Johnson did not directly push back at the vaccine falsehood . \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
      "Supporters of Trump, backed by an online army, pushed the falsehood that the election was stolen. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The power of Russia\u2019s claim that the invasion is justified comes not from the veracity of any individual falsehood meant to support it but from the broader argument. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "This sworn defender of our civil rights used that falsehood to justify violently removing the protesters from the area in advance of the president\u2019s publicity stunt in front of a nearby church. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005014"
  },
  "falsify":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to prove or declare false : disprove":[],
      ": to make false: such as":[],
      ": to make false by mutilation or addition":[
        "the accounts were falsified to conceal a theft"
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      ": to represent falsely : misrepresent":[],
      ": to prove unsound by experience":[],
      ": to tell lies : lie":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fl-s\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
      "\u02c8f\u022fl-si-\u02ccf\u012b"
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      "bend",
      "color",
      "cook",
      "distort",
      "fudge",
      "garble",
      "misinterpret",
      "misrelate",
      "misrepresent",
      "misstate",
      "pervert",
      "slant",
      "twist",
      "warp"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He was caught falsifying financial accounts.",
      "taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Voltage glitch attacks could bypass the RoT and falsify the advanced firmware, leading to corruption of the network that could go far beyond a single device. \u2014 Gopi Sirineni, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "Stewart sent a letter supporting former Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, who was convicted on March 25 of one count of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "Kelly also bribed a state employee to falsify documents in order to marry singer Aaliyah, then 15 years-old. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 9 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s nothing to indicate the Florida Department of Health told an employee to falsify COVID-19 data, and she wasn\u2019t fired out of retaliation, according to a state investigator\u2019s report released this month. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "The former state data scientist, Rebekah Jones, claimed she was pressured by health department officials to falsify Covid-19 data to hide the extent of Florida's outbreak in the early months of the pandemic. \u2014 Steve Contorno And Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN , 27 May 2022",
      "To achieve this end, the company pushed staff at its mental health facilities to misdiagnose patients and falsify documents in order to hospitalize those who did not require it, according to court records. \u2014 Brian Slodysko, ajc , 21 May 2022",
      "Prosecutors have said the Chrisleys directed that former employee to falsify documents. \u2014 al , 14 May 2022",
      "Prosecutors have said the Chrisleys directed that former employee to falsify documents. \u2014 Kate Brumback, ajc , 14 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English falsifien , from Middle French falsifier , from Medieval Latin falsificare , from Latin falsus":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164143"
  },
  "falsity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": something false : lie":[],
      ": the quality or state of being false":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fl-s\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "delusion",
      "error",
      "fallacy",
      "falsehood",
      "hallucination",
      "illusion",
      "misbelief",
      "misconception",
      "myth",
      "old wives' tale",
      "untruth"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "truth",
      "verity"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a papal letter condemning secularism and other movements that the church considered to be falsities of the modern age",
      "when questioned by his parents about his drug use, the teenager told one blatant falsity after another",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If the plaintiff is a private person, the plaintiff need only prove that the defendant made the statement either knowing its falsity or with negligence, such as by not using reasonable efforts to verify third-party information. \u2014 Schuyler Moore, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "There are other details in the Facebook post that also point to its falsity . \u2014 Emiliano Tahui G\u00f3mez, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "In the era of flush fashion magazine features, her work, alongside both fashion and art-world photographers, blurred falsity and reality, constructed glamour and naturalistic confidence. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "In that instance, the jury found, Bauman did speak with reckless disregard for the statement's truth or falsity , abused his First Amendment privilege and was not acting within the scope of his employment. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "Drawing on his own experience, Cash might have broken up the central falsity of the archipelago of glass and steel known as the New South: its equation of whiteness with self-sufficiency and Blackness with dependency. \u2014 Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "That\u2019s Hannah Arendt\u2019s ideal subject, that person for whom the difference between truth and falsity no longer matters. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Identifying false claims can be difficult since, misinformation usually contains elements of both truth and falsity , Bergstrom said. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 29 Aug. 2021",
      "Maybe, if times weren\u2019t so dire, the utter falsity of Lindell and Watkin\u2019s narratives would be more readily apparent. \u2014 Jacob Silverman, The New Republic , 13 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172743"
  },
  "falter":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to walk unsteadily : stumble":[
        "the \u2026 stranger falters out of the thicket and drops to his knees",
        "\u2014 Dudley Fitts"
      ],
      ": to give way : totter":[
        "could feel my legs faltering"
      ],
      ": to move waveringly or hesitatingly":[
        "forced to bail out of faltering airplanes over the Alps",
        "\u2014 Nat'l Geographic"
      ],
      ": to speak brokenly or weakly : stammer":[
        "her voice faltered"
      ],
      ": to hesitate in purpose or action : waver":[
        "he never faltered in his determination"
      ],
      ": to lose drive or effectiveness":[
        "the business was faltering"
      ],
      ": to utter hesitatingly or brokenly":[
        "faltered an excuse"
      ],
      ": an act or instance of faltering":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fl-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balance",
      "dither",
      "halt",
      "hang back",
      "hesitate",
      "scruple",
      "shilly-shally",
      "stagger",
      "teeter",
      "vacillate",
      "waver",
      "wobble",
      "wabble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dive (in)",
      "plunge (in)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for falter Verb hesitate , waver , vacillate , falter mean to show irresolution or uncertainty. hesitate implies a pause before deciding or acting or choosing. hesitated before answering the question waver implies hesitation after seeming to decide and so connotes weakness or a retreat. wavered in his support of the rebels vacillate implies prolonged hesitation from inability to reach a firm decision. vacillated until events were out of control falter implies a wavering or stumbling and often connotes nervousness, lack of courage, or outright fear. never once faltered during her testimony",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The business was faltering due to poor management.",
      "Their initial optimism has faltered .",
      "signs that the economy is faltering",
      "Her steps began to falter .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "King may eventually falter , just as the Yankees, at some point, may hit a rough patch. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
      "Organizations that honor this shift may thrive; those that don\u2019t will certainly falter . \u2014 Victoria Pelletier, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Innovation will likely falter as U.S. and European scientists collaborate less with Chinese and Russian counterparts. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, ajc , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Businesses today flourish or falter on customer service, and the pandemic brought the need for efficient customer service into sharp relief. \u2014 Chetan Dube, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "Bullets Per Minute tried nailing that fusion in 2020 only to falter because, apparently, delivering Doom-like combat to the beat requires a graceful touch. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
      "But under questioning from defense attorney Manuel Leiva, who represents Elmer Zelaya Martinez, his memory seemed to falter . \u2014 Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Events of the past decade seemed to prove the assumption: As China acted more assertively in the region, Washington\u2019s efforts to cling to primacy appeared to falter . \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 24 May 2022",
      "Yet even as service levels falter , rates have skyrocketed. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 8 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That message is a tougher sell while the frenzy in digital assets cools and markets falter . \u2014 Francesca Fontana, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
      "The body\u2019s own defenses against lead, a volley of enzymes meant to avoid tissue damage, falter and eventually turn against the body itself. \u2014 Michael J. Coren, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
      "As such, Green\u2019s hustle category stat lines need not suffer as his scoring outputs falter . \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "However, should this year\u2019s roster falter and the tension fester, some new leader of the Pelicans will be fielding trade calls for Williamson like Griffin did for Davis and Holiday after Dell Demps was relieved of his duties. \u2014 Christopher Dodson, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "But the terminals can serve as a reliable backup as internet services falter . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "But the terminals can serve as a reliable backup as Internet services falter . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Dress code is another area where couples falter when planning a weekday wedding. \u2014 Stephanie Cain, New York Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "In a time trial, however, numbers provide the only measure of success, and numbers don\u2019t wilt on a hot day, falter on the hills, or pace inappropriately like a rival might. \u2014 Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online , 16 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1834, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022247"
  },
  "faltering":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to walk unsteadily : stumble":[
        "the \u2026 stranger falters out of the thicket and drops to his knees",
        "\u2014 Dudley Fitts"
      ],
      ": to give way : totter":[
        "could feel my legs faltering"
      ],
      ": to move waveringly or hesitatingly":[
        "forced to bail out of faltering airplanes over the Alps",
        "\u2014 Nat'l Geographic"
      ],
      ": to speak brokenly or weakly : stammer":[
        "her voice faltered"
      ],
      ": to hesitate in purpose or action : waver":[
        "he never faltered in his determination"
      ],
      ": to lose drive or effectiveness":[
        "the business was faltering"
      ],
      ": to utter hesitatingly or brokenly":[
        "faltered an excuse"
      ],
      ": an act or instance of faltering":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fl-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "balance",
      "dither",
      "halt",
      "hang back",
      "hesitate",
      "scruple",
      "shilly-shally",
      "stagger",
      "teeter",
      "vacillate",
      "waver",
      "wobble",
      "wabble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dive (in)",
      "plunge (in)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for falter Verb hesitate , waver , vacillate , falter mean to show irresolution or uncertainty. hesitate implies a pause before deciding or acting or choosing. hesitated before answering the question waver implies hesitation after seeming to decide and so connotes weakness or a retreat. wavered in his support of the rebels vacillate implies prolonged hesitation from inability to reach a firm decision. vacillated until events were out of control falter implies a wavering or stumbling and often connotes nervousness, lack of courage, or outright fear. never once faltered during her testimony",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The business was faltering due to poor management.",
      "Their initial optimism has faltered .",
      "signs that the economy is faltering",
      "Her steps began to falter .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "King may eventually falter , just as the Yankees, at some point, may hit a rough patch. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
      "Organizations that honor this shift may thrive; those that don\u2019t will certainly falter . \u2014 Victoria Pelletier, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Innovation will likely falter as U.S. and European scientists collaborate less with Chinese and Russian counterparts. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, ajc , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Businesses today flourish or falter on customer service, and the pandemic brought the need for efficient customer service into sharp relief. \u2014 Chetan Dube, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "Bullets Per Minute tried nailing that fusion in 2020 only to falter because, apparently, delivering Doom-like combat to the beat requires a graceful touch. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
      "But under questioning from defense attorney Manuel Leiva, who represents Elmer Zelaya Martinez, his memory seemed to falter . \u2014 Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Events of the past decade seemed to prove the assumption: As China acted more assertively in the region, Washington\u2019s efforts to cling to primacy appeared to falter . \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 24 May 2022",
      "Yet even as service levels falter , rates have skyrocketed. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 8 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "That message is a tougher sell while the frenzy in digital assets cools and markets falter . \u2014 Francesca Fontana, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
      "The body\u2019s own defenses against lead, a volley of enzymes meant to avoid tissue damage, falter and eventually turn against the body itself. \u2014 Michael J. Coren, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
      "As such, Green\u2019s hustle category stat lines need not suffer as his scoring outputs falter . \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "However, should this year\u2019s roster falter and the tension fester, some new leader of the Pelicans will be fielding trade calls for Williamson like Griffin did for Davis and Holiday after Dell Demps was relieved of his duties. \u2014 Christopher Dodson, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "But the terminals can serve as a reliable backup as internet services falter . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "But the terminals can serve as a reliable backup as Internet services falter . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Dress code is another area where couples falter when planning a weekday wedding. \u2014 Stephanie Cain, New York Times , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "In a time trial, however, numbers provide the only measure of success, and numbers don\u2019t wilt on a hot day, falter on the hills, or pace inappropriately like a rival might. \u2014 Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online , 16 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1834, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065248"
  },
  "famed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": known widely and well : famous":[]
    },
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      "\u02c8f\u0101md"
    ],
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      "big-name",
      "celebrated",
      "famous",
      "noted",
      "notorious",
      "prominent",
      "renowned",
      "star",
      "visible",
      "well-known"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "anonymous",
      "nameless",
      "obscure",
      "uncelebrated",
      "unfamous",
      "unknown",
      "unsung"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a bowl of the restaurant's famed chili",
      "San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Getty was an early supporter of the famed contemporary high jewelry artist and the two grew to be close friends. \u2014 Anthony Demarco, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "SeatGeek had previously agreed to merge with RedBall Acquisition Corp. , a SPAC that counts famed baseball executive Billy Beane among its backers, in a deal that valued the event-ticketing platform at about $1.35 billion, including debt. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
      "The New York City Police Department is on the hunt for a man and woman accused of trying to snatch a $45,000 painting by famed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat from a Manhattan gallery earlier this month. \u2014 Chantal Da Silva, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
      "Some museums have been destroyed, such as Kuindzhi Art Museum in Mariupol and a history museum in Ivankiv, in the Kyiv region, which was known for a collection of 25 artworks by famed Ukrainian folk artist Maria Primachenko. \u2014 Olivia B. Waxman, Time , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Prince at center of copyright dispute: An upcoming SCOTUS hearing will decide whether a photograph of the late musician used by famed artist Andy Warhol violated the copyright of the original photographer. \u2014 Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "The non-denominational spiritual space includes 14 murals by famed American artist Mark Rothko. \u2014 Anna Mazurek, Chron , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "From executive producer Ryan Murphy comes a documentary exploration of the famed artist\u2019s life and career, complete with an approximation of Warhol narrating, thanks to AI techniques. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Inside are 14 murals by the famed artist Jos de Almada Negreiros depicting scenes from the city\u2019s maritime history. \u2014 Sarah Choi, ELLE Decor , 4 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1533, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042728"
  },
  "familial":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": tending to occur in more members of a family than expected by chance alone":[
        "a familial disorder"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or suggestive of a family":[
        "has familial ties to the area",
        "a familial atmosphere"
      ]
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      "f\u0259-\u02c8mil-y\u0259l",
      "-\u02c8mi-l\u0113-\u0259l"
    ],
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      "domestic",
      "household"
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      "nondomestic",
      "nonfamilial"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The company has created a familial atmosphere in its offices.",
      "it's a familial duty as well as a tradition for everyone in my family to eat dinner together",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In addition to their familial ties, Lady Sarah is one of Prince Harry's godmothers. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The King wants the mermaid's life force to achieve immortality, but a young woman, who has familial ties to the king, wants to save the creature. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
      "The administration hasn't yet said how Ukrainians without familial ties in the U.S. can be connected with an organization willing to sponsor them, but officials have alluded to the possibility of some sort of matching program. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "For Mantini, who identifies as Latinx and has deep familial ties to Mexico, community continues to play an integral role in her works. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Their work reveals close familial ties between poached elephants, and shows a shift in trafficking routes to major ports. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Snow was exiled, Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) proposed the end of familial succession to choose future kings, and Drogon angrily melted the Iron Throne after Daenerys's death. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
      "Boyfriend Material and Glitterland grapple with heavy issues, including substance abuse, depression, self-loathing, and familial estrangement. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
      "Gradually, the relationship evolves to become more familial . \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Latin familia":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213703"
  },
  "familiar":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of the household of a high official":[],
      ": a spirit often embodied in an animal and held to attend and serve or guard a person":[
        "the loathsome toad, the witches' familiar",
        "\u2014 Harvey Graham"
      ],
      ": one who is well acquainted with something":[
        "familiars of violence",
        "\u2014 John Updike"
      ],
      ": one who frequents a place":[
        "familiars of the embassy",
        "\u2014 Rebecca West"
      ],
      ": closely acquainted : intimate":[
        "a familiar family friend"
      ],
      ": affable , sociable":[],
      ": of or relating to a family":[
        "remembering past familiar celebrations"
      ],
      ": frequented by families":[
        "a familiar resort"
      ],
      ": being free and easy":[
        "the familiar association of old friends"
      ],
      ": marked by informality":[
        "a familiar essay"
      ],
      ": overly free and unrestrained : presumptuous":[
        "grossly familiar behavior"
      ],
      ": moderately tame":[
        "familiar animals"
      ],
      ": frequently seen or experienced : easily recognized":[
        "a familiar theme"
      ],
      ": of everyday occurrence":[
        "a familiar routine"
      ],
      ": possibly known but imperfectly remembered":[
        "her face looked familiar"
      ],
      ": having personal or intimate knowledge":[
        "\u2014 used with with familiar with the facts of the case"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8mil-y\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "denizen",
      "frequenter",
      "habitu\u00e9",
      "habitue",
      "haunter",
      "rat",
      "regular"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bosom",
      "buddy-buddy",
      "chummy",
      "close",
      "especial",
      "friendly",
      "inseparable",
      "intimate",
      "inward",
      "near",
      "thick",
      "tight"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for familiar Adjective common , ordinary , plain , familiar , popular , vulgar mean generally met with and not in any way special, strange, or unusual. common implies usual everyday quality or frequency of occurrence a common error lacked common honesty and may additionally suggest inferiority or coarseness. common manners ordinary stresses conformance in quality or kind with the regular order of things. an ordinary pleasant summer day a very ordinary sort of man plain is likely to suggest homely simplicity. plain hard-working people familiar stresses the fact of being generally known and easily recognized. a familiar melody popular applies to what is accepted by or prevalent among people in general sometimes in contrast to upper classes or special groups. a writer of popular romances vulgar , otherwise similar to popular , is likely to carry derogatory connotations (as of inferiority or coarseness). souvenirs designed to appeal to the vulgar taste",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a longtime familiar of the bar, she would most likely have been there on the night in question",
      "with old familiars the normally reserved writer can be quite warm and funny",
      "Adjective",
      "Some authors, such as Richard Rodriguez and Ruben Martinez, will be familiar to media mavens outside the region \u2026 \u2014 Ray Olson , Booklist , 15 Oct. 1996",
      "I think one reason I finally have finished a novel about baseball is that it happens to be one of the few subjects that I know much about. If I were as familiar with forestry, music, \u2026 or the city of Rotterdam, I am sure I would have written fiction grounded in that knowledge long ago. \u2014 Philip Roth , Reading Myself and Others , 1975",
      "The essay covers familiar ground.",
      "She has become a familiar figure in the world of politics.",
      "She spoke in a familiar way about her past.",
      "an essay written in a familiar style",
      "a familiar way of addressing someone",
      "They felt the waiter was being overly familiar .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Alongside the food-court familiar , though, diners will find frog legs, beef tendon, pork intestine. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 29 Aug. 2021",
      "John Obi Mikel, a Nigerian familiar for his years with Chelsea, left another Turkish team, Trabzonspor, this week. \u2014 Victor Mather, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2020",
      "During the Salem witch hunts, common folklore said that witches transformed into their familiars (black cats). \u2014 Lisa Stardust, Teen Vogue , 22 Oct. 2019",
      "For Fringe familiars , there are a few changes for 2019, Bentley says. \u2014 Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities , 29 July 2019",
      "According to demon lore, Paimon is a master of the arts and familiars (spirits that often manifest as animals) who will bless his followers with wealth. \u2014 Yohana Desta, HWD , 8 June 2018",
      "Toi GB took the microphone, started to sing in a familiar growled whisper, and the room erupted in cheers. \u2014 Jenn Harris, latimes.com , 25 May 2018",
      "Such moments sum up the charm of Mardi Gras, when fact and fiction, reality and fantasy, alight among familiars and strangers alike. \u2014 The Masked Observer, AL.com , 26 Jan. 2018",
      "In the books, Ambrose has snake familiars who do not get along with Salem, and also has a cute British accent. \u2014 Alexis Nedd, Cosmopolitan , 8 Jan. 2018",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Though the specifics about Trump\u2019s alleged actions on Jan. 6 and other days were new, the portrait of his rage was familiar to many people who worked in his White House, though few have come forward before to say so publicly and under oath. \u2014 Josh Dawsey, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
      "The concept of cosplay is now familiar to most, and now that its genie is out of the bottle, someone only has to come up with a costume for it. \u2014 Andrew Liptak, The Week , 28 June 2022",
      "The networks follow a pattern that has become familiar to U.S. border officials. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
      "Many animals present during the ice age would be familiar to you, including brown bears, caribou and wolves. \u2014 Denise Su, The Conversation , 27 June 2022",
      "The sound of the siren is familiar to Jacqueline Bon, 92, who was a teenager during World War II. \u2014 CNN , 26 June 2022",
      "All of this will be familiar to viewers who saw the Spanish series. \u2014 Jae Ha Kim, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
      "Dunn, 18, was familiar to police who worked Wells-Goodfellow. \u2014 Chris Pomorski, The New Republic , 23 June 2022",
      "The driver\u2019s cockpit and dashboard will be familiar to anyone who\u2019s sat in the current-gen M3, although the latter comes equipped with a brand-new 14.9-inch curved touchscreen that runs BMW\u2019s refreshed Operating System 8 software suite. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 22 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English familier , from Anglo-French, from Latin familiaris , from familia \u2014 see family entry 1":"Adjective and Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030952"
  },
  "familiar spirit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a spirit or demon that serves or prompts an individual",
      ": the spirit of a dead person invoked by a medium to advise or prophesy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "apparition",
      "bogey",
      "bogie",
      "bogy",
      "ghost",
      "hant",
      "haunt",
      "materialization",
      "phantasm",
      "fantasm",
      "phantom",
      "poltergeist",
      "shade",
      "shadow",
      "specter",
      "spectre",
      "spirit",
      "spook",
      "sprite",
      "vision",
      "visitant",
      "wraith"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "asked the spiritualist to summon the familiar spirit of her late mother for some matrimonial guidance"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-092229"
  },
  "familiarity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being familiar":[],
      ": a state of close relationship : intimacy":[],
      ": absence of ceremony : informality":[],
      ": an unduly informal act or expression : impropriety":[],
      ": a sexual liberty":[],
      ": close acquaintance with something":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8(y)a-r\u0259-",
      "f\u0259-\u02ccmil-\u02c8yer-\u0259-t\u0113",
      "-\u02ccmil-\u02c8yer-",
      "-\u02ccmil-\u02c8ya-r\u0259-",
      "-\u02ccmil-\u0113-\u02c8er-",
      "f\u0259-\u02ccmi-l\u0113-\u02c8(y)er-\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "belonging",
      "chumminess",
      "closeness",
      "inseparability",
      "intimacy",
      "nearness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "distance"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He spoke to everyone with the easy familiarity of an old friend.",
      "the elderly couple enjoys a familiarity that is the result of many years of happy marriage",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Obviously your familiarity with both State and Ole Miss throughout your life. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 16 June 2022",
      "After earning his doctorate, positions at Bowdoin and Brown followed, as did two children, a lifelong connection to Italy and a growing familiarity with Italian \u2014 and then, by chance, Vatican \u2014 archives. \u2014 Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "Still, this will be a different year for Rodgers, one drenched in an uncommon lack of familiarity . \u2014 Ryan Wood, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "Watching the miniseries, Bev said, had the ring of familiarity . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 June 2022",
      "But Raths does have an advantage of familiarity , especially among faithful Republican voters. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Curiosity flares into a strangely respectful sort of obsession, in which every boundary of familiarity that is crossed is tacitly condoned and reciprocated. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 23 May 2022",
      "Sequels, franchise extensions, and spinoffs are one kind of familiarity that this summer will be offering. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
      "An Ipsos survey among 1,000 consumers found slightly higher levels of familiarity (14% were very familiar and 24% were somewhat familiar) but still, some 31% had only heard the term and 31% claimed no knowledge of it. \u2014 Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes , 1 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030156"
  },
  "family":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": spouse and children":[
        "want to spend more time with my family"
      ],
      ": a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head : household":[],
      ": a group of persons of common ancestry : clan":[],
      ": a people or group of peoples regarded as deriving from a common stock":[],
      ": a group of people united by certain convictions or a common affiliation : fellowship":[],
      ": the staff of a high official (such as the President)":[],
      ": a group of things related by common characteristics: such as":[],
      ": a closely related series of elements or chemical compounds":[],
      ": a group of soils with similar chemical and physical properties (such as texture, pH, and mineral content) that comprise a category ranking above the series and below the subgroup in soil classification":[],
      ": a group of related languages descended from a single ancestral language":[],
      ": a group of related plants or animals forming a category ranking above a genus and below an order and usually comprising several to many genera":[],
      ": the descendants or line of a particular individual especially of some outstanding female":[],
      ": an identifiable strain within a breed":[],
      ": a set of curves or surfaces whose equations differ only in parameters":[],
      ": a unit of a crime syndicate (such as the Mafia) operating within a geographical area":[],
      ": of or relating to a family (see family entry 1 )":[],
      ": designed or suitable for both children and adults":[
        "family restaurants",
        "family movies"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fam-(\u0259-)l\u0113",
      "\u02c8fa-m\u0259-",
      "\u02c8fa-m\u0259-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8fam-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8fam-l\u0113, \u02c8fa-m\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blood",
      "clan",
      "folks",
      "house",
      "kin",
      "kindred",
      "kinfolk",
      "kinfolks",
      "kinsfolk",
      "line",
      "lineage",
      "people",
      "race",
      "stock",
      "tribe"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The disappearance of decent-paying low-skilled jobs over the last 30 years makes it virtually impossible for a young high-school dropout to successfully support a family on a legitimate income. \u2014 Karen De Witt , Essence , August 1994",
      "A defendant in a racketeering trial was described yesterday as a Mafia captain who had carried out a plot to kill three rivals in the Bonanno crime family . \u2014 Arnold H. Lubasch , New York Times , 30 Apr. 1987",
      "Nobody ever came to the farm\u2014through \"the big gate,\" a mile off on the pike\u2014except kin and a family named Rawls: a widow with two daughters and a son, my only playmate. \u2014 Robert Penn Warren , Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back , 1980",
      "It was quite an understood thing in the family that Lord Fawn must marry money. \u2014 Anthony Trollope , The Eustace Diamonds , 1871",
      "There were a lot of families at the circus.",
      "The show is fun for the whole family .",
      "a death in the family",
      "There are several doctors on his mother's side of the family .",
      "She wants to spend more time with her family .",
      "After his father's death he became the head of the family .",
      "She's a friend of the family .",
      "He spent a quiet evening at home with family .",
      "trying to find a balance between work and family",
      "He's devoted to his wife and family .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Stuff that might be easier to confess to a stranger than a family member. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
      "Anthony had been at a relative\u2019s home and had gone for a walk with a family member, according to the county Medical Examiner\u2019s Office. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
      "Monarda -or bee balm, is another perennial mint family member. \u2014 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online , 27 June 2022",
      "But when LaBella is in one place and something else is happening with another family member, that\u2019s when other members of the team step in. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 23 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s a chance Arch could be another family member to start for an SEC program. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
      "Every family member gets individual storylines, though Cucu holds down the series\u2019 center. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
      "Prasad noted during the demonstration that the feature could be used to help memorialize a deceased family member. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
      "Alexa wouldn't even be the first consumer product to use deepfake audio to fill in for a family member who can't be there in person. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "According to police, the two victims both lived on the second floor of multi- family home at 67 Franklin Ave. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
      "Brown called for eliminating the bans on multi- family homes found in many communities. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "Those same competitive forces that isolate and exhaust parents are a barrier to them rallying together and demanding that lawmakers pass pro- family policies. \u2014 Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
      "But a broader pro- family agenda should be their next goal. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2022",
      "The Aurora City Council is set to vote Tuesday night on a 102-unit multi- family residential development on a far West Side site that has sat vacant for more than 50 years. \u2014 Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Rent prices are for units in multi- family properties and based on estimates from CoStar Group. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "That bill would have established mandatory building inspections for all multi- family residential buildings three or more stories in height. \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The two non- family players, the wondrously affable Gian Perez as Natalie\u2019s classmate Henry and Katie Thompson as the alternately raucous and severe Drs. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 14 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English familie , from Latin familia household (including servants as well as kin of the householder), from famulus servant":"Noun and Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163247"
  },
  "family tree":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": genealogy":[],
      ": a genealogical diagram":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "ancestry",
      "birth",
      "blood",
      "bloodline",
      "breeding",
      "descent",
      "extraction",
      "genealogy",
      "line",
      "lineage",
      "origin",
      "parentage",
      "pedigree",
      "stock",
      "strain"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "issue",
      "posterity",
      "progeny",
      "seed"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "A framed family tree hung on the wall.",
      "his family tree includes writers, musical composers, and other notables in the arts",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Now an even more contagious branch of the coronavirus family tree is dominant, the omicron mutant and its relatives. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 June 2022",
      "Now an even more contagious branch of the coronavirus family tree is dominant, the omicron mutant and its relatives. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
      "But one branch of the Busalacchi family tree is now making its mark in another historic San Diego community. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "In short, there are no sad, embittered, and tortured tales concerning anyone\u2019s incestuous relationship with all or any of the family tree . \u2014 Lydia Lunch, SPIN , 8 May 2022",
      "Resembling a Russian doll, Amway subcontracted labor to a circle of smaller family entities, who in turn presided over their own family tree of smaller contractors. \u2014 Melinda Cooper, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Inside the home, a white marker board hangs on a living room wall, bearing the branches of the family tree . \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Two years after Tom hung up the green and gold, the next branch of the family tree has taken root. \u2014 Alex Murphy, Baltimore Sun , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The programs will feature information on recovering oral traditions and family lore, exploring record groups, repositories, and ancestral databases, and creating and growing your own family tree . \u2014 courant.com , 20 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1763, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050049"
  },
  "famine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an extreme scarcity of food",
      ": starvation",
      ": a ravenous appetite",
      ": a great shortage",
      ": a very great shortage of food that affects many people over a wide area"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-m\u0259n",
      "\u02c8fa-m\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "crunch",
      "dearth",
      "deficiency",
      "deficit",
      "drought",
      "drouth",
      "failure",
      "inadequacy",
      "inadequateness",
      "insufficiency",
      "lack",
      "lacuna",
      "paucity",
      "pinch",
      "poverty",
      "scantiness",
      "scarceness",
      "scarcity",
      "shortage",
      "undersupply",
      "want"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abundance",
      "adequacy",
      "amplitude",
      "opulence",
      "plenitude",
      "plenty",
      "sufficiency",
      "wealth"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The famine affected half the continent.",
      "millions killed by war, drought, and famine",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At the top of her list: Yemen, which has been under famine conditions since 2016 due to the country\u2019s civil war. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 4 May 2022",
      "Tens of millions of Chinese died in the resulting famine . \u2014 Eyck Freymann, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The droughts affecting Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985 resulted in a widespread famine that left 1.2 million dead, the deadliest natural disaster in the records. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Reuters Ethiopia's government announced a unilateral ceasefire in its Tigray region on Monday after eight months of civil war resulted in the worst famine the world has seen in a decade. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 29 June 2021",
      "Beginning in the late 1950s, his research was further stimulated by the Great Leap Forward, a government campaign to bring industry to the countryside, which resulted in catastrophic famine and tens of millions of deaths. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 May 2021",
      "More than 200,000 people in Somalia are on the brink of famine . \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
      "African Union Chair Macky Sall said after a Friday meeting with Putin that sanctions on Russian wheat and fertilizer should be lifted, as the specter of famine hangs over developing countries. \u2014 Andrew Jeong, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
      "United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning of famine because of wheat exports stuck in Ukraine. \u2014 Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes , 22 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from feim, faim hunger, from Latin fames ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195143"
  },
  "famous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": widely known":[
        "a restaurant famous for its French cuisine"
      ],
      ": honored for achievement":[
        "a famous explorer"
      ],
      ": excellent , first-rate":[
        "famous weather for a walk"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101-m\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "big-name",
      "celebrated",
      "famed",
      "noted",
      "notorious",
      "prominent",
      "renowned",
      "star",
      "visible",
      "well-known"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "anonymous",
      "nameless",
      "obscure",
      "uncelebrated",
      "unfamous",
      "unknown",
      "unsung"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for famous famous , renowned , celebrated , noted , notorious , distinguished , eminent , illustrious mean known far and wide. famous implies little more than the fact of being, sometimes briefly, widely and popularly known. a famous actress renowned implies more glory and acclamation. one of the most renowned figures in sports history celebrated implies notice and attention especially in print. the most celebrated beauty of her day noted suggests well-deserved public attention. the noted mystery writer notorious frequently adds to famous an implication of questionableness or evil. a notorious gangster distinguished implies acknowledged excellence or superiority. a distinguished scientist who won the Nobel Prize eminent implies even greater prominence for outstanding quality or character. the country's most eminent writers illustrious stresses enduring honor and glory attached to a deed or person. illustrious war heroes",
    "examples":[
      "a book about some of the most famous people of the last century",
      "some truly famous Southern-style cooking",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Other than the Ford plant, Saarlouis is most famous for sitting on the Saar river and having been periodically French and German, and also being the birthplace of Napoleonic-era French hero, Marshall Michel Ney. \u2014 Michael Taylor, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "The property sits in the Salento area, which is famous for its masseria, or farmhouse, accommodations, many from the16th or 17th centuries. \u2014 Rachel Dube, Robb Report , 21 June 2022",
      "They\u2019d still be barred from the Lamar Valley, which is famous for its prolific wildlife including bears, wolves and bison that can often be seen from the roadside. \u2014 Amy Beth Hanson, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "And Spain and the Hispanic world are famous for delivering high-end projects on reasonable budgets. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 20 June 2022",
      "They\u2019d still be barred from the Lamar Valley, which is famous for its prolific wildlife including bears, wolves and bison that can often be seen from the roadside. \u2014 Wire Reports, oregonlive , 20 June 2022",
      "They\u2019d still be barred from the Lamar Valley, which is famous for its prolific wildlife including bears, wolves and bison that can often be seen from the roadside. \u2014 Matthew Brown And Amy Beth Hanson, The Christian Science Monitor , 20 June 2022",
      "While its delectable food might be the main attraction, the marketplace is also famous for its bars, live jazz shows and concerts as well as two hallway-length murals that pay homage to Black history in Detroit. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
      "The beach is also famous for dog-friendly events, including the So Cal Corgi Beach Day and the Surf City Surf Dog competition. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin famosus , from fama fame":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013620"
  },
  "fan":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of various devices for winnowing grain":[],
      ": an instrument for producing a current of air: such as":[],
      ": a device that is held in the hand and moved back and forth to cool a person and that is usually shaped like a segment of a circle and composed of material (such as feathers or paper) mounted on thin rods or slats moving about a pivot so that the device may be closed compactly when not in use":[],
      ": a device that consists of a series of vanes radiating from a hub rotated on its axle by a motor":[
        "a ceiling fan to stir the air"
      ],
      ": an airplane propeller":[],
      ": something resembling an open fan (such as the leaf of certain palms)":[],
      ": to drive away the chaff of (grain) by means of a current of air":[],
      ": to eliminate (chaff) by winnowing":[],
      ": to move or impel (air) with a fan":[],
      ": to blow or breathe upon":[
        "the breeze fanning her hair"
      ],
      ": to direct a current of air upon with a fan":[],
      ": to stir up to activity as if by fanning : stimulate":[
        "fanning the fires of nationalism"
      ],
      ": wave":[],
      ": spank":[],
      ": to spread like a fan":[
        "\u2014 often used with out the searchers fanned out"
      ],
      ": to strike (a batter) out in baseball":[],
      ": to fire a series of shots from (a single-action revolver) by holding the trigger back and successively striking the hammer to the rear with the free hand":[],
      ": to move like a fan : flutter":[],
      ": strike out sense 3":[],
      ": an enthusiastic devotee (as of a sport or a performing art) usually as a spectator":[],
      ": an ardent admirer or enthusiast (as of a celebrity or a pursuit)":[
        "science-fiction fans"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fan"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "expand",
      "extend",
      "flare (out)",
      "open",
      "outspread",
      "outstretch",
      "spread (out)",
      "stretch (out)",
      "unfold",
      "unfurl"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "addict",
      "aficionado",
      "afficionado",
      "buff",
      "bug",
      "devotee",
      "enthusiast",
      "fanatic",
      "fancier",
      "fiend",
      "fool",
      "freak",
      "habitu\u00e9",
      "habitue",
      "head",
      "hound",
      "junkie",
      "junky",
      "lover",
      "maniac",
      "maven",
      "mavin",
      "nut",
      "sucker"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He fanned himself with a newspaper while he waited for the bus.",
      "The pitcher has fanned six batters in the first three innings.",
      "The batter fanned on a curveball."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English fann , from Latin vannus \u2014 more at winnow":"Noun and Verb",
      "probably short for fanatic":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223855"
  },
  "fanatic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a person exhibiting excessive enthusiasm and intense uncritical devotion toward some controversial matter (as in religion or politics)",
      ": a person who is extremely enthusiastic about and devoted to some interest or activity",
      ": marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion",
      ": very or overly enthusiastic or devoted",
      ": a very enthusiastic supporter or admirer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8na-tik",
      "f\u0259-\u02c8na-ti-k\u0259l",
      "f\u0259-\u02c8na-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "addict",
      "aficionado",
      "afficionado",
      "buff",
      "bug",
      "devotee",
      "enthusiast",
      "fan",
      "fancier",
      "fiend",
      "fool",
      "freak",
      "habitu\u00e9",
      "habitue",
      "head",
      "hound",
      "junkie",
      "junky",
      "lover",
      "maniac",
      "maven",
      "mavin",
      "nut",
      "sucker"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "extreme",
      "extremist",
      "rabid",
      "radical",
      "revolutionary",
      "revolutionist",
      "ultra"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "because of her fanatical views, her friends know better than to discuss religion with her"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1550, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202116"
  },
  "fanatical":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person exhibiting excessive enthusiasm and intense uncritical devotion toward some controversial matter (as in religion or politics)":[
        "a religious fanatic [=extremist]",
        "The fanatics are convinced they are serving a righteous cause and that all means are justified \u2026",
        "\u2014 Flora Lewis"
      ],
      ": a person who is extremely enthusiastic about and devoted to some interest or activity":[
        "a boating/sports/racing fanatic",
        "She's a real fanatic when it comes to working out.",
        "Since the U.S. economy began to sputter in 2008, shoppers have become coupon fanatics and lovers of buy-one-get-one-free deals \u2026",
        "\u2014 Janet K. Keeler"
      ],
      ": marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion":[
        "they're fanatic about politics",
        "a fanatic attention to details"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8na-tik",
      "f\u0259-\u02c8na-ti-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "addict",
      "aficionado",
      "afficionado",
      "buff",
      "bug",
      "devotee",
      "enthusiast",
      "fan",
      "fancier",
      "fiend",
      "fool",
      "freak",
      "habitu\u00e9",
      "habitue",
      "head",
      "hound",
      "junkie",
      "junky",
      "lover",
      "maniac",
      "maven",
      "mavin",
      "nut",
      "sucker"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "extreme",
      "extremist",
      "rabid",
      "radical",
      "revolutionary",
      "revolutionist",
      "ultra"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "because of her fanatical views, her friends know better than to discuss religion with her",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Brazilians are fanatic about their coffee\u2014and sweet treat. \u2014 Leigh Mcmullan Abramson, Town & Country , 21 June 2014",
      "Oh, come on, my Minnesota soccer- fanatic friends are thinking. \u2014 Joe Bissen, Twin Cities , 10 Mar. 2017",
      "Ms. Clark told him she was not permitted to contact the families directly, but the history of fanatic violence did provide an unwelcome opportunity to declare her sorrow publicly. \u2014 Jim Dwyer, New York Times , 3 Jan. 2017",
      "Up until now, the only real thing IKEA and Trader Joe's had in common was their equally fanatic , cult-like followings. \u2014 Bridget Mallon, ELLE Decor , 6 Nov. 2015",
      "And there is original Law and Order all over the box these days, including the old ones with Ben Stone, the fanatic Franciscan of the Manhattan DA's office. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 5 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin fanaticus inspired by a deity, frenzied, from fanum temple \u2014 more at feast":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1550, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024223"
  },
  "fancier":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that has a special liking or interest",
      ": a person who breeds or grows a particular animal or plant for points of excellence"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fan(t)-s\u0113-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "addict",
      "aficionado",
      "afficionado",
      "buff",
      "bug",
      "devotee",
      "enthusiast",
      "fan",
      "fanatic",
      "fiend",
      "fool",
      "freak",
      "habitu\u00e9",
      "habitue",
      "head",
      "hound",
      "junkie",
      "junky",
      "lover",
      "maniac",
      "maven",
      "mavin",
      "nut",
      "sucker"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nonfan"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "chocolate fanciers generally like their favorite confection without the addition of milk or a lot of sugar",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And among words in which c is immediately followed by ie are these dozen: ancient, concierge, conscience, fancier , financier, glacier, omniscient, science, society, species, sufficient and tendencies. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Sep. 2020",
      "Neighboring Truckee, which is in a separate county, has one weekend behind it in offering dine-in service, though the fancier places remain closed. \u2014 Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com , 22 May 2020",
      "Blue Apron is trying to stand out with newer offerings, like a plan centered on preparing multiple meals for the week in one day, and a premium plan with fancier ingredients. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 14 May 2020",
      "For a fancier treat, try going the Italian way and make this quick affogato trifle recipe for dessert tonight. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 May 2020",
      "This affordable wooden set is simple and elegant, and lets beginners focus on the board rather than the clever but impractical designs of fancier sets. \u2014 Popular Science , 31 Mar. 2020",
      "There are fancier and pricier children\u2019s sun and camping shelters on the market, but this well-rated, reasonably priced, 50-UPF sunshade should do the trick in keeping bugs and the sun off your kid. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "Corgis have become best known as companions of their most famous fancier , the UK\u2019s Queen Elizabeth II. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, BostonGlobe.com , 1 May 2020",
      "But Pembrokes have become best known as companions of their most famous fancier , the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" fancy entry 1 + -er entry 2 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1751, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-091942"
  },
  "fanciful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience":[
        "a fanciful person",
        "a fanciful tale of a monster in the woods"
      ],
      ": existing in fancy (see fancy entry 2 ) only":[
        "a fanciful notion",
        "the falsehoods about some fanciful secret treaties",
        "\u2014 F. D. Roosevelt"
      ],
      ": marked by or as if by fancy or whim":[
        "gave their children fanciful names"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fan(t)-si-f\u0259l",
      "\u02c8fan-si-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absurd",
      "bizarre",
      "crazy",
      "fantastic",
      "fantastical",
      "foolish",
      "insane",
      "nonsensical",
      "preposterous",
      "unreal",
      "wild"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "realistic",
      "reasonable"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fanciful imaginary , fanciful , visionary , fantastic , chimerical , quixotic mean unreal or unbelievable. imaginary applies to something which is fictitious and purely the product of one's imagination. an imaginary desert isle fanciful suggests the free play of the imagination. a teller of fanciful stories visionary stresses impracticality or incapability of realization. visionary schemes fantastic implies incredibility or strangeness beyond belief. a fantastic world inhabited by monsters chimerical combines the implication of visionary and fantastic . chimerical dreams of future progress quixotic implies a devotion to romantic or chivalrous ideals unrestrained by ordinary prudence and common sense. a quixotic crusade",
    "examples":[
      "a fanciful tale of a monster in the woods",
      "They gave all their children fanciful names.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another fanciful theory blames French monarch Charles V. American newspapers of the late 19th and early 20th century loved to trot out this hoary tale. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "Gohar\u2019s work is fanciful with an edge; ornate but na\u00efve, and often aware of its own excess. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
      "The staging is inspired by Afrofuturism, the attempt to conceive new \u2014 often fanciful , sometimes celestial \u2014 circumstances for a people suffering under crushing oppression. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
      "But the dominant modes were scenes painted whole rather than fragmented, in either a version of straight realism or a more fanciful and illustrative modernist shorthand. \u2014 David Salle, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Experience the fanciful and repurposed assemblage art of Barbara Martin on view 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through May 23 at The Wembley Club, 8345 Woodberry Blvd. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Under the circumstances, such ideas can sound at once fanciful and pragmatic. \u2014 Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Parked in the driveway of founder Rebecca Hessel-Cohen\u2019s seaside home were not one but two beach-ready automobiles\u2014a vintage white Mercedes 280SL convertible and a pink Moke cruiser\u2014both overflowing with fanciful floral textiles. \u2014 Zachary Weiss, Vogue , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "The whole thing is absurdly fanciful , a lark\u2014that name! \u2014 Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic , 16 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "fancy entry 2 + -ful entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005619"
  },
  "fancy man":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "cadet",
      "pander",
      "pimp",
      "procurer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "an early hard-boiled detective novel featuring a whore who marries her fancy man and later murders him"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1811, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170838"
  },
  "fanfaronade":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": empty boasting : bluster":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccfan-\u02ccfer-\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101d",
      "-\u02ccfa-r\u0259-",
      "-\u02c8n\u00e4d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bluster",
      "bombast",
      "brag",
      "braggadocio",
      "bull",
      "cockalorum",
      "gas",
      "gasconade",
      "grandiloquence",
      "hot air",
      "magniloquence",
      "rant",
      "rodomontade",
      "rhodomontade"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "all his talk of how he would easily win the boxing match turned out to be so much fanfaronade"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French fanfaronnade , from Spanish fanfarronada , from fanfarr\u00f3n braggart":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1652, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044831"
  },
  "fantabulous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": marvelously good":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "fan-\u02c8ta-by\u0259-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "A-OK",
      "A1",
      "awesome",
      "bang-up",
      "banner",
      "beautiful",
      "blue-chip",
      "blue-ribbon",
      "boffo",
      "bonny",
      "bonnie",
      "boss",
      "brag",
      "brave",
      "bully",
      "bumper",
      "capital",
      "choice",
      "classic",
      "cool",
      "corking",
      "crackerjack",
      "cracking",
      "dandy",
      "divine",
      "dope",
      "down",
      "dynamite",
      "excellent",
      "fab",
      "fabulous",
      "famous",
      "fantastic",
      "fine",
      "first-class",
      "first-rate",
      "first-string",
      "five-star",
      "four-star",
      "frontline",
      "gangbusters",
      "gangbuster",
      "gilt-edged",
      "gilt-edge",
      "gone",
      "grand",
      "great",
      "groovy",
      "heavenly",
      "high-class",
      "hot",
      "hype",
      "immense",
      "jim-dandy",
      "keen",
      "lovely",
      "marvelous",
      "marvellous",
      "mean",
      "neat",
      "nifty",
      "noble",
      "number one",
      "No. 1",
      "numero uno",
      "out-of-sight",
      "par excellence",
      "peachy",
      "peachy keen",
      "phat",
      "prime",
      "primo",
      "prize",
      "prizewinning",
      "quality",
      "radical",
      "righteous",
      "sensational",
      "slick",
      "splendid",
      "stellar",
      "sterling",
      "superb",
      "superior",
      "superlative",
      "supernal",
      "swell",
      "terrific",
      "tip-top",
      "top",
      "top-notch",
      "top-of-the-line",
      "top-shelf",
      "topflight",
      "topping",
      "unsurpassed",
      "wizard",
      "wonderful"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "atrocious",
      "awful",
      "execrable",
      "lousy",
      "pathetic",
      "poor",
      "rotten",
      "terrible",
      "vile",
      "wretched"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "shopping at the mall was just fantabulous",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The heavily swinging title track is a fantabulous example. \u2014 Morgan Enos, Billboard , 27 Apr. 2018",
      "Take a look here: Things to puzzle over, things to ask about, things to spark fantabulous trains of fantastical thoughts. \u2014 Vanessa Infanzon, charlotteobserver , 10 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "blend of fantastic entry 1 and fabulous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1957, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033417"
  },
  "fantast":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": visionary":[],
      ": a fantastic or eccentric person":[],
      ": fantasist":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fan-\u02cctast"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "Don Quixote",
      "dreamer",
      "idealist",
      "idealizer",
      "ideologue",
      "idealogue",
      "romantic",
      "romanticist",
      "utopian",
      "visionary"
    ],
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      "hardnose",
      "pragmatist",
      "realist"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "yet another short-lived utopian community that was the brainchild of a naive fantast",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Don't arraign the liars and fantasts who brought on the ruin that is the Iraq war. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 13 Mar. 2013"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin phantasta, borrowed from Greek phantast\u1e17s \"ostentatious person, boaster,\" agent noun derivative corresponding to phant\u00e1zein \"to make visible, present to the eye or mind, (middle voice) place before one's mind, picture to oneself, imagine\" \u2014 more at fantasy entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224212"
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      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": conceived or seemingly conceived by unrestrained fancy":[
        "fantastic new space and nuclear weapons",
        "\u2014 Jack Raymond"
      ],
      ": marked by extravagant fantasy or extreme individuality : eccentric":[
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      ": excellent , superlative":[
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      "fanciful",
      "foolish",
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      "nonsensical",
      "preposterous",
      "unreal",
      "wild"
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      "realistic",
      "reasonable"
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fantastic Adjective fantastic , bizarre , grotesque mean conceived, made, or carried out without adherence to truth or reality. fantastic may connote extravagance in conception or ingenuity of decorative invention. dreamed up fantastic rumors bizarre applies to the sensationally strange and implies violence of contrast or incongruity of combination. a bizarre medieval castle in the heart of a modern city grotesque may apply to what is conventionally ugly but artistically effective or it may connote ludicrous awkwardness or incongruity often with sinister or tragic overtones. grotesque statues on the cathedral though grieving, she made a grotesque attempt at a smile synonyms see in addition imaginary",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The train runs at fantastic speeds.",
      "a fantastic scheme for getting rich quick",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "To have the opportunity to race for him at Stewart-Haas Racing has been fantastic . \u2014 Joseph Wolkin, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "The entire cast is fantastic , but Christian Bale and Natalie Portman are phenomenal! \u2014 Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
      "Weirdly, if there's an overlap \u2014 which most of the time there is \u2014 then that's fantastic . \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
      "The producers over there on my season were fantastic . \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 20 June 2022",
      "Street Fighter 6, which is fantastic , and Sonic Frontiers, which is weird but promising. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 19 June 2022",
      "Their lineups with Murray and Porter in 2019-20 were fantastic . \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "That set-piece with Pataky fighting the other woman was fantastic also. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The game gets an average of 4.8 stars, plus the price point is fantastic . \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "However, guest pianist Linda Gentille and Assistant Cruise Director Richard Rubin\u2019s shows were over-the-top fantastic . \u2014 Debbi Kickham, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "After a banner 2021 for high-end genre films, industry vets are hopeful that the fantastic can resurrect the corpse of pre-COVID theatrical distribution. \u2014 Jamie Lang, Variety , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "With more modern styling inside and out as well as the familiar fantastic -to-drive behavior, the reborn Golf GTI attracts new enthusiasts, continues to reward the faithful, and again makes our 10Best and Editors' Choice lists. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Camille and Mindy want to go to this fantastic -sounding house party. \u2014 Jessica Goldstein, Vulture , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "The galactic fantastic without human anguish: kid stuff. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "This installation gestures more toward the fantastic with a few hints of flight. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Neil Gaiman first became widely known for his marvelous Sandman graphic novels, each a tour de force of the shadowy fantastic . \u2014 Bill Tipper, WSJ , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Tripping the ground fantastic , Stumph Road: On April 4, police were dispatched to a Stumph Road location regarding a man who was injured after falling on city property. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2021"
    ],
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      "fantastic going back to Middle English fantastik \"of imagination as a faculty, produced by the imagination, not real, unfounded, false, supernatural,\" borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus \"of the imagination, deceptive, imaginary,\" borrowed from Greek phantastik\u00f3s \"able to produce the appearance of something, resulting from the imagination,\" from phantast- (stem in nominal derivation corresponding to phantas\u00eda \"appearance, image, imagination\" and phant\u00e1zein \"to make visible, present to the eye or mind, (middle voice) place before one's mind, imagine\") + -ikos -ic entry 1 ; fantastical going back to Middle English fantasticalle, from fantastik + -alle -al entry 1 \u2014 more at fantasy entry 1":"Adjective",
      "derivative of fantastic entry 1":"Noun"
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      "noun"
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      ": conceived or seemingly conceived by unrestrained fancy":[
        "fantastic new space and nuclear weapons",
        "\u2014 Jack Raymond"
      ],
      ": marked by extravagant fantasy or extreme individuality : eccentric":[
        "fantastic works of art"
      ],
      ": excellent , superlative":[
        "a fantastic meal"
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      ": eccentric sense 1":[]
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      "fan-\u02c8ta-stik",
      "f\u0259n-"
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      "bizarre",
      "crazy",
      "fanciful",
      "foolish",
      "insane",
      "nonsensical",
      "preposterous",
      "unreal",
      "wild"
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    "antonyms":[
      "realistic",
      "reasonable"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fantastic Adjective fantastic , bizarre , grotesque mean conceived, made, or carried out without adherence to truth or reality. fantastic may connote extravagance in conception or ingenuity of decorative invention. dreamed up fantastic rumors bizarre applies to the sensationally strange and implies violence of contrast or incongruity of combination. a bizarre medieval castle in the heart of a modern city grotesque may apply to what is conventionally ugly but artistically effective or it may connote ludicrous awkwardness or incongruity often with sinister or tragic overtones. grotesque statues on the cathedral though grieving, she made a grotesque attempt at a smile synonyms see in addition imaginary",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The train runs at fantastic speeds.",
      "a fantastic scheme for getting rich quick",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "To have the opportunity to race for him at Stewart-Haas Racing has been fantastic . \u2014 Joseph Wolkin, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "The entire cast is fantastic , but Christian Bale and Natalie Portman are phenomenal! \u2014 Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
      "Weirdly, if there's an overlap \u2014 which most of the time there is \u2014 then that's fantastic . \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
      "The producers over there on my season were fantastic . \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 20 June 2022",
      "Street Fighter 6, which is fantastic , and Sonic Frontiers, which is weird but promising. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 19 June 2022",
      "Their lineups with Murray and Porter in 2019-20 were fantastic . \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "That set-piece with Pataky fighting the other woman was fantastic also. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The game gets an average of 4.8 stars, plus the price point is fantastic . \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "However, guest pianist Linda Gentille and Assistant Cruise Director Richard Rubin\u2019s shows were over-the-top fantastic . \u2014 Debbi Kickham, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "After a banner 2021 for high-end genre films, industry vets are hopeful that the fantastic can resurrect the corpse of pre-COVID theatrical distribution. \u2014 Jamie Lang, Variety , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "With more modern styling inside and out as well as the familiar fantastic -to-drive behavior, the reborn Golf GTI attracts new enthusiasts, continues to reward the faithful, and again makes our 10Best and Editors' Choice lists. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Camille and Mindy want to go to this fantastic -sounding house party. \u2014 Jessica Goldstein, Vulture , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "The galactic fantastic without human anguish: kid stuff. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "This installation gestures more toward the fantastic with a few hints of flight. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Neil Gaiman first became widely known for his marvelous Sandman graphic novels, each a tour de force of the shadowy fantastic . \u2014 Bill Tipper, WSJ , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Tripping the ground fantastic , Stumph Road: On April 4, police were dispatched to a Stumph Road location regarding a man who was injured after falling on city property. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 21 Apr. 2021"
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      "fantastic going back to Middle English fantastik \"of imagination as a faculty, produced by the imagination, not real, unfounded, false, supernatural,\" borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus \"of the imagination, deceptive, imaginary,\" borrowed from Greek phantastik\u00f3s \"able to produce the appearance of something, resulting from the imagination,\" from phantast- (stem in nominal derivation corresponding to phantas\u00eda \"appearance, image, imagination\" and phant\u00e1zein \"to make visible, present to the eye or mind, (middle voice) place before one's mind, imagine\") + -ikos -ic entry 1 ; fantastical going back to Middle English fantasticalle, from fantastik + -alle -al entry 1 \u2014 more at fantasy entry 1":"Adjective",
      "derivative of fantastic entry 1":"Noun"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "1598, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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      ": to a fantastic degree : extremely":[
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      "fan-\u02c8ta-sti-k(\u0259-)l\u0113",
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      "little",
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      "nominally",
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      "somewhat"
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      "a community production of the classic musical that featured fantastically bad singing",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "India and Indonesia in particular are bank-friendly hotspots \u2013 in particular the fantastically Javanese Royal Surakarta Heritage Solo McGallery Collection Accor hotel available in July 2022 for an unbelievable $32 a night. \u2014 Duncan Madden, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "But shares of many other high profile companies that merged with SPACs, such as electric vehicle makers Nikola and Lordstown Motors and office rental company WeWork, have flopped fantastically since their debuts. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "After all, technology stocks were performing fantastically well right up until that bubble burst in 2000. \u2014 Erik Carter, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Left behind are cliffs up to 350 feet high, several crystal-clear lakes and a fantastically diverse ecosystem that supports dozens of rare plant species. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "The result reads like a cracked fairy tale, both familiar and fantastically strange. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 9 May 2022",
      "Many of the legions who dressed fantastically , scantily, or both treated the festival as, well, a festival\u2014a reason to carouse. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Anyway, Twitter can be a joy and a godsend \u2014 a fantastically useful tool. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "My preference: As the brand name suggests, Fits Light Runner socks ($17) suit a wide variety of feet fantastically well. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 24 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "fantastical + -ly entry 2":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010221"
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      "verb"
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      ": a creation of the imaginative faculty whether expressed or merely conceived: such as":[],
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        "His plans are pure fantasy ."
      ],
      ": imaginative fiction featuring especially strange settings and grotesque characters":[
        "spent the summer reading fantasy"
      ],
      ": fantasia sense 1":[
        "the organ fantasy of Johannes Brahms"
      ],
      ": a fanciful design or invention":[
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      ": caprice":[
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      ": a coin usually not intended for circulation as currency and often issued by a dubious authority (such as a government-in-exile)":[],
      ": hallucination":[],
      ": of, relating to, or being a game in which participants create and manage imaginary teams consisting of players from a particular sport and scoring is based on the statistical performances of the actual players":[
        "fantasy football"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-z\u0113",
      "\u02c8fan-t\u0259-s\u0113"
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      "chimera",
      "conceit",
      "daydream",
      "delusion",
      "dream",
      "fancy",
      "figment",
      "hallucination",
      "illusion",
      "nonentity",
      "phantasm",
      "fantasm",
      "pipe dream",
      "unreality",
      "vision"
    ],
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      "conceive",
      "conjure (up)",
      "dream",
      "envisage",
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      "fancy",
      "fantasize",
      "feature",
      "ideate",
      "image",
      "imagine",
      "picture",
      "see",
      "vision",
      "visualize"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "His plans are pure fantasy .",
      "He can hardly tell the difference between fantasy and reality.",
      "His plans are just fantasies .",
      "Her fantasy is to be a film star.",
      "His plans are the product of pure fantasy .",
      "I spent my summer reading fantasies .",
      "Verb",
      "She regularly fantasied the moment of celebration after winning the gold medal.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And while numerous dwelling classifications present the appeal of the unorthodox, is there anything more alluring than living out your very own Batman fantasy with a dash of southwestern style? \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 17 June 2022",
      "That single unplanned action, just a moment in Joseph\u2019s life, instantly changes everything, and his fantasy of himself as a rugged survivalist comes crashing down. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s Netflix\u2019s GeekedWeek, which means a lot of announcements about sci-fi, comic book and fantasy series, and uh, zombies, which is a mix of all of those. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "On Tuesday, a wealth of new sci-fi and fantasy trailers emerged for feature-length films expected to launch on streaming platforms by the end of this summer. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022",
      "Increasingly, nuns are present in genres outside of comedy, horror and erotica; science fiction, fantasy , and action are capitalizing on the intrigue. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
      "Over the course of her career, Roberts has written more than 225 novels in various genres, including mystery, romance and fantasy . \u2014 Mary Cadden, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
      "Much of the rest reflects Grinda\u2019s own style, suffused with humor and fantasy . \u2014 Ian Phillips, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "Standouts include playful satire, stories of weddings and romance, a dash of mystery and fantasy , and a look at America\u2019s summer pastime, baseball. \u2014 Becky Meloan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "All of these accidents, some less happy than others, led to what is now Hollywood\u2019s biggest non- fantasy action series. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
      "Martin's initial brilliance was to begin A Song of Ice and Fire as a kind of post- fantasy , where characters remember magic as a bygone possibility. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 17 Apr. 2021",
      "Divinity: Original Sin 2 Further Reading Ars Technica\u2019s best video games of 2017 If the two of you are already fantasy role-playing veterans, try Divinity: Original Sin 2. \u2014 Valentina Palladino And Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica , 7 Feb. 2020",
      "Injury concerns will continue to haunt him, but Cook (and his handcuff) will be fantasy gold for those with an early pick in 2020 drafts. \u2014 Tony Holm, USA TODAY , 24 Dec. 2019",
      "Allison was coming into his own during the 2018 season before suffering a season-ending injury, and now may find himself in position to be fantasy relevant again. \u2014 John Romero, The Denver Post , 3 Oct. 2019",
      "In most fantasy league setups, pass-rushing 3-4 OLBs like Khalil Mack and Von Miller are hugely devalued compared with linebackers who play in the middle. \u2014 Ross Miles, Sports Illustrated , 21 June 2019",
      "The rankings reflect overall fantasy value in a standard 12-team, point-per-reception (PPR) league. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 2 Aug. 2019",
      "There's also a third Ameobi brother somewhere posing the very real and definitely not fantasy notion of the world's first three-man fraternal management team. \u2014 SI.com , 19 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fantasie, fantsy, fansey \"the imagination as a faculty, mental image produced by this faculty, deluded notion, figment of the imagination, preference directed by caprice rather than reason, liking,\" borrowed from Anglo-French fantasie \"imagination as a faculty, figment of the imagination, dizziness,\" borrowed from Late Latin phantasia \"imagination as a faculty, mental image of something perceived physically, image evoked by a poet or orator, a thing imagined by someone sleeping or ill, delusion,\" going back to Latin, \"imagined situation or experience,\" borrowed from Greek phantas\u00eda \"appearance, presentation to consciousness (whether immediate or in memory), image, imagination as a faculty, imagery,\" noun derivative corresponding to phant\u00e1zein \"to make visible, present to the eye or mind, (middle voice) place before one's mind, picture to oneself, imagine,\" causative verb from phant\u00f3s \"visible,\" verbal adjective of pha\u00edn\u014d, pha\u00ednein (active voice) \"to bring to light, cause to appear,\" and pha\u00ednomai, pha\u00ednesthai (middle voice) \"to become visible, come to light, appear,\" going back to *phan-i\u032fe/o-, thematized from Indo-European *b h -n\u00e9-h 2 -/b h -n\u0325-h 2 - (whence also Armenian banam \"(I) open, reveal\"), nasal present from *b h eh 2 - \"shine, give light, appear,\" whence Sanskrit bh\u0101\u0301ti \"(it) shines, beams,\" Avestan fra-uu\u0101iti \"(it) beams forth\"; the verb is allied to nominal derivatives in -n-, as Germanic *b\u014dnjan- (whence Old English b\u014dn \"ornament,\" geb\u014dned \"ornamented,\" Middle Dutch boenen \"to scrub, polish\"), Old Irish b\u00e1n \"white, fair, bright,\" Tocharian B pe\u00f1iyo \"splendor,\" Sanskrit bh\u0101n\u00fa- \"light, beam, brilliance, appearance,\" Avestan b\u0101nu- \"beam of light\"":"Noun",
      "from attributive use of fantasy entry 1":"Adjective",
      "Middle English fantasien, fantesien, fancyen \"to plan, devise, create, form (an idea), imagine (something false), desire\" \u2014 more at fancy entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 6":"Noun",
      "1984, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033320"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": remote in time or space":[]
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      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u02cc\u022ff",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u02c8\u022ff"
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      "away",
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      "distant",
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      "far-flung",
      "faraway",
      "remote",
      "removed"
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      "near",
      "nearby",
      "nigh"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181239"
  },
  "far-reaching":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a wide range or effect":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u02ccr\u0113-chi\u014b",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u02c8r\u0113-chi\u014b"
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      "broad",
      "deep",
      "expansive",
      "extended",
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      "rangy",
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      "wide-ranging",
      "widespread"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1590, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020253"
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  "farce":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": stuff",
      ": to improve or expand (something, such as a literary work) as if by stuffing",
      ": a savory stuffing : forcemeat",
      ": a light dramatic composition marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plot",
      ": the broad humor characteristic of farce",
      ": an empty or patently ridiculous act, proceeding, or situation",
      ": something that is ridiculous"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4rs",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4rs"
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      "caricature",
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      "parody",
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      "travesty"
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "an actor with a talent for farce",
      "the recall of a duly elected official for a frivolous reason is not democracy in action but a farce",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "As the season progresses, though, the pathos largely gives way to farce . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In the case of POTUS, a raucous feminist farce about seven extremely capable women tasked with keeping a very incapable commander-in-chief out of trouble, all hell breaks loose in the White House. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
      "Restrained investigative drama and hysterical resonant farce : What can't this guy do? \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Jet Pilot is Sternberg\u2019s version of Ninotchka \u2014 a comedy in which international conflicts are resolved through Western comforts and pleasures \u2014 briefly in Palm Springs as opposed to Paris, the proving ground of Lubitsch\u2019s classic farce . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 8 June 2022",
      "Britain, meanwhile, lives to endure another day in his shadow, a bit part in the soap opera of his life, watching on as the drama is set on an endless doom loop from comic farce to tragedy. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 6 June 2022",
      "The play will be directed by Rosina Reynolds, a specialist in the works of English playwrights and farce . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
      "The play, now at Shubert Theatre, is an intentional farce , a dramatic comedy that peddles in crude jokes and slapstick to illuminate American society\u2019s relationship to women. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "As the 1970s approached, her work, which had always defied easy categorization with its clunky, folksy shapes and farce , seemed even further from the styles du juor, which leaned toward minimalism and conceptual art. \u2014 Grace Edquist, Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The fourth episode turns on a dinnertime farce about six people, most of whom have slept together, some of whom are the same whom. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 11 May 2022"
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      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212932"
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      "noun"
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      ": a confused mixture : hodgepodge":[]
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      "-\u02c8r\u0101-",
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      "agglomerate",
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      "botch",
      "clutter",
      "collage",
      "crazy quilt",
      "gallimaufry",
      "grab bag",
      "gumbo",
      "hash",
      "hodgepodge",
      "hotchpotch",
      "jambalaya",
      "jumble",
      "jungle",
      "litter",
      "mac\u00e9doine",
      "medley",
      "m\u00e9lange",
      "menagerie",
      "miscellanea",
      "miscellany",
      "mishmash",
      "mixed bag",
      "montage",
      "motley",
      "muddle",
      "olio",
      "olla podrida",
      "omnium-gatherum",
      "pastiche",
      "patchwork",
      "patchwork quilt",
      "potpourri",
      "ragbag",
      "ragout",
      "rummage",
      "salad",
      "salmagundi",
      "scramble",
      "shuffle",
      "smorgasbord",
      "stew",
      "tumble",
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    "examples":[
      "the shop is filled with a whimsical farrago of artwork, antiques, and vintage clothing",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This farrago of nonsense was ridiculed by critics, yet was a considerable best seller, his last. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "The comparison doesn\u2019t exactly flatter Pearce\u2019s movie, an uneven farrago of science-fiction thriller and child abduction drama just about held together by Ahmed\u2019s forceful and committed performance as a man teetering on the brink. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "In that now-infamous press conference, Biden unloosed a farrago of wishful thinking, happy talk, half-truths, and blatant deceptions. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "In the weeks after the November election, Dobbs had spent most of his prime-time hour on a farrago of conspiracy theories about how Donald Trump had actually defeated Joe Biden. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Jan. 2021",
      "After this farrago , what can Montalbano do but agree to foot the bill for the letter/litter, too? \u2014 Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post , 12 Sep. 2019",
      "Said plot includes landslides, FBI agents, pharmaceutical mix-ups, family interventions, and journeys to the South Pole \u2014 a farrago of farce that never quite jells with the movie\u2019s serious concerns. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "True to form, Ms. Lipman blends a pair of highly appealing love stories into this farrago . \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 15 Feb. 2019",
      "As Voltaire/Pangloss, Kevin Burdette made a brilliantly cynical cicerone through this farrago . \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 6 Aug. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin farragin-, farrago mixed fodder, mixture, from far spelt \u2014 more at barley":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1611, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200403"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": most distant : farthest":[]
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      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-t\u035fh\u0259r-\u02ccm\u014dst"
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      "extreme",
      "farthest",
      "furthermost",
      "furthest",
      "outermost",
      "outmost",
      "remotest",
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      "utmost"
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      "inmost",
      "innermost",
      "nearest"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "it's a long trip to a major hospital for residents of the farthermost corners of the state"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064528"
  },
  "farthest":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": most distant especially in space or time",
      ": to or at the greatest distance in space or time",
      ": to the most advanced point",
      ": by the greatest degree or extent : most",
      ": most distant",
      ": to or at the greatest distance in space or time",
      ": to the most advanced point"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-t\u035fh\u0259st",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-t\u035fh\u0259st"
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      "extreme",
      "farthermost",
      "furthermost",
      "furthest",
      "outermost",
      "outmost",
      "remotest",
      "ultimate",
      "utmost"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "inmost",
      "innermost",
      "nearest"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "There\u2019s a lot to love about Hyde Park, Boston\u2019s farthest -flung neighborhood: There\u2019s its semi-suburban feel, its three commuter rail stops, the municipal George Wright Golf Course, and the nonprofit Riverside Theatre Works. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The fate of the Arctic looms large during the climate talks in Glasgow \u2014 the farthest north the negotiations have taken place \u2014 because what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, ajc , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "The fate of the Arctic looms large during the climate talks in Glasgow \u2013 the farthest north the negotiations have taken place \u2013 because what happens in the Arctic doesn\u2019t stay in the Arctic. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "The fate of the Arctic looms large during the climate talks in Glasgow \u2014 the farthest north the negotiations have taken place \u2014 because what happens in the Arctic doesn\u2019t stay in the Arctic. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "Each term is sometimes called an apsis, which refers to the nearest or farthest point between a celestial body and its host. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "In the farthest corner sits his mad scientist fishing lab. \u2014 Steven E. Banks, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
      "Well, the county does have a lot of settlement money from the opioid crisis, from the farthest pharmaceutical companies. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 6 May 2022",
      "Punch holes in at least two plastic cups, string them up, and see who can propel them the fastest and farthest using a squirt gun. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 6 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Just announced: For the farthest -afield Loserly Vacation Safari since Las Vegas in 2008 (the closest: Washington, D.C., 2006), Loserfest Pope Kyle Hendrickson is organizing a trip to Canada-side Niagara Falls and surroundings. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Today marks the exact point when the Northern hemisphere is tilted farthest away from the sun. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "That marks the minute that the Northern Hemisphere is tilted farthest away from the sun and is no longer losing daylight. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "The winter solstice is an astronomical event and happens when the North Pole is tilted farthest away from the sun. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Now, similar to his All-Pro rookie year, James is being deployed throughout the defense, from the line of scrimmage to the player positioned farthest from the ball. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Singapore has one of the world\u2019s farthest -reaching anti-misinformation laws enacted in recent years. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Then came the SolarWinds attacks, a series of supply chain attacks that could turn out to be the farthest -reaching attacks many cybersecurity professionals will see in their entire careers. \u2014 Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "Perhaps the farthest -reaching example of violence perpetrated in the name of the environment is the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s failed experiment in coercive population control. \u2014 Andrew Follett, National Review , 30 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Adverb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210750"
  },
  "fascinate":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to command the interest of : allure":[
        "was fascinated by carnivals",
        "The kids were fascinated with their new toy."
      ],
      ": to transfix (see transfix sense 1 ) and hold spellbound by an irresistible power":[
        "believed that the serpent could fascinate its prey"
      ],
      ": bewitch":[],
      ": to be irresistibly attractive":[
        "the novel's flamboyant cover fascinates"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
    ],
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      "allure",
      "beguile",
      "bewitch",
      "captivate",
      "charm",
      "enchant",
      "kill",
      "magnetize",
      "wile",
      "witch"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fascinate attract , allure , charm , captivate , fascinate , enchant mean to draw another by exerting a powerful influence. attract applies to any degree or kind of ability to exert influence over another. students attracted by the school's locale allure implies an enticing by what is fair, pleasing, or seductive. an alluring smile charm implies the power of casting a spell over the person or thing affected and so compelling a response charmed by their hospitality , but it may, like captivate , suggest no more than evoking delight or admiration. her performances captivated audiences fascinate suggests a magical influence and tends to stress the ineffectiveness of attempts to resist. a story that continues to fascinate children enchant is perhaps the strongest of these terms in stressing the appeal of the agent and the degree of delight evoked in the subject. hopelessly enchanted by her beauty",
    "examples":[
      "a question that fascinates both biologists and anthropologists",
      "Her paintings never fail to fascinate .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The constant tap into the information firehose means that Gen Z kids know something about a lot of niches of culture, or have gone super deep on a few specific topics that deeply fascinate them. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "People fascinate me, but my lens wasn't set on that. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 24 June 2022",
      "For all that we may be getting fed up with the hijinks of billionaires trying to use their fortunes to get their way in business and government, the lifestyles of the rich and famous still have the power to fascinate and shock. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
      "The ropes, wires and shifting sets that keep the play moving fascinate her. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Believed to be part of the broader Shu state, the civilization continues to fascinate more than 3,000 years after its demise. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022",
      "Dad\u2019s sense of humor, in particular, seemed to fascinate Xan. \u2014 Andr\u00e9 Alexis, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "Adam Tarlin always found a way to fascinate women and evoke a genuine protective instinct in them. \u2014 Dan Koeppel, Outside Online , 5 Sep. 2019",
      "What continues to fascinate you about that type of character? \u2014 Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin fascinatus , past participle of fascinare , from fascinum evil spell":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1591, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223103"
  },
  "fascination":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or power of fascinating":[],
      ": something fascinating":[],
      ": the state of being fascinated : the state of feeling an intense interest in something":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccfa-s\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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      "allure",
      "animal magnetism",
      "appeal",
      "attractiveness",
      "captivation",
      "charisma",
      "charm",
      "duende",
      "enchantment",
      "force field",
      "glamour",
      "glamor",
      "magic",
      "magnetism",
      "oomph",
      "pizzazz",
      "pizazz",
      "seductiveness",
      "witchery"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "repulsion",
      "repulsiveness"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the fascination that the subject of dinosaurs has for most children",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has long been a source of fascination for me. \u2014 Lisa Bubert, Longreads , 15 June 2022",
      "According to Vincenzo\u2019s son Gerardo, La Rondinaia had been a source of fascination for his father as a young boy sailing along the coast. \u2014 Christopher Bollen, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
      "The Jeffs story has been a source of fascination since the Texas ranch was raided in 2008, taking more than 400 children into custody. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "Like the Queen, part of Ms. Wintour\u2019s status as an object of fascination lies in her pure longevity. \u2014 Rory Satran, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
      "The ritual is of deep spiritual importance to many Catholics and a source of fascination to many others. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "While a relationship premiere is always a subject of fascination , this is especially notable because Watts and Crudup have been dating for about four years. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "This latest wave of fascination , which is part of a tide that never fully recedes, has also brought reproach and critique. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "Pre-Google research!\u2014offer up another thread of fascination to Gen Z alongside the trends and personalities of the era. \u2014 Rachel Burchfield, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010746"
  },
  "fast":{
    "type":"adjective",
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      "firmly fixed",
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      "adhering firmly",
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      "stable",
      "firmly loyal",
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      "taking a comparatively short time",
      "imparting quickness of motion",
      "accomplished quickly",
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      "quick to learn",
      "conducive to rapidity of play or action",
      "indicating in advance of what is correct",
      "according to or being daylight saving time",
      "contributing to a shortening of exposure time",
      "acquired with unusually little effort and often by shady or dishonest methods",
      "securely attached",
      "tenacious",
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      "not easily disturbed",
      "not fading or changing color readily",
      "actively seeking excitement and pleasure wild",
      "sexually promiscuous",
      "resistant to change (as from destructive action or fading)",
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      "in a sound manner deeply",
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      "in quick succession",
      "in a reckless or dissipated manner",
      "ahead of a correct time or schedule",
      "close , near",
      "to abstain from food",
      "to eat sparingly or abstain from some foods",
      "the practice of fasting",
      "a time of fasting",
      "something that fastens (such as a mooring line) or holds a fastening",
      "moving, operating, or acting quickly",
      "taking a short time",
      "indicating ahead of the correct time",
      "firmly placed",
      "not likely to fade",
      "totally loyal",
      "with great speed",
      "to the full extent",
      "in a firm or fixed way",
      "to go without eating",
      "to eat in small amounts or only certain foods",
      "the act of going without food",
      "a time when no food is eaten",
      "firmly fixed",
      "having a rapid effect",
      "allowing for the rapid passage of a gas or liquid",
      "resistant to change (as from destructive action)",
      "to abstain from food",
      "to eat sparingly or abstain from some foods",
      "to deny food to",
      "the practice of fasting",
      "a time of fasting"
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    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fast",
    "synonyms":[
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      "breakneck",
      "breathless",
      "brisk",
      "dizzy",
      "fleet",
      "fleet-footed",
      "flying",
      "galloping",
      "hasty",
      "hot",
      "lightning",
      "nippy",
      "quick",
      "rapid",
      "rapid-fire",
      "rattling",
      "snappy",
      "speedy",
      "splitting",
      "swift",
      "whirlwind",
      "zippy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "apace",
      "briskly",
      "chop-chop",
      "double-quick",
      "fleetly",
      "full tilt",
      "hastily",
      "hell-for-leather",
      "hot",
      "lickety-split",
      "posthaste",
      "presto",
      "pronto",
      "quick",
      "quickly",
      "rapidly",
      "snappily",
      "soon",
      "speedily",
      "swift",
      "swiftly"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Adverb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "fast-track":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or moving along a fast track":[
        "fast-track executives"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or being a construction procedure in which work on a building begins before designs are completed":[],
      ": of or relating to authority granted to the President of the U.S. by Congress that allows the President to negotiate trade agreements which Congress must confirm or reject in their entirety":[],
      ": to speed up the processing, production, or construction of in order to meet a goal":[],
      ": a course leading to rapid advancement or success":[],
      ": a course of expedited consideration or approval":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fas(t)-\u02cctrak"
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      "accelerate",
      "bundle",
      "hasten",
      "hurry",
      "quicken",
      "rush",
      "speed (up)",
      "whisk"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brake",
      "decelerate",
      "retard",
      "slow (down)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Proponents hope to pass it by Saturday, and Democratic leaders put it on a fast track on the normally sluggish Senate floor. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
      "After a major renovation of the course completed in 2021, Nicklaus feels the players will be challenged by a firm and fast track . \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "Warm weather and a fast track can only help propel Pleasant to even faster times. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Front-runners\u2014such as Charge It (20-1)\u2014generally struggle on a non- fast track , failing to hit the board in each of the last four Derbys run in these conditions. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
      "Rich Strike and jockey Sonny Leon covered the 1 \u00bc miles on a fast track in 2:02.61 and finished three-quarters of a length in front of 4-1 favorite Epicenter. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 7 May 2022",
      "Ukraine\u2019s government is seeking a fast track to join the European Union as the country fights a Russian invasion. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "And most of them will enter the United States as refugees or with Special Immigrant Visas, both routes providing a fast track to citizenship. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "At stake for JetBlue is possibly its best bet for a fast track to growth that would position it as a more formidable competitor to the four major carriers that dominate the U.S. market. \u2014 Mary Schlangenstein, Fortune , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1968, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1971, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063445"
  },
  "fastidious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care",
      ": reflecting a meticulous , sensitive, or demanding attitude",
      ": having high and often capricious standards : difficult to please",
      ": having complex nutritional requirements",
      ": scornful",
      ": hard to please : very particular",
      ": having complex nutritional requirements"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "fa-\u02c8sti-d\u0113-\u0259s",
      "f\u0259-",
      "fa-\u02c8sti-d\u0113-\u0259s",
      "fa-\u02c8stid-\u0113-\u0259s, f\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "choosy",
      "choosey",
      "dainty",
      "delicate",
      "demanding",
      "exacting",
      "finical",
      "finicking",
      "finicky",
      "fussbudgety",
      "fussy",
      "nice",
      "old-maidish",
      "particular",
      "pernickety",
      "persnickety",
      "picky"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "undemanding",
      "unfastidious",
      "unfussy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "My mother had always been the most fastidious and organized of people\u2014a wet ring left on her coffee table by a glass could drive her to distraction. \u2014 John B. Judis , New Republic , 14 Oct. 1996",
      "\"I'll stop off and get us a sandwich,\" said Matthew. \u2026 Tony, a fastidious eater, sighed. \u2014 Penelope Lively , City of the Mind , 1991",
      "Though he prides himself on being hip, he is too fastidious to do anything dangerous or dirty. \u2014 Jay McInerney , Bright Lights, Big City , 1984",
      "He is fastidious about keeping the house clean.",
      "She was too fastidious to do anything that might get her dirty.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The novel is fast-paced, but Gonz\u00e1lez is fastidious in tying together every character and almost-missable detail by the end. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 25 Mar. 2021",
      "But never so lost that anything feels out of place in Downton\u2019s famously fastidious world. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 29 May 2022",
      "So is Cedric Young, here playing the undertaker West, a fastidious figure who profits from the death of Black men. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "Leaders are fastidious about following traffic laws, and riders respect every stoplight. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 May 2022",
      "Millions were tuning in to works that could be as contemplative as a Sofia Coppola movie or as fastidious as a John McPhee book. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "My mom is the kind of environmentally fastidious gal who washes out plastic baggies, composts like a champ, and saves leftover salmon skin for our omega-3-loving doggos. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Amleth inhabits a world whose operating principle is cruelty, and Eggers\u2019s accomplishment lies in his fastidious , fanatical rendering of that world, down to its bed linens and cooking utensils. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In a remote and hidden valley with a babbling brook in the southern Japanese Alps region, Aoki Ren used to proudly show his cattle farm\u2019s serene surroundings to fastidious buyers of quality wagyu beef. \u2014 Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin fastidiosus , from fastidium disgust, probably from fastus arrogance (probably akin to Latin fastigium top) + taedium irksomeness \u2014 more at tedium ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205542"
  },
  "fastuous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": haughty , arrogant":[
        "a fastuous air of finality",
        "\u2014 Carl Van Vechten"
      ],
      ": ostentatious , showy":[
        "disdained fastuous ceremonies"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fas-ch\u0259-w\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin fastuosus , from fastus arrogance":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232447"
  },
  "fat":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": notable for having an unusual amount of fat:":[],
      ": plump":[
        "a cute, fat little baby"
      ],
      ": having excessive body fat":[
        "\u2026 a woman of medium height, a little plump but not fat \u2026",
        "\u2014 Mary McCarthy"
      ],
      ": fattened for market":[],
      ": oily , greasy":[
        "a fat , rich cheese"
      ],
      ": well filled out : thick , big":[
        "a fat book"
      ],
      ": full in tone and quality : rich":[
        "a gorgeous fat bass voice",
        "\u2014 Irish Digest"
      ],
      ": well stocked":[
        "a fat larder"
      ],
      ": prosperous , wealthy":[
        "grew fat on the war",
        "\u2014 Time"
      ],
      ": being substantial and impressive":[
        "a fat bank account"
      ],
      ": richly rewarding or profitable":[
        "a fat part in a movie",
        "a fat contract"
      ],
      ": practically nonexistent":[
        "a fat chance"
      ],
      ": productive , fertile":[
        "a fat year for crops"
      ],
      ": stupid , foolish":[
        "\" \u2026 if he had had any sense in his fat head, he would have done it long ago, dash him!\"",
        "\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse"
      ],
      ": being swollen":[
        "got a fat lip from the fight"
      ],
      ": easy to hit":[],
      ": to make fat : fatten":[],
      ": animal tissue consisting chiefly of cells distended with greasy or oily matter":[],
      ": oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of adipose tissue and often abundant in seeds":[],
      ": any of various compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that are glycerides of fatty acids, are the chief constituents of plant and animal fat, are a major class of energy-rich food, and are soluble in organic solvents but not in water":[],
      ": a solid or semisolid fat as distinguished from an oil":[],
      ": the best or richest part":[],
      ": obesity":[],
      ": something in excess : superfluity":[
        "trim the fat from the news operation",
        "\u2014 Ray Olson"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fat"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blubbery",
      "chubby",
      "corpulent",
      "fleshy",
      "full",
      "gross",
      "lardy",
      "obese",
      "overweight",
      "plump",
      "podgy",
      "portly",
      "pudgy",
      "replete",
      "roly-poly",
      "rotund",
      "round",
      "tubby"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "A-list",
      "aristocracy",
      "best",
      "choice",
      "corps d'elite",
      "cream",
      "cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
      "elect",
      "elite",
      "flower",
      "illuminati",
      "pick",
      "pink",
      "pride",
      "priesthood",
      "prime",
      "royalty",
      "upper crust"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The dog is getting fat because you feed him too much.",
      "I can't believe I've let myself get so fat .",
      "a fat book of poems",
      "a truck with fat tires",
      "Noun",
      "people with excess body fat",
      "a diet and exercise program to help you gain muscle and lose fat",
      "Nuts contain a lot of fat .",
      "Trim the fat from the meat before you cook it.",
      "a diet low in fats",
      "fats like butter and olive oil",
      "trim the fat off the budget",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Subjecting fat cells to extreme heat or cold is not the only way to smooth the silhouette. \u2014 April Long, Town & Country , 24 June 2022",
      "For women whose goal is to burn fat , this study did demonstrate a clear benefit to a morning workout. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "The party makes a fat Democratic target in left-leaning California. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
      "Consider adding high-fiber grains and vegetables, more protein, and a little fat \u2014like olive oil or nuts\u2014to your dinner to keep your stomach sated during the night. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
      "As standard, 22-inch machined alloy wheels will be equipped, along with fat off-road tires for plenty of grip. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
      "For instance, while a traditional push-pull workout is great for building muscle, it's not especially optimized towards fat loss. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 20 June 2022",
      "This bike offers nice fat tires, a great design, and a ton of helpful features. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "There will be a 25K, 40K, and 50K race in each freestyle and classic cross-country skiing and in fat biking. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Limited research published in the journal Nutrients in 2019 found that subjects who were considered overweight or clinically obese and ate watermelon instead of low- fat cookies experienced greater satiety, as an example. \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
      "At this Wicklow coastal farm, salty breezes from the Irish Sea wash over the pasture, giving a rich flavor to the full- fat milk and double cream used to make this cheese. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The pizza probably has a whole grain crust, lower- fat cheese and vegetables on it. \u2014 Marlene B. Schwartz, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
      "Besides being a large cut, pork shoulder is more forgiving than lower- fat cuts like pork chops, which can become dry quickly. \u2014 Jennifer Mcclellan, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
      "The price of whole milk rose more than 12%, while low- fat milk jumped 16%. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 18 May 2022",
      "Filling: 4 gelatine sheets, 500g fat-free quark, 400g Philadelphia Lightest cream cheese (or other low- fat cream cheese), 100g zero-calorie granulated white sugar replacer, 45g Lotus Biscoff smooth spread, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 100ml soy milk. \u2014 Elijah Rawls, Men's Health , 10 May 2022",
      "But when it is diagnosed early, parents know to wake and feed the child regularly and continue a low- fat diet throughout life. \u2014 jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Research has also shown that high- fat diets delay the healing of skin by promoting skin oxidative stress, which is associated with aging and skin disease and has a direct correlation to inflammaging. \u2014 Naosha Gregg, Glamour , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English f\u01e3tt , past participle of f\u01e3tan to cram; akin to Old High German feizit fat":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000015"
  },
  "fat cat":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a wealthy contributor to a political campaign fund":[],
      ": a wealthy and privileged person":[],
      ": big shot":[],
      ": a lethargic complacent person":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "capitalist",
      "Croesus",
      "deep pocket",
      "have",
      "money",
      "moneybags",
      "plutocrat",
      "silk stocking"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "have-not",
      "pauper"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The best seats in the theater were reserved for the fat cats .",
      "that last recession was particularly hard on the poor, but the fat cats barely noticed a dip in their bank accounts",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pulled in by the promise of thrills or the guarantee of glamour, readers will stay for the game of survivor(s), and finish the book as satisfied as a fat cat in the Serengeti. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "More monthly and energy bills to bail out their fat cat friends who fund their little. \u2014 cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "There has been music and dancing and marching and a giant inflatable fat cat perched atop a red car. \u2014 Rebecca Nathanson, The New Republic , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Second, earnings rise enormously for most workers over their career, and the low paying history major of 2021 might be a plutocratic fat cat executive 25 years later. \u2014 Richard Vedder, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "Every fat cat in America will be calling up his accountant today asking for one of those Thiel IRAs. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 25 June 2021",
      "Elsewhere, Olivia\u2019s friend Lucy, a business and science consultant, is flying in from New York to London to meet a fat cat called Hunter Sterling who has recruited her to head Digitas, his venture capital firm. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, WSJ , 4 June 2021",
      "The young angler did have a few pounds on the fat cat , but not many. \u2014 Matt Williams, Dallas News , 19 Mar. 2021",
      "Speakers addressed the crowd from a Teamsters Local 25 flatbed adorned with an inflatable fat cat , depicted smoking a cigar and holding a moneybag. \u2014 Lucas Phillips, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024506"
  },
  "fatal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": causing death":[
        "a fatal crash",
        "a fatal disease",
        "a fatal wound"
      ],
      ": bringing ruin":[
        "a fatal attraction to gambling"
      ],
      ": causing failure":[
        "a fatal design flaw",
        "Lack of sufficient support was fatal to his campaign."
      ],
      ": determining one's fate":[
        "the fatal flaw in this dazzling woman: a total lack of taste",
        "\u2014 Marya Mannes"
      ],
      ": of or relating to fate":[
        "\u2026 this science sets a fatal necessity on things \u2026",
        "\u2014 H. O. Taylor"
      ],
      ": resembling fate in proceeding according to a fixed sequence":[],
      ": fateful":[
        "a fatal hour"
      ],
      ": fated":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101t-\u1d4al",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-t\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "calamitous",
      "cataclysmal",
      "cataclysmic",
      "catastrophic",
      "damning",
      "destructive",
      "disastrous",
      "fateful",
      "ruinous",
      "unfortunate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fatal deadly , mortal , fatal , lethal mean causing or capable of causing death. deadly applies to an established or very likely cause of death. a deadly disease mortal implies that death has occurred or is inevitable. a mortal wound fatal stresses the inevitability of what has in fact resulted in death or destruction. fatal consequences lethal applies to something that is bound to cause death or exists for the destruction of life. lethal gas",
    "examples":[
      "a disease that is often fatal",
      "a chemical that can be fatal to birds",
      "She made a fatal mistake.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The area was the scene of another fatal shooting just two days earlier. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
      "Baldwin\u2019s controversial interview of Allen comes amid the actor\u2019s own legal issues stemming from the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the western Rust in October 2021. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
      "Veteran music producer Chaka Zulu was reportedly shot Sunday during a fatal triple shooting in Atlanta. \u2014 al , 28 June 2022",
      "Data files released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's office in April included a video of investigators debriefing Baldwin within hours of the fatal shooting, talking with him inside a compact office. \u2014 Pamela Avila, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
      "He was freed 18 days shy of the fifth anniversary of the July 15, 2017, fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a 40-year-old dual U.S.-Australian citizen and yoga teacher who was engaged to be married. \u2014 Fox News , 27 June 2022",
      "Cincinnati police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened in Evanston Monday evening. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 27 June 2022",
      "Veteran music producer Chaka Zulu was reportedly shot Sunday during a fatal triple shooting in Atlanta. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
      "About 18 hours after the fatal shooting, a Maryland Transportation Authority Police officer pulled over the burgundy Lexus and arrested Clinton, who was allegedly driving the SUV, according to charging documents. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 23 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin fatalis , from fatum fate":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161402"
  },
  "fate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do : destiny":[
        "\u2026 fate sometimes deals a straight flush \u2026 he had no idea that he would become the right man in the right place at the right time \u2026",
        "\u2014 June Goodfield"
      ],
      ": an inevitable and often adverse outcome, condition, or end":[
        "Her fate was to remain in exile."
      ],
      ": final outcome":[
        "Congress decided the bill's fate by a single vote."
      ],
      ": the expected result of normal development":[
        "prospective fate of embryonic cells"
      ],
      ": the circumstances that befall someone or something":[
        "did not know the fate of her former classmates"
      ],
      ": the three goddesses, Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis, who determine the course of human life in classical mythology":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "circumstance",
      "destiny",
      "doom",
      "fortune",
      "kismet",
      "lot",
      "portion"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "destine",
      "doom",
      "foredoom",
      "foreordain",
      "ordain",
      "predestine",
      "predetermine",
      "preordain"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fate Noun fate , destiny , lot , portion , doom mean a predetermined state or end. fate implies an inevitable and usually an adverse outcome. the fate of the submarine is unknown destiny implies something foreordained and often suggests a great or noble course or end. the country's destiny to be a model of liberty to the world lot and portion imply a distribution by fate or destiny, lot suggesting blind chance it was her lot to die childless , portion implying the apportioning of good and evil. remorse was his daily portion doom distinctly implies a grim or calamitous fate. if the rebellion fails, his doom is certain",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "\u2026 the fate of our species is bound up with those of countless others, with which we share a habitat that we cannot long dominate \u2026 \u2014 John Gray , Times Literary Supplement , 11 Sept. 1992",
      "So what went wrong? I ask Syd again, glancing ahead to the inevitable end. What quirk of fate , this time round, Syd, checked the great man's stride? \u2014 John le Carr\u00e9 , A Perfect Spy , 1986",
      "Often there is a specified character on whom a work hinges and whose fate we follow, a Raskolnikov or a Hamlet \u2026 \u2014 Robert Penn Warren , Democracy and Poetry , 1975",
      "The money goes down one-two-three on the table, fives and tens and twenties, and the wheel begins to spin. Round and round she goes, where she stops nobody knows. It's up to fate . Kismet, as they say. \u2014 Mordecai Richler , The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz , 1959",
      "They thought they would never see each other again, but fate brought them back together.",
      "a surprising turn of fate",
      "One company went bankrupt, and a similar fate befell the other.",
      "Her fate was sealed by the marriage arrangement made in her youth.",
      "Verb",
      "Given what was going on when the magazine was started, Utne Reader seems fated to have happened\u2014it was simply an idea that fit the times. \u2014 Eric Utne , Utne Reader , March/April 1994",
      "It was during this interregnum between the acquisition of regional power and the actual use of it that Henderson was fated to enter the picture. \u2014 Robert D. Kaplan , The Arabists , 1993",
      "Who are my viewing companions at this hour? Dazed and confused, we are isolated in sunken couches, empty beds and cheap hotel rooms across this crumbling nation, one through MTV but fated never to meet. \u2014 Hugh Gallagher , Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 1993",
      "the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "OneCoin\u2019s fate eventually came to mirror its founder\u2019s. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
      "Then, each villain must try to conquer the heroes using their own skills and abilities, while a shared fate deck affects all the players. \u2014 Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022",
      "The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
      "But ultimately, its fate rests primarily with this weekend's honored guest. \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
      "The move is the latest twist in a monthslong battle over Spirit\u2019s fate and is the second time Spirit has delayed the vote to continue discussions with Frontier and JetBlue JBLU -6.58%\u25bc. \u2014 Alison Sider, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
      "The fate of the boys, ranging from 11-16 years old in age garnered international media coverage, with many glued to the harrowing mission. \u2014 Justine Browning, EW.com , 28 June 2022",
      "The show\u2019s second and third seasons were less well received, however, and the show\u2019s fate was uncertain after the show\u2019s last episodes aired in 2019. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
      "The prosecution would take many years to conclude, would last through and deeply affect the next election and would leave Mr. Trump's ultimate fate to the next administration, which could be headed by Mr. Trump. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 26 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Bohjalian tracks his players as keenly as a leopard does its prey, matching psychology to fate with an almost pathological precision. \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
      "The effort was too much and the young animal succumbed to fate , sliding down the snow into the abyss. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Donald Trump cut a deal with the Taliban that left the future of the Afghan government, Afghan women, and al\u2011Qaeda to fate . \u2014 George Packer, The Atlantic , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Well, that\u2019s a little bit up to them, a little bit up to fate . \u2014 Hayden Grove, cleveland , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "Kyland volunteers, the Aces leave their nomination to fate , and Christian is down to compete knowing that Frenchie is probably targeting him. \u2014 Kyle Fowle, EW.com , 12 July 2021",
      "To be a baker, Lidgus explains, is to be half control freak, half submissive to fate ; to embrace a life of eternal adjustments. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Mar. 2021",
      "Trump, in a statement from Walter Reed hospital on Saturday, chalked up his diagnosis to fate and his desire to be seen leading the country. \u2014 Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg.com , 4 Oct. 2020",
      "About one-third of the metropolis\u2019s 460 deaths to fate were reported this month alone. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin fatum , literally, what has been spoken, from neuter of fatus , past participle of fari to speak \u2014 more at ban entry 1":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1601, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190151"
  },
  "fateful":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a quality of ominous prophecy":[
        "a fateful remark"
      ],
      ": involving momentous consequences : decisive":[
        "made his fateful decision to declare war",
        "\u2014 W. L. Shirer"
      ],
      ": deadly , catastrophic":[],
      ": controlled by fate : foreordained":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101t-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "calamitous",
      "cataclysmal",
      "cataclysmic",
      "catastrophic",
      "damning",
      "destructive",
      "disastrous",
      "fatal",
      "ruinous",
      "unfortunate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fateful ominous , portentous , fateful mean having a menacing or threatening aspect. ominous implies having a menacing, alarming character foreshadowing evil or disaster. ominous rumblings from the volcano portentous suggests being frighteningly big or impressive but now seldom definitely connotes forewarning of calamity. an eerie and portentous stillness fateful suggests being of momentous or decisive importance. the fateful conference that led to war",
    "examples":[
      "His life changed on that fateful November evening.",
      "Hundreds perished on that fateful day.",
      "Her campaign took a fateful turn.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Which brings us to that fateful Thursday night in 2002. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
      "When the news first broke about that fateful night in summer 2020, details about the police stop were unclear, but what was certain was that Megan was injured before the LAPD arrived on the scene. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "No one knows which path O\u2019Sullivan took that fateful morning. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Twenty years since that fateful Tuesday morning, this is how the SEC navigated a sobering 12 days and helped bring light to a nation in its darkest days. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "But everything changed that fateful morning, and the future didn't seem so bright anymore. \u2014 Alaa Elassar, CNN , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "The reporters and editors on the firing line that fateful morning in 1944 went on to greater things in the postwar world. \u2014 Jim Minter, ajc , 6 June 2018",
      "The victim's mother, Kristen Swann, was arrested days after the family's fateful restaurant visit. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
      "The artifacts, which the archaeologists said may be some form of ancient correspondence, date to the Middle Assyrian period, shortly after the fateful earthquake. \u2014 Denise Chow, NBC News , 2 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1720, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182959"
  },
  "fathead":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stupid person":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fat-\u02cched"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airhead",
      "birdbrain",
      "blockhead",
      "bonehead",
      "bubblehead",
      "chowderhead",
      "chucklehead",
      "clodpoll",
      "clodpole",
      "clot",
      "cluck",
      "clunk",
      "cretin",
      "cuddy",
      "cuddie",
      "deadhead",
      "dim bulb",
      "dimwit",
      "dip",
      "dodo",
      "dolt",
      "donkey",
      "doofus",
      "dope",
      "dork",
      "dullard",
      "dum-dum",
      "dumbbell",
      "dumbhead",
      "dummkopf",
      "dummy",
      "dunce",
      "dunderhead",
      "gander",
      "golem",
      "goof",
      "goon",
      "half-wit",
      "hammerhead",
      "hardhead",
      "idiot",
      "ignoramus",
      "imbecile",
      "jackass",
      "know-nothing",
      "knucklehead",
      "lamebrain",
      "loggerhead",
      "loon",
      "lump",
      "lunkhead",
      "meathead",
      "mome",
      "moron",
      "mug",
      "mutt",
      "natural",
      "nimrod",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "noddy",
      "noodle",
      "numskull",
      "numbskull",
      "oaf",
      "pinhead",
      "prat",
      "ratbag",
      "saphead",
      "schlub",
      "shlub",
      "schnook",
      "simpleton",
      "stock",
      "stupe",
      "stupid",
      "thickhead",
      "turkey",
      "woodenhead",
      "yahoo",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "brain",
      "genius"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Don't be such a fathead !",
      "so who's the fathead who messed around with my movie collection?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Walleye, Northern pike, largemouth bass, channel catfish, fathead minnows, green sunfish and bluegill are found in the lake. \u2014 Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The best presentation was a 2- to 3-inch-long fathead minnow live-hooked through the top of its back and fished within a foot of the bottom. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "The typical January 6 insurrectionist is a delusional fathead with anger management issues who abandoned the revolution the second the price exceeded that of a round-trip bus ticket to Washington, D.C. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Topics include the impact of lead on the reproductive behavior of fathead minnows and the deleterious effects of alcohol on zebrafish embryo development. \u2014 David H. Petering, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Aug. 2021",
      "Into Lake Yahou went 8,000 coppernose bluegill and 16,000 fathead minnows, Moss said. \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 11 July 2021",
      "Few states, or even countries, can match Minnesota's variety and quality of fish, many of which are dependent on smaller fish \u2014 fathead minnows especially \u2014 to eat. \u2014 Matt Delong, Star Tribune , 30 Apr. 2021",
      "There are bluegill, yellow perch, channel catfish, hybrid bluegill, redear shellcrackers, fathead minnows, white amur and koi. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "Red-tails are a favorite among Minnesota anglers whereas shiners and fathead minnows, work just about anywhere. \u2014 Brian Bashore, Outdoor Life , 21 Dec. 2020"
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        "\u2014 Lena M. Whitney"
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      "He became a father when he was 30.",
      "He's the father of three small children.",
      "He has been like a father to me.",
      "He was a father to me after my own father died.",
      "Verb",
      "He was praised for fathering a plan to improve the city's schools.",
      "Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Last month, a Georgia father was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 8-month-old daughter, who was left in a hot car while he was being arrested at a police station. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 29 June 2022",
      "Even his 11-year-old daughter has launched an Etsy business, bringing him pride as a father . \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "Rian Troth, a 47-year-old father of four in Sacramento, California, recently attended a high school graduation with his family. \u2014 Dakin Andone, CNN , 26 June 2022",
      "Urban also mused about how he's changed and stopped partying since marrying Kidman and becoming a father to their two daughters. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 26 June 2022",
      "What matters is what the game of golf means for a father and son \u2014 in fact, for three generations. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
      "The change brought less stress and more time to focus on being a father . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
      "Defense attorneys described him as a doting father and said the boy\u2019s death was a tragic accident. \u2014 Kate Brumback, ajc , 22 June 2022",
      "Obviously, as Ray isn't Claire's father , this begs some questions. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Nabil\u2019s mother, Louise Braufman, met Roy in 1970 and soon asked him to have a child with an understanding: The musician would never have to father the boy emotionally or financially. \u2014 Geoff Edgers, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
      "Bowing to that reality, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled in May that men who father a child during an affair with a married woman have the right to seek a role in the child's life. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 10 May 2022",
      "According to the paper, the bounciest males might father more spiderlings by mating with the same female multiple times without being eaten, or by seeking out additional mates. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The younger child, in particular, didn\u2019t want to let her father out of her sight. \u2014 Molly Parker, ProPublica , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The total included three offspring of Nish, one of Monty and Rose\u2019s 2020 chicks who went on to father the first Ohio nest in more than 80 years. \u2014 Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Putting the motivations into sharper focus and throwing the scenario even father back in time are the suspects in Florida. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Some can even be multigenerational: A recent study in the Congo that was published in The Lancet found that men who worked in mines were more likely to father children with birth defects than those who did not. \u2014 Michael Holtz, The Atlantic , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "How C\u2019mon C\u2019mon director Mike Mills convinced Joaquin Phoenix to father his movie son. \u2014 Rachel Handler, Vulture , 20 Nov. 2021"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200540"
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      "adverb",
      "noun"
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      "impresses everyone with her fathomless knowledge of wildcats",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Just visible on top of Monte Sant'Angelo, directly south, was the first-century B.C. Temple of Jupiter Anxur, its stone arches solid and elemental against a fathomless sky. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
      "Without a breath of explanation, the two pieces radiate emotion, somber and fathomless ; but their precedent, an 1882 photograph by James A. Palmer, binds them together. \u2014 Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The water\u2019s silver surface seems serene and fathomless , but the wind is starting to pick up. \u2014 Lauren Mechling, Vogue , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Heirs first to genocide and then to decades of a shadowy half-life, these speakers let slip not just sorrow and confusion but a fathomless loneliness\u2014the solitude of a private and communal shipwreck. \u2014 Boyd Tonkin, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Having grown up among the unimaginably wealthy, Farrah is stunned to learn the difference between her parents\u2019 relatively new money and the fathomless cushion of white generational wealth. \u2014 Zan Romanoff, Los Angeles Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "But his Cold War spy stories remain relevant and readable today, thanks to a combination of genuine literary talent and a fathomless cynicism about political and military maneuvering (including that of Le Carr\u00e9's own country). \u2014 Jeff Dunn And Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "But to study the deep future is to recognize that flora and fauna, human fauna included, may be bit players in the fathomless intergalactic drama of chemicals. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, Wired , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "In the brooding opening section, Muti and the CSO peered into the depths therein \u2014 miserable, dank, unnervingly fathomless . \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 8 Oct. 2021"
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        "\u2014 Jim Harrison",
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      "the fatuity of these policies",
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        "\u2014 Janet Maslin"
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      "the fatuous questions that the audience members asked after the lecture suggested to the oceanographer that they had understood little",
      "ignoring the avalanche warnings, the fatuous skiers continued on their course",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Director Angus MacLane follows orders like a toy soldier, repeating Toy Story\u2019s fatuous tone in the way Buzz (now voiced by Chris Evans) accentuates the goofy hollow heroism. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 17 June 2022",
      "His play, which might have been smashed by the insensitive or botched by the fatuous , has fallen into expert hands. \u2014 Claudia Cassidy, Chicago Tribune , 19 May 2022",
      "Her involvement personalizes developments that are otherwise divided in collective memory between arid art history and fatuous mythologizing. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Un chant d\u2019amour, a film the Moonlight generation knows nothing about but that Meise relates to for its individual morality \u2014 a lost idea in this era of fatuous political conformity. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Russian President Vladimir Putin and his mouthpieces are weaving the most audacious and fatuous alternative reality surrounding any 21st-century conflict -- one that renders current diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war meaningless and futile. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Al Qaeda was a relatively minor threat magnified into an existential menace, including by intellectuals conversant in fatuous historical analogies. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Belgian detective, was delightfully fatuous in his enchantment with his own intellect. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Moli\u00e8re is not our contemporary in some facile and fatuous way. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 1 Feb. 2022"
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      "Latin fatuus foolish":""
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      "1633, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "examples":[
      "the fatuous questions that the audience members asked after the lecture suggested to the oceanographer that they had understood little",
      "ignoring the avalanche warnings, the fatuous skiers continued on their course",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Director Angus MacLane follows orders like a toy soldier, repeating Toy Story\u2019s fatuous tone in the way Buzz (now voiced by Chris Evans) accentuates the goofy hollow heroism. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 17 June 2022",
      "His play, which might have been smashed by the insensitive or botched by the fatuous , has fallen into expert hands. \u2014 Claudia Cassidy, Chicago Tribune , 19 May 2022",
      "Her involvement personalizes developments that are otherwise divided in collective memory between arid art history and fatuous mythologizing. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Un chant d\u2019amour, a film the Moonlight generation knows nothing about but that Meise relates to for its individual morality \u2014 a lost idea in this era of fatuous political conformity. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Russian President Vladimir Putin and his mouthpieces are weaving the most audacious and fatuous alternative reality surrounding any 21st-century conflict -- one that renders current diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war meaningless and futile. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Al Qaeda was a relatively minor threat magnified into an existential menace, including by intellectuals conversant in fatuous historical analogies. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Belgian detective, was delightfully fatuous in his enchantment with his own intellect. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Moli\u00e8re is not our contemporary in some facile and fatuous way. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 1 Feb. 2022"
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      "the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Investco said Amtrak\u2019s appraisal was faulty and made without sufficient analysis of the station\u2019s revenue and financial standing, and that a recent investor valued Union Station at more than $700 million. \u2014 Luz Lazo, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "This follows Government Accountability Office testimony during an April House hearing that a Postal Service analysis used to justify its purchasing plan was faulty , by overstating EV maintenance costs and understating gas prices. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 14 May 2022",
      "First reported by YouTube user iPhonedo before others brought their own stories to light (1, 2, and 3), the faulty iMacs have monitor displays that are titled one side. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
      "Wallace told reporters in Washington that Russian military leaders made faulty assumptions about their equipment, their intelligence and how the Ukrainians would respond. \u2014 Dan De Luce, NBC News , 11 May 2022",
      "The last factor in the deceit was the viewer\u2019s own mind and its faulty assumptions. \u2014 Susana Martinez-conde, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "On January 9, a fire sparked by a faulty space heater tore through an apartment building in the Bronx, killing 17 people -- eight of them children. \u2014 Gregory Krieg, CNN , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "According to the Associated Press, the fire is believed to have been caused by a faulty electrical heater. \u2014 Avery Newmark, ajc , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "The tragedy, which is believed to have been caused by a faulty electrical heater, is New York City's deadliest fire in three decades, according to the Associated Press. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 20 Jan. 2022"
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      "this 18th-century chest of drawers is considered a faultless example of early American craftsmanship",
      "I may have broken my share of things in the past, but in this instance I am entirely faultless .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s style choices are, and have always been, faultless . \u2014 Sarah Harris, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
      "This seemingly faultless poll is the quickest way to understand what your audiences prefer. \u2014 Candice Georgiadis, Rolling Stone , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Morricone\u2019s \u2018Agosto Jazz\u2019 from La Voglia Matta put the Momentum TW3 earbuds through their paces and the resulting sound was faultless . \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "For faultless application, both quick-drying hues are developed with NAILS INC\u2019s long-wearing formula and distinctive wide-hugging brush. \u2014 Essence , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Steering on the GT4 RS is equally as faultless , with a weighted effort and steering ratio that feels perfectly paired for the vehicle\u2019s size and focused mission. \u2014 Michael Harley, Robb Report , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "And tack on a pint of Allagash White \u2014 one of the few beers to have a permanent place on the Hopleaf taps and a faultless pairing with those savory shellfish. \u2014 Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Despite the photographic evidence and the lack of an environmental impact assessment, the review found the company faultless . \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Thankfully, not too much has changed about the nearly faultless Colony Grill, a bona fide London institution known for its aged meats (the restaurant has its own salt maturing chamber onsite). \u2014 Nicole Trilivas, Forbes , 9 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044456"
  },
  "faulty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": marked by fault or defect : imperfect":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fl-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amiss",
      "bad",
      "defective",
      "flawed",
      "imperfect"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "faultless",
      "flawless",
      "impeccable",
      "perfect"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "So far, the federal investigation of Lalin\u2019s death has appeared to be focused on the train itself, which the National Transportation Safety Board found to be faulty in its preliminary report released last month. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
      "But Bruce Feiler ultimately concludes that, while based in some truth, the phases of life findings are faulty , if not misleading, especially in today\u2019s culture. \u2014 Tim Maurer, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s true, but the magazine did not endorse their faulty science. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Deering\u2019s attorneys with the Michigan Innocence Clinic have argued the fire can\u2019t be deemed arson and said faulty science was used. \u2014 Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press , 2 Nov. 2021",
      "Deering\u2019s lawyers contend faulty science was used and it can\u2019t be deemed arson. \u2014 Elisha Anderson, USA TODAY , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "But recent research suggests that many of these hormone standards, which disproportionality impact Black women, are rooted in faulty science. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 July 2021",
      "Investco said Amtrak\u2019s appraisal was faulty and made without sufficient analysis of the station\u2019s revenue and financial standing, and that a recent investor valued Union Station at more than $700 million. \u2014 Luz Lazo, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "This follows Government Accountability Office testimony during an April House hearing that a Postal Service analysis used to justify its purchasing plan was faulty , by overstating EV maintenance costs and understating gas prices. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 14 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225331"
  },
  "faux":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": not real or genuine: such as":[],
      ": made to look like something else that is usually more valuable : imitation , fake":[
        "faux leather/fur",
        "a string of faux pearls",
        "\u2026 faux is the French word for fake, but it's a very chic fake. Faux marble, for example, is found in the best of homes.",
        "\u2014 Sylvia Sachs"
      ],
      ": not sincere":[
        "a show of faux [=feigned] concern",
        "On Monday the CEO dusted off a version of the \"I'm sorry if I offended you\" faux apology used when people really mean, \"I'm sorry I got caught.\"",
        "\u2014 The East Bay (California) Times"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artificial",
      "bogus",
      "dummy",
      "ersatz",
      "factitious",
      "fake",
      "false",
      "imitation",
      "imitative",
      "man-made",
      "mimic",
      "mock",
      "pretend",
      "sham",
      "simulated",
      "substitute",
      "synthetic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "genuine",
      "natural",
      "real"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "even the animal rights activists were fooled by the faux furs",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even the accommodations have some greenery, like faux flowers embedded into the ceiling while select suites offer a private garden with a plunge pool. \u2014 Christina Liao, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
      "The interior is exceptionally well-designed, too, featuring a removable hanger, laundry bag, and shoe bag, plus a divider and plenty of zippered pockets with faux -leather pulls. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
      "Stagehands pack faux greenery into garbage bags and push a vintage-style Mercedes-Benz offstage. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
      "Allen said that although the Sixty Four & Hope shops will have a mostly uniform look \u2014 a clean, minimalist Apple-store vibe with pops of faux greenery \u2014 each will have details that subtly reflect its owner\u2019s aesthetic. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "This eucalyptus wreath is made entirely out of faux greenery, against a backdrop that looks as if it's constructed out of branches for a naturally lush vibe. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, Better Homes & Gardens , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The sense of someplace personal extends to the dining room, a long space with windows on two sides, a ceiling partially dressed with a canopy of faux greenery and video montages splashed on the wall as the evening wears on. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 July 2021",
      "The America's Got Talent judge looked radiant in a plunging white-and-silver dress by The Blonds with a blue-gray faux -spike pattern. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 June 2022",
      "However, real plants have a greater mood, attention and relaxation effect than faux plants. \u2014 Lala Tanmoy Das, Washington Post , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, false":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1682, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175822"
  },
  "faux pas":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u014d-\u02ccp\u00e4",
      "f\u014d-\u02c8p\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "familiarity",
      "gaff",
      "gaffe",
      "impropriety",
      "indiscretion",
      "solecism"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "amenity",
      "attention",
      "civility",
      "courtesy",
      "formality",
      "gesture",
      "pleasantry"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Arriving too early would be a serious faux pas .",
      "according to an oft-told story, the queen set a guest at ease about a faux pas by politely imitating it",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "However, many people do still follow the traditional form of greeting to avoid a faux pas , with men and women opting to do a slight bow or a small curtsey, respectively. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 May 2022",
      "This was a faux pas that told uncomfortable truths. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
      "The biggest faux pas companies can make on social media is not paying attention to the world around them and posting in a vacuum. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "In truth, the annual festival has never recovered from the fashion faux pas of the past decade. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "From guilty pleasures and faux pas to special memories \u2013 there are all sorts of joys and ups, but also the one or the other challenge, about attending the Cannes Film Festival. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
      "Here, 14 members of Forbes Coaches Council share examples of problematic language and communication faux pas that all leaders need to be more mindful of. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The biggest faux pas a diner can make, Zhao said, is popping one directly into their mouth. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "But some find addressing holiday cards daunting, risking making a grammatical mistake or other faux pas . \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 5 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, false step":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1676, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174505"
  },
  "fave":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": favorite":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101v"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "darling",
      "favorite",
      "minion",
      "pet",
      "preference",
      "speed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "I like all the actors on the show, but he's my fave .",
      "chocolate ice cream is my absolute fave",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jen Yamato profiled the actor, who has become an internet fave . \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
      "Jamaican Black Castor Oil is a fave of Dr. Meena Singh. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 27 May 2022",
      "Period products are, in some ways, like vibrators and coffee orders: There may be a wide range of options, but everyone's got a personal fave for their cycles. \u2014 De Elizabeth, Allure , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Keep your man of the woods comfy with camp chairs and packable blankets\u2014and keep him safe and hydrated with the internet fave LifeStraw, which makes almost any water potable. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 7 May 2022",
      "Suddenly, your old go-to maxidress isn\u2019t exactly your fave anymore. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "All in all, Klorane was the fave for its powerful buildup removal and lightweight revitalization. \u2014 Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Another recent fave is a military N-1 Deck Jacket that\u2019s alpaca-fur-lined and from World War II. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Another big birthday was celebrated as our forever First Lady turned 58 this week and her beloved husband took to social media to celebrate her and plant a smooch on our fave (again, that is the best gift, right?). \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 22 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1938, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055227"
  },
  "favorable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": disposed to favor : partial":[
        "taking a favorable attitude toward our request"
      ],
      ": expressing approval : commendatory":[
        "The movie received a favorable review."
      ],
      ": giving a result that is in one's favor":[
        "a favorable comparison"
      ],
      ": affirmative":[
        "a favorable reply"
      ],
      ": winning approval : pleasing":[
        "a favorable impression"
      ],
      ": tending to promote or facilitate : advantageous":[
        "a favorable wind"
      ],
      ": marked by success":[
        "a favorable demonstration of a new invention"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v(\u0259-)r\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8f\u0101v-r\u0259-",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259r-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "admiring",
      "applauding",
      "appreciative",
      "approbatory",
      "approving",
      "commendatory",
      "complimentary",
      "friendly",
      "good",
      "positive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "adverse",
      "depreciative",
      "depreciatory",
      "derogatory",
      "disapproving",
      "inappreciative",
      "negative",
      "unappreciative",
      "uncomplimentary",
      "unfavorable",
      "unflattering",
      "unfriendly"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for favorable favorable , auspicious , propitious mean pointing toward a happy outcome. favorable implies that the persons involved are approving or helpful or that the circumstances are advantageous. favorable weather conditions auspicious applies to something taken as a sign or omen promising success before or at the start of an event. an auspicious beginning propitious may also apply to beginnings but often implies a continuing favorable condition. a propitious time for starting a business",
    "examples":[
      "The new play got many favorable reviews.",
      "He was given a favorable recommendation.",
      "Early test results were favorable .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The legislature is scheduled to reconvene after the November general elections, which are expected to be favorable to Republicans. \u2014 Jake Zuckerman, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022",
      "The legislature is scheduled to reconvene after the November general elections, which are expected to be favorable to Republicans. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "Recent history has been more favorable to the Aggies. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 13 June 2022",
      "In sheer territorial terms, such a deal would be favorable to Ukraine, which would otherwise have to make significant gains to fight its way back to the pre-February lines. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 8 June 2022",
      "Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit told the Free Press prosecutors have a constitutional obligation to turn over any evidence that could be favorable to the defense and said there was a constitutional violation in the case. \u2014 Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
      "Some say this is just a tactic for Musk\u2019s business to get favorable treatment from the US government by highlighting the Chinese competition. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
      "Saunders-Hastings points out that philanthropy benefits greatly from favorable governmental treatment. \u2014 Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "To secure favorable tax treatment, the businessman, Sedrak Arustamyan, allegedly entered into two sham loan agreements with Khachatryan\u2019s adult sons \u2014 the first loan in 2009 for $7 million and another in 2011 for $13.4 million. \u2014 Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see favor entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020652"
  },
  "favored":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having an appearance or features of a particular kind":[
        "hard- favored"
      ],
      ": endowed with special advantages or gifts":[],
      ": providing preferential treatment":[
        "favored rates of credit"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beloved",
      "cherished",
      "darling",
      "dear",
      "fair-haired",
      "favorite",
      "fond",
      "loved",
      "pet",
      "precious",
      "special",
      "sweet",
      "white-headed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unbeloved"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "She enjoys a favored position in the company.",
      "The team is heavily favored to win the championship.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Georgia Right, which backed Mr. Trump\u2019s favored and failed governor-primary candidate, David Perdue. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
      "The other half consists in dispensing privileges to favored groups. \u2014 Katherine Stewart, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
      "Mexican agave spirits have caught the eye of their neighbors to the north, to the point where mezcal and tequila are becoming more favored than America\u2019s indigenous grain spirits. \u2014 Jonah Flicker, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
      "Their favored seagrass food is disappearing due to chronic pollution from agricultural, sewage and urban runoff, as well as other sources. \u2014 Curt Anderson, ajc , 1 June 2022",
      "Their favored seagrass food is disappearing due to chronic pollution from agricultural, sewage and urban runoff, as well as other sources. \u2014 Curt Anderson, Sun Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
      "Dramatic Fresh Prince reboot Bel-Air, which the company says has reached 8 million viewers, is Peacock\u2019s favored child. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 May 2022",
      "Try for the summit on a weekday, as the Fourth of July trailhead is a favored destination on weekends. \u2014 Outside Online , 18 June 2021",
      "Bettors seem to be favoring colts Epicenter and Taiba as the race draws closer, while initial favorite Zandon has dropped to the fourth-most favored horse in the race. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194309"
  },
  "fa\u00e7ade":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the front of a building",
      ": any face of a building given special architectural treatment",
      ": a false, superficial , or artificial appearance or effect",
      ": the face or front of a building"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4d",
      "f\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "face",
      "forehead",
      "forepart",
      "front"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "back",
      "rear",
      "rearward",
      "reverse"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Boritt designed a sprawling Malibu glass house that could double as status symbol and a trippy facade to project the characters' insecurities. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 12 June 2022",
      "Charlotte of the Upper West Side was built with a nearly airtight facade , with triple-glazed windows featuring four panes of glass. \u2014 Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor , 6 June 2022",
      "Housed in an eight-story factory from the \u201850s, Mona plays on its wilder and more industrial assets: There\u2019s a bold iron staircase, terrazzo floors, original metal windows, and a marble facade . \u2014 Monica Mendal, Vogue , 4 June 2022",
      "The exhibit begins with a red-carpet walk through a white-columned facade intended to resemble the North Portico of the White House. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
      "Trojans, by contrast, appear to be useful, legitimate programs, putting up a pretty facade to hide background activities like stealing your personal data. \u2014 PCMAG , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "The owners also plan to roughly double the size of neighboring 545 Sansome St. and add a new facade to create a modern office building at the cost of around $150 million. \u2014 Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "The building, which serves as a diplomatic gathering space for Ukraine\u2019s leaders, features a fanciful facade studded with images of mermaids and animals. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "On the outside, the building features a limestone and bronze facade , giving it an immediate sense of warmth. \u2014 Helena Madden, Robb Report , 19 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French, going back to Middle French fassade, borrowed from Italian facciata, from faccia \"face\" (going back to Vulgar Latin *facia ) + -ata  -ade \u2014 more at face entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190650"
  },
  "fan (out)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to spread apart or to cause (something) to spread apart":[
        "The police fanned out across the park in search of the suspect.",
        "He fanned out his fingers."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165009"
  },
  "fay":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to fit or join closely or tightly":[],
      ": faith":[],
      ": fairy , elf":[],
      ": resembling an elf":[],
      ": ofay":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "brownie",
      "dwarf",
      "elf",
      "faerie",
      "faery",
      "fairy",
      "gnome",
      "goblin",
      "gremlin",
      "hobgoblin",
      "kobold",
      "leprechaun",
      "pixie",
      "pixy",
      "puck",
      "sprite",
      "troll"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "antic",
      "coltish",
      "elfish",
      "frisky",
      "frolicsome",
      "larky",
      "playful",
      "rollicking",
      "sportful",
      "sportive"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "with her slight build and perky manner, the actress was usually cast as the fay young woman who charms all the men in town"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English feien , from Old English f\u0113gan ; akin to Old High German fuogen to fit, Latin pangere to fasten \u2014 more at pact":"Verb",
      "Middle English fai, fei , from Anglo-French feid, fei \u2014 more at faith":"Noun",
      "Middle English faie , from Anglo-French fee \u2014 more at fairy":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1927, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070300"
  },
  "fantasm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a product of fantasy: such as",
      ": delusive appearance : illusion",
      ": ghost , specter",
      ": a figment of the imagination",
      ": a mental representation of a real object"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-202405"
  },
  "faithless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": not true to allegiance or duty : treacherous , disloyal":[
        "a faithless servant"
      ],
      ": not to be relied on : untrustworthy":[
        "a faithless tool"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101th-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "down-the-line",
      "faithful",
      "fast",
      "loyal",
      "staunch",
      "stanch",
      "steadfast",
      "steady",
      "true"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for faithless faithless , false , disloyal , traitorous , treacherous , perfidious mean untrue to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. faithless applies to any failure to keep a promise or pledge or any breach of allegiance or loyalty. faithless allies false stresses the fact of failing to be true in any manner ranging from fickleness to cold treachery. betrayed by false friends disloyal implies a lack of complete faithfulness to a friend, cause, leader, or country. disloyal to their country traitorous implies either actual treason or a serious betrayal of trust. traitorous acts punishable by death treacherous implies readiness to betray trust or confidence. a treacherous adviser perfidious adds to faithless the implication of an incapacity for fidelity or reliability. a perfidious double-crosser",
    "examples":[
      "faithless friends who deserted him in his time of need",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Through it all, forgiveness is given by the Countess Almaviva to her faithless husband in a seemingly impossible number of ways, making this the ultimate woman\u2019s revenge in opera. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
      "The Exorcist \u2014 The gold standard of horror distills the battle between good and evil down to its bare essence, a child possessed and faithless priest, maybe right next door. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Following the ten faithless votes in 2016, more states adopted laws that prevent this. \u2014 Fortune , 30 Nov. 2020",
      "The objection to the faithless elector was rejected by both chambers. \u2014 Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY , 6 Jan. 2021",
      "FairVote found that since the founding of the Electoral College, there have been 167 faithless electors. \u2014 Caroline Linton, CBS News , 15 Dec. 2020",
      "In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump had two faithless electors both in the state of Texas: one vote went for Ron Paul and one went for John Kasich. \u2014 Siraj Hashmi, Washington Examiner , 14 Dec. 2020",
      "The seven faithless electors in 2016 made up the largest number of electors voting contrary to their party\u2019s winner in over a century. \u2014 Elizabeth Thompson, Dallas News , 3 Dec. 2020",
      "However, most states have laws which nullify the votes of faithless electors, and there are not expected to be enough to alter the outcome of the election. \u2014 Grace Segers, CBS News , 8 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English feithles, from feith faith entry 1 + -les -less":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044558"
  },
  "far-flung":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": widely spread or distributed":[
        "a far-flung empire"
      ],
      ": remote":[
        "a far-flung correspondent"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u02c8fl\u0259\u014b"
    ],
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      "broad",
      "deep",
      "expansive",
      "extended",
      "extensive",
      "far-reaching",
      "rangy",
      "sweeping",
      "wide",
      "wide-ranging",
      "widespread"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "narrow"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194228"
  },
  "faze":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to disturb the composure of : disconcert , daunt":[
        "Nothing fazed her.",
        "Criticism did not seem to faze the writer."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abash",
      "confound",
      "confuse",
      "discomfit",
      "disconcert",
      "discountenance",
      "embarrass",
      "fluster",
      "mortify",
      "nonplus",
      "rattle"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "You'll never succeed as a writer if you let a little bit of criticism faze you.",
      "the collapse of part of the scenery didn't faze the actors one bit, and they just carried on",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Eppler and Showalter worked under George Steinbrenner, so having an owner who is always in the news, as Cohen is, doesn\u2019t faze them. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2022",
      "Having long nails can be laborious to some, but lengthy manicures do not faze others who have figured out how to adapt to them. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 23 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s very few, if any, situations that faze him, utilizing the kind of court awareness that can take years for players to master. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Walker projects the position that the opinions don\u2019t faze him. \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The cast has terrific chemistry, and includes skillful performances from Janelle James as Ava, the totally unqualified principal, and Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa, a second-grade teacher who doesn\u2019t let much faze her. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "In another part of town, a rocket blast that rattled the walls of a basement housing about 30 people somehow didn\u2019t faze a 6-year-old girl named Varvara, who sat drawing at a little table. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Not much could faze the 27-year-old Mahle, who was making his first career Opening Day start. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Random terrifying stuff doesn\u2019t faze any of the quartet of treasure hunters, which makes the whole movie thin and desperate and lacking in human drama. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 16 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of feeze to drive away, frighten, from Middle English fesen , from Old English f\u0113sian to drive away":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1830, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053948"
  },
  "fallen":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to descend freely by the force of gravity",
      ": to hang freely",
      ": to drop oneself to a lower position",
      ": to come or go as if by falling",
      ": to become born",
      ": to become lower in degree or level",
      ": to drop in pitch or volume",
      ": issue sense 1a",
      ": to become lowered",
      ": to leave an erect position suddenly and involuntarily",
      ": to enter as if unawares : stumble , stray",
      ": to drop down wounded or dead",
      ": to die in battle",
      ": to suffer military capture",
      ": to lose office",
      ": to suffer ruin, defeat, or failure",
      ": to commit an immoral act",
      ": to lose one's chastity",
      ": to move or extend in a downward direction",
      ": subside , abate",
      ": to decline in quality, activity, or quantity",
      ": to lose weight",
      ": to assume a look of shame, disappointment, or dejection",
      ": to decline in financial value or price",
      ": to occur at a certain time",
      ": to come by chance",
      ": to come or pass by lot, assignment, or inheritance : devolve",
      ": to have a certain or proper position, place, or station",
      ": to come within the limits, scope, or jurisdiction of something",
      ": to pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind or a new state or condition",
      ": to set about heartily or actively",
      ": strike , impinge",
      ": fell sense 1",
      ": to display great or excessive eagerness",
      ": disintegrate",
      ": to succumb to mental or emotional stress : break down",
      ": to lag behind",
      ": to be in arrears",
      ": to fail because of inability to choose between or reconcile two alternative or conflicting courses of action",
      ": to produce no response or result",
      ": to fall in love with",
      ": to become a victim of",
      ": to lose acceptance or good reputation",
      ": to curve inward",
      ": to comply with a certain course of action",
      ": to meet with",
      ": to fail utterly",
      ": to sacrifice one's pride or position",
      ": to be deficient",
      ": to fail to attain something (such as a goal or target)",
      ": the act of falling by the force of gravity",
      ": a falling out, off, or away : dropping",
      ": the season when leaves fall from trees : autumn",
      ": a thing or quantity that falls or has fallen",
      ": one or more meteorites or their fragments that have fallen together",
      ": birth",
      ": the quantity born",
      ": a costume decoration of lace or thin fabric arranged to hang loosely and gracefully",
      ": a very wide turned-down collar worn in the 17th century",
      ": the part of a turnover collar from the crease to the outer edge",
      ": a wide front flap on trousers (such as those worn by sailors)",
      ": the freely hanging lower edge of the skirt of a coat",
      ": one of the three outer and often drooping segments of the flower of an iris \u2014 compare standard sense 8b",
      ": long hair overhanging the face of dogs of some breeds",
      ": a usually long straight portion of hair that is attached to a person's own hair",
      ": a hoisting-tackle rope or chain",
      ": the part of it to which the power is applied",
      ": loss of greatness : collapse",
      ": the surrender or capture of a besieged place",
      ": lapse or departure from innocence or goodness",
      ": loss of a woman's chastity",
      ": the blame for a failure or misdeed",
      ": the downward slope (as of a hill) : declivity",
      ": a precipitous descent of water : waterfall",
      ": a musical cadence",
      ": a falling-pitch intonation in speech",
      ": a decrease in size, quantity, degree, or value",
      ": the distance which something falls",
      ": inclination , pitch",
      ": the act of felling something",
      ": the quantity of trees cut down",
      ": an act of forcing a wrestler's shoulders to the mat for a specified time (such as one second)",
      ": a bout of wrestling",
      ": destiny , lot",
      ": of, relating to, or suitable for autumn",
      ": to come or go down freely by the force of gravity",
      ": to come as if by falling",
      ": to become lower (as in degree or value)",
      ": to topple from an upright position",
      ": to collapse wounded or dead",
      ": to become captured",
      ": to occur at a certain time",
      ": to pass from one condition of body or mind to another",
      ": retreat entry 2 sense 1",
      ": to fail to be as good or successful as expected",
      ": the act or an instance of going or coming down by the force of gravity",
      ": autumn",
      ": a thing or quantity that falls",
      ": a loss of greatness : downfall",
      ": waterfall",
      ": a decrease in size, amount, or value",
      ": the distance something falls"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fl",
      "\u02c8f\u022fl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "slip",
      "stumble",
      "topple",
      "trip",
      "tumble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "slip",
      "spill",
      "stumble",
      "tumble"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The jewels on this page would certainly fall into the category of things worth fighting for. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 21 June 2022",
      "Of course, Kevin Owens didn\u2019t fall for any of this, calling out Elias for editing the backstage video and wearing a fake beard. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "In addition, although the varying levels of drought typically determine water budgets for households, golf courses do not fall under those ordinances. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
      "As in, the area might officially fall under the Russian Jack Community Council, but proximity and history tie the area more directly to Mountain View. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
      "The crimes that legal experts say Mr. Trump may have committed \u2014 obstructing Congress, defrauding the American people and seditious conspiracy \u2014 fall into that bucket. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
      "In exchange, Oglethorpe's ownership share of the two new reactors being built at the plant east of Augusta would fall from 30% to 28%. \u2014 Jeff Amy, ajc , 18 June 2022",
      "The crimes that legal experts say Trump may have committed \u2014 obstructing Congress, defrauding the American people and seditious conspiracy \u2014 fall into that bucket. \u2014 Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Prices for bitcoin and ether tumbled about 15% on Monday and continued to fall throughout the week, piling onto the decline that has plagued them all year. \u2014 Vicky Ge Huang, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The USS Abraham Lincoln, also based in San Diego, left in January and recently was in the Philippine Sea but is expected back by fall . \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "The child care industry is also facing a looming funding cliff, with states required to use the funding for child care appropriated by the American Rescue Plan by fall of 2024. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 16 June 2022",
      "Inflation means loan-holders have less disposable income to make payments, but a slowed economy that reduces inflation could bring some relief by fall . \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "The facelifted Escape is expected to continue to offer gas, hybrid, and plug-in variants, and it should be revealed in the fall before starting production late this year. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
      "By fall , though, negotiations fell apart over when students would have access to the facilities. \u2014 Nick Blumberg, ProPublica , 14 June 2022",
      "The central bank started to shrink the size of its holdings this month and by fall will be shedding nearly $100 billion a month from what is now a $9 trillion balance sheet. \u2014 Michael S. Derby, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
      "Officials hope to hire more police officers by fall . \u2014 CBS News , 4 June 2022",
      "McBride said banks and others offering one-year CDs that are 1.75% currently could be offering new one-year CDs at 2.75% by fall . \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The liquid metal fabrication added a new verve to a style that has become a constant on Beckham\u2019s runways\u2014her pre- fall 2022 featured a neon version of the same piece\u2014and a favorite within her own wardrobe. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "To celebrate the store\u2019s 15-year anniversary, Smallwood partnered with Proenza Schouler on an in-store event, held on March 22, just one day shy of when the pre- fall 2022 collection is available for preorder on Hampden\u2019s site. \u2014 Lauren Caruso, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The pre- fall Proenza Schouler white square-toe loafer, meanwhile, hits the refresh on polished prep, as does The Row\u2019s Margaret\u2014a slim-line, block-heel iteration. \u2014 Vogue , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Keep your eyes peeled on Victoriabeckham.com; the designer\u2019s second dress\u2014a black pre- fall number\u2014will be available to buy in June. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Glamour , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Later, Blumarine, which has grown a reputation as a premiere Y2K-revival brand, released a pre- fall 2022 collection that included red, pink, and black chokers, thick necklaces, and big flower attachments. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The singer wore a long black cardigan with a faux-fur collar from Blumarine's pre- fall 2022 collection. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, Blumarine showcased a pre- fall 2022 collection full of red-and-pink looks. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Harper's Bazaar reports that the dress and outerwear are both from Milan fashion house Del Core's pre- fall 2022 collection, the white heels from Tom Ford, her purse from Aspital of London, jewelry by Pasquale Bruni, and sunglasses from Bulgari. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 7 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1677, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-040702"
  },
  "falseness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not genuine",
      ": intentionally untrue",
      ": adjusted or made so as to deceive",
      ": intended or tending to mislead",
      ": not true",
      ": not faithful or loyal : treacherous",
      ": lacking naturalness or sincerity",
      ": not essential or permanent",
      ": fitting over a main part to strengthen it, to protect it, or to disguise its appearance",
      ": inaccurate in pitch",
      ": based on mistaken ideas",
      ": inconsistent with the facts",
      ": threateningly sudden or deceptive",
      ": in a false or faithless manner : treacherously",
      ": not true, genuine, or honest",
      ": not faithful or loyal",
      ": not based on facts or sound judgment",
      ": careless sense 2",
      ": in a dishonest or misleading manner",
      ": not corresponding to truth or reality",
      ": artificially made",
      ": of a kind related to or resembling another kind that is usually designated by the unqualified vernacular",
      ": not genuine, authentic, or legitimate \u2014 compare counterfeit",
      ": not true or correct",
      ": intentionally or knowingly untrue or incorrect",
      ": intended to mislead or deceive : deceptive , misleading \u2014 compare fraudulent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fls",
      "\u02c8f\u022fls",
      "\u02c8f\u022fls"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "erroneous",
      "inaccurate",
      "incorrect",
      "inexact",
      "invalid",
      "off",
      "unsound",
      "untrue",
      "untruthful",
      "wrong"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accurate",
      "correct",
      "errorless",
      "exact",
      "factual",
      "precise",
      "proper",
      "right",
      "sound",
      "true",
      "valid",
      "veracious"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false .",
      "He registered at the hotel under a false name.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and TikTok are among the outfits that will soon start providing the EU with a country-by-country breakdown of their efforts to stem the flow of false information on their platforms. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "The woman, who gave police false personal information, was charged with theft, possession of criminal tools and falsification. \u2014 cleveland , 8 June 2022",
      "Former Deputy Chief of Staff and White House Social Media Director Dan Scavino Jr. has been accused of helping Trump spread false information about election fraud on social media and recruiting a crowd to come to the rally in Washington on Jan. 6. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Since older people are most likely to share false information, according to research published in 2019 in the journal Science Advances, the News Literacy Project is working with an affiliate of AARP and hopes to expand the partnership. \u2014 Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
      "McLaughlin said no false information came from local police. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
      "The legal action also claims Cornerstone provided false information about Cornerstone\u2019s ownership structure to investors to retain and placate clients, and Cornerstone and Ngo created inaccurate books and records. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "But the arsons were based on false information; neither target was nearly as involved in G.M.O. research as the Elves believed. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
      "McDonald also denied disseminating false information about the Crumbleys' case, as alleged by their lawyers. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "There\u2019s false -toothed Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp in Impeachment: American Crime Story. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 23 Nov. 2021",
      "With time winding down in a scoreless game, the Gladiators made the most of a penalty corner when two of the four Hereford defenders false -started, crossing the goal line before the ball was put in play. \u2014 Rich Scherr, baltimoresun.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "Browns offensive linemen false -started three times in the game \u2014 once by Wyatt Teller and twice by Joel Bitonio \u2014 and Stefanski vowed to correct it. \u2014 cleveland , 4 Jan. 2021",
      "The 49ers\u2019 chances to keep the game close fizzled late when a touchdown was overturned, and Nick Mullens false -started on a sneak at the goal line and then threw an interception. \u2014 Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "The drive started with left tackle Charles Leno false -starting. \u2014 Star Tribune , 10 Nov. 2020",
      "Alabama coach Nick Saban said Saturday the school conducted 240 tests of its football players and none came positive after his potentially false -positive COVID-19 test Wednesday. \u2014 Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al , 17 Oct. 2020",
      "Meanwhile, forcing axioms, which deem the continuum hypothesis false by adding a new size of infinity, would also extend the frontiers of mathematics in other directions. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Nov. 2013",
      "Any assertion otherwise on the latter front rings false given that, as acting commissioner, Selig had to have known about the FBI\u2019s Operation Equine, an early \u201990s investigation into PED distribution that included McGwire and Canseco. \u2014 Jay Jaffe, SI.com , 13 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Adverb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
      "Adverb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-040710"
  },
  "favor":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": friendly regard shown toward another especially by a superior":[
        "a politician attempting to keep the favor of the voters"
      ],
      ": approving consideration or attention : approbation":[
        "looked with favor on the enterprise"
      ],
      ": partiality":[
        "The students naturally showed favor toward their own team."
      ],
      ": leniency":[],
      ": permission":[],
      ": popularity":[
        "The fad lost favor quickly."
      ],
      ": appearance":[],
      ": face":[],
      ": a facial feature":[],
      ": aid , assistance":[],
      ": effort in one's behalf or interest : attention":[
        "vying for the king's favor"
      ],
      ": a token of love (such as a ribbon) usually worn conspicuously":[],
      ": a small gift or decorative item given out at a party":[],
      ": badge":[],
      ": a special privilege or right granted or conceded":[
        "granted a favor to a dear friend"
      ],
      ": sexual privileges":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": letter":[],
      ": behalf , interest":[
        "a man who acts only in his own favor"
      ],
      ": in accord or sympathy with":[],
      ": to the benefit of : in support of":[
        "a verdict in favor of the accused"
      ],
      ": to the order of":[],
      ": in order to choose : out of preference for":[
        "turned down the scholarship in favor of a pro career"
      ],
      ": in one's good graces":[
        "wanted to get back in the teacher's favor"
      ],
      ": to one's advantage":[
        "The judge ruled in our favor ."
      ],
      ": unpopular , disliked":[
        "Her ideas are now out of favor ."
      ],
      ": to regard or treat with favor":[],
      ": to do a kindness for : oblige":[],
      ": endow":[],
      ": to treat gently or carefully":[
        "favored her injured leg"
      ],
      ": to show partiality toward : prefer":[],
      ": to give support or confirmation to : sustain":[],
      ": to afford advantages for success to : facilitate":[
        "good weather favored the outing"
      ],
      ": to bear a resemblance to":[
        "he favors his father"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "benevolence",
      "boon",
      "courtesy",
      "grace",
      "indulgence",
      "kindness",
      "mercy",
      "service",
      "turn"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accommodate",
      "oblige"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "I drove her to the airport because I owed her a favor .",
      "She's willing to help you but only as a favor to me.",
      "Don't do me any favors . I don't need your help.",
      "I've learned to be grateful for small favors .",
      "He's trying to earn the boss's favor by working late.",
      "The judge showed favor for the defendant.",
      "The students naturally showed favor toward their own school's team.",
      "Small boxes of candy were given out as favors at the wedding.",
      "Verb",
      "The teacher clearly favors you.",
      "Most voters favor these tax cuts.",
      "Her father favored the idea of her going to law school.",
      "They won the championship last year, and most forecasters favor them to win again this year.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Swope sees other big advantages playing to Footprint\u2019s favor for the future. \u2014 Jim Vinoski, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Former state lawmaker Becky Edwards and political operative Ally Isom have attacked Lee as a divisive politician who cares less about governing than about television appearances and winning Trump's favor . \u2014 Steve Peoples, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
      "Witnesses have included police officers attacked at the Capitol as well as lawyers, a television executive and local election officials who all resisted demands to alter results in Trump\u2019s favor . \u2014 Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "After a three-week trial that began on June 1, the jury ruled in Huth\u2019s favor Tuesday and said Cosby will have to pay her $500,000. \u2014 Kenan Draughornestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
      "How did Brooks lose Trump's favor in this runoff election? \u2014 Brittany Shepherd, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
      "Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, his deputy Gabriel Sterling and Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers became famous to varying degrees for simply upholding their oaths of office and doing their jobs without fear or favor . \u2014 Charlie Dent, CNN , 21 June 2022",
      "The verdict ruled in Huth\u2019s favor , though Cosby\u2019s team was pleased with the outcome. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 21 June 2022",
      "Was there another alliance going on that maybe Jinkx was trying to win favor with by giving Jaida the star? \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 20 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Some legal experts, however, say the more important question is whether the committee has amassed at least some evidence that could favor the defense. \u2014 Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "As for the impetus for the change, conflicts between board members\u2014those that prefer a more traditional approach to the industry and those that favor a more forward-thinking track\u2014may have something to do with the shakeup. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
      "The dystopian film lives on through design choices that favor clean lines, geometric shapes and LED-lighting. \u2014 WSJ , 6 June 2022",
      "Compared to the maps used in the 2020 U.S. House elections, Democrats are expected to see a net gain of ten seats that will favor their party by at least 5 points, according to a CBS News analysis of election data from Dave's Redistricting App. \u2014 Aaron Navarro, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
      "The Ohio Supreme Court once again rejected state House and Senate maps that favor Republicans, but a federal court is poised to impose them anyway. \u2014 Anna Staver, The Enquirer , 25 May 2022",
      "Thunderstorms, perhaps by afternoon, may favor popping south and southeast of the city. \u2014 A. Camden Walker, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "Regulations in both these places heavily favor electric vehicles. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 14 June 2022",
      "Another day or two below the starc- band will favor either a rally or some sideways price action.. \u2014 Tom Aspray, Forbes , 12 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin, from fav\u0113re to be favorable; perhaps akin to Old High German gouma attention, Old Church Slavonic gov\u011bti to revere":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173433"
  },
  "facet":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration)":[
        "Each facet of the problem requires careful attention."
      ],
      ": a small plane surface (as on a cut gem) \u2014 see brilliant illustration":[],
      ": the external corneal surface of an ommatidium":[],
      ": a smooth flat circumscribed anatomical surface (as of a bone)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-s\u0259t",
      "\u02ccfa-\u02c8set",
      "\u02c8fas-\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "angle",
      "aspect",
      "hand",
      "phase",
      "side"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Each facet of the problem requires careful attention.",
      "the different facets of our culture",
      "Which facet of his character is most appealing?",
      "the facets of a diamond",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Avoiding the me-first route of protecting his personal safety was just one facet of Zelensky\u2019s servant leadership. \u2014 Jason Randall, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "The amount of fentanyl allegedly ordered is only one facet of Husel's trial, which had been delayed during the pandemic and could last up to two months. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "The $17 billion investment in Taylor, Texas, announced last month is just one facet of Samsung\u2019s broader ambitions to grow its chip prowess outside memory. \u2014 Jiyoung Sohn, WSJ , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Wednesday\u2019s announcement is just one facet of the city\u2019s recovery. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "The showdown with Bannon is just one facet of a broad and escalating congressional inquiry, with 19 subpoenas issued so far and thousands of pages of documents flowing to the committee and its staff. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Bannon\u2019s testimony is just one facet of an escalating congressional inquiry, with 19 subpoenas issued so far and thousands of pages of documents flowing in. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "The showdown with Bannon is just one facet of a broad and escalating congressional inquiry, with 19 subpoenas issued so far and thousands of pages of documents flowing to the committee and its staff. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "These characters\u2019 dress code-free teenage years are just one more facet of their idyllic upbringings, where real-life stressors are minimal. . \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 10 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French facette \"individual surface (of an object with many surfaces, as a gem),\" going back to Middle French fasette, from face face entry 1 + -ette -ette":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1622, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194142"
  },
  "fancy woman":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a woman of questionable morals",
      ": prostitute"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "chippie",
      "chippy",
      "doxy",
      "doxie",
      "floozy",
      "floozie",
      "hoochie",
      "hussy",
      "Jezebel",
      "minx",
      "quean",
      "tramp",
      "trollop",
      "wench"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "in those days acting on stage was considered a profession fit only for a fancy woman"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1812, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-140049"
  },
  "fashion":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time":[
        "The spring fashions are now on display."
      ],
      ": a garment in such a style":[
        "always wears the latest fashions"
      ],
      ": a prevailing custom, usage, or style":[
        "Literary fashions have changed in recent years."
      ],
      ": social standing or prominence especially as signalized by dress or conduct":[
        "men and women of fashion"
      ],
      ": mode of action or operation":[
        "assembled in an orderly fashion",
        "not even changing fashions in warfare have diminished the island's strategic importance",
        "\u2014 Franc Shor"
      ],
      ": a distinctive or peculiar and often habitual manner or way":[
        "he will, after his sour fashion , tell you",
        "\u2014 William Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": the make or form of something":[
        "A lamp in the fashion of a silver dove was hung from an almost invisible golden wire in the centre of the room.",
        "\u2014 Arthur Conan Doyle"
      ],
      ": kind , sort":[],
      ": in an approximate or rough way":[
        "became an artist after a fashion"
      ],
      ": to give shape or form to : to make, construct, or create (something) usually with careful attention or by the use of imagination and ingenuity":[
        "fashion a lamp from an old churn",
        "a figure fashioned from clay",
        "\u2026 delegating to the commander-in-chief the power to fashion the rules of the military justice system \u2026",
        "\u2014 Fred Strasser",
        "Up there in the mountains old ladies \u2026 are still hooking rugs \u2026 and fashioning dainty dolls out of corn shucks.",
        "\u2014 Richard Atcheson"
      ],
      ": to design or devise for a particular use or purpose":[
        "\u2026 were the vessels fashioned for royalty distinguished from objects intended for nonroyal consumers?",
        "\u2014 Asian Art"
      ],
      ": contrive":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "buzz",
      "chic",
      "craze",
      "dernier cri",
      "enthusiasm",
      "fad",
      "flavor",
      "go",
      "hot ticket",
      "last word",
      "latest",
      "mode",
      "rage",
      "sensation",
      "style",
      "ton",
      "trend",
      "vogue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "acclimate",
      "acclimatize",
      "accommodate",
      "adapt",
      "adjust",
      "condition",
      "conform",
      "doctor",
      "edit",
      "fit",
      "put",
      "shape",
      "suit",
      "tailor"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fashion Noun fashion , style , mode , vogue , fad , rage , craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date. fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place. the current fashion style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste. a media baron used to traveling in style mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated. slim bodies are the mode at this resort vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion. short skirts are back in vogue fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion. last year's fad is over rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad. Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted synonyms see in addition method",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Jewelry and clothing fashions vary with the season.",
      "Short skirts have come back into fashion .",
      "Those ruffled blouses went out of fashion years ago.",
      "She always wears the latest fashions .",
      "Literary fashions have changed in recent years.",
      "We started the meeting in an orderly fashion .",
      "We all lined up in orderly fashion .",
      "Verb",
      "Students fashioned the clay into small figures.",
      "She used the scraps of fabric to fashion a little doll's dress.",
      "a table fashioned out of an old door",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In fitting Hill fashion , Caverly won over his mark despite some initial skepticism. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
      "Dando can be heard remarking off camera, setting off a slightly terse exchange which finds both Dando and Letterman exchanging fashion tips amidst a series of humorous barbs. \u2014 Jim Ryan, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "Fashion student Ava Grand started buying extremely cheap fast- fashion pieces from Chinese e-commerce giant Shein during the pandemic. \u2014 Rory Satran, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
      "The findings add to mounting skepticism and new regulatory scrutiny of the fast- fashion industry\u2019s attempt to self-police its environmental record. \u2014 Amanda Shendruk, Quartz , 29 June 2022",
      "Its scientists will investigate new strategies for killing cancer in a more targeted fashion . \u2014 Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
      "From short and trendy party dresses and crochet tops to elegant headpieces that stop everyone in place at the debutante ball, TSITP provides plenty of fashion inspo that will be on repeat in warmer weather. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 28 June 2022",
      "Eventually, Gorkova went on to shoot their own projects in the fashion world and beyond. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 28 June 2022",
      "Her journey with education also extended into a career as a former fashion design professor. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 28 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Elon Musk might fashion himself a friend of free speech, but his aerospace company is looking like an enemy of the piping plover. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 4 May 2022",
      "How can fashion embrace inclusivity's cutting edge? \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
      "Even though Monroe didn't adhere to fashion protocols, Queen Elizabeth didn't appear to be phased. \u2014 Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
      "In December, Smollett was convicted in a trial that included the testimony of two brothers who told jurors Smollett paid them to carry out the attack, gave them money for the ski masks and rope, instructed them to fashion the rope into a noose. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Witnesses at his trial included two brothers who told jurors Smollett paid them to carry out the attack, gave them money for the ski masks and rope, instructed them to fashion the rope into a noose. \u2014 Don Babwin And Kathleen Foody, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The structures are formulaic, the hip-hop soundtrack is intrusive and wrong; the effort to fashion Anna into some kind of feminist martyr is shameless. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "Eventually Father Vapnik directed the village carpenter to fashion a long pole by which Ina could be prodded this way and that, to get her safely away from the others. \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "No one has to fashion makeshift period protection from old rags. \u2014 Amika George, Washington Post , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fasoun, fasioun, fascioun, facioun, borrowed from Anglo-French fa\u00e7un, fauschoun \"production, construction, appearance, form, sort, manner,\" going back to Latin facti\u014dn-, facti\u014d \"act of making,\" from facere \"to make, bring about, do\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at fact":"Noun",
      "Middle English fascionen, in part verbal derivative of fascioun fashion entry 1 , in part borrowed from Middle French fa\u00e7onner, derivative of fa\u00e7on fashion entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014135"
  },
  "face":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the front part of the head that in humans extends from the forehead to the chin and includes the mouth, nose, cheeks, and eyes":[],
      ": the face as a means of identification : countenance":[
        "would know that face anywhere"
      ],
      ": presence , sight":[],
      ": facial expression":[
        "a friendly face"
      ],
      ": a facial expression of distaste or displeasure":[
        "he made a face when he saw the test results"
      ],
      ": makeup sense 3a(1)":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase put one's face on \u2026 I have never been the kind of woman who feels comfortable popping to the shops without putting my face on first. \u2014 Vicki Michelle"
      ],
      ": outward appearance":[
        "put a good face on it"
      ],
      ": the aspect of something that is perceptible or obvious upon superficial examination":[
        "the theory is absurd on its face",
        "\u2014 Kim Neely"
      ],
      ": disguise , pretense":[],
      ": assurance , confidence":[
        "maintaining a firm face in spite of adversity"
      ],
      ": effrontery":[
        "how anyone could have the face to ask that question"
      ],
      ": dignity , prestige":[
        "afraid to lose face"
      ],
      ": surface :":[],
      ": a front, upper, or outer surface":[
        "vanished from the face of the earth"
      ],
      ": the front of something having two or four sides":[
        "the face of a clock"
      ],
      ": facade":[
        "the face of a building"
      ],
      ": an exposed surface of rock":[],
      ": any of the plane surfaces that bound a geometric solid":[
        "A cube is a solid with six square faces ."
      ],
      ": a surface specially prepared: such as":[],
      ": the principal finished surface (as of a tool or implement)":[
        "The tendency of the belt is to slip over the face of the pulley in a counter clockwise direction.",
        "\u2014 H. W. Harkness",
        "Cans are made from \u2026 thin sheets of steel lightly coated with tin. This tin coating serves two purposes: it covers the face of the steel sheet, preserving it from rust; and it acts as a medium by which parts of a sheet may be made to adhere to one another by soldering.",
        "\u2014 B. S. Luh et al."
      ],
      ": the right side (as of cloth or leather)":[],
      ": an inscribed, printed, or marked side":[
        "the two faces of a coin"
      ],
      ": a striking surface (as of a tool)":[
        "the face of the golf club",
        "the face of an anvil"
      ],
      ": the surface (as of type) that receives the ink and transfers it to the paper":[],
      ": a style of type":[],
      ": the end or wall of a mine tunnel, drift, or excavation at which work is progressing":[],
      ": face value":[],
      ": person":[
        "lots of new faces around here"
      ],
      ": baby face sense 2":[
        "Randy Orton earned respect as a heel because of his cocky, overconfident persona. As a face , he's lost the smugness that defined his character and is struggling to find his identity.",
        "\u2014 Rennie Detore"
      ],
      ": directly and aggressively in one's presence":[
        "dunked the ball in his face",
        "\u2014 often used with get to describe aggressively confrontational speech or behavior his boss got in his face about being late"
      ],
      ": face-to-face with : despite":[
        "fearless in the face of danger"
      ],
      ": in one's presence or so that one is fully aware of what is going on":[
        "If you have something to say about me, say it to my face ."
      ],
      ": to confront impudently":[
        "faced him with evidence of treachery"
      ],
      ": to line near the edge especially with a different material":[],
      ": to cover the front or surface of":[
        "faced the building with marble"
      ],
      ": to meet face-to-face or in competition":[
        "The team will face a tough opponent in its next game."
      ],
      ": to stand or sit with the face toward":[
        "The teacher faced the class."
      ],
      ": to have the front oriented toward":[
        "a house facing the park"
      ],
      ": to recognize and deal with straightforwardly":[
        "face the facts"
      ],
      ": to master by confronting with determination":[
        "\u2014 used with down faced down his critics"
      ],
      ": to have as a prospect : be confronted by":[
        "face a grim future"
      ],
      ": to be a prospect or a source of concern for":[
        "the problems that face us"
      ],
      ": to bring face-to-face":[
        "he was faced with ruin"
      ],
      ": to make the surface of (something, such as a stone) flat or smooth":[],
      ": to cause (troops) to face in a particular direction on command":[
        "The captain faced his company to the left."
      ],
      ": to have the face or front turned in a specified direction":[
        "The house faced south."
      ],
      ": to turn the face in a specified direction":[
        "She faced to her left."
      ],
      ": to meet an unpleasant situation, a danger, or the consequences of one's actions":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "countenance",
      "kisser",
      "mug",
      "pan",
      "puss",
      "visage"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "front",
      "look (toward)",
      "point (toward)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He has a round face .",
      "His face is familiar but I can't remember his name.",
      "I'll never forget the look on her face .",
      "He fell flat on his face .",
      "I didn't recognize any of the faces around the table.",
      "There are lots of new faces around the office.",
      "Verb",
      "The teacher faced the class.",
      "She turned around to face the window.",
      "He sat facing the wall.",
      "Turn and face to the east.",
      "The house faces the park.",
      "The living room faces the afternoon sun.",
      "My shoe was lying in the corner with its sole facing upward.",
      "The flower opens facing skyward.",
      "Look at the illustration on the facing page.",
      "Only by facing your problems can you hope to overcome them.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The back and arm of a naked person in a wooden box, no face or clues visible. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 3 July 2022",
      "Finch is holding a copy of the January 1992 issue of Spin, which happens to be Nirvana\u2019s first national magazine cover; the face in question belongs to her ex-boyfriend, Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. \u2014 Peter Rubin, Longreads , 1 July 2022",
      "Liberals who distrust Kavanaugh, given his apparent about- face from statements during his Supreme Court confirmation vetting about overturning Roe, may be inclined to see gamesmanship in his wording. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
      "Beginning earlier this year, the airport began a series of upgrades to put the best face on the terminal for any visitors. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 1 July 2022",
      "After 2022 ceremony presenter Chris Rock made a joke on stage about the shaved head of Jada Pinkett Smith \u2014 who has alopecia \u2014 the actress' husband, Will Smith, approached the comedian and slapped him across the face . \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
      "McKibben later pleaded guilty to the crime and admitted special circumstances of robbery and torture \u2014 an allegation arising from the dozens of stab wounds to his mother\u2019s head, face and neck, prosecutors said. \u2014 Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 July 2022",
      "Douglas, who has been in court nearly every day of the trial wearing shirts emblazoned by Hussle\u2019s face and a black cowboy hat, downplayed the idea that a gang member found to be cooperating with police needed to fear for one\u2019s life. \u2014 James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
      "Ponvert said cameras recorded more than 50 incidents of William Shehadi being abused, including a nurse gyrating his groin on Shehadi's face , and workers dousing him with liquids, throwing food at him, and forcing him to wear a diaper on his head. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Increasingly, Justice Department attorneys are leveraging the law to try to overcome some of the rampant discrimination that people with substance use disorders face . \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 22 June 2022",
      "The tampon shortage is just one of several struggles people face right now, Heger said, including higher gas prices and inflation, which is causing higher prices on items across the board. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 22 June 2022",
      "Now they are being forced to choose sides on a divisive issue not long before many of them face voters. \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "This all-natural, vegan face scrub targets multiple skin concerns in just one step. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
      "One of the biggest challenges businesses face today is a talent shortage and difficulty hiring. \u2014 Christina Brun Petersen, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "The mayoral race also brought to light some of the challenges female candidates face that men don\u2019t, Hunter said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
      "More than one out of 10 people who catch the disease will die, even with treatment, and as many as one in five may face complications such as brain damage or limb loss, the CDC says on its website. \u2014 Caroline Catherman And Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
      "In a pre-hearing ruling issued Tuesday, Judge Liam O\u2019Grady wrote that the government\u2019s sentencing guidelines, when accounting for the nature of the crime, suggest Ravenell should face the maximum penalty. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Vulgar Latin *facia (attested in early Medieval Latin as facia \"portrait\"), re-formation of Latin faci\u0113s \"appearance, aspect, form, human face,\" from fac-, stem of facere \"to make, do\" + -i\u0113s, noun suffix, usually deverbal \u2014 more at fact":"Noun",
      "Middle English facen, verbal derivative of face face entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055255"
  },
  "fastness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being fast: such as":[],
      ": the quality or state of being fixed":[],
      ": the quality or state of being swift":[],
      ": colorfast quality":[],
      ": resistance (as of an organism) to the action of a usually toxic substance":[],
      ": a fortified or secure place":[],
      ": a remote and secluded place":[
        "vacationed in their mountain fastness"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fas(t)-n\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "celerity",
      "fleetness",
      "haste",
      "hurry",
      "quickness",
      "rapidity",
      "rapidness",
      "speed",
      "speediness",
      "swiftness",
      "velocity"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "slowness",
      "sluggishness"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the amazing fastness with which the boy took his shower had us wondering if he'd used any water",
      "the guerillas retreated to their network of hidden fastnesses deep within the mountains",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Test for color fastness before stitching onto bedding and washing. \u2014 Sonja Carmon, Better Homes & Gardens , 14 Apr. 2021",
      "Given their advance into Labour\u2019s working-class fastness , the Tories\u2019 worst nightmare is not a Labour Party that returns to the old centre as defined by Tony Blair. \u2014 The Economist , 13 Dec. 2019",
      "The other tragedy occurred far from the public eye, in one of the last remote fastnesses of the world. \u2014 Ipsita Chakravarty, Quartz India , 10 June 2019",
      "Indeed, Lego can't reach its 2030 goal without solving ABS, a material that affords the company the attributes it so prizes: Durability, color fastness , strength, and clutch power, or how well two joined bricks stay together. \u2014 Brian Barrett, WIRED , 11 Mar. 2018",
      "These enabled India to detect, and destroy by air, Pakistani troops entrenched in mountain fastnesses . \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 5 July 2017",
      "India kept the mostly Hindu rest of Jammu, the Vale itself and the desert-like fastness of Ladakh. \u2014 The Economist , 20 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221512"
  },
  "fancy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to have a fancy (see fancy entry 2 sense 1 ) for : like":[
        "He's all right, I suppose, but I can't say that I fancy him."
      ],
      ": to form a conception of : imagine":[
        "fancy our embarrassment",
        "Just fancy my surprise when I heard that he was getting married."
      ],
      ": to believe mistakenly or without evidence":[],
      ": to believe without being certain":[
        "she fancied she had met him before",
        "real or fancied wrongs"
      ],
      ": to visualize or interpret as":[
        "fancied myself a child again"
      ],
      ": a liking formed by caprice rather than reason : inclination":[
        "took a fancy to the mutt"
      ],
      ": amorous fondness : love":[
        "She took a fancy to the young man."
      ],
      ": notion , whim":[],
      ": an image or representation of something formed in the mind":[],
      ": fantastic quality or state":[],
      ": imagination especially of a capricious or delusive sort":[
        "His plans to build a new stadium are the product of pure fancy ."
      ],
      ": the power of conception and representation used in artistic expression (as by a poet)":[],
      ": taste , judgment":[
        "a person of delicate fancy"
      ],
      ": devotees of some particular art, practice, or amusement":[],
      ": dependent or based on fancy : whimsical":[],
      ": not plain : ornamental":[
        "a fancy hairdo"
      ],
      ": swank sense 2 , posh":[
        "a fancy restaurant"
      ],
      ": of particular excellence or highest grade":[
        "fancy tuna"
      ],
      ": impressive":[
        "posted some fancy numbers"
      ],
      ": bred especially for bizarre or ornamental qualities that lack practical utility":[],
      ": based on conceptions of the fancy":[
        "fancy sketches"
      ],
      ": dealing in fancy goods":[],
      ": extravagant":[
        "paying fancy prices"
      ],
      ": executed with technical skill and style":[
        "fancy footwork",
        "fancy diving"
      ],
      ": parti-color":[
        "fancy carnations"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fan(t)-s\u0113",
      "\u02c8fan-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conceit",
      "conceive",
      "conjure (up)",
      "dream",
      "envisage",
      "envision",
      "fantasize",
      "fantasy",
      "feature",
      "ideate",
      "image",
      "imagine",
      "picture",
      "see",
      "vision",
      "visualize"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "chimera",
      "conceit",
      "daydream",
      "delusion",
      "dream",
      "fantasy",
      "phantasy",
      "figment",
      "hallucination",
      "illusion",
      "nonentity",
      "phantasm",
      "fantasm",
      "pipe dream",
      "unreality",
      "vision"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fancy Verb think , conceive , imagine , fancy , realize , envisage , envision mean to form an idea of. think implies the entrance of an idea into one's mind with or without deliberate consideration or reflection. I just thought of a good joke conceive suggests the forming and bringing forth and usually developing of an idea, plan, or design. conceived of a new marketing approach imagine stresses a visualization. imagine you're at the beach fancy suggests an imagining often unrestrained by reality but spurred by desires. fancied himself a super athlete realize stresses a grasping of the significance of what is conceived or imagined. realized the enormity of the task ahead envisage and envision imply a conceiving or imagining that is especially clear or detailed. envisaged a totally computerized operation envisioned a cure for the disease",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Which horse do you fancy in the Derby?",
      "try to fancy , if you can, our mother on an elephant when she was touring India",
      "Noun",
      "His plans to build a new stadium are the product of pure fancy .",
      "Critics have dismissed his plan as mere fancy .",
      "Adjective",
      "He drives a big, fancy car.",
      "we're having a little get-together after the concert\u2014nothing fancy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Although rival Barcelona is compiling some enviable players in central areas, and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid will stick around near the top, Real will fancy another league title if Tchouameni is available for selection when August comes. \u2014 Henry Flynn, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "In the same way that some true crime enthusiasts fancy themselves amateur, independent investigators, some are drawn in by watching someone else make an extreme choice, like going on the run with a criminal, Vicary said. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 7 May 2022",
      "If Yungblud led a cult, many would join \u2014 even those who fancy themselves hard to persuade. \u2014 Maria Sherman, SPIN , 2 May 2022",
      "Not even a dreamy-eyed middle-school kid would fancy such a thing. \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 Nov. 2021",
      "San Jose, however, is still looking for more from its third and fourth lines, and that has to change if the team wants to fancy itself as a playoff contender. \u2014 Ross Mckeon, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "Optional chrome accent and black-out packages are available, as well as the Aerodynamic package for those who fancy and even sportier look. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "For those who don't fancy a beer, 10 different cocktails will be offered, including a blackberry, rosemary and rye sipper and a seasonally appropriate pomegranate and apple cider margarita served with a cinnamon sugar rim. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "So actual pros, or people who fancy themselves pros, will probably want to investigate these cameras. \u2014 Brian Barrett, Wired , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The one that really caught our fancy was her class on chewy chapatis; aromatic beef, chicken, or vegetable curry; and ugali with steamed cabbage. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 May 2022",
      "Peter Sellers couldn\u2019t have concocted a more deranged flight of fancy . \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "The Wildcat's interior is show-car fancy , with exotic-looking seats that would be appropriate in a Ferrari, maybe, but in a Buick SUV? \u2014 Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver , 1 June 2022",
      "Choose one of our classic cocktails like our Mary Pickford or East Bayside for a fancy (but easy) drink sure to standout. \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
      "Whether smokescreen, negotiating tactic, genuine concern or flight of fancy , Mr. Musk\u2019s insistence that Twitter is overrun by spam bots has upended a deal that was eccentric from the outset and left both sides in difficult positions. \u2014 Cara Lombardo, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "The book is a parable so rich in flights, ahem, of fancy that it has been adapted over the decades into plays, musicals, movies, operas, graphic novels and games. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "The zoo has 5 biomes: the desert, flights of fancy , the forests, the oceans and the plains. \u2014 Alexi Eastes, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "And that brings us to the other place Vettel\u2019s flight of fancy and reality collide: the track itself. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Science fiction has been the springboard for musical flights of fancy as long as TV and movies have been around. \u2014 Jon Burlingame, Variety , 2 June 2022",
      "The Vampire\u2019s Masquerade Ball, while fancy and high end with its formal gothic dress code (no street clothes allowed), managed not to be stuffy. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
      "Ankle-Strap Platforms From fancy dinner dates to a night out dancing, ankle-strap platforms are probably one of the most secure ways to wear this trend, with the strap working overtime for you. \u2014 Pema Bakshi, refinery29.com , 23 May 2022",
      "Preparing to welcome her second child shortly, Taina Williams enjoyed her Mother\u2019s Day with a fancy dinner put on by her partner, rapper G Herbo. \u2014 Essence , 9 May 2022",
      "Imperioli is set to play a character named Dominic Di Grasso, who travels to an unknown (although likely fancy and exotic) locale with his elderly father and recent college graduate son. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "One of my most favorite Valentine\u2019s was a few years back, pre-pandemic time and during a tour break, my fianc\u00e9 Andy surprised me with a fancy dinner at The View restaurant in NYC followed by a show at Lincoln Center. \u2014 Griselda Flores, Billboard , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Osetra Caviar, Premium Uni and Handmade Pasta Gourmet Box Impress your Valentine by cooking a fancy dinner at home, complete with caviar and uni. \u2014 Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "As virus fears prevent consumers from planning a trip to Paris or a fancy restaurant dinner, many have turned to refurbishing the living room instead, making goods an unusually hot commodity. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fantasien, fantesien, fancyen \"to plan, devise, create, form (an idea), imagine (something false), desire,\" in part derivative of fantasie, fantsy, fansey fancy entry 2 , in part borrowed from Middle French fantasier \"to imagine, invent,\" verbal derivative of fantasie fantasy entry 1":"Verb",
      "Middle English fantasie, fantsy, fansey \"the imagination as a faculty, mental image produced by this faculty, deluded notion, figment of the imagination, preference directed by caprice rather than reason, liking\" \u2014 more at fantasy entry 1":"Noun",
      "from attributive use of fancy entry 2":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214950"
  },
  "fasten":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to attach especially by pinning, tying, or nailing",
      ": to make fast and secure",
      ": to fix firmly or securely",
      ": to secure against opening",
      ": to fix or set steadily",
      ": to take a firm grip with",
      ": to attach (oneself) persistently and usually objectionably",
      ": to place forcefully : impose",
      ": to become fast or fixed",
      ": to take a firm grip or hold",
      ": to focus attention",
      ": to attach or join by or as if by pinning, tying, or nailing",
      ": to make firm and secure",
      ": to become fixed or joined"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-s\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8fa-s\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "affix",
      "attach",
      "bend",
      "fix"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "detach",
      "undo",
      "unfasten",
      "unhook"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Use heavy-duty carabiners or S-hooks to fasten the hammock ends to the eyebolts. \u2014 Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
      "The attack followed the flight attendant\u2019s request that Quinonez fasten her seatbelt, stow her tray table and pull up her facemask as Southwest Airlines Flight 700 out of Sacramento neared its San Diego destination. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "The fastest and neatest way to fasten wood trim is with a nail gun, either pneumatic or cordless. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 3 May 2022",
      "The straps feature sturdy clips that fasten behind the headrests of the two front seats, creating a convenient hammock for your bag. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
      "The trip was rocky from the start: Before takeoff, Morgan reclined his first-class seat all the way back and refused to fasten his seat belt, the affidavit says. \u2014 Hannah Sampson, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Clamp the assembly to the front and back rails, then fasten it with 2-in. \u2014 Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics , 5 June 2021",
      "The officer instructed the woman to fasten her child into the car seat. \u2014 cleveland , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Police are advising business owners to make sure security systems are working properly \u2013 including alarms and surveillance cameras \u2013 and businesses with ATMs should fasten them to the floor. \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com , 18 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English fastnen , from Old English f\u00e6stnian to make fast; akin to Old High German festin\u014dn to make fast, Old English f\u00e6st fast",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-180256"
  },
  "face off":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a method of beginning play (as in hockey or lacrosse) in which two opponents face each other and attempt to gain control of a puck or ball dropped or placed between them":[],
      ": confrontation":[],
      ": to be in or come into opposition or competition":[
        "politicians facing off against each other in a televised debate"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101s-\u02cc\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ball game",
      "battle",
      "combat",
      "competition",
      "conflict",
      "confrontation",
      "contention",
      "contest",
      "dogfight",
      "duel",
      "grapple",
      "match",
      "rivalry",
      "strife",
      "struggle",
      "sweepstakes",
      "sweep-stake",
      "tug-of-war",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "battle",
      "compete",
      "contend",
      "fight",
      "race",
      "rival",
      "vie"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "eager to face off with her longtime tennis rival"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1948, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015549"
  },
  "factual":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of or relating to facts",
      ": restricted to or based on fact",
      ": relating to or based on facts",
      ": of or relating to facts",
      ": restricted to or based on fact"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fak-ch\u0259-w\u0259l",
      "-ch\u0259l",
      "-ch\u00fc-\u0259l",
      "\u02c8faksh-w\u0259l",
      "\u02c8fak-ch\u0259-w\u0259l",
      "\u02c8fak-ch\u0259-w\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "documentary",
      "hard",
      "historical",
      "literal",
      "matter-of-fact",
      "nonfictional",
      "objective",
      "true"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "fictional",
      "fictionalized",
      "fictitious",
      "nondocumentary",
      "nonfactual",
      "nonhistorical",
      "unhistorical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "That statement is not factual .",
      "a report filled with factual errors",
      "the factual aspects of the case",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For his part, Abbott contends his criticisms are factual and based on information available in the public record. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "There was an eyewitness who claimed something that was just not factual . \u2014 CBS News , 5 June 2022",
      "The two Post stories don\u2019t actually say the recession has arrived, because that wouldn\u2019t be factual . \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
      "Writing at a breakneck pace, Mr. Mears produced reams of copy that, through some kind of literary alchemy, was not only factual but also sometimes touched with notes of poetic grace. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "The statement was probably designed more to inspire the players than to be factual , as the Galaxy were fortunate that NYCFC didn\u2019t capitalize on mistakes made by Sega Coulibaly, Nick DePuy and Edwards. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez, Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "The intricate details are factual , based on extensive research done by Stern and Winter. \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Ramsey County Judge Timothy Mulrooney found there was factual basis to support the guilty plea, which will be finalized at sentencing. \u2014 CBS News , 13 May 2022",
      "Ramsey County Judge Timothy Mulrooney found there was factual basis to support the guilty plea, which will be finalized at sentencing. \u2014 Amy Forliti, ajc , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" fact + -ual (in actual )",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190540"
  },
  "fancify":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make ornate, elaborate, or fancy":[
        "a fancified hamburger"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fan(t)-s\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adorn",
      "array",
      "beautify",
      "bedeck",
      "bedizen",
      "blazon",
      "caparison",
      "deck",
      "decorate",
      "do",
      "do up",
      "doll up",
      "drape",
      "dress",
      "embellish",
      "emblaze",
      "emboss",
      "enrich",
      "fancy up",
      "festoon",
      "garnish",
      "glitz (up)",
      "grace",
      "gussy up",
      "ornament",
      "pretty (up)",
      "trim"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "deface",
      "disfigure",
      "mar",
      "scar",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "you could take a store-bought cake and fancify it so that it looks semi-homemade"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "fancy entry 3 + -ify":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1823, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204350"
  },
  "fain":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": willing":[
        "he was very fain , for the young widow was \"altogether fair and lovely \u2026 \"",
        "\u2014 Amy Kelly"
      ],
      ": being obliged or constrained : compelled":[
        "Great Britain was fain to devote its whole energy \u2026 to the business of slaying and being slain",
        "\u2014 G. M. Trevelyan"
      ],
      ": happy , pleased":[],
      ": inclined , desirous":[],
      ": with pleasure : gladly":[
        "a speech of fire that fain would blaze",
        "\u2014 William Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": by preference":[
        "knew it, too, though he would fain not admit it publicly",
        "\u2014 John Lukacs"
      ],
      ": by desire":[
        "I would fain consult you",
        "\u2014 W. S. Gilbert"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amenable",
      "disposed",
      "game",
      "glad",
      "inclined",
      "minded",
      "ready",
      "willing"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "first",
      "preferably",
      "rather",
      "readily",
      "soon",
      "willingly"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "during the Renaissance most men of science and the arts were fain to express their noblest thoughts in Latin, the lingua franca of the learned",
      "Adverb",
      "\u201cI would fain not marry that suitor, my lord,\u201d the princess pleaded"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fagen, fayn , from Old English f\u00e6gen ; akin to Old English gef\u0113on to rejoice, Old High German gifehan , Old Norse feginn happy":"Adjective",
      "Middle English fayn, derivative of fayn fain entry 1":"Adverb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adjective",
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040251"
  },
  "fall off":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a decline especially in quantity or quality":[
        "a falloff in exports",
        "a falloff of light intensity"
      ],
      ": trend sense 2b":[],
      ": to deviate to leeward of the point to which the bow was directed":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fl-\u02cc\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abatement",
      "decline",
      "decrease",
      "decrement",
      "dent",
      "depletion",
      "depression",
      "diminishment",
      "diminution",
      "drop",
      "drop-off",
      "fall",
      "loss",
      "reduction",
      "shrinkage",
      "step-down"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "arc",
      "arch",
      "bend",
      "bow",
      "crook",
      "curve",
      "hook",
      "round",
      "sweep",
      "swerve",
      "trend",
      "wheel"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable",
      "Verb",
      "the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But after three weeks of early voting ahead of Tuesday\u2019s primary, record-breaking turnout is undercutting predictions that the Georgia Election Integrity Act of 2021 would lead to a falloff in voting. \u2014 Amy Gardner And Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
      "But after three weeks of early voting ahead of Tuesday's primary, record-breaking turnout is undercutting predictions that the Georgia Election Integrity Act of 2021 would lead to a falloff in voting. \u2014 Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
      "Barry McCarthy, a former Netflix Inc. and Spotify Technology SA finance executive who took over as Peloton\u2019s CEO in February, said the falloff in demand was foreseeable. \u2014 Sharon Terlep, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "In other words, young voters were among the difference-makers in a close election, and any significant falloff in support or turnout could yield historic gains for Republicans in Congress. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 26 May 2022",
      "The residual falloff in Portland air travel is more than twice as steep as the national decline, and the gap is getting wider. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 May 2022",
      "Typically, with high inflation reducing the purchasing power of households and rising interest rates depressing their willingness to spend, the result would be a falloff in consumer spending. \u2014 Gad Levanon For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The falloff for commuter rail has been far steeper and more sustained than for other transit modes like municipal bus service, in part because many front-line workers who don\u2019t have a remote option rely on the bus or subway to get to their jobs. \u2014 Scott Calvert, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Each of those businesses faces challenges \u2014 the aviation unit is emerging from the pandemic falloff in air travel, and the power business must adapt to the shift to alternative energy sources. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1789, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230743"
  },
  "fascinating":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": extremely interesting or charming : captivating":[
        "a fascinating documentary",
        "gave a fascinating account of the expedition"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101-ti\u014b",
      "\u02c8fa-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101-",
      "\u02c8fas-\u02ccn\u0101-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alluring",
      "appealing",
      "attractive",
      "bewitching",
      "captivating",
      "charismatic",
      "charming",
      "elfin",
      "enchanting",
      "engaging",
      "entrancing",
      "fetching",
      "glamorous",
      "glamourous",
      "luring",
      "magnetic",
      "seductive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "repellent",
      "repellant",
      "repelling",
      "repugnant",
      "repulsive",
      "revolting",
      "unalluring"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the fascinating cities and peoples of central Asia have been intriguing travelers at least since the time of Marco Polo",
      "the fascinating \u2014but dubious\u2014legend that Pocahontas rescued John Smith from certain death",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The process of slipping outside a level\u2019s boundaries and into the warped, glitchy worlds between is fascinating \u2014 the end result of hundreds of hours of studious play. \u2014 Nathan Grayson, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
      "The combined message of patriotism and protest is fascinating . \u2014 Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 July 2022",
      "The results of that research were fascinating \u2014 if not frustrating. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
      "Any access to a president of the United States even for one minute at a particular moment in time is fascinating . \u2014 Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
      "The answer is fascinating yet not all that surprising: on the whole, female CEOs responded to the pandemic by taking pay cuts, while male CEOs responded by giving themselves raises. \u2014 Liz Elting, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "The geology of the lake is fascinating , as there are underwater geysers, hot springs, and fumaroles. \u2014 Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine , 24 June 2022",
      "The physics behind drippy teapots is fascinating , but the bottom line is that your typical ceramic kyusu spout is built with a stubby gooseneck that allows for a fast\u2014but drip-free\u2014pour. \u2014 Max Falkowitz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
      "To meet Etta James and Solomon Burke and Jack McDuff and other folks from the Chess catalog, that was fascinating . \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see fascinate":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1618, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222851"
  },
  "faded":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having lost freshness or depth of color":[
        "faded jeans",
        "a faded photograph from 1931"
      ],
      ": having weakened or diminished with the passage of time":[
        "a faded memory",
        "I lie on the bed and look out the window then at the room's whitewashed walls with their message of past and faded glory.",
        "\u2014 Lynne Tillman"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dull",
      "dulled",
      "light",
      "pale",
      "pastel",
      "washed-out",
      "washy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dark",
      "deep",
      "gay",
      "rich"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163221"
  },
  "fatigue":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": labor":[],
      ": manual or menial work (such as the cleaning up of a camp area) performed by military personnel":[],
      ": the uniform or work clothing worn on fatigue and in the field":[],
      ": weariness or exhaustion from labor, exertion, or stress":[
        "We were overcome by fatigue after the long hike."
      ],
      ": the temporary loss of power to respond that is induced in a sensory receptor (see receptor sense a ) or motor (see motor entry 2 sense 1 ) end organ by continued stimulation":[],
      ": a state or attitude of indifference or apathy brought on by overexposure (as to a repeated series of similar events or appeals)":[
        "\u2026 a super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton launched within days of Barack Obama's 2013 inauguration. Voter fatigue is just one drawback to the long campaigns, though.",
        "\u2014 Martin Wisckol",
        "Most of the Romney voters they visited were fairly chipper, but there is an air of election fatigue in a state where most television commercial breaks are dominated by attack ads and the phone rings off the hook with campaign calls.",
        "\u2014 Daniel Malloy and Katie Leslie",
        "Waning media coverage of a humanitarian crisis is usually a precursor to \"donor fatigue ,\" in which assistance from other nations fades.",
        "\u2014 Christian Science Monitor"
      ],
      "\u2014 see also compassion fatigue":[
        "\u2026 a super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton launched within days of Barack Obama's 2013 inauguration. Voter fatigue is just one drawback to the long campaigns, though.",
        "\u2014 Martin Wisckol",
        "Most of the Romney voters they visited were fairly chipper, but there is an air of election fatigue in a state where most television commercial breaks are dominated by attack ads and the phone rings off the hook with campaign calls.",
        "\u2014 Daniel Malloy and Katie Leslie",
        "Waning media coverage of a humanitarian crisis is usually a precursor to \"donor fatigue ,\" in which assistance from other nations fades.",
        "\u2014 Christian Science Monitor"
      ],
      ": the tendency of a material to break under repeated stress":[
        "metal fatigue"
      ],
      ": to weary with labor or exertion":[],
      ": to induce a condition of fatigue in":[],
      ": to suffer fatigue":[],
      ": consisting of, done, or used in fatigue":[
        "fatigue detail"
      ],
      ": belonging to fatigues":[
        "a fatigue cap"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8t\u0113g"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "burnout",
      "collapse",
      "exhaustion",
      "frazzle",
      "lassitude",
      "prostration",
      "tiredness",
      "weariness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "break",
      "burn out",
      "bust",
      "do in",
      "do up",
      "drain",
      "exhaust",
      "fag",
      "frazzle",
      "harass",
      "kill",
      "knock out",
      "outwear",
      "tire",
      "tucker (out)",
      "wash out",
      "wear",
      "wear out",
      "weary"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fatigue Verb tire , weary , fatigue , exhaust , jade mean to make or become unable or unwilling to continue. tire implies a draining of one's strength or patience. the long ride tired us out weary stresses tiring until one is unable to endure more of the same thing. wearied of the constant arguing fatigue suggests great lassitude from excessive strain or undue effort. fatigued by the day's chores exhaust implies complete draining of strength by hard exertion. shoveling snow exhausted him jade suggests the loss of all freshness and eagerness. appetites jaded by overindulgence",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "We were overcome by fatigue after the long journey.",
      "The drug's side effects include headache and fatigue .",
      "soldiers wearing combat boots and fatigues",
      "The cracks in the engine were caused by metal fatigue .",
      "Verb",
      "the rescue workers pressed on, though their efforts to reach the miners had almost completely fatigued them",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "People with long-haul COVID-19 experience symptoms such as fatigue , headaches and dizziness for an average of 15 months after the onset of the illness, according to a recent study, published in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. \u2014 Paula Morgan, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Before vaccination, the odds of experiencing long Covid changed little over time, the researchers said, based on symptoms such as fatigue , shortness of breath, and brain fog. \u2014 Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 19 May 2022",
      "Beyond the threat of hospitalizing vulnerable people who get infected, there is the possibility of contracting long COVID following an infection, in which symptoms such as chronic fatigue or brain fog can persist for months or years. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
      "In August, the regulator for taxis and hire vehicles in Australia\u2019s New South Wales\u2014home to Sydney\u2014fined Uber and issued 13 improvement notices after a safety audit found concerns such as driver fatigue and passenger complaints. \u2014 Alice Uribe, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "However, some people may experience side effects, such as fatigue , diarrhea, and changes in appetite. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "On the flip side, a CDC study published in March shows the vaccine is safe in children 5 to 11, reporting no serious adverse events and only mild side effects such as fatigue , headache and fever after 8 million doses were administered. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Patients in the study reported common symptoms, such as fatigue and headache, after vaccination, according to the authors. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Research indicates that up to 40% of people who have recovered from the initial coronavirus infection continue to suffer for weeks or months from sometimes-debilitating symptoms, such as fatigue , muddled memory and joint pain. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "For example, Staiano and his colleagues suggest that coping with pain demands inhibitory control, a cognitive process that may fatigue your brain in ways that increase perception of effort. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 21 July 2020",
      "Patients in her clinic also have similar symptoms, with sleeping difficulties and fatigue the most common. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 11 May 2022",
      "But solid metal can fatigue and break, and the more that\u2019s added to a soft material, the more inflexible the material becomes. \u2014 Kurt Kleiner, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
      "Staffing shortages have contributed to fatigue as workers take on ever more patients. \u2014 Ruben Vives, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "In exercise science, this is called training to fatigue . \u2014 Brad Stulberg, Outside Online , 19 Mar. 2019",
      "Staffing shortages have contributed to fatigue as workers take on ever more patients. \u2014 Ruben Vives, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Furthermore, video chats fatigue humans for a variety of reasons. \u2014 Raj Verma, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Staffing shortages have contributed to fatigue as workers take on ever more patients. \u2014 Ruben Vives, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "This cream mixes the two active ingredients, carnosine and Fagus sylvatica to create an anti-aging and anti- fatigue effect. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
      "This anti- fatigue eye treatment from Tom Ford is top quality and looks sleek in its functional packaging. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Some are small yet impactful, like the installation of anti- fatigue mats to cover the hard warehouse floor and improve the working conditions of people standing for long periods of time. \u2014 Caitlin Harrington, Wired , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "An anti- fatigue mat will take the sting out of standing on hard surfaces like concrete, hardwood and tile. \u2014 Sal Vaglica, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "This anti- fatigue mat is designed to relieve pressure on your joints, improve posture, and boost circulation. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Or place cushioned anti- fatigue mats at high-risk spots like the shower entrance and in front of the sink. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "Anti- fatigue mats also combat joint and muscle pain. \u2014 Samantha Driscoll, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 Apr. 2021",
      "Anti- fatigue floor mats can reduce discomfort and provide support while standing at a desk. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Middle French, from fatiguer to fatigue, from Latin fatigare ; akin to Latin af fatim sufficiently":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1669, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1693, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1774, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003847"
  },
  "fallible":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": liable to be erroneous":[
        "a fallible generalization"
      ],
      ": capable of making a mistake":[
        "we're all fallible"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-l\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Any system designed by fallible people is subject to design flaws, human error, and happenstance, as the terrifying history of nuclear near-misses demonstrates. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Popeye is fallible but has long lived by his own moral code \u2014 a consistent trait that dates back to Segar\u2019s creation. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s both threat and promise in the therapeutic encounter: the ineffable, fallible , and intimate play between two strangers, one witnessed and one witnessing, talking it out. \u2014 Ana Cecilia Alvarez, The Atlantic , 1 May 2022",
      "Still, in just a few short weeks, Jackson has gone from being seen as a woman, highly accomplished, but fallible like the rest of us, to a symbol, put on a pedestal to be praised and attacked. \u2014 Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Humans are time again said to be and repeatedly show themselves to be fallible . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "But as the California prosecution shows, the technology is fallible . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "However, our faith in God is not based on following a fallible human man. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Main story was Eliud Kipchoge, who at last was fallible . \u2014 Roger Robinson, Outside Online , 6 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Medieval Latin fallibilis , from Latin fallere":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023620"
  },
  "fair-mindedness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": marked by impartiality and honesty : just , unprejudiced":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer-\u02ccm\u012bn-d\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1645, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032606"
  },
  "fairish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fairly good":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer-ish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "acceptable",
      "adequate",
      "all right",
      "decent",
      "fine",
      "good",
      "OK",
      "okay",
      "passable",
      "respectable",
      "satisfactory",
      "serviceable",
      "tolerable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "deficient",
      "inadequate",
      "insufficient",
      "lacking",
      "unacceptable",
      "unsatisfactory",
      "wanting"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "did a fairish job of refinishing the old chest, especially since it was her first foray into furniture restoration"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1611, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012358"
  },
  "fairness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer-n\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aesthetics",
      "esthetics",
      "attractiveness",
      "beauteousness",
      "beautifulness",
      "beauty",
      "comeliness",
      "cuteness",
      "gorgeousness",
      "handsomeness",
      "looks",
      "loveliness",
      "prettiness",
      "sightliness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "grotesqueness",
      "hideousness",
      "homeliness",
      "plainness",
      "ugliness",
      "unattractiveness",
      "unbecomingness",
      "unloveliness",
      "unsightliness"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202650"
  },
  "famished":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-misht"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "empty",
      "hungry",
      "peckish",
      "starved",
      "starving"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "full",
      "sated",
      "satiate",
      "satiated",
      "satisfied"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "What's for supper? I'm famished .",
      "after a full day of skiing, I was feeling absolutely famished",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The teaser gives us lots of famished zombies (including zombie dogs) and popular game creatures like giant mutant spiders and Lickers. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
      "And/or, Hyacinth was miraculously able to feed pierogi to his famished flock during a siege by the Mongols. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
      "At times guided by Natives who were themselves famished while waiting for the return of salmon, Allen never stopped for long. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Their crocks once fed famished workers coming off their shifts as well as all-night revelers in need of nourishment. \u2014 Joshua David Stein, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "At the Indira Gandhi hospital, and in faltering hospitals across Afghanistan, famished children arrive by car and taxi and ambulance every day and night. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "Also horrifying are the scenes of the famished internees making a meal out of whatever animal comes their way. \u2014 Alissa Simon, Variety , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "As an adult, Pham worked in restaurants and served brunch to famished runners and their proud families. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "This team is starving \u2013 famished \u2013 for a franchise quarterback. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002232"
  },
  "farcical":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or resembling farce (see farce entry 2 sense 2 ) : ludicrous":[
        "the farcical parts of comedies"
      ],
      ": laughably inept : absurd":[
        "farcical high jinks"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-si-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "antic",
      "chucklesome",
      "comedic",
      "comic",
      "comical",
      "droll",
      "funny",
      "hilarious",
      "humoristic",
      "humorous",
      "hysterical",
      "hysteric",
      "killing",
      "laughable",
      "ludicrous",
      "ridiculous",
      "riotous",
      "risible",
      "screaming",
      "sidesplitting",
      "uproarious"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "humorless",
      "lame",
      "unamusing",
      "uncomic",
      "unfunny",
      "unhumorous",
      "unhysterical"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the farcical behavior of the troupe of circus clowns",
      "the farcical routine that a person has to go through to get a refund from that company",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The idea should be absurd, risible, farcical , outr\u00e9. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "The farcical film tells the story from the perspective of manager Malcolm McLaren and is so cartoonish that parts of it are actually animated. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
      "The Death of Stalin was an ensemble piece, but the Times story, and the farcical response to it by affected parties, is turning out to be a star vehicle for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "After Jackie Cooper starred as Henry in What a Life (1939) and Life With Henry (1941), Lydon took over for the final nine films in the farcical series, from Henry Aldrich for President (1941) to Henry Aldrich\u2019s Little Secret (1944). \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The international community has imposed sanctions on the military and dismissed Suu Kyi\u2019s trials as farcical . \u2014 NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The international community has dismissed the trials as farcical and has demanded her immediate release. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Looney found the identical bonds and probable-cause affidavits farcical on their face. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The play seems to speak directly to our current culture wars concerning race and history, in schools and beyond, from the Sturm und Drang over the New York Times\u2019s 1619 Project to Rufo\u2019s farcical witch-hunting with respect to critical race theory. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1710, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022250"
  },
  "faraway":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lying at a great distance : remote",
      ": dreamy , abstracted",
      ": remote entry 1 sense 1 , distant",
      ": appearing as if lost in a daydream"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "away",
      "deep",
      "distant",
      "far",
      "far-flung",
      "far-off",
      "remote",
      "removed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "close",
      "near",
      "nearby",
      "nigh"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "My grandfather told us tales of faraway lands.",
      "growing up in a seaport instilled in the youth a restless desire to travel to faraway places",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Despite this, robust gun control measures\u2014background checks, gun buybacks, banning literally anything\u2014seem a faraway fantasy in this country, even as cameras that scan visitors\u2019 faces and match them against a blacklist are already in use. \u2014 Sidney Fussell, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
      "The short version: For many years, the archipelago was a faraway administrative appendage of the British colony of Mauritius, an island off the coast of Africa. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "But the shooting in the church in Laguna Woods, Calif., stood out in its own way, a variation on American tragedy that seemed to show how faraway conflicts, even those in the distant past, can reverberate in the gun culture of the United States. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s less chaotic and expensive than coordinating with factories in faraway countries and waiting for finished orders to arrive, Hassell said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Known locally as La Floresta, the USFS is often seen as a feudal lord, a faraway government entity that has accumulated vast holdings with little idea of how to properly steward them or enough funds to do the job. \u2014 Alicia Inez Guzm\u00e1n For Searchlight Nm, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
      "The physician\u2019s case studies included the story of a girl sent to a faraway hospital to recover from a bad fall. \u2014 Eula Biss, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
      "The fish comes only from the English Channel and other faraway waters. \u2014 Janelle Davis, CNN , 25 May 2022",
      "Ironically, the heavily corroded dial looks like the surface of a faraway planet. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1735, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202124"
  },
  "family name":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": surname sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "last name",
      "surname"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Her family name is Smith.",
      "many women today do not change their family name when they marry",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Inside America\u2019s Black Upper Class and starred Yaya DaCosta as Angela Vaughn, a single mother who set out to reclaim her family name but discovered a dark secret about her own mother\u2019s past. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
      "Rosenberger was offered a choice: a luxury version of the Volkswagen Beetle or a Porsche 356, the first sports car under the family name , designed by Porsche's son, Ferry. \u2014 David De Jong, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Downstairs, his estranged wife plots the restoration of the family name . \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "This idea of shadow and light is a play on this family name . \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "By others, the town was named for the many settlers with the family name White (more than 100) who moved to the county in the 1870s. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "The Marcos family has spent the decades since losing power rehabilitating the family name . \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 4 May 2022",
      "The president\u2019s son, Hunter, and the president\u2019s brother Jim have made a living from trafficking on their family name and political connections. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The tycoons stood to benefit from association with the Biden family name while their money allowed Hunter Biden to maintain a globe-trotting lifestyle, the Journal has reported. \u2014 Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1646, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165458"
  },
  "fanny":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": vulva":[],
      ": buttocks":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "backside",
      "behind",
      "booty",
      "bootie",
      "bottom",
      "breech",
      "bum",
      "buns",
      "butt",
      "buttocks",
      "caboose",
      "can",
      "cheeks",
      "derriere",
      "derri\u00e8re",
      "duff",
      "fundament",
      "hams",
      "haunches",
      "heinie",
      "hunkers",
      "keister",
      "keester",
      "nates",
      "posterior",
      "rear",
      "rear end",
      "rump",
      "seat",
      "tail",
      "tail end",
      "tush"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "I'd like to give him a good kick in the fanny !",
      "be careful on that icy walk, unless you want to fall on your fanny"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps from Fanny , nickname of Frances":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214555"
  },
  "fatality":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of causing death or destruction",
      ": the quality or condition of being destined for disaster",
      ": something established by fate",
      ": fate sense 1",
      ": fatalism",
      ": the agent or agency of fate",
      ": death resulting from a disaster",
      ": one that experiences a fatal outcome",
      ": a death resulting from a disaster or accident",
      ": the quality or state of causing death or destruction : deadliness",
      ": death resulting from a disaster",
      ": one who suffers such a death"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0101-\u02c8ta-l\u0259-t\u0113",
      "f\u0259-",
      "f\u0101-\u02c8ta-l\u0259-t\u0113",
      "f\u0101-\u02c8tal-\u0259t-\u0113, f\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "casualty",
      "loss",
      "prey",
      "victim"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The car crash caused one fatality and several serious injuries.",
      "the grim reminder that every holiday weekend inevitably results in a slew of highway fatalities",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Kelleher\u2019s death is the second fatality reported in June in the national park. \u2014 Lindsey Bever, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "This is the park's second fatality in the park this month. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
      "This story was updated after the police initially said there was a fatality but later corrected themselves and said no one died from the shooting. \u2014 Stephanie Guerilus, ABC News , 11 June 2022",
      "The crash was the second pedestrian fatality in 48 hours. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 June 2022",
      "Parlingayan, 22, of Chicago, was at least the third bicyclist fatality in 2022 when he was struck by a vehicle in the 3800 block of North Milwaukee Avenue in the Old Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side around 9:20 p.m. \u2014 Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune , 6 May 2022",
      "If true, that would be a fatality rate of 0.002%, something no other country has achieved. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "At least 247 have been confirmed in 22 of its 36 states since then with 3.6% fatality rate, the disease control agency said. \u2014 Chinedu Asadu, ajc , 30 May 2022",
      "The country's latest death toll, reported on Friday, was 69 and the fatality rate was 0.002%, according to KCNA. \u2014 Sophie Jeong, CNN , 29 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French fatalit\u00e9 , from Late Latin fatalitat-, fatalitas , from Latin fatalis ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-223503"
  },
  "famishment":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause to suffer severely from hunger":[],
      ": to cause to starve to death":[],
      ": starve":[],
      ": to suffer for lack of something necessary":[
        "a moment when French poetry in particular was famishing for such invention",
        "\u2014 T. S. Eliot"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-mish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Or that his pan-religious message of love and godliness is embraced by the spiritually famished . \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 31 Dec. 2019",
      "Y\u2019all might be famished , but Joe stays fat these days. \u2014 Joseph Goodman, al , 21 Nov. 2019",
      "Afterward, both of us were famished but neither wanted to cook. \u2014 Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine , 16 Sep. 2019",
      "When someone is famished , even five minutes can seem interminable. \u2014 Dear Abby, oregonlive.com , 24 Aug. 2019",
      "For years, researchers have seen mice and rats perform well on cognitive tests when famished . \u2014 Mark Barna, Discover Magazine , 24 Sep. 2018",
      "The boys were famished and weak when they were found, having lost an average of more than four pounds each. \u2014 John Bacon, ajc , 12 July 2018",
      "After all that intense activity, my kids would be famished . \u2014 Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Redbook , 15 Jan. 2012",
      "The boys were famished and weak when they were found, having lost an average of more than four pounds each. \u2014 John Bacon, ajc , 12 July 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, probably alteration of famen , from Anglo-French afamer , from Vulgar Latin *affamare , from Latin ad- + fames":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203721"
  },
  "facile":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": easily accomplished or attained":[
        "a facile victory"
      ],
      ": shallow , simplistic":[
        "I am not concerned \u2026 with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem",
        "\u2014 T. S. Eliot"
      ],
      ": used or comprehended with ease":[],
      ": readily manifested and often lacking sincerity or depth":[
        "facile tears"
      ],
      ": mild or pleasing in manner or disposition":[],
      ": ready , fluent":[
        "facile prose"
      ],
      ": poised , assured":[
        "a facile lecturer"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "one-dimensional",
      "shallow",
      "skin-deep",
      "superficial"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "deep",
      "profound"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for facile easy , facile , simple , light , effortless , smooth mean not demanding effort or involving difficulty. easy is applicable either to persons or things imposing tasks or to activity required by such tasks. an easy college course facile often adds to easy the connotation of undue haste or shallowness. facile answers to complex questions simple stresses ease in understanding or dealing with because complication is absent. a simple problem in arithmetic light stresses freedom from what is burdensome. a light teaching load effortless stresses the appearance of ease and usually implies the prior attainment of artistry or expertness. moving with effortless grace smooth stresses the absence or removal of all difficulties, hardships, or obstacles. a smooth ride",
    "examples":[
      "But in the less palmy days of their marriage and the final years of his life, Lennon produced (with Yoko's help) shallow, facile recordings that cannibalized his early work. \u2014 Francine Prose , The Lives of the Muses , 2002",
      "Melville shrank from atheism, and from all facile theisms. \u2014 John Updike , Hugging the Shore , (1983) 1984",
      "\u2026 I saw that my old enemy was dead, Amy [Lowell], noble Amy. How I despised myself then for my facile self-pity and for my failure to die\u2014how she seemed to have worsted me once again. \u2014 Conrad Aiken 14 May 1925 , in Selected Letters of Conrad Aiken , 1978",
      "This problem needs more than just a facile solution.",
      "He is a wonderfully facile writer.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the Kings, especially Robert, bridled at creators who adopted more facile strategies\u2014blandly inclusive casting and writing designed to uplift rather than to interrogate. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
      "The brief\u2019s argument that FIFRA does not expressly preempt state-law liability claims is a straight rehash of the Ninth Circuit\u2019s flawed, facile reasoning in Hardeman. \u2014 Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "In a lecturous speech delivered Thursday at Stanford University, the 44th president succeeded in the facile task of diagnosing the cause and effect of our poisonous social media ecosystem. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Until then, the musical, a facile , satirical stage treatment of a far better movie, bounces from one insincere interlude to the next, doling out bits of exposition without establishing any compelling rationale to feel for its characters. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Biden more than anyone should realize that the facile belief that Donald Trump or other Republicans had it within their power to shut down the pandemic at any point was partisan opportunism and tripe. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Moli\u00e8re is not our contemporary in some facile and fatuous way. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Marusic's point isn't to draw a facile parallel between Putinism and Nazism. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Whatever the facile comparisons, familiar symbols and fearful words, this Canadian protest isn't a grassroots revolt or even a Prairie brushfire. \u2014 Andrew Cohen, CNN , 3 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin facilis \"easy, accommodating, nimble,\" from fac-, stem of facere \"to make, bring about, perform, do\" + -ilis -ile entry 1 \u2014 more at fact":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224315"
  },
  "fag end":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a poor or worn-out end : remnant":[],
      ": the extreme end":[],
      ": the last part or coarser end of a web of cloth":[],
      ": the untwisted end of a rope":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "end",
      "leftover",
      "oddment",
      "remainder",
      "remnant",
      "scrap",
      "stub"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a patchwork quilt sewn together from the fag ends of many bolts of cloth"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "earlier fag , from Middle English fagge flap":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000949"
  },
  "far and wide":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in every direction : everywhere":[
        "searched far and wide"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "all over",
      "everyplace",
      "everywhere",
      "high and low",
      "throughout"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "nowhere"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "we searched far and wide for a surgeon who could perform that delicate operation",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Combined with the MiG\u2019s impressive, 900-mile combat radius, the base network allows the interceptors to range far and wide across the Arctic and cover the entire Northern Shipping Route. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2021",
      "From big players to everyday investors, the impact is being felt far and wide . \u2014 Taylor Locke, Fortune , 18 June 2022",
      "After eight seasons with Snyder at the helm, the team\u2019s front office is looking far and wide for the Jazz\u2019s next voice, and all the while, deciding what to do with the roster after a disappointing finish in this season\u2019s playoffs. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "There are now eight, with several set to open across New England, sending Morse traveling far and wide to find the perfect pieces for every inch of wall space. \u2014 Megan Johnson, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
      "In the past, retailers have had to travel far and wide to source unique products and aspiring local brands back to their domestic markets. \u2014 Tiffany Lung, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "His main client \u2014 practically his only client then, in fact \u2014 was Bob Keeshan, the children\u2019s television performer who, with Mr. Josephson\u2019s help, would become known far and wide as Captain Kangaroo. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "The Princess has traveled far and wide representing the Crown. \u2014 Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country , 17 May 2022",
      "According to Ottoman explorer Evliya Celebi, who roamed far and wide in the 17th century, lahmacun takes its name from the Arabic word lahm-i acinli. \u2014 Lisa Morrow, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214724"
  },
  "fathom":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water":[
        "\u2014 sometimes used in the singular when qualified by a number five fathom deep"
      ],
      ": comprehension":[
        "the themes display a newer fathom than the technical modernism of the composer's earlier works",
        "\u2014 Newsweek"
      ],
      ": probe":[],
      ": to take soundings":[],
      ": to measure by a sounding line":[],
      ": to penetrate and come to understand":[
        "couldn't fathom the problem"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-t\u035fh\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "plumb",
      "sound"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The water here is five fathoms deep.",
      "Verb",
      "the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Musk\u2019s tumble only underscores the hard-to- fathom velocity of his ascent. \u2014 Devon Pendleton, Fortune , 6 Mar. 2021",
      "But in today\u2019s world of restrictions on size, quantity and season, releasing reef fish has become part of our new reality\u2014as are the challenges of ensuring postrelease survival for an animal pulled up from 20 fathoms . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "That impulse, growing out of one pivotal song, eventually pointed the way to the fathoms of Ocean, the group\u2019s new album, their seventh, which debuts Friday. \u2014 Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com , 15 Nov. 2019",
      "The lines were marked at two, three, five, seven, 10, 13, 15, 17 and 20 fathoms . \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Oct. 2019",
      "The submarine is recorded in 1,805 fathoms of water, or 8,310 feet, and makes a test dive. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 7 Jan. 2019",
      "Leadbetter Point to Cape Falcon - Nearshore (inside 40 fathoms ) opens May 7; Mondays to Wednesdays until 500 pounds are caught or Sept. 30. \u2014 Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com , 20 Apr. 2018",
      "Get ready to be terrified by the mysterious fathoms below! \u2014 Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan , 27 Jan. 2018",
      "More than 200 years later, our low tide was at the same time Cook's high had been, and 4 fathoms \u2014 24 feet \u2014 was an understatement. \u2014 Erin Mckittrick, Alaska Dispatch News , 15 Sep. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But the emotion was palpable from both sides: Goff would give anything to beat the Rams, and McVay and the Rams\u2019 front office could not fathom the embarrassment of losing to Goff. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "As with most leaders who are comfortably embedded in their roles at the top of their fields and become disconnected from the rank-and-file, many leaders enact a way of living that most of us cannot even fathom . \u2014 Anthony Silard, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
      "Democrats are still in shock about that, and can\u2019t fathom why so many Latinos are pro-recall. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Orban spoke to the broader political issue, in that left-wing politicians like Biden cannot fathom a nationalistic or conservative alternative ideology. \u2014 Fox News , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "But Orthodox Jews have a level of community and ritual practices so endlessly meaningful that people in the secular world simply cannot fathom it. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 14 July 2021",
      "The Biden administration often touts this progress as hard to fathom when the pandemic began. \u2014 Rachel Siegel, Anchorage Daily News , 4 May 2022",
      "The way that society pressures young couples to get married but can\u2019t fathom two best friends making that same commitment never fails to baffle me. \u2014 April Lee, refinery29.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "One young executive worked at a movie channel that had 800 million viewers, a scale beyond what any of his Hollywood instructors could fathom . \u2014 Erich Schwartzel, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fadme , from Old English f\u00e6thm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin pat\u0113re to be open, pandere to spread out, Greek petannynai":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1607, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173759"
  },
  "favorably":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": disposed to favor : partial":[
        "taking a favorable attitude toward our request"
      ],
      ": expressing approval : commendatory":[
        "The movie received a favorable review."
      ],
      ": giving a result that is in one's favor":[
        "a favorable comparison"
      ],
      ": affirmative":[
        "a favorable reply"
      ],
      ": winning approval : pleasing":[
        "a favorable impression"
      ],
      ": tending to promote or facilitate : advantageous":[
        "a favorable wind"
      ],
      ": marked by success":[
        "a favorable demonstration of a new invention"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v(\u0259-)r\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8f\u0101v-r\u0259-",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259-r\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259r-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "admiring",
      "applauding",
      "appreciative",
      "approbatory",
      "approving",
      "commendatory",
      "complimentary",
      "friendly",
      "good",
      "positive"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "adverse",
      "depreciative",
      "depreciatory",
      "derogatory",
      "disapproving",
      "inappreciative",
      "negative",
      "unappreciative",
      "uncomplimentary",
      "unfavorable",
      "unflattering",
      "unfriendly"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for favorable favorable , auspicious , propitious mean pointing toward a happy outcome. favorable implies that the persons involved are approving or helpful or that the circumstances are advantageous. favorable weather conditions auspicious applies to something taken as a sign or omen promising success before or at the start of an event. an auspicious beginning propitious may also apply to beginnings but often implies a continuing favorable condition. a propitious time for starting a business",
    "examples":[
      "The new play got many favorable reviews.",
      "He was given a favorable recommendation.",
      "Early test results were favorable .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The legislature is scheduled to reconvene after the November general elections, which are expected to be favorable to Republicans. \u2014 Jake Zuckerman, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022",
      "The legislature is scheduled to reconvene after the November general elections, which are expected to be favorable to Republicans. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
      "Recent history has been more favorable to the Aggies. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 13 June 2022",
      "In sheer territorial terms, such a deal would be favorable to Ukraine, which would otherwise have to make significant gains to fight its way back to the pre-February lines. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 8 June 2022",
      "Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit told the Free Press prosecutors have a constitutional obligation to turn over any evidence that could be favorable to the defense and said there was a constitutional violation in the case. \u2014 Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
      "Some say this is just a tactic for Musk\u2019s business to get favorable treatment from the US government by highlighting the Chinese competition. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
      "Saunders-Hastings points out that philanthropy benefits greatly from favorable governmental treatment. \u2014 Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "To secure favorable tax treatment, the businessman, Sedrak Arustamyan, allegedly entered into two sham loan agreements with Khachatryan\u2019s adult sons \u2014 the first loan in 2009 for $7 million and another in 2011 for $13.4 million. \u2014 Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see favor entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020900"
  },
  "faddish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal : craze":[],
      ": flavin adenine dinucleotide":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fad",
      "\u02ccef-(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8d\u0113",
      "\u02ccef-\u02cc\u0101-\u02c8d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "buzz",
      "chic",
      "craze",
      "dernier cri",
      "enthusiasm",
      "fashion",
      "flavor",
      "go",
      "hot ticket",
      "last word",
      "latest",
      "mode",
      "rage",
      "sensation",
      "style",
      "ton",
      "trend",
      "vogue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fad Noun (1) fashion , style , mode , vogue , fad , rage , craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date. fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place. the current fashion style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste. a media baron used to traveling in style mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated. slim bodies are the mode at this resort vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion. short skirts are back in vogue fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion. last year's fad is over rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad. Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted",
    "examples":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "She's always interested in the latest fads .",
      "once the fad for that kind of music had passed, nobody would have been caught dead listening to it"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1867, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1944, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210543"
  },
  "fallow":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of a light yellowish-brown color":[
        "a fallow greyhound"
      ],
      ": usually cultivated land that is allowed to lie idle during the growing season":[],
      ": plowed land":[],
      ": the state or period of being fallow":[
        "Summer fallow is effective for destroying weeds."
      ],
      ": the tilling of land without sowing it for a season":[],
      ": to plow, harrow, and break up (land) without seeding to destroy weeds and conserve soil moisture":[],
      ": left untilled or unsown after plowing":[],
      ": dormant , inactive":[
        "\u2014 used especially in the phrase to lie fallow at this very moment there are probably important inventions lying fallow \u2014 Harper's"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-l\u014d",
      "\u02c8fa-(\u02cc)l\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dead",
      "dormant",
      "free",
      "idle",
      "inactive",
      "inert",
      "inoperative",
      "latent",
      "off",
      "unused",
      "vacant"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "active",
      "alive",
      "busy",
      "employed",
      "functioning",
      "going",
      "living",
      "on",
      "operating",
      "operative",
      "running",
      "working"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English falwe, falew, falow \"sallow, dusky, faded, yellow tending toward red or brown (of a horse),\" going back to Old English fealu \"yellow tending toward red, brown or gray (though in some contexts less clear),\" going back to Germanic *falwa- (whence also Old Saxon falu \"pale, dun, yellowish,\" Old High German falo \"yellowish, tending toward red, brown, or gold,\" Old Icelandic f\u01eblr \"pale\"), going back to dialectal Indo-European *pol-u\u032fo-, whence also Old Church Slavic plav\u016d \"golden (of a ripe field of grain),\" Russian pol\u00f3vyj, polov\u00f3j \"pale yellow\" (of horses or dogs), Polish p\u0140owy \"fair, flaxen,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian pl\u00e2v \"blue, light-colored (of hair), blond,\" Lithuanian pal\u0342vas \"pale, pale yellow,\" Latvian pal\u0342ss ; perhaps from the same base, with varying ablaut and suffixation: Latin pall- in pall\u0113re \"to be pale or bloodless, have a pale color,\" pallidus \"pale, colorless,\" pallor \"paleness of complexion, loss of color\" (< *palu\u032fo- ?); Latin pullus \"drab-colored, dingy, somber\" (< *polu\u032fo- or *pl\u0325u\u032fo- ?); Greek pell\u00f3s \"dark-colored, dusky\" (< *peli\u032f\u00f3s ?), peli\u00f3s \"discolored from a bruise, livid,\" poli\u00f3s \"pale gray (as of human hair), grizzled\" (< *poliu\u032fos ?; compared with Mycenaean po-ri-wa , but this may be a different word); Armenian alik' \"gray hair, waves\" (< *pl\u0325-i\u032feh 2 ?); Old Irish l\u00edath \"gray (of the hair, beard), gray-haired,\" Welsh llwyd \"gray, pale, brown, turbid\" (< *plei\u032f-to- ?), Sanskrit paru\u1e63\u00e1- \"gray, gray-brown, dirty,\" palit\u00e1- \"gray, gray-haired with age\"":"Adjective",
      "Middle English falwe, falow , from Old English fealg \u2014 more at felly":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050035"
  },
  "fall away":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": made while moving away from the basket in basketball":[
        "a fallaway jump shot"
      ],
      ": to withdraw friendship or support":[],
      ": to renounce one's faith":[],
      ": to diminish gradually in size":[],
      ": to drift off a course":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fl-\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abate",
      "de-escalate",
      "decline",
      "decrease",
      "die (away ",
      "diminish",
      "drain (away)",
      "drop (off)",
      "dwindle",
      "ease",
      "ebb",
      "fall",
      "lessen",
      "let up",
      "lower",
      "moderate",
      "pall",
      "phase down",
      "ratchet (down)",
      "rachet (down)",
      "recede",
      "relent",
      "remit",
      "shrink",
      "subside",
      "taper",
      "taper off",
      "wane"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "accumulate",
      "balloon",
      "build",
      "burgeon",
      "bourgeon",
      "enlarge",
      "escalate",
      "expand",
      "grow",
      "increase",
      "intensify",
      "mount",
      "mushroom",
      "pick up",
      "rise",
      "snowball",
      "soar",
      "swell",
      "wax"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Chamberlain scored on fallaway jump shots, finger-rolls, and dunks. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "James and Davis made 3-pointers and fallaway jumpers. \u2014 Bernie Wilson, ajc , 20 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1936, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181928"
  },
  "face-off":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a method of beginning play (as in hockey or lacrosse) in which two opponents face each other and attempt to gain control of a puck or ball dropped or placed between them":[],
      ": confrontation":[],
      ": to be in or come into opposition or competition":[
        "politicians facing off against each other in a televised debate"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101s-\u02cc\u022ff"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ball game",
      "battle",
      "combat",
      "competition",
      "conflict",
      "confrontation",
      "contention",
      "contest",
      "dogfight",
      "duel",
      "grapple",
      "match",
      "rivalry",
      "strife",
      "struggle",
      "sweepstakes",
      "sweep-stake",
      "tug-of-war",
      "war",
      "warfare"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "battle",
      "compete",
      "contend",
      "fight",
      "race",
      "rival",
      "vie"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "eager to face off with her longtime tennis rival"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1948, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042223"
  },
  "favorite":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a competitor judged most likely to win":[
        "Which horse is the favorite in this race?"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259rt",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259-r\u0259t",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v(\u0259-)r\u0259t",
      "chiefly dialectal \u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bt",
      "\u02c8f\u0101v-r\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "darling",
      "fave",
      "minion",
      "pet",
      "preference",
      "speed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beloved",
      "cherished",
      "darling",
      "dear",
      "fair-haired",
      "favored",
      "fond",
      "loved",
      "pet",
      "precious",
      "special",
      "sweet",
      "white-headed"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Of all his books, do you have a favorite ?",
      "That movie is my favorite .",
      "That movie is a great favorite with audiences everywhere.",
      "Adjective",
      "that teacher claims not to have any favorite students, although many in the class would disagree",
      "mint chocolate chip is my favorite flavor of ice cream",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "My other favorite is Russel Woods of Flint Michigan. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 30 June 2022",
      "Our personal favorite is the aromatic Pure Radiance Sugar Exfoliating Body Scrub, which smells like nature in a jar thanks to its rich blend of sandalwood, orange peel, and cedar wood. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
      "My personal favorite is the hue More Sepia (pictured on me above), a lighter brown with orange undertones that's ideal for my olive skin. \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 17 June 2022",
      "But for my money, my favorite was mango peach jam and a squeeze of lemon, topped off with grapefruit seltzer. \u2014 Christopher Michel, Country Living , 10 June 2022",
      "My local favorite is a small place called Lokal in Mitte\u2014Great staff, delicious and inventive local food! \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 10 June 2022",
      "But our personal favorite is 2018's Unmasked by the Marquess, her first Regency Imposters novel. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
      "While their deodorant comes in 7 scents (four original, and three for sensitive skin), our favorite is the Deep Sea Glacier. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
      "My perennial favorite for refreshing gin drinks is Beefeater, but that\u2019s by no means the only choice. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 21 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Stranger Things Season 4, Part 1, viewers around the world have spent just shy of 1 billion hours bingeing this penultimate season of the fan- favorite drama. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 2 July 2022",
      "There are entries in fan- favorite franchises like the Ringu and Ultraman series, A-grade genre directors like Takashi Miike and Mickey Reece, and films spanning every genre from cosmic horror to action to everything in between. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
      "From cult- favorite skin-care products by Augustinus Bader to value-size Kiehl\u2019s shower essentials\u2014not to mention NuFace devices that can change your skin-care regimen for the better\u2014there\u2019s a lot to take in here. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
      "Stock your beauty cabinet full this Prime Day and try out these fan- favorite products. \u2014 Laura Jackson, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
      "There's a little something for everyone, from small, cult- favorite producers to run-of-the-mill bottles. \u2014 Kate Dingwall, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
      "First, fan- favorite and longtime contributor Joe Ingles signed a one-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks that will pay him just over $10 million next season. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 June 2022",
      "Founders Basil Lee and Kevin Stafford will be at the bar to talk about their cult- favorite imperial stouts and New England IPAs. \u2014 Chris Kelly, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
      "The family partnered up with executive producer Ben Winston and showrunner Danielle King to deliver a new series that would give audiences a different side to their favorite reality stars. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian favorito , past participle of favorire to favor, from favore favor, from Latin favor":"Noun and Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1692, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222633"
  },
  "far-out":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": marked by a considerable departure from the conventional or traditional":[
        "far-out clothes"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u02ccau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bizarre",
      "bizarro",
      "cranky",
      "crazy",
      "curious",
      "eccentric",
      "erratic",
      "funky",
      "funny",
      "kinky",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "odd",
      "off-kilter",
      "off-the-wall",
      "offbeat",
      "out-of-the-way",
      "outlandish",
      "outr\u00e9",
      "peculiar",
      "quaint",
      "queer",
      "queerish",
      "quirky",
      "remarkable",
      "rum",
      "screwy",
      "spaced-out",
      "strange",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "way-out",
      "weird",
      "weirdo",
      "wild"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1954, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000922"
  },
  "fabric":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": structure , building",
      ": underlying structure : framework",
      ": an act of constructing : erection",
      ": the construction and maintenance of a church building",
      ": structural plan or style of construction",
      ": texture , quality",
      ": the arrangement of physical components (as of soil) in relation to each other",
      ": cloth sense 1a",
      ": a material that resembles cloth",
      ": the appearance or pattern produced by the shapes and arrangement of the crystal grains in a rock",
      ": cloth sense 1",
      ": the basic structure"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-brik",
      "\u02c8fa-brik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cloth",
      "textile"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The curtains are made of expensive fabric .",
      "scarves made of woven fabrics",
      "the fabric of the community",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Plus, the fabric is machine-washable and doesn't easily crease or wrinkle, even when folded up in a bag. \u2014 Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
      "Well, the styles look gorgeous and the fabric is so practically packable. \u2014 Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
      "The fabric must be of the highest order, the construction and craftsmanship visible. \u2014 Stellene Volandes, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
      "The diagonal lines create a slimming appearance and the fabric is compressive, yet not too tight. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 1 June 2022",
      "The quick-drying fabric is also lightweight and pairs with an EVA midsole drainage system to channel water away from your feet. \u2014 Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
      "Still, the buttery fabric was so alluring that even our bustier testers kept pulling this bra out of the pile. \u2014 Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "The waffle pattern comes in a range of neutral hues, and the fabric is both soft and lightweight for fast drying. \u2014 Helena Madden, ELLE Decor , 26 May 2022",
      "Make sure the fabric of the hair is in great shape with good products. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French fabrique \"act of construction, something created or constructed, the created world, structure, construction and maintenance of a church,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin fabrica, going back to Latin, \"process of making something, craft, art, workshop,\" noun derivative from *fabricus \"of a craftsman,\" from fabr-, faber \"craftsman, smith\" (perhaps going back to dialectal Indo-European *d h ab h -r- \u2014perhaps of non-Indo-European origin\u2014 whence also Armenian darbin \"smith,\" from *d h ab h -r-sneh 2 ) + -icus  -ic entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-122958"
  },
  "fabricate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": invent , create":[],
      ": to make up for the purpose of deception":[
        "accused of fabricating evidence"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-bri-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "\u02c8fa-br\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fashion",
      "form",
      "frame",
      "make",
      "manufacture",
      "produce"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Only the largest parts were fabricated at the factory.",
      "Their plan is to fabricate the house out of synthetic materials.",
      "a story fabricated to sell magazines",
      "She was accused of fabricating data.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And that starts with a department head, whose job includes hiring and supervising members of the team, finding the right materials needed for each set, lining up a lab to fabricate prosthetics and special effects, if needed, and applying makeup. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
      "Montagu works with a woman in their office, Jean Leslie (Kelly Macdonald), to fabricate a detailed backstory for the dead man, in the process developing awkward feelings complicated by their personal situations. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
      "The recourse also stems from Pym\u2019s real-life behavior: one of her stalking tactics was to fabricate chance meetings with her quarry. \u2014 Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "She\u2019s the teenage ringleader of a group of girls who fabricate accusations of witchcraft against upstanding townspeople of Salem, Mass., charges that lead to the execution of innocents. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Bream has collected a huge amount of parts on site and 3D printers are used to fabricate other parts and for finishing touches that give the feeling that everything belongs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The defense agency is looking for detailed proposals that describe how engineers would design, develop, fabricate , and assemble the engine. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 11 May 2022",
      "One speed cushion costs roughly $6,000 to fabricate and install, Castex-Tatum said. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The person would have to source some false teeth, then fabricate the letter and send it all the way from Spain. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 23 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fabricaten, borrowed from Latin fabric\u0101tus, past participle of fabric\u0101re, fabric\u0101r\u012b \"to fashion, shape, construct,\" derivative of fabrica \"process of making something, craft, art\" \u2014 more at fabric":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004150"
  },
  "fabled":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fictitious":[],
      ": told or celebrated in fables":[],
      ": renowned , famous":[
        "the team's fabled coach"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101-b\u0259ld"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fabulous",
      "legendary",
      "mythical",
      "mythic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "She served us some of her fabled cherry pie.",
      "the fabled unicorn continues to be a symbol of elusive and magical beauty",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There is one exception: an unarmed member of the Syrian army escorts every group through Palmyra, desert city of the fabled Queen Zenobia who took on the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. \u2014 Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "Only the third model to wear the fabled CSL moniker, this lightweight, track-focused coupe packs a 543 hp punch from its 3.0-liter, turbocharged inline-six engine. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
      "The two-story, 1964 library building stands across a side street from the fabled Mission Inn, the largest Mission Revival style building in the nation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
      "But in 1974, anything seemed possible for a tour guide, who for two hours at a time would stand at the front of the fabled Universal trams and regale tourists with Hollywood lore. \u2014 Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
      "Here, think the late 1997 collapse of the then-100-year-old Yamaichi Securities, one of Japan\u2019s fabled big four brokerages. \u2014 William Pesek, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The movie tells the story of a group of friends who travel to Sweden for a fabled mid-summer festival. \u2014 Lucia Tonelli, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
      "Jane Pauley pays a visit to a fabled home constructed from a Gilded Age fortune, which will open its doors to public tours for the first time later this year. \u2014 CBS News , 19 May 2022",
      "An alert posted to the national park web site noted that the cables are in place and the daily lottery for a reservation to climb the fabled rock is in effect. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from past participle of fable entry 2":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005824"
  },
  "failed":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to lose strength : weaken":[
        "her health was failing"
      ],
      ": to fade or die away":[
        "until our family line fails"
      ],
      ": to stop functioning normally":[
        "the patient's heart failed"
      ],
      ": to fall short":[
        "failed in his duty"
      ],
      ": to be or become absent or inadequate":[
        "the water supply failed"
      ],
      ": to become bankrupt or insolvent":[
        "banks were failing"
      ],
      ": to disappoint the expectations or trust of":[
        "her friends failed her"
      ],
      ": to miss performing an expected service or function for":[
        "his wit failed him"
      ],
      ": to be deficient in : lack":[
        "never failed an invincible courage",
        "\u2014 Douglas MacArthur"
      ],
      ": to leave undone : neglect":[
        "fail to lock the door"
      ],
      ": to be unsuccessful in passing":[
        "failed chemistry"
      ],
      ": to grade (someone, such as a student) as not passing":[
        "The teacher failed only his two worst students."
      ],
      ": failure":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase without fail Every day, without fail , he has toast and coffee for breakfast."
      ],
      ": a failure (as by a security dealer) to deliver or receive securities within a prescribed period after purchase or sale":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101l",
      "\u02c8f\u0101(\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "break down",
      "conk (out)",
      "crash",
      "cut out",
      "die",
      "give out",
      "stall"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "start (up)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He failed in his first attempt but succeeded in his second attempt.",
      "His first company failed , but his second company succeeded.",
      "He felt that he had failed her when she needed him most.",
      "The government has failed the voters.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Some companies might fail because of that, but the industry is going through a necessary maturation process, said Julian Holguin, chief executive of Doodles, a collection of 10,000 NFTs. \u2014 Ann-marie Alc\u00e1ntara, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
      "While many of those startups may fail , investors are more afraid of not being in the game than losing their money. \u2014 Peter Cohan, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Last month Alaska\u2019s pilots authorized a strike if the current talks and an extended mediation process ultimately fail . \u2014 Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
      "When prosecutors fail to share that information, charges or convictions can be thrown out of court. \u2014 Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "Beyond unbeatable, the Spectrum port of this cute Commodore 64 game was totally unplayable due to a programming glitch that made the game fail to respond to any keyboard inputs. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
      "In a sense, Xi is proving why advocates of democracy believe authoritarian regimes ultimately fail . \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
      "Now, Chicago has unfortunately been overtaken by media perceptions of narratives of Black-on-Black violence and drive-by shootings which fail to holistically edify narratives of Black triumph and joy among Chicago\u2019s Black people. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
      "Public shaming, this writer is well aware, will reinforce the status quo where the law may fail to do so. \u2014 Rachel Gevlin, The Conversation , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There are over 31 million entrepreneurs in the U.S., according to Zippia, with a 20% fail rate within the first two years of operation. \u2014 Cheryl Robinson, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Officials identified more than 12,500 instances across the system where grades were changed from a fail to a pass between 2016 and the end of the 2019-20 school year. \u2014 Lillian Reed, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
      "Ditch stressing over packing and pairing separates \u2014 this all-in-one piece will make space in your suitcase for delightful accessories and shoes to round out your fail -proof ensemble. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
      "So, a great example here of safe-to- fail infrastructure is Indian Bend Wash in Scottsdale. \u2014 Mark Olalde, ProPublica , 11 May 2022",
      "To ensure compliance with building codes, these fail -safes are meant to avert crises later on. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 May 2022",
      "Amendments that do not get a vote fail and the bill returns to the governor in its original form, as is the case when the governor\u2019s amendments get voted down. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Tesla kept on a collision the driver alleged involved a Tesla brake fail . \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The way to negate that variable is to build in some fail . \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English failen , from Anglo-French faillir , from Vulgar Latin *fallire , alteration of Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint":"Verb and Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232248"
  },
  "faddy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal : craze":[],
      ": flavin adenine dinucleotide":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fad",
      "\u02ccef-(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8d\u0113",
      "\u02ccef-\u02cc\u0101-\u02c8d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "buzz",
      "chic",
      "craze",
      "dernier cri",
      "enthusiasm",
      "fashion",
      "flavor",
      "go",
      "hot ticket",
      "last word",
      "latest",
      "mode",
      "rage",
      "sensation",
      "style",
      "ton",
      "trend",
      "vogue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fad Noun (1) fashion , style , mode , vogue , fad , rage , craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date. fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place. the current fashion style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste. a media baron used to traveling in style mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated. slim bodies are the mode at this resort vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion. short skirts are back in vogue fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion. last year's fad is over rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad. Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted",
    "examples":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "She's always interested in the latest fads .",
      "once the fad for that kind of music had passed, nobody would have been caught dead listening to it"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1867, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1944, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063823"
  },
  "faithfulness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": steadfast in affection or allegiance : loyal":[
        "a faithful friend"
      ],
      ": firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty : conscientious":[
        "a faithful employee"
      ],
      ": given with strong assurance : binding":[
        "a faithful promise"
      ],
      ": true to the facts, to a standard, or to an original":[
        "a faithful copy"
      ],
      ": full of faith":[],
      ": church members in full communion and good standing":[
        "\u2014 used with the"
      ],
      ": the body of believers in Islam":[
        "\u2014 used with the"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101th-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "constant",
      "dedicated",
      "devoted",
      "devout",
      "down-the-line",
      "fast",
      "good",
      "loyal",
      "pious",
      "staunch",
      "stanch",
      "steadfast",
      "steady",
      "true",
      "true-blue"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "disloyal",
      "faithless",
      "false",
      "fickle",
      "inconstant",
      "perfidious",
      "recreant",
      "traitorous",
      "treacherous",
      "unfaithful",
      "untrue"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for faithful Adjective faithful , loyal , constant , staunch , steadfast , resolute mean firm in adherence to whatever one owes allegiance. faithful implies unswerving adherence to a person or thing or to the oath or promise by which a tie was contracted. faithful to her promise loyal implies a firm resistance to any temptation to desert or betray. remained loyal to the czar constant stresses continuing firmness of emotional attachment without necessarily implying strict obedience to promises or vows. constant friends staunch suggests fortitude and resolution in adherence and imperviousness to influences that would weaken it. a staunch defender of free speech steadfast implies a steady and unwavering course in love, allegiance, or conviction. steadfast in their support resolute implies firm determination to adhere to a cause or purpose. a resolute ally",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "She has provided the company with many years of faithful service.",
      "He insists that he has always been faithful to his wife.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The adaptation is likely to remain faithful to the book's plot. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 4 June 2022",
      "The funds are administered by a board of trustees that follows selection rules that remain faithful to Daly\u2019s original intent. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "The mandate does not apply to the faithful attending Mass, but they are required to wear masks. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "The mandate does not apply to the faithful attending Mass, but they are required to wear masks. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "The mandate does not apply to the faithful attending Mass, but they are required to wear masks. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "The mandate does not apply to the faithful attending Mass, but they are required to wear masks. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, chicagotribune.com , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "That means being sufficiently pro-Trump to appeal to the party faithful in rural areas, without appearing so extreme as to forsake any chance of winning over suburban moderates in Northern Virginia, and the Norfolk and Richmond areas. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 May 2021",
      "The Padawan prodigy who would grow into a Jedi Master is, more than anything, faithful to a fault. \u2014 David Betancourt, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "When he was arrested, many of the faithful flocked to churches in the denomination\u2019s hometown of Guadalajara, but also in Los Angeles and other cities. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "The Indiana commit fell behind 0-2 which, according to her, drew some chirping from the Greyhound faithful . \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "But Benedict's lack of a personal apology or any admission of guilt was likely to rile survivors and further complicate efforts by German bishops re-establish credibility with the faithful . \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "Here are a few places to gather with the Utah faithful . \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "Wearing crisp, olive-green robes and a towering, white head covering embroidered with the somber face of Jesus, Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, addressed the faithful from an ornate 10,000-seat cathedral in Moscow. \u2014 Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Maybe a reality check is too much to ask for at a political convention, which are typically little more than partisan pep rallies designed to fire up the faithful to go back to their communities and do the same. \u2014 Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Francis has called for dialogue to end the conflict and has urged the faithful to set next Wednesday as a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Ukraine. \u2014 Luciana Lopez, USA TODAY , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "With more modern styling inside and out as well as the familiar fantastic-to-drive behavior, the reborn Golf GTI attracts new enthusiasts, continues to reward the faithful , and again makes our 10Best and Editors' Choice lists. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English feithful, from feith faith entry 1 + -ful -ful entry 1":"Adjective",
      "derivative of faithful entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033837"
  },
  "faultlessness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having no fault : irreproachable":[
        "faultless workmanship"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022flt-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absolute",
      "flawless",
      "ideal",
      "immaculate",
      "impeccable",
      "indefectible",
      "irreproachable",
      "letter-perfect",
      "perfect",
      "picture-book",
      "picture-perfect",
      "seamless",
      "unblemished"
    ],
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      "amiss",
      "bad",
      "censurable",
      "defective",
      "faulty",
      "flawed",
      "imperfect",
      "reproachable"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "this 18th-century chest of drawers is considered a faultless example of early American craftsmanship",
      "I may have broken my share of things in the past, but in this instance I am entirely faultless .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s style choices are, and have always been, faultless . \u2014 Sarah Harris, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
      "This seemingly faultless poll is the quickest way to understand what your audiences prefer. \u2014 Candice Georgiadis, Rolling Stone , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Morricone\u2019s \u2018Agosto Jazz\u2019 from La Voglia Matta put the Momentum TW3 earbuds through their paces and the resulting sound was faultless . \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "For faultless application, both quick-drying hues are developed with NAILS INC\u2019s long-wearing formula and distinctive wide-hugging brush. \u2014 Essence , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Steering on the GT4 RS is equally as faultless , with a weighted effort and steering ratio that feels perfectly paired for the vehicle\u2019s size and focused mission. \u2014 Michael Harley, Robb Report , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "And tack on a pint of Allagash White \u2014 one of the few beers to have a permanent place on the Hopleaf taps and a faultless pairing with those savory shellfish. \u2014 Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Despite the photographic evidence and the lack of an environmental impact assessment, the review found the company faultless . \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Thankfully, not too much has changed about the nearly faultless Colony Grill, a bona fide London institution known for its aged meats (the restaurant has its own salt maturing chamber onsite). \u2014 Nicole Trilivas, Forbes , 9 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171157"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": notable for having an unusual amount of fat:":[],
      ": plump":[
        "a cute, fat little baby"
      ],
      ": having excessive body fat":[
        "\u2026 a woman of medium height, a little plump but not fat \u2026",
        "\u2014 Mary McCarthy"
      ],
      ": fattened for market":[],
      ": oily , greasy":[
        "a fat , rich cheese"
      ],
      ": well filled out : thick , big":[
        "a fat book"
      ],
      ": full in tone and quality : rich":[
        "a gorgeous fat bass voice",
        "\u2014 Irish Digest"
      ],
      ": well stocked":[
        "a fat larder"
      ],
      ": prosperous , wealthy":[
        "grew fat on the war",
        "\u2014 Time"
      ],
      ": being substantial and impressive":[
        "a fat bank account"
      ],
      ": richly rewarding or profitable":[
        "a fat part in a movie",
        "a fat contract"
      ],
      ": practically nonexistent":[
        "a fat chance"
      ],
      ": productive , fertile":[
        "a fat year for crops"
      ],
      ": stupid , foolish":[
        "\" \u2026 if he had had any sense in his fat head, he would have done it long ago, dash him!\"",
        "\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse"
      ],
      ": being swollen":[
        "got a fat lip from the fight"
      ],
      ": easy to hit":[],
      ": to make fat : fatten":[],
      ": animal tissue consisting chiefly of cells distended with greasy or oily matter":[],
      ": oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of adipose tissue and often abundant in seeds":[],
      ": any of various compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that are glycerides of fatty acids, are the chief constituents of plant and animal fat, are a major class of energy-rich food, and are soluble in organic solvents but not in water":[],
      ": a solid or semisolid fat as distinguished from an oil":[],
      ": the best or richest part":[],
      ": obesity":[],
      ": something in excess : superfluity":[
        "trim the fat from the news operation",
        "\u2014 Ray Olson"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fat"
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      "blubbery",
      "chubby",
      "corpulent",
      "fleshy",
      "full",
      "gross",
      "lardy",
      "obese",
      "overweight",
      "plump",
      "podgy",
      "portly",
      "pudgy",
      "replete",
      "roly-poly",
      "rotund",
      "round",
      "tubby"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "A-list",
      "aristocracy",
      "best",
      "choice",
      "corps d'elite",
      "cream",
      "cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
      "elect",
      "elite",
      "flower",
      "illuminati",
      "pick",
      "pink",
      "pride",
      "priesthood",
      "prime",
      "royalty",
      "upper crust"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The dog is getting fat because you feed him too much.",
      "I can't believe I've let myself get so fat .",
      "a fat book of poems",
      "a truck with fat tires",
      "Noun",
      "people with excess body fat",
      "a diet and exercise program to help you gain muscle and lose fat",
      "Nuts contain a lot of fat .",
      "Trim the fat from the meat before you cook it.",
      "a diet low in fats",
      "fats like butter and olive oil",
      "trim the fat off the budget",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Subjecting fat cells to extreme heat or cold is not the only way to smooth the silhouette. \u2014 April Long, Town & Country , 24 June 2022",
      "For women whose goal is to burn fat , this study did demonstrate a clear benefit to a morning workout. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "The party makes a fat Democratic target in left-leaning California. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
      "Consider adding high-fiber grains and vegetables, more protein, and a little fat \u2014like olive oil or nuts\u2014to your dinner to keep your stomach sated during the night. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
      "As standard, 22-inch machined alloy wheels will be equipped, along with fat off-road tires for plenty of grip. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
      "For instance, while a traditional push-pull workout is great for building muscle, it's not especially optimized towards fat loss. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 20 June 2022",
      "This bike offers nice fat tires, a great design, and a ton of helpful features. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "There will be a 25K, 40K, and 50K race in each freestyle and classic cross-country skiing and in fat biking. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Limited research published in the journal Nutrients in 2019 found that subjects who were considered overweight or clinically obese and ate watermelon instead of low- fat cookies experienced greater satiety, as an example. \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
      "At this Wicklow coastal farm, salty breezes from the Irish Sea wash over the pasture, giving a rich flavor to the full- fat milk and double cream used to make this cheese. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The pizza probably has a whole grain crust, lower- fat cheese and vegetables on it. \u2014 Marlene B. Schwartz, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
      "Besides being a large cut, pork shoulder is more forgiving than lower- fat cuts like pork chops, which can become dry quickly. \u2014 Jennifer Mcclellan, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
      "The price of whole milk rose more than 12%, while low- fat milk jumped 16%. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 18 May 2022",
      "Filling: 4 gelatine sheets, 500g fat-free quark, 400g Philadelphia Lightest cream cheese (or other low- fat cream cheese), 100g zero-calorie granulated white sugar replacer, 45g Lotus Biscoff smooth spread, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 100ml soy milk. \u2014 Elijah Rawls, Men's Health , 10 May 2022",
      "But when it is diagnosed early, parents know to wake and feed the child regularly and continue a low- fat diet throughout life. \u2014 jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Research has also shown that high- fat diets delay the healing of skin by promoting skin oxidative stress, which is associated with aging and skin disease and has a direct correlation to inflammaging. \u2014 Naosha Gregg, Glamour , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English f\u01e3tt , past participle of f\u01e3tan to cram; akin to Old High German feizit fat":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221459"
  },
  "facetious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish":[
        "just being facetious"
      ],
      ": meant to be humorous or funny : not serious":[
        "a facetious remark"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8s\u0113-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "clever",
      "humorous",
      "jocular",
      "smart",
      "witty"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for facetious witty , humorous , facetious , jocular , jocose mean provoking or intended to provoke laughter. witty suggests cleverness and quickness of mind. a witty remark humorous applies broadly to anything that evokes usually genial laughter and may contrast with witty in suggesting whimsicality or eccentricity. humorous anecdotes facetious stresses a desire to produce laughter and may be derogatory in implying dubious or ill-timed attempts at wit or humor. facetious comments jocular implies a usually habitual fondness for jesting and joking. a jocular fellow jocose is somewhat less derogatory than facetious in suggesting habitual waggishness or playfulness. jocose proposals",
    "examples":[
      "The portrait is good, the prose embroidered here with the facetious parlance\u2014is that the word?\u2014of clubs. \u2014 V. S. Pritchett , \"Club and Country,\" 1949 , in A Man of Letters , 1985",
      "Nor was Liebling seriously asserting that his facetious bit of investigation into Tin Pan Alley history constituted a refutation of Sartre's philosophy. \u2014 Raymond Sokolov , Wayward Reporter , 1980",
      "\u2026 old ladies shrivelling to nothing in a forest of flowers and giant facetious get-well cards \u2026 \u2014 John Updike , Trust Me , 1962",
      "the essay is a facetious commentary on the absurdity of war as a solution for international disputes",
      "a facetious and tasteless remark about people in famine-stricken countries being spared the problem of overeating",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Now, Courtney, this is a way of asking the question in a facetious manner, but there is a kernel here. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
      "Extending their doofus-and-diva act to the classrooms, corridors, and teachers\u2019 lounge transfers their personal careerism into a facetious representation of a major social institution. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Check out Warrick\u2019s facetious reaction to her aunt\u2019s meet-up with Rihanna below. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "But Sorkin ignores that inconvenient truth by giving this dramatic biopic a facetious documentary structure. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "An index should be objective, but some indexers can\u2019t resist expressing subjective judgments, or even mocking a book\u2019s contents with facetious or insulting entries. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "The title does not refer to Julie, by the way, but is a throwaway, somewhat facetious , reference to that other lover, Eivind (Herbert Nordrum), the one who doesn\u2019t think Julie is sensible. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Spielberg\u2019s own career then seemed upended by misguided egotism, not necessarily his own, but that of a faction hiding behind a facetious pretense of moral values and public trust. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "And the other screen Bonds have their admirers, despite the lesser movies\u2019 unevenness or facetious gadgetry. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 8 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Middle French facetieux, facecieux, from facetie \"joke, jesting remark\" (borrowed from Latin fac\u0113tia, fac\u0113tiae \"cleverness, wit,\" in plural sense, \"amusing things, jests\") + -eux (going back to Latin -\u014dsus -ous ) \u2014 more at facetiae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043244"
  },
  "face-to-face":{
    "type":[
      "adverb or adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": within each other's sight or presence":[
        "met and talked face-to-face",
        "a face-to-face consultation"
      ],
      ": in or into direct contact or confrontation":[
        "came face-to-face with the problem"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccf\u0101s-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u0101s",
      "\u02c8f\u0101s-t\u0259-\u02c8f\u0101s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "personally",
      "t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002812"
  },
  "fall guy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": scapegoat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "goat",
      "scapegoat",
      "whipping boy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "His lawyers will argue that he was set up as a fall guy for crimes he had no part in.",
      "the sandlot ball players wanted the littlest kid to be the fall guy for the broken window, figuring that he'd have the best chance of escaping punishment",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The fall guy was Jeff Luhnow, the Astros\u2019 general manager. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The fallout was swift, and the fall guy was Collier. \u2014 Tim Sohn, Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2020",
      "The steroid era did not even produce a fall guy within the sport. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "But Leeds was never the real Hobgoblin, merely a brainwashed fall guy for the real villain, Roderick Kingsley, who took back the mantle after Leeds was murdered. \u2014 Richard Newby, Vulture , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Tom surprised Logan by offering himself as the fall guy on the cruises scandal \u2014 an offer made more delicious here by the fact that Shiv herself had suggested it! \u2014 Scott Tobias, Vulture , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "As an interim general manager presiding over a free-falling team that was criticized for its relative inactivity around the trade deadline, Scott was already an easy fall guy long before Wednesday. \u2014 Jerry Beach, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "Nonetheless he was singled out as the chief fall guy , convicted of gross violations of safety regulations and expelled from the party. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "Some even speculated that perhaps Tony himself had somehow been involved in Dickie\u2019s death and had used Haydu as a convenient fall guy . \u2014 Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times , 1 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1895, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-092206"
  },
  "farewell":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "imperative verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": get along well":[
        "\u2014 used interjectionally to or by one departing"
      ],
      ": a wish of well-being at parting : goodbye":[
        "said their farewells and headed home"
      ],
      ": an act of departure : leave-taking":[
        "I will take my farewell of this place tomorrow."
      ],
      ": a formal occasion honoring a person about to leave or retire":[
        "held a great farewell for the retiring senator"
      ],
      ": to bid farewell to":[],
      ": of or relating to leave-taking : final":[
        "a farewell performance"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer-\u02ccwel",
      "fer-\u02c8wel"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adieu",
      "au revoir",
      "ave",
      "bon voyage",
      "cong\u00e9",
      "congee",
      "Godspeed",
      "good-bye",
      "good-by"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "parting",
      "valedictory"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They said their farewells and headed home.",
      "the exchange student and her host family said their tearful farewells , promising to keep in touch",
      "Verb",
      "The retiring teacher was farewelled by the whole school at a special assembly.",
      "Adjective",
      "The band gave a farewell concert.",
      "the singer's farewell tour seemed to last almost as long as her entire career",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The third entry in the venerable franchise, which will (maybe) bid farewell in October with David Gordon Green's Halloween Ends, was much-maligned at the time of release due to the conspicuous lack of one Michael Myers. \u2014 Declan Gallagher, EW.com , 25 June 2022",
      "South Florida Jews gathered to bid farewell to two Torah scrolls destroyed in a fire while a new one was inaugurated. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
      "The announcement came several months after the former radio DJ bid farewell to audiences at the end of Season 12. \u2014 Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Doty straightened up from the car window and bid farewell to Wilkerson and her father. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 11 June 2022",
      "Hundreds of heartbroken fans gathered at Coan Park on Thursday night to bid farewell to a popular rapper whose life was cut short this week. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 10 June 2022",
      "Karie Lee Knoke, 57, bid farewell to her off-the-grid yurt; Tom Garstang, 35, said bye to his girlfriend; Benji Hill, 46, hugged his wife and daughter. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 3 June 2022",
      "In the final episode of the season last night, Saturday Night Live bid farewell to cast members Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney, marking the end of an era for the storied late-night sketch comedy show. \u2014 Allana J. Barefield, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
      "The emotional farewell letter effectively announces Valeri\u2019s retirement from professional soccer, but doesn\u2019t go so far as to confirm it outright. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Ousted Disney executive Peter Rice addressed his team in a farewell message obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
      "The 12 students who completed Harford County Public Schools\u2019 Future Link post-secondary program in 2022 were honored during a farewell celebration June 3 at Harford Community College. \u2014 Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
      "This story will be updated Former Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller and ex-team president Steve Starks are in the house for Quin Snyder\u2019s farewell news conference. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
      "The pair shared a farewell embrace before Devin left to pursue the undisputed world champion title against unbeaten Australian boxer George Kambosos on Saturday at 11 p.m. ET. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "Santee mom and school instructional aide Susie Conway got a final gift from Ellen DeGeneres as the popular TV talk show host emceed her farewell week. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s one hell of a farewell scene, and an entire episode that serves as a reminder of why the show worked so hard to keep Nacho in play even when there didn\u2019t seem to be any necessary plot function for him. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "But as farewell tours go, this could be goodbye\u2026for now. \u2014 Marisa Whitaker, SPIN , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "John's farewell show has since been delayed three times, pushing it back more than 29 months. \u2014 Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star , 2 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Imperative verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1580, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1669, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195511"
  },
  "familiarize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make known or familiar":[
        "Shakespeare \u2026 familiarizes the wonderful",
        "\u2014 Samuel Johnson"
      ],
      ": to make well acquainted":[
        "familiarize students with good literature"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8mil-y\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "acquaint",
      "advise",
      "apprise",
      "brief",
      "catch up",
      "clear",
      "clue (in)",
      "enlighten",
      "fill in",
      "hip",
      "inform",
      "instruct",
      "tell",
      "verse",
      "wise (up)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "I've been slowly familiarizing myself with the neighborhood.",
      "the general's day-to-day duties included familiarizing the president on international developments",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "These website components usually appear on the screen seconds after a user opens a Web page, not even allowing users to familiarize themselves with the content and business propositions. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "Testing people with a characteristic rash must increase if the U.S. monkeypox outbreak is to be brought under control, health officials said Friday, adding that all Americans should familiarize themselves with the disease. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
      "In the streaming age, easy access to on-demand music means fans can familiarize themselves with the new music of their favorite artists from yesteryear. \u2014 Glenn Peoples, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
      "The Celtics were eager to familiarize themselves with the basket in Game 3 of the N.B.A. finals. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
      "In 2020, the city of Uvalde\u2019s police SWAT team toured school campuses to interact with students and familiarize themselves in case of an emergency, according to a department Facebook post. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
      "In 2020, the city of Uvalde\u2019s police SWAT team toured school campuses to interact with students and familiarize themselves in case of an emergency, according to a department Facebook post. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
      "In 2020, the city of Uvalde\u2019s police SWAT team toured school campuses to interact with students and familiarize themselves in case of an emergency, according to a department Facebook post. \u2014 Silvia Foster-frau, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "Look at these forms and familiarize yourself with them to decide if any of them pertain to your situation and then get with your insurance company or agent to choose a proper endorsement. \u2014 Chip Merlin, Forbes , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212252"
  },
  "fall back":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": something on which one can fall back : reserve":[
        "\u2014 often used attributively a fallback career a fallback position"
      ],
      ": a falling back : retreat":[],
      ": something that falls back":[
        "the fallback from an explosion"
      ],
      ": retreat , recede":[],
      ": to have recourse to":[
        "had to fall back on their reserves"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fl-\u02ccbak"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "back away",
      "drop back",
      "pull out",
      "recede",
      "retire",
      "retreat",
      "withdraw"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "advance"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "resistance from native forces was greater than expected, and the invading army was forced to fall back",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There can be cases in which companies\u2019 legacy instruments don\u2019t allow for a fallback to SOFR and therefore would use the prime rate, the rate at which banks lend to customers with good credit, Mr. Dhargalkar said. \u2014 Mark Maurer, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "Companies in recent years have added fallback language to most loans allowing for a switch to a Libor replacement in June 2023. \u2014 Mark Maurer, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
      "In April, a fallback in gas prices helped slow overall inflation. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 11 May 2022",
      "When plans for in-person New Year\u2019s Eve entertainment collapse, network TV may offer as reliable a fallback as any. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "The bubble has been used as a fallback location for softball games when weather is poor, Minot Daily News reports. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Microsoft is also working to prevent ZLoader botnets from communicating with any other fallback domains. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "All Sports Golf Battle was the preferred format, but Dude Perfect had a fallback plan if Augusta National officials rejected that. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Many Americans regard restaurant work as an ever-available fallback plan, but Muslims have faced incidents of discrimination as both workers and diners. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1830, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "1607, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201755"
  },
  "far-fetched":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": brought from a remote time or place",
      ": not easily or naturally deduced or introduced : improbable",
      ": not likely to be true"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u02c8fecht",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u02c8fecht"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "doubtful",
      "dubious",
      "flimsy",
      "improbable",
      "questionable",
      "unapt",
      "unlikely"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "likely",
      "probable"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-144212"
  },
  "fawn":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner":[
        "courtiers fawning on the king"
      ],
      ": to show affection":[
        "\u2014 used especially of a dog The dog was fawning on its master."
      ],
      ": kid sense 2":[],
      ": a light grayish brown":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fn",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "apple-polish",
      "bootlick",
      "fuss",
      "kowtow",
      "suck (up)",
      "toady",
      "truckle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fawn Verb fawn , toady , truckle , cringe , cower mean to behave abjectly before a superior. fawn implies seeking favor by servile flattery or exaggerated attention. waiters fawning over a celebrity toady suggests the attempt to ingratiate oneself by an abjectly menial or subservient attitude. toadying to his boss truckle implies the subordination of oneself and one's desires or judgment to those of a superior. truckling to a powerful lobbyist cringe suggests a bowing or shrinking in fear or servility. a cringing sycophant cower suggests a display of abject fear in the company of threatening or domineering people. cowering before a bully",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "a sports star surrounded by fawning fans",
      "a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In a tweet, State Police wrote that Trooper Paul Dabene saw the mother deer and fawn walking up an access road in Framingham that leads to the Massachusetts Turnpike. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "Nobody associated with the show was too minor for Golden-Coners to fawn over. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
      "The social media platform has served as somewhat of a safe space for Jack Harlow fans to openly fawn over him. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Spring will bring more fawn births and the CWD-positive captive herds around the state will continue to grow. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "When traumatized or distressed, our flight, fight, freeze or fawn response gets triggered. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "On television, anchors used slow-motion video to analyze and fawn over Charlie\u2019s backswing, his follow-through, his hip turn. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "That Seth accepts the nickname without being so gauche as to acknowledge the honor and fawn over Bill is proof that Bill picked the right fella to knight. \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "This freestanding fawn and doe decoration set is made with rigid sisal material that\u2019s wrapped around a metal frame for a touch of texture. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "State Police tweeted a photo of the fawn near Dabene\u2019s cruiser. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "Few fawn over fresh-faced candidates full of new ideas and youthful energy. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Animal control later posted an update with some good news: The fawn was returned. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
      "This isn't the first time an animal at the center needed help walking; years prior, a baby fawn named Clarice used a wheelchair as part of her rehabilitation too. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Throughout are signs of Gabrielle Chanel's private life in her Rue 31 Cambon apartment, such as a wing chair, a Goossens table with a wheatsheaf base, and a large fawn velvet banquette. \u2014 Roxanne Robinson, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Patrick Foy of the state wildlife agency\u2019s law enforcement division said their behavior was consistent with incidents in which people take a wild animal, such as a deer fawn , as a pet. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Stars were appearing in the early night sky when the big doe showed up with a fawn in tow. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "The Columbus Zoo is celebrating its newest addition, an adorable tufted deer fawn . \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English faunen , from Old English fagnian to rejoice, from f\u00e6gen, fagan glad \u2014 more at fain entry 1":"Verb",
      "Middle English foun , from Anglo-French feun, foon young of an animal, from Vulgar Latin *feton-, feto , from Latin fetus offspring \u2014 more at fetus":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211542"
  },
  "fat-cat":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a wealthy contributor to a political campaign fund":[],
      ": a wealthy and privileged person":[],
      ": big shot":[],
      ": a lethargic complacent person":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "capitalist",
      "Croesus",
      "deep pocket",
      "have",
      "money",
      "moneybags",
      "plutocrat",
      "silk stocking"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "have-not",
      "pauper"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The best seats in the theater were reserved for the fat cats .",
      "that last recession was particularly hard on the poor, but the fat cats barely noticed a dip in their bank accounts",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pulled in by the promise of thrills or the guarantee of glamour, readers will stay for the game of survivor(s), and finish the book as satisfied as a fat cat in the Serengeti. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "More monthly and energy bills to bail out their fat cat friends who fund their little. \u2014 cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "There has been music and dancing and marching and a giant inflatable fat cat perched atop a red car. \u2014 Rebecca Nathanson, The New Republic , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "Second, earnings rise enormously for most workers over their career, and the low paying history major of 2021 might be a plutocratic fat cat executive 25 years later. \u2014 Richard Vedder, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "Every fat cat in America will be calling up his accountant today asking for one of those Thiel IRAs. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 25 June 2021",
      "Elsewhere, Olivia\u2019s friend Lucy, a business and science consultant, is flying in from New York to London to meet a fat cat called Hunter Sterling who has recruited her to head Digitas, his venture capital firm. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, WSJ , 4 June 2021",
      "The young angler did have a few pounds on the fat cat , but not many. \u2014 Matt Williams, Dallas News , 19 Mar. 2021",
      "Speakers addressed the crowd from a Teamsters Local 25 flatbed adorned with an inflatable fat cat , depicted smoking a cigar and holding a moneybag. \u2014 Lucas Phillips, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041607"
  },
  "fairy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mythical being of folklore and romance usually having diminutive human form and magic powers":[],
      ": a gay person":[
        "\u2014 used as a term of abuse and disparagement"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "brownie",
      "dwarf",
      "elf",
      "faerie",
      "faery",
      "fay",
      "gnome",
      "goblin",
      "gremlin",
      "hobgoblin",
      "kobold",
      "leprechaun",
      "pixie",
      "pixy",
      "puck",
      "sprite",
      "troll"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "fairies are part of the folklore of many countries and cultures"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fairie fairyland, enchantment, from Anglo-French faerie , from fee fairy, from Latin Fata , goddess of fate, from fatum fate":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212829"
  },
  "fall(s)":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to descend freely by the force of gravity":[
        "An apple fell from the tree."
      ],
      ": to hang freely":[
        "her hair falls over her shoulders"
      ],
      ": to drop oneself to a lower position":[
        "fell to his knees"
      ],
      ": to come or go as if by falling":[
        "darkness falls early in the winter"
      ],
      ": to become born":[
        "\u2014 usually used of lambs"
      ],
      ": to become lower in degree or level":[
        "the temperature fell 10\u00b0"
      ],
      ": to drop in pitch or volume":[
        "their voices fell to a whisper"
      ],
      ": issue sense 1a":[
        "wisdom that fell from his lips"
      ],
      ": to become lowered":[
        "her eyes fell"
      ],
      ": to leave an erect position suddenly and involuntarily":[
        "slipped and fell on the ice"
      ],
      ": to enter as if unawares : stumble , stray":[
        "fell into error",
        "We fell into a trap."
      ],
      ": to suffer military capture":[
        "after a long siege the city fell"
      ],
      ": to lose office":[
        "the party fell from power"
      ],
      ": to suffer ruin, defeat, or failure":[
        "the deal fell through"
      ],
      ": to move or extend in a downward direction":[
        "the land falls away to the east"
      ],
      ": subside , abate":[
        "the wind is falling"
      ],
      ": to decline in quality, activity, or quantity":[
        "production fell off"
      ],
      ": to lose weight":[
        "\u2014 used with off or away The cattle have fallen off badly in the drought."
      ],
      ": to assume a look of shame, disappointment, or dejection":[
        "his face fell"
      ],
      ": to decline in financial value or price":[
        "stocks fell sharply"
      ],
      ": to occur at a certain time":[
        "her birthday falls on a Monday this year"
      ],
      ": to come by chance":[
        "a job that fell into his hands"
      ],
      ": to come or pass by lot, assignment, or inheritance : devolve":[
        "it fell to him to break the news"
      ],
      ": to have a certain or proper position, place, or station":[
        "the accent falls on the second syllable"
      ],
      ": to come within the limits, scope, or jurisdiction of something":[
        "this word falls into the class of verbs"
      ],
      ": to pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind or a new state or condition":[
        "fall asleep",
        "fall in love"
      ],
      ": to set about heartily or actively":[
        "fell to work"
      ],
      ": strike , impinge":[
        "music falling on the ear"
      ],
      ": fell sense 1":[],
      ": to display great or excessive eagerness":[
        "Fans were falling all over themselves trying to get the basketball star's autograph."
      ],
      ": disintegrate":[
        "The pie was falling apart as I served it."
      ],
      ": to succumb to mental or emotional stress : break down":[
        "She began to fall apart when her son was imprisoned."
      ],
      ": to lag behind":[
        "The slower hikers fell behind the group."
      ],
      ": to be in arrears":[
        "He fell behind in his car payments."
      ],
      ": to fail because of inability to choose between or reconcile two alternative or conflicting courses of action":[],
      ": to produce no response or result":[
        "the joke fell flat"
      ],
      ": to fall in love with":[
        "He fell for her the moment he saw her."
      ],
      ": to become a victim of":[
        "fell for the trick"
      ],
      ": to lose acceptance or good reputation":[
        "The governor fell from grace when he was accused of tax fraud."
      ],
      ": to curve inward":[
        "\u2014 used of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side"
      ],
      ": to comply with a certain course of action":[
        "The company fell into line with the new regulations."
      ],
      ": to meet with":[
        "fell on hard times"
      ],
      ": to fail utterly":[
        "the movie fell on its face at the box office"
      ],
      ": to sacrifice one's pride or position":[
        "The coach fell on his sword apologizing for the team's poor season."
      ],
      ": to be deficient":[
        "The expedition's supplies began to fall short ."
      ],
      ": to fail to attain something (such as a goal or target)":[
        "The results fell short of expectations."
      ],
      ": the act of falling by the force of gravity":[],
      ": a falling out, off, or away : dropping":[
        "the fall of leaves",
        "a fall of snow"
      ],
      ": the season when leaves fall from trees : autumn":[],
      ": birth":[],
      ": the quantity born":[
        "\u2014 usually used of lambs"
      ],
      ": a costume decoration of lace or thin fabric arranged to hang loosely and gracefully":[],
      ": a very wide turned-down collar worn in the 17th century":[],
      ": the part of a turnover collar from the crease to the outer edge":[],
      ": a wide front flap on trousers (such as those worn by sailors)":[],
      ": the freely hanging lower edge of the skirt of a coat":[],
      ": one of the three outer and often drooping segments of the flower of an iris \u2014 compare standard sense 8b":[],
      ": long hair overhanging the face of dogs of some breeds":[],
      ": a usually long straight portion of hair that is attached to a person's own hair":[],
      ": loss of greatness : collapse":[
        "the fall of the Roman Empire"
      ],
      ": the surrender or capture of a besieged place":[
        "the fall of Troy"
      ],
      ": lapse or departure from innocence or goodness":[],
      ": loss of a woman's chastity":[],
      ": the blame for a failure or misdeed":[
        "took the fall for the robbery"
      ],
      ": the downward slope (as of a hill) : declivity":[],
      ": a precipitous descent of water : waterfall":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
      ],
      ": a musical cadence":[],
      ": a falling-pitch intonation in speech":[],
      ": a decrease in size, quantity, degree, or value":[],
      ": the distance which something falls":[],
      ": inclination , pitch":[],
      ": the act of felling something":[],
      ": the quantity of trees cut down":[],
      ": an act of forcing a wrestler's shoulders to the mat for a specified time (such as one second)":[],
      ": a bout of wrestling":[],
      ": destiny , lot":[],
      ": of, relating to, or suitable for autumn":[
        "a new fall coat"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "slip",
      "stumble",
      "topple",
      "trip",
      "tumble"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "slip",
      "spill",
      "stumble",
      "tumble"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "An apple fell from the tree.",
      "A vase fell off the shelf.",
      "Rain fell from the sky.",
      "the sound of the falling rain",
      "She slipped and fell on the ice.",
      "He fell flat on his face.",
      "She was afraid that I would trip and fall .",
      "He fell down the stairs.",
      "One of the sailors had fallen overboard.",
      "He fell back onto the bed.",
      "Noun",
      "a fall from a horse",
      "She's had several bad falls in recent years.",
      "a fall of three feet",
      "the rise and fall of the tide",
      "She went off to college in the fall .",
      "Several weeks of fall remain before winter begins.",
      "When fall came he planted grass.",
      "a fall in the price of oil",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Three whales were struck but lost in the sea and not landed, but the harvest was still a bounty: Utqia\u0121vik has a quota of 25 whales for the year that includes both spring and fall hunts. \u2014 Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News , 2 July 2022",
      "The first 16 games have seen Rising fall significantly short of their typically lofty expectations. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
      "Though Biden did fall , the Atlantic article in these social media posts is not real. \u2014 Dezimey Kum, USA TODAY , 1 July 2022",
      "Grab dinner, watch a movie and fall asleep on the couch well before the credits come on the screen. \u2014 Kaitlin Madden, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022",
      "Not everybody can handle it all, so uplift mothers and give them resources, whether that\u2019s childcare or having someone there to help when things fall apart, to be better performers and be fantastic mothers at the same time. \u2014 Alicia Ram\u00edrez, ELLE , 1 July 2022",
      "On Wednesday, the U.S. government bought 105 million COVID-19 shots from Pfizer for $3.2 billion with a late summer to fall delivery date. \u2014 Gabe Ferris, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
      "The bad news is that when markets fall this significantly, the following quarter isn't always great. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 30 June 2022",
      "Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody\u2019s Analytics, said prices could fall even absent a recession. \u2014 Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The mutations included in the Omicron variants and fears about another potential fall and winter wave, however, have led scientists to call for updated vaccines. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 3 July 2022",
      "If so, that would put Stranger Things arriving sometime around late fall 2023. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 3 July 2022",
      "Civil defense classes, common in Polish schools during the communist era, largely disappeared in recent decades as the fall of the Berlin Wall and then Poland\u2019s accession to NATO and the European Union seemed to make the notion of war obsolete. \u2014 Anthony Faiola, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
      "Her actions in response to Roe\u2019s fall have had immediate effect. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 2 July 2022",
      "Davis hopes to finally get to Columbus for the first time, eyeing a fall gameday visit to be determined. \u2014 Robert Fenbers, cleveland , 2 July 2022",
      "In late summer and fall , females will begin laying eggs. \u2014 Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune , 2 July 2022",
      "Directed, written and edited by C.K., the indie drama stars co-writer Joe List, who quipped about C.K.\u2019s fall from grace after the moderator praised C.K. for being able to disappear into his role. \u2014 Antonio Ferme, Variety , 1 July 2022",
      "If Burry is correct, and the S&P 500 has another 25% fall ahead of it, even after logging its worst first-half performance since 1970, the index could drop as low as 2,800 this year. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The liquid metal fabrication added a new verve to a style that has become a constant on Beckham\u2019s runways\u2014her pre- fall 2022 featured a neon version of the same piece\u2014and a favorite within her own wardrobe. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "To celebrate the store\u2019s 15-year anniversary, Smallwood partnered with Proenza Schouler on an in-store event, held on March 22, just one day shy of when the pre- fall 2022 collection is available for preorder on Hampden\u2019s site. \u2014 Lauren Caruso, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The pre- fall Proenza Schouler white square-toe loafer, meanwhile, hits the refresh on polished prep, as does The Row\u2019s Margaret\u2014a slim-line, block-heel iteration. \u2014 Vogue , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Keep your eyes peeled on Victoriabeckham.com; the designer\u2019s second dress\u2014a black pre- fall number\u2014will be available to buy in June. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Glamour , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Later, Blumarine, which has grown a reputation as a premiere Y2K-revival brand, released a pre- fall 2022 collection that included red, pink, and black chokers, thick necklaces, and big flower attachments. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The singer wore a long black cardigan with a faux-fur collar from Blumarine's pre- fall 2022 collection. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, Blumarine showcased a pre- fall 2022 collection full of red-and-pink looks. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Harper's Bazaar reports that the dress and outerwear are both from Milan fashion house Del Core's pre- fall 2022 collection, the white heels from Tom Ford, her purse from Aspital of London, jewelry by Pasquale Bruni, and sunglasses from Bulgari. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 7 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English feallan ; akin to Old High German fallan to fall and perhaps to Lithuanian pulti":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1677, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171812"
  },
  "faery":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fairyland":[],
      ": fairy sense 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer-\u0113",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-(\u0259-)r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "brownie",
      "dwarf",
      "elf",
      "fairy",
      "fay",
      "gnome",
      "goblin",
      "gremlin",
      "hobgoblin",
      "kobold",
      "leprechaun",
      "pixie",
      "pixy",
      "puck",
      "sprite",
      "troll"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "in ancient folklore faeries were often portrayed as powerful beings who could wreak havoc on the lives of humans",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The faerie bit deep into the rich, smoky chocolate-and-bacon-covered strawberry at a stand just past the smithies, the privies and the stage where maidens fair and noble gentlemen link arms and dance English ceilidhs in celebration of spring. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "But during their quest, her reluctant allyship with him turns into love, and she's forced to ultimately fight for that love when an ancient curse threatens to destroy the faerie and human realms. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "So Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez circled each other in a maze of LED lights; Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff reveled in their joint faerie cottagecore fantasies. \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 15 Mar. 2021",
      "Costume contest for the best faerie or mermaid with a $100 cash prize. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 6 June 2018",
      "Instead, there's Lofty, an adorable faerie that imbues Evan with wizard-like powers. \u2014 Mark Walton, Ars Technica , 19 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fairie \u2014 more at fairy":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223541"
  },
  "favoritism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the showing of special favor : partiality":[],
      ": the state or fact of being a favorite":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259r-",
      "\u02c8f\u0101v-r\u0259-",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v(\u0259-)r\u0259-\u02ccti-z\u0259m",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-v\u0259-r\u0259-\u02ccti-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He accused the teacher of showing favoritism in assigning grades.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But Barnstable court officials made Reid Mason\u2019s hearing public and asked a clerk from another part of the state to preside in order to avoid the appearance of favoritism . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
      "This season, Jackson has added to his fan favoritism with plenty of sharpshooting to couple with his spectacular dunks. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Players complained of rampant favoritism , incompetent coaching and a locker room environment that failed to build camaraderie between teammates. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "The district has tried to enter into a series of separate contracts for ticketing, games and management since 2018, but the process has been shadowed by accusations of favoritism , backroom meetings and bid-rigging. \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "In 2018, the news site VTDigger published a six-part series on mistreatment of women, alcohol abuse, favoritism , fraud and other corrupt behavior in the Vermont National Guard. \u2014 Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "There is no bias in my rankings, no favoritism , or any other sorts of nefarious activity in compiling them. \u2014 Brant Parsons, orlandosentinel.com , 11 May 2021",
      "There is no clear evidence of carbon-free favoritism in S&P\u2019s state credit ratings. \u2014 WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Senior Alabama corrections officer Vicky White, who fled the local county jail with inmate Casey White and led authorities on an 11-day manhunt, showed favoritism toward the murder suspect during his time behind bars, according to a recent report. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1763, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043855"
  },
  "facilitative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make easier : help bring about",
      ": to make easier",
      ": to increase the likelihood, strength, or effectiveness of (as behavior or a response)",
      ": to lower the threshold for transmission of (an impulse)",
      ": to make easier : help bring about"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8si-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t",
      "f\u0259-\u02c8si-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t",
      "f\u0259-\u02c8sil-\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t",
      "f\u0259-\u02c8si-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ease",
      "grease",
      "loosen (up)",
      "smooth",
      "unclog"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "complicate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Becoming a co-conspirator requires building relationships across differences and centering voices of color to guide and facilitate cultural change at work. \u2014 Michelle King, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, citing efforts made by the government to accelerate the visa application process and facilitate shoots in Spain\u2019s national parks, railways and airports. \u2014 Pablo Sandoval, Variety , 22 June 2022",
      "The insanely large fender flares are grotesque out of necessity to facilitate the 73.2- and 73.6-inch front and rear track widths\u2014over six inches wider than a Sasquatch. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 20 June 2022",
      "The healthcare sector, on the other hand, has the potential to be a longer-term play as industry consolidation and demographics facilitate growth. \u2014 Ali Fazal, Fortune , 19 June 2022",
      "Turkey would facilitate and protect the transport of the grain in the Black Sea, Turkish officials say. \u2014 Ayse Wieting And Susan Fraser, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
      "Finance was always meant to facilitate investment and spur economic growth benefiting the entire country. \u2014 Mike Pence, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
      "They are designed to facilitate a straight line water path from the faucet to the bottom of your gardening shoes and to generate maximum frustration. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 20 May 2022",
      "But Stanley argues that MiamiCoin will be used for local business transactions, facilitate software development, and even one day furnish a source of a universal basic income for residents. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably from Middle French faciliter \"to make easy\" (borrowed from Italian facilitare, verbal derivative of facilit\u00e0  facility ) + -ate entry 4 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-204916"
  },
  "favorless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": showing no favor : unpropitious":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024137"
  },
  "far cry":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a long distance":[],
      ": something notably different":[
        "the effects of the new law were a far cry from what was intended"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "afar",
      "country mile",
      "long haul",
      "mile"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hair",
      "inch",
      "step",
      "stone's throw"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the hotel is a far cry from the train station, so you'd better call a cab",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jones was taking a big risk simply because the NFL of 1989 was a far cry from the NFL of 2022. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
      "The congressional hearings have produced eye-popping testimony, but the one-sided presentation of facts, with no opportunities for cross-examination of witnesses, is a far cry from the burden of proof and trial constraints in criminal prosecutions. \u2014 Eric Tucker And Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
      "For many in the community, that image is a far cry from reality. \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "This year\u2019s parade was a far cry from its first event 50 years ago, when the full parade lasted just eight minutes, Taylor said. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
      "These tactics are a far cry from mass immunization\u2014which demands an abundantly clear risk-benefit calculus. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
      "Consciously or not, Monday\u2019s live broadcast wove comic relief into a larger narrative of powerful men behaving badly and once again showed that the hearings are a far cry from the usual political theater. \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "The earnings for the third and final installment of the Jurassic World trilogy aren't a far cry from 2018's Fallen Kingdom, which debuted to $148 million at the domestic box office. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 12 June 2022",
      "Again, the product at Wild Horse Pass was a far cry from the lofty standards established over the past five seasons. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213819"
  },
  "fall (to)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to begin doing something (such as working or eating) especially vigorously":[
        "\u2014 often used in invitation or command"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "after some refreshments, she fell to working with renewed vigor"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1577, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202459"
  },
  "fatly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": richly":[],
      ": in the manner of one that is fat":[
        "waddled fatly"
      ],
      ": in a smug manner : complacently":[
        "snickered fatly"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fat-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "expensively",
      "extravagantly",
      "grandly",
      "high",
      "large",
      "lavishly",
      "luxuriously",
      "opulently",
      "palatially",
      "plushly",
      "richly",
      "sumptuously"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "austerely",
      "humbly",
      "modestly",
      "plainly",
      "simply"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a television evangelist who lives fatly on a steady stream of donations from viewers of moderate means and immoderate gullibility"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161959"
  },
  "far corner":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a distant and usually obscure place":[
        "\u2014 used especially in the phrase far corners of the world"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012129"
  },
  "faculty":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": ability , power : such as":[],
      ": innate or acquired ability to act or do":[
        "man \u2026 how infinite in faculty",
        "\u2014 William Shakespeare"
      ],
      ": an inherent capability, power, or function":[
        "the faculty of hearing"
      ],
      ": any of the powers of the mind (such as will, reason, or instinct) formerly held by psychologists to form a basis for the explanation of all mental phenomena":[],
      ": natural aptitude":[
        "has a faculty for saying the right things"
      ],
      ": a branch of teaching or learning (such as law, medicine, or liberal arts) in an educational institution":[],
      ": something in which one is trained or qualified":[],
      ": the members of a profession":[],
      ": the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution":[
        "an excellent mathematics faculty"
      ],
      ": faculty members":[
        "many faculty were present"
      ],
      ": power, authority, or prerogative given or conferred":[
        "The state has the faculty to define treason."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fak-\u0259l-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8fa-k\u0259l-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "power"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for faculty gift , faculty , aptitude , bent , talent , genius , knack mean a special ability for doing something. gift often implies special favor by God or nature. the gift of singing beautifully faculty applies to an innate or less often acquired ability for a particular accomplishment or function. a faculty for remembering names aptitude implies a natural liking for some activity and the likelihood of success in it. a mechanical aptitude bent is nearly equal to aptitude but it stresses inclination perhaps more than specific ability. a family with an artistic bent talent suggests a marked natural ability that needs to be developed. has enough talent to succeed genius suggests impressive inborn creative ability. has no great genius for poetry knack implies a comparatively minor but special ability making for ease and dexterity in performance. the knack of getting along",
    "examples":[
      "She's a member of the Harvard faculty .",
      "The school hired more faculty .",
      "a meeting with students and faculty",
      "She has a faculty for making friends.",
      "The Faculty of Arts and Sciences.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Gunn served on the faculty of Parsons School of Design from 1982 to 2007. \u2014 Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
      "Rosenfeld eventually joined the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, becoming a specialist in tubal reversal, and, in the early eighties, taking charge of the clinic in the center of town. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 25 June 2022",
      "Crick joined the Salk faculty at the same time Eckhart was taking over the cancer center. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "The only woman on a faculty of about 40, she was often ignored by her colleagues. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Hardin joined the FIU Business faculty in 2006 as director of real estate programs and the Jerome Bain Real Estate Institute. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
      "In the early and mid-1950s, my dad was on the faculty at Peacock Military Academy. \u2014 Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News , 4 June 2022",
      "After lecturing at the Johns Hopkins University and Goucher College, Mrs. Stern joined the faculty of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 1981. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 27 May 2022",
      "Our terrain was Irvine, in Southern California, where Ng\u0169g\u0129 moved two decades ago, joining the faculty at UC Irvine. \u2014 Dw Gibson, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English faculte \"power, ability, field of knowledge, branch of learning at a university,\" borrowed from Anglo-French facult\u00e9, borrowed from Medieval Latin facult\u0101t-, facult\u0101s (Latin, \"power, ability, opportunity, quantity available\"), from Latin *faklis, earlier form of facilis \"easy, accommodating\" + -t\u0101t-, -t\u0101s -ty \u2014 more at facile":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012137"
  },
  "farther":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": at or to a greater distance or more advanced point":[
        "got no farther than the first page",
        "nothing could be farther from the truth"
      ],
      ": to a greater degree or extent":[
        "see to it that I do not have to act any farther in the matter",
        "\u2014 Bernard DeVoto"
      ],
      ": more distant : remoter":[
        "the farther side of town"
      ],
      ": further sense 2":[
        "clearing his throat preparatory to farther revelations",
        "\u2014 Edith Wharton"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-t\u035fh\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beyond",
      "further",
      "yon",
      "yonder"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "added",
      "additional",
      "another",
      "else",
      "fresh",
      "further",
      "more",
      "other"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adverb",
      "It's farther away than I'd thought.",
      "they had traveled farther down the Colorado River than any previous explorers",
      "Adjective",
      "the farther side of town",
      "for farther information on this condition, you should consult your family physician",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "In those areas farther from the edges, oaks and other sprouting species dominated. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 June 2022",
      "Samples from remote sites, farther from scientific research bases in Antarctica, contained fewer particles of plastic. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
      "Ukrainian operations have also pushed Russian troops farther from the city of Kharkiv in the northeast. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "New apartments, the color of butterscotch, have been built in narrow, safer areas farther from the mountain and nearer to water. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
      "After Moskva sank along with potentially scores of her crew, fleet commanders pulled their two frigates farther from the Ukrainian coast. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
      "With the streetcar, working class people could live farther from work, causing neighborhoods to become more segregated by class. \u2014 Erin Caughey, jsonline.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Russian forces widened their bombardment of Ukraine on Friday, attacking more major cities, moving toward Kyiv and inching westward while also pounding targets farther from the front line. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "In some areas farther from the coast, like Sacramento and Southern California\u2019s Inland Empire, prices have already surpassed March 2020 levels. \u2014 Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The event is heading yet farther west, past its most recent home in Beverly Hills to Santa Monica. \u2014 Deborah Vankinstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "The old bridge was built to replace a wooden bridge built farther west in 1914 that connected Mission Beach and Ocean Beach. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "However, the airport in Dnipro, Ukraine\u2019s fourth-largest city and located farther west, was hit by missile attacks twice on Sunday, according to the regional governor. \u2014 Adam Schreck And Cara Anna, chicagotribune.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "In the nearby village of Yasnohorodka, the AP witnessed positions abandoned by Ukrainian soldiers who had moved farther west, but no sign of Russian troops. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Saturday night may see a few clouds with lows in the 30s to around 40 (patchy frost is possible in farther west to northwest areas). \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Ukrainian cities remained under siege Friday as Russian attacks continued for the fourth week, pushing farther west in Ukraine. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "That\u2019s still much farther than an RAAF F-18 or one of the air force\u2019s three-dozen F-35s can fly without aerial refueling. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Some will make their way to Florida to winter alongside the retirees also escaping the chilly weather, Others will continue to much farther destinations, such as Venezuela and Brazil. \u2014 London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star , 24 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English ferther , alteration of further":"Adverb and Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202818"
  },
  "faith":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": allegiance to duty or a person : loyalty":[
        "lost faith in the company's president"
      ],
      ": fidelity to one's promises":[],
      ": sincerity of intentions":[
        "acted in good faith"
      ],
      ": belief and trust in and loyalty to God":[],
      ": belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion":[],
      ": firm belief in something for which there is no proof":[
        "clinging to the faith that her missing son would one day return"
      ],
      ": complete trust":[],
      ": without question":[
        "took everything he said on faith"
      ],
      ": believe , trust":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101th"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "devotion",
      "piety",
      "religion"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "atheism",
      "godlessness"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for faith Noun belief , faith , credence , credit mean assent to the truth of something offered for acceptance. belief may or may not imply certitude in the believer. my belief that I had caught all the errors faith almost always implies certitude even where there is no evidence or proof. an unshakable faith in God credence suggests intellectual assent without implying anything about grounds for assent. a theory now given credence by scientists credit may imply assent on grounds other than direct proof. gave full credit to the statement of a reputable witness",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Faith without doubt leads to moral arrogance, the eternal pratfall of the religiously convinced. \u2014 Joe Klein , Time , 17 May 2004",
      "Nick wiped at the moustache of sweat droplets that was as much a part of his face as his eyes and nose and gave a shrug that indicated a certain lack of faith in our judgment. \u2014 Tom Perrotta , Joe College , 2000",
      "But while no one with a grain of sense trusted Miss Stephanie, Jem and I had considerable faith in Miss Maudie. She had never told on us, had never played cat-and-mouse with us, she was not at all interested in our private lives. She was our friend. \u2014 Harper Lee , To Kill a Mockingbird , 1960",
      "His supporters have accepted his claims with blind faith .",
      "Our faith in the government has been badly shaken by the recent scandals.",
      "Lending him the money to start his own business was an act of faith .",
      "It requires a giant leap of faith for us to believe that she is telling the truth.",
      "Nothing is more important to her than her faith in God.",
      "She says that her faith has given her the courage to deal with this tragedy.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Topping his tally, of course, was the faith \u2019s symbol, unveiled in 2020, depicting the Christus statue on a blue background. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "Yet medicine has minimized the importance of faith and religion in patient well-being. \u2014 T. Salewa Oseni, STAT , 23 June 2022",
      "Stalter created the series and will star as Beth Parker, a 20-year-old Christian and closeted lesbian who wrestles with her sexuality and faith in God while entering adulthood in suburban Ohio. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
      "Despite the recent slowdown, funds continue to have faith that cybersecurity investments will pay off. \u2014 James Rundle, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
      "This year\u2019s election could decide the direction of the G.O.P. for years to come, experts say, and could also influence Americans\u2019 faith in the validity of election results, with momentous consequences. \u2014 The New Yorker , 21 June 2022",
      "Tuesday\u2019s hearing showed that faith played a prominent role in others\u2019 lives as well during the days following the election. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
      "In his charge, Torres alleged that Campo mocked his Latino heritage and Catholic faith , including his observance of the Sabbath and Lent. \u2014 Amanda Su, ABC News , 21 June 2022",
      "Schultz is a member of SOPHIA, a Waukesha coalition of faith communities that addresses social justice issues. \u2014 Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English feith, fei, borrowed from Anglo-French feit, feid, fei, going back to Latin fid\u0113s \"trust, guarantee, proof, sincerity, loyalty, belief,\" going back to *bhid-\u0113i-, noun derivative from zero-grade of an Indo-European verbal base *b h ei\u032fd h - \"entrust, trust,\" whence Latin f\u012bdere \"to trust (in), have confidence (in),\" f\u012bdus \"faithful,\" Greek pe\u00edthesthai \"to obey, comply with, believe,\" pe\u00edthein \"to persuade, prevail upon,\" Albanian be \"oath,\" and probably Old Church Slavic b\u011b\u017ed\u01eb, b\u011bditi \"to compel, constrain,\" b\u011bda \"distress, need\"":"Noun",
      "verbal derivative of faith entry 1":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011450"
  },
  "falltime":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": autumn":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034436"
  },
  "faultlessly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having no fault : irreproachable":[
        "faultless workmanship"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022flt-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absolute",
      "flawless",
      "ideal",
      "immaculate",
      "impeccable",
      "indefectible",
      "irreproachable",
      "letter-perfect",
      "perfect",
      "picture-book",
      "picture-perfect",
      "seamless",
      "unblemished"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "amiss",
      "bad",
      "censurable",
      "defective",
      "faulty",
      "flawed",
      "imperfect",
      "reproachable"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "this 18th-century chest of drawers is considered a faultless example of early American craftsmanship",
      "I may have broken my share of things in the past, but in this instance I am entirely faultless .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s style choices are, and have always been, faultless . \u2014 Sarah Harris, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
      "This seemingly faultless poll is the quickest way to understand what your audiences prefer. \u2014 Candice Georgiadis, Rolling Stone , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Morricone\u2019s \u2018Agosto Jazz\u2019 from La Voglia Matta put the Momentum TW3 earbuds through their paces and the resulting sound was faultless . \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "For faultless application, both quick-drying hues are developed with NAILS INC\u2019s long-wearing formula and distinctive wide-hugging brush. \u2014 Essence , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Steering on the GT4 RS is equally as faultless , with a weighted effort and steering ratio that feels perfectly paired for the vehicle\u2019s size and focused mission. \u2014 Michael Harley, Robb Report , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "And tack on a pint of Allagash White \u2014 one of the few beers to have a permanent place on the Hopleaf taps and a faultless pairing with those savory shellfish. \u2014 Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Despite the photographic evidence and the lack of an environmental impact assessment, the review found the company faultless . \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Thankfully, not too much has changed about the nearly faultless Colony Grill, a bona fide London institution known for its aged meats (the restaurant has its own salt maturing chamber onsite). \u2014 Nicole Trilivas, Forbes , 9 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070600"
  },
  "failing":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "preposition"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually slight or insignificant defect in character, conduct, or ability",
      ": in absence or default of",
      ": a weakness or flaw in a person's character, behavior, or ability"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101-li\u014b",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-ling"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demerit",
      "dereliction",
      "fault",
      "foible",
      "frailty",
      "shortcoming",
      "sin",
      "vice",
      "want",
      "weakness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "merit",
      "virtue"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He has some minor failings .",
      "we could talk about your failings , but it would take all night",
      "Preposition",
      "Failing progress in the peace process, war seems likely.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Microsoft's latest failing came to light on Tuesday in a post that showed Microsoft taking five months and three patches before successfully fixing a critical vulnerability in Azure. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
      "Beyond the legal implications, there has been a clear moral failing by school administrators who appear more concerned with their own image than with the well-being of their students. \u2014 Lillian Reed, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
      "At what point does the scramble for status and income become a severe failing ? \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "This insurance transfers the risks of their own product or service failing \u2014 if, for example, a bug in their software causes the customer to lose sensitive data or their cloud backup service falls short and a customer loses access to critical files. \u2014 Jim Goldman, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
      "In his view, someone stumbling in recovery is comparable to a diabetic failing to take steps to regulate their blood sugar: in need of more support, not more disruption. \u2014 Ted Alcorn, Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "We are being set up to believe that Uvalde was overwhelmingly a failure of law enforcement rather than a massive cultural failing . \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "The fun, of course, is observing the characters trying \u2014 and failing \u2014 to hold it together while losing their marbles. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The value of simply knowing that the obstacles one is encountering are not due to some unique personal failing \u2013but that others are experiencing the same difficulties and challenges\u2013is immeasurable. \u2014 Duane Cranston, Fortune , 9 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1590, in the meaning defined above",
      "Preposition",
      "1810, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151837"
  },
  "facilitation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the act of facilitating : the state of being facilitated":[],
      ": the lowering of the threshold for reflex conduction along a particular neural pathway especially from repeated use of that pathway":[],
      ": the increasing of the ease or intensity of a response by repeated stimulation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02ccsil-\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "f\u0259-\u02ccsi-l\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Breaux and Barrett told officials about the end of their facilitation work in a June 16 letter to Bronson, Assembly leadership and other key organizations aiding in homelessness efforts. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
      "Through communication, facilitation , and negotiation, the Drug Shortage program works with pharmaceutical manufacturers, review divisions, compliance, and other FDA components to manage product shortages. \u2014 Peter J. Pitts, STAT , 3 June 2022",
      "Each group will have a Mentor Coach who provides subject matter expertise, facilitation , scheduling, and general organization. \u2014 Tony Gambill, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The rules of engagement used in the facilitation can become the team members\u2019 model for future hot-button discussions. \u2014 Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News , 16 May 2022",
      "The other defendant, Isaiah Beasley, had his complicity-to-murder indictment dismissed \u2014 a Class A felony with a possible 20 years-to-life sentence \u2014 but was reindicted on a much lesser charge of facilitation to commit murder, a Class D felony. \u2014 Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal , 9 May 2022",
      "This is exacerbated by the facilitation of growing demand and utilizing escalation. \u2014 David Yu, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Last month, Texas opened an investigation into TikTok\u2019s alleged violations of children\u2019s privacy and facilitation of human trafficking. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, Chron , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Last month, Texas opened an investigation into TikTok\u2019s alleged violations of children\u2019s privacy and facilitation of human trafficking. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "facilit(ate) + -ation ; in sense 2 probably as translation of German Bahnung":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064831"
  },
  "fashionable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": conforming to the custom, fashion , or established mode":[],
      ": of or relating to the world of fashion":[],
      ": a fashionable person":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fash-n\u0259-",
      "\u02c8fash-n\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8fa-sh\u0259-n\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8fa-sh\u0259-n\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "\u00e0 la mode",
      "a la mode",
      "au courant",
      "chic",
      "cool",
      "exclusive",
      "fresh",
      "happening",
      "hip",
      "in",
      "modish",
      "sharp",
      "smart",
      "snappy",
      "stylish",
      "supercool",
      "swell",
      "swish",
      "trendy",
      "voguish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dowdy",
      "out",
      "outmoded",
      "styleless",
      "unchic",
      "uncool",
      "unfashionable",
      "unmodish",
      "unstylish"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "It isn't fashionable to express such an opinion these days.",
      "fashionable people who know all the right restaurants",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "In the exaggerated nature of ballroom culture, the judges dressed in their best, over the top looks and with Law Roach sitting on the Legendary board as a judge, both the houses and the other judges made sure to make their looks fashionable too. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 10 June 2022",
      "Society, as a whole, has adapted a more casual way of dress in the past decade or so\u2014jeans can be worn to an office, sneakers are considered fashionable , and tie sales continue to drop. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "There is nothing anyone can do to make my low-rise skinny jeans fashionable again. \u2014 Kimberly Beekman, Outside Online , 4 Feb. 2021",
      "Beer may be less fashionable than cocktails among investors, but price increases are going down fine with drinkers. \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "Several guests sported Wales Bonner which meant that Lucien looked even more fashionable than usually does. \u2014 Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Music festivals and sporting events just got a lot more fashionable . \u2014 Rebecca Carhart, Travel + Leisure , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In 2017, when transferring was becoming more and more fashionable , a wave of players defected from Kevin Ollie\u2019s roster. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Albanese had undergone what has been described as a makeover in the past year, opting for more fashionable suits and glasses. \u2014 Rod Mcguirk, ajc , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "If Elsa Schiaparelli first made the jumpsuit fashionable in the 1930s, today it is being popularized by celebrities like Harry Styles, Evan Mock, Jacob Elordi, and Gigi. \u2014 Irene Kim, Vogue , 21 May 2022",
      "Some credit is also due to Joanna Gaines, whose 2013 HGTV series Fixer Upper cemented farmhouse style within our cultural lexicon and made the old-fashioned fashionable again. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Their overlapping success has made college basketball fashionable again in a town dominated by championship-hoarding professional sports teams. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Whatever happened to Sonic Youth, the band that made noise-rock fashionable ? \u2014 David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "The 9,214-square-foot home in Marietta, built in 2008, has the clay-tile roof fashionable in Encino, California, where the show is largely fictionally based. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "Nancy and Diana became part of the fashionable set the Bright Young Things, and another sister, Unity, befriended Hitler. \u2014 Michael Schulma, The New Yorker , 31 July 2021",
      "More recently, quarries about 30 miles north of Paris specialize in an especially hard variety of Lutetian limestone fashionable in upscale building projects around the world. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "Anthony Bourdain in particular, with his seminal 2000 memoir, Kitchen Confidential, made food service fashionable , turning crass, hard-partying hourly grease slingers like us into underground rock stars. \u2014 Jeff Winkler, The Atlantic , 30 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "fashion entry 1 or fashion entry 2 + -able":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "circa 1800, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192252"
  },
  "facilitator":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": someone or something that facilitates something",
      ": someone who helps to bring about an outcome (such as learning, productivity, or communication) by providing indirect or unobtrusive assistance, guidance, or supervision"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8si-l\u0259-\u02cct\u0101-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Around that time, Payne, an adept facilitator for Kearney, Godbolt and other potent scorers on the Kettering squad, was feeling good too. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 19 June 2022",
      "Usability tests can be moderated when a facilitator guides the participant through the session. \u2014 Kevin Philpott, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "The wife and mother of two spent more than two decades at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, working in the newspaper\u2019s advertising department and as a diversity training facilitator . \u2014 Shaddi Abusaid, ajc , 20 May 2022",
      "Blue pins mark places where she and alliance colleagues have led or arranged for an H.V.N. facilitator training. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
      "This next frontier will take Block into the live events market, bringing the company back to its in-person money transaction roots, but this time as the direct payment instrument instead of as a mere middleman facilitator . \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 13 May 2022",
      "His principal function as watermaster, though, has usually been as a mediator and facilitator . \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
      "The singer is currently on her Future Nostalgia world tour, and has been working with Venezuelan yoga teacher and movement facilitator Anabella Landa, best known as Annie Moves. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 10 May 2022",
      "Participants lie on yoga mats as a facilitator reads meditations and poetry; dim lights and soft music, sometimes performed by live musicians, set the tone. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" facilitate + -or entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1775, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155129"
  },
  "fairy arrow":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a flint arrowhead \u2014 compare thunderstone":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023054"
  },
  "failance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": failure":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180408"
  },
  "fart around":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to waste time : to spend time doing activities that have no serious purpose"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164431"
  },
  "faith cure":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and exercise of faith in God : a cure held to have been achieved by this method"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1875, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164937"
  },
  "fawner":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner":[
        "courtiers fawning on the king"
      ],
      ": to show affection":[
        "\u2014 used especially of a dog The dog was fawning on its master."
      ],
      ": kid sense 2":[],
      ": a light grayish brown":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fn",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "apple-polish",
      "bootlick",
      "fuss",
      "kowtow",
      "suck (up)",
      "toady",
      "truckle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fawn Verb fawn , toady , truckle , cringe , cower mean to behave abjectly before a superior. fawn implies seeking favor by servile flattery or exaggerated attention. waiters fawning over a celebrity toady suggests the attempt to ingratiate oneself by an abjectly menial or subservient attitude. toadying to his boss truckle implies the subordination of oneself and one's desires or judgment to those of a superior. truckling to a powerful lobbyist cringe suggests a bowing or shrinking in fear or servility. a cringing sycophant cower suggests a display of abject fear in the company of threatening or domineering people. cowering before a bully",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "a sports star surrounded by fawning fans",
      "a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In a tweet, State Police wrote that Trooper Paul Dabene saw the mother deer and fawn walking up an access road in Framingham that leads to the Massachusetts Turnpike. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "Nobody associated with the show was too minor for Golden-Coners to fawn over. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
      "The social media platform has served as somewhat of a safe space for Jack Harlow fans to openly fawn over him. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Spring will bring more fawn births and the CWD-positive captive herds around the state will continue to grow. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "When traumatized or distressed, our flight, fight, freeze or fawn response gets triggered. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "On television, anchors used slow-motion video to analyze and fawn over Charlie\u2019s backswing, his follow-through, his hip turn. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "That Seth accepts the nickname without being so gauche as to acknowledge the honor and fawn over Bill is proof that Bill picked the right fella to knight. \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 14 Dec. 2021",
      "This freestanding fawn and doe decoration set is made with rigid sisal material that\u2019s wrapped around a metal frame for a touch of texture. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 6 Nov. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "State Police tweeted a photo of the fawn near Dabene\u2019s cruiser. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "Few fawn over fresh-faced candidates full of new ideas and youthful energy. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Animal control later posted an update with some good news: The fawn was returned. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
      "This isn't the first time an animal at the center needed help walking; years prior, a baby fawn named Clarice used a wheelchair as part of her rehabilitation too. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Throughout are signs of Gabrielle Chanel's private life in her Rue 31 Cambon apartment, such as a wing chair, a Goossens table with a wheatsheaf base, and a large fawn velvet banquette. \u2014 Roxanne Robinson, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Patrick Foy of the state wildlife agency\u2019s law enforcement division said their behavior was consistent with incidents in which people take a wild animal, such as a deer fawn , as a pet. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Stars were appearing in the early night sky when the big doe showed up with a fawn in tow. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "The Columbus Zoo is celebrating its newest addition, an adorable tufted deer fawn . \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 23 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English faunen , from Old English fagnian to rejoice, from f\u00e6gen, fagan glad \u2014 more at fain entry 1":"Verb",
      "Middle English foun , from Anglo-French feun, foon young of an animal, from Vulgar Latin *feton-, feto , from Latin fetus offspring \u2014 more at fetus":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070052"
  },
  "faither":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of faither dialectal variant of father"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101t\u035fh\u0259r",
      "\u02c8fet\u035fh-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181017"
  },
  "fait accompli":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a thing accomplished and presumably irreversible":[
        "he charged that the members were presented with a fait accompli instead of being called to a meeting to discuss the policy change",
        "\u2014 Daniel Thomases"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "British usually -\u02c8k\u00e4m-(\u02cc)pl\u0113",
      "-\u02cck\u014d\u207f(m)-",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-t\u0259-\u02cck\u00e4m-\u02c8pl\u0113",
      "\u02c8fe-",
      "\u02c8fe-\u02ccta-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "By the time we learned about the decision, it was already a fait accompli .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Entry into the continental bloc is hardly a fait accompli . \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
      "The publication also reported that some regional athletic organizations were concerned that UK Athletics seemed to be treating the equalizing of race distances as a fait accompli . \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 27 Jan. 2021",
      "Behind the scenes, the administration is telling educational institutions that the rules are a fait accompli , demanding enforcement that curtails freedom of speech, due process and women\u2019s rights. \u2014 Jennifer C. Braceras And Inez Feltscher Stepman, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
      "While Truman\u2019s use of the atomic bomb inevitably comes up in any discussion of his legacy, Frank joins other historians in characterizing the bombings as a fait accompli no matter who was in office. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The relocation of the statue, requested by the Council\u2019s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus, was expected to be a fait accompli : An agreement was already in place to relocate the statue to the New-York Historical Society. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "Trump\u2019s supporters, though, see it as a fait accompli . \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "By the early 1950s, the demise of the French luxury marques like Bugatti, Delage, and Delahaye was a fait accompli . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "But the Bengals\u2019 first down that seemed a fait accompli when Boyd gained 9 yards never became a reality. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, accomplished fact":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1845, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001937"
  },
  "fait":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a legal deed, writing, or fact":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin factum":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070955"
  },
  "facilitatory":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": inducing or involved in facilitation especially of a reflex action":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8si-l\u0259-t\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
      "f\u0259-\u02c8sil-\u0259-t\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113, -\u02cct\u022fr-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "facilitate + -ory entry 2":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1867, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042755"
  },
  "favose":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": alveolate":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101\u02ccv\u014ds"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from (assumed) New Latin favosus , from Latin favus honeycomb + -osus -ose":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165423"
  },
  "fantasied":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": existing only in the imagination : fancied",
      ": full of fancies or strange whims"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fan-t\u0259-s\u0113d",
      "-z\u0113d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chimerical",
      "chimeric",
      "fabulous",
      "fanciful",
      "fantastic",
      "fantastical",
      "fictional",
      "fictitious",
      "ideal",
      "imaginal",
      "imaginary",
      "imagined",
      "invented",
      "made-up",
      "make-believe",
      "mythical",
      "mythic",
      "notional",
      "phantasmal",
      "phantasmic",
      "phantom",
      "pretend",
      "unreal",
      "visionary"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "actual",
      "existent",
      "existing",
      "real"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "most of those auditioning had only a fantasied talent for singing"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"from past participle of fantasy entry 3 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192352"
  },
  "fair white":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a light-complexioned or blond white person":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015851"
  },
  "faintness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": hardly perceptible : dim":[
        "faint handwriting"
      ],
      ": vague sense 2a":[
        "haven't the faintest idea"
      ],
      ": weak, dizzy, and likely to faint":[
        "sick and faint from the pain",
        "\u2014 Jack London"
      ],
      ": lacking courage and spirit : cowardly":[
        "faint of heart"
      ],
      ": lacking strength or vigor : performed, offered, or accomplished weakly or languidly":[
        "faint praise",
        "a faint smile on her lips"
      ],
      ": producing a sensation of faintness : oppressive":[
        "the faint atmosphere of a tropical port"
      ],
      ": to lose consciousness because of a temporary decrease in the blood supply to the brain":[],
      ": to lose courage or spirit":[],
      ": to become weak":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blear",
      "bleary",
      "blurry",
      "dim",
      "foggy",
      "fuzzy",
      "gauzy",
      "hazy",
      "indefinite",
      "indistinct",
      "indistinguishable",
      "misty",
      "murky",
      "nebulous",
      "obscure",
      "opaque",
      "pale",
      "shadowy",
      "unclear",
      "undefined",
      "undetermined",
      "vague"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "black out",
      "conk (out)",
      "keel (over)",
      "pass out",
      "swoon"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "We heard a faint noise.",
      "the faint glow of a distant light",
      "There was a faint smile on her lips.",
      "There's just a faint chance that the weather will improve by tomorrow.",
      "a faint reminder of their former greatness",
      "I'd better lie down; I feel faint .",
      "She felt faint from hunger.",
      "Verb",
      "He always faints at the sight of blood.",
      "She almost fainted from the pain.",
      "She suffers from fainting spells.",
      "Noun",
      "shocking news can cause a person to fall into a faint",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Tsurenko's match was halted for about 10 minutes when her opponent, British wild-card entry Jodie Burrage, stopped to help a ballboy who was feeling faint . \u2014 Chris Lehourites, ajc , 27 June 2022",
      "The faint coconut smell is inoffensive, unlike some sunscreens that smell chalky or like Pina Coladas. \u2014 Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online , 4 June 2022",
      "The door is closed to the room from which the faint scrabbling is coming. \u2014 Joshua Ferris, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "About 70 or 80 ballots from each batch of 125 were spit out as unreadable because their barcodes were more faint and slightly blurred. \u2014 Gillian Flaccus And Sara Cline, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
      "Two faint and fragile pencil-and-watercolor drawings by Cy Twombly on torn paper hang over the gas-fed fireplace. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Etched deep within a limestone system in Alabama known nondescriptly as 19th Unnamed Cave to avoid detection and potential damage, the life-size masterpieces are too faint to view with the naked eye. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 June 2022",
      "If a meteor shower does occur, the Tau Herculids will move slowly by meteor standards and will likely be faint . \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 30 May 2022",
      "Many etchings were faint or obscured as humidity and rain had worn them away, the scientists said. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In the heightened climate crisis imagined in this novel, birds drop en masse from the sky and heat waves cause baseball players to faint mid-game. \u2014 The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
      "That year, at least five guards reportedly appeared to faint \u2014 lying face down in the pink gravel of Horse Guards Parade as temperatures hit 80 degrees. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The play delivered an all-time Cavs bench reaction, with Darius Garland jumping into the arms of Isaac Okoro, and Okoro pretending to faint . \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "When combined with even a small amount of alcohol, Addyi causes users to faint from low blood pressure, while 40 percent of Vyleesi users experience nausea. \u2014 Lux Alptraum, Wired , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "The massive amount of blood on the ice caused several spectators to faint . \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Known for their strict rules and protocols, guardsmen are even expected to faint in a certain way. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "At which point any secret Cartesians in the cinema will faint with unbearable delight and have to be revived with a splash of Mountain Dew. \u2014 Anthony Lan, The New Yorker , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "An older person with low blood sugar could faint without warning. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Rest assured, though volatile and not for the faint of heart, digital currencies are here to stay. \u2014 Gene Marks, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
      "Returnal is hard, purposefully frustrating, and an experience that\u2019s not for the faint of heart. \u2014 Harry Rabinowitz, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
      "Investing in the stock and bond markets is not for the faint of heart, as substantial rises and falls in asset values often occur. \u2014 Dan Cupkovic, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "Integrating cutting-edge technology into fragile, decades-old software systems isn\u2019t for the faint of heart. \u2014 Dave Marcinkowski, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Not for the faint of heart, escape rooms are sure to give you and your friends an exciting, exhilarating and \u2212 at times \u2212 terrifying time. \u2014 Kelly Sundstrom, AccessAtlanta , 25 May 2022",
      "Purchasing and owning a waterfront home is not for the faint of heart. \u2014 Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
      "An episode not for the faint of heart, Benson\u2019s physical and emotional strength are put to the test\u2014and might change her forever. \u2014 cleveland , 19 May 2022",
      "Footage also included a roller coaster ride that was definitely not for the faint of heart. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English feint, faynt \"deceiving, false, lacking in spirit or courage, listless, wearied, feeble, pale,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, \"deceiving, false, lacking in spirit, weak,\" from present participle of feindre, faindre \"to make, fabricate, pretend, dissemble, lose heart, fade\" \u2014 more at feign":"Adjective",
      "Middle English feinten, faynten \"to pretend, lack spirit, become enfeebled, grow weak, fade,\" verbal derivative of feint, faynt \"deceiving, lacking in spirit, wearied\" \u2014 more at faint entry 1":"Verb",
      "noun derivative of faint entry 2":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
      "1792, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211234"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": a physical or intellectual imperfection or impairment : defect":[
        "a theory with some serious faults"
      ],
      ": an error especially in service in a net or racket game":[
        "She committed too many faults to win the match."
      ],
      ": responsibility for wrongdoing or failure":[
        "the accident was the driver's fault"
      ],
      ": mistake":[
        "The misplacement of \"only\" is one of the most common writing faults ."
      ],
      ": misdemeanor":[
        "a small boy's faults"
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      ": a fracture in the crust of a planet (such as the earth) or moon accompanied by a displacement of one side of the fracture with respect to the other usually in a direction parallel to the fracture":[
        "Frequent earthquakes have occurred along the San Andreas Fault ."
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      ": lack":[],
      ": open to blame : responsible":[
        "you were really at fault"
      ],
      ": unable to find the scent and continue chase":[],
      ": to an excessive degree":[
        "precise to a fault"
      ],
      ": to find a fault in":[
        "easy to praise this book and to fault it",
        "\u2014 H. G. Roepke"
      ],
      ": blame , censure":[
        "can't fault them for not coming"
      ],
      ": to produce a geologic fault in":[],
      ": to commit a fault : err":[],
      ": to fracture so as to produce a geologic fault":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022flt",
      "in poetry also \u02c8f\u022ft"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "demerit",
      "dereliction",
      "failing",
      "foible",
      "frailty",
      "shortcoming",
      "sin",
      "vice",
      "want",
      "weakness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blame",
      "censure",
      "condemn",
      "criticize",
      "denounce",
      "dis",
      "diss",
      "dispraise",
      "knock",
      "pan",
      "reprehend",
      "slag"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fault Noun fault , failing , frailty , foible , vice mean an imperfection or weakness of character. fault implies a failure, not necessarily culpable, to reach some standard of perfection in disposition, action, or habit. a writer of many virtues and few faults failing suggests a minor shortcoming in character. being late is a failing of mine frailty implies a general or chronic proneness to yield to temptation. human frailties foible applies to a harmless or endearing weakness or idiosyncrasy. an eccentric's charming foibles vice can be a general term for any imperfection or weakness, but it often suggests violation of a moral code or the giving of offense to the moral sensibilities of others. compulsive gambling was his vice",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Lack of courage is his worst fault .",
      "If the book has a fault , it's that it's too long.",
      "It's your own fault you missed that bus.",
      "Through no fault of his own, he won't be able to attend the meeting.",
      "She committed too many faults to win the match.",
      "Verb",
      "The truck driver was faulted for the accident.",
      "Many have faulted her for not acting sooner.",
      "I can't fault him for trying to protect his family.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There\u2019s a sense that a memoirist should make some gesture of acknowledging complicity or fault before proceeding. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
      "These sudden movements radiate outward from the fault as seismic waves, which cause the ground to shake. \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 24 June 2022",
      "Some residents, however, found fault with the ordinance. \u2014 Steve Smith, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
      "If a boss shows favoritism, or chews out an employee over something not the person\u2019s fault , or schedules a worker for a difficult shift, then pressure for a union will grow. \u2014 Bill Conerly, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Hapag declined to comment on the commission\u2019s case but told the judge that its practices were reasonable and that any fees were the trucking firm\u2019s fault . \u2014 John Francis Peters, ProPublica , 16 June 2022",
      "According to Gomberg, the earthquakes occurred along the Blanco Fracture Zone, a fault between two tectonic plates that runs about 300 miles northwest of the Oregon coast and tends to generate a lot of small earthquakes. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
      "Google did not admit fault as part of the settlement. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "But the fault really will fall on Belichick\u2019s shoulders for not putting a better staff around his young QB. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "At the same time, server crashes or fault tolerance also become the responsibility of the provider. \u2014 Peter Shubenok, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "Each season took an in-depth look at what the creators believed to be the fractures, fault lines and failures of key institutions from police policy to the schools. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 2 June 2022",
      "Quakes on rocky celestial bodies can be triggered by a number of different things: fault lines, volcanoes, meteor strikes and even the influence of other planets. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 24 May 2022",
      "Before any official investigation or court ruling, the home minister of the state, Madhya Pradesh, appeared to fault the Muslims and ordered demolitions \u2014 the same swift, one-sided punishments imposed in two other states over recent clashes. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Lara, who spent two years researching shark migration patterns off Mexico\u2019s Socorro Island, refuses to fault men like Lucero. \u2014 Adam Skolnick, Outside Online , 4 May 2022",
      "President Barack Obama would find little to fault about the jurisprudence of his choices for the court, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. \u2014 Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Church affiliation is just one of the Ukraine-vs.-Russia fault lines that now split this country, along with language and even styles of borscht. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "While some fault President Joe Biden for missing indicators, experts say Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and the lingering COVID pandemic complicated efforts to tame inflation. \u2014 Joey Garrison, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English faute, falte , from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *fallita , from feminine of fallitus , past participle of Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024148"
  },
  "facilities contract":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a lease, rental agreement, or other contractual agreement governing the acquisition, use, or disposition of government-owned machinery, tools, building installations, or other property furnished to or acquired by a war contractor for war production purposes other than incorporation in a finished product":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062439"
  },
  "fashion-forward":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": conforming to, attuned to, or characterized by the latest trends in fashion":[
        "fashion-forward clothing",
        "Like a proud parent, Goldstein-Lynch shows off her fashion-forward students' bags\u2014some with matching shoes \u2026",
        "\u2014 Winifred Gallagher",
        "They are the alpha teens\u2014 fashion-forward young people who educate clothing company executives about style.",
        "\u2014 Sara Eckel"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-sh\u1d4an-\u02c8f\u022fr-w\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1937, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220031"
  },
  "favosite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fossil coral of the genus Favosites or a related genus":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fav\u0259\u02ccs\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Favosites":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020547"
  },
  "fairy bell":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": foxglove sense 1":[],
      ": a woodland herb ( Disporum lanuginosum ) of eastern North America with terminal greenish flowers and red pulpy berries":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012209"
  },
  "faucet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fixture for drawing or regulating the flow of liquid especially from a pipe":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022f-s\u0259t",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cock",
      "gate",
      "spigot",
      "stopcock",
      "tap",
      "valve"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "don't forget to turn off the faucet",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And not just liquid flowing from a faucet into a soothing bath tub or a kitchen sink where people wash their food. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
      "Residents of Odessa, Texas, who have been without safe tap water this week amid scorching temperatures may be able to drink safely straight from the faucet as early as Saturday afternoon, city officials said Friday. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
      "Fotis left behind two pieces of evidence critical to the investigation, says the sergeant: his DNA on the doorknob of the mudroom and a mixture of his and Jennifer's DNA on a faucet inside Jennifer's house. \u2014 Erin Moriarty, CBS News , 21 May 2022",
      "The sink is fitted with a commercial-grade faucet for efficient cleanup. \u2014 Sarah Alba, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "They are designed to facilitate a straight line water path from the faucet to the bottom of your gardening shoes and to generate maximum frustration. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 20 May 2022",
      "Bath lovers will also appreciate the giant standalone tubs in your room, which fill with water from a faucet in the ceiling. \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Wash her face, drink from the faucet , brush her teeth. \u2014 Zach Williams, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "In son Parker's bath, a gear faucet from Watermark complements a white ceramic vessel sink. \u2014 Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, bung, faucet, from Middle French fausset bung, perhaps from fausser to damage, from Late Latin falsare to falsify, from Latin falsus false":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215106"
  },
  "fare":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": get along , succeed",
      ": go , travel",
      ": eat , dine",
      ": the price charged to transport a person",
      ": a paying passenger on a public conveyance",
      ": range of food : diet",
      ": material provided for use, consumption, or enjoyment",
      ": to get along : succeed",
      ": the money a person pays to travel (as on a bus)",
      ": a person paying a fare",
      ": food sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer",
      "\u02c8fer"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cope",
      "do",
      "get along",
      "get by",
      "get on",
      "make out",
      "manage",
      "shift"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bread",
      "chow",
      "chuck",
      "comestibles",
      "eatables",
      "eats",
      "edibles",
      "food",
      "foodstuffs",
      "grub",
      "meat",
      "provender",
      "provisions",
      "table",
      "tucker",
      "viands",
      "victuals",
      "vittles"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Studies have shown that elderly and poor patients fare worse in HMOs, and some patients complain that the rules unfairly limit their choice of doctors and their access to specialists and costlier treatments. \u2014 Robert D. Mcfadden, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "Studies have shown that elderly and poor patients fare worse in H.M.O.s, and some patients complain that the rules unfairly limit their choice of doctors and their access to specialists and costlier treatments. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
      "After that, the movie works primarily as a fairly likable action vehicle mixed with a familiar rumination on what defines a life, without rising into that top tier of Pixar fare its predecessors occupied. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 13 June 2022",
      "But a closer look at the results shows that Oz actually did not fare well in places where Trump scored big victories in 2020. \u2014 Dante Chinni, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
      "The organizations are meant to assess and improve how well Florida\u2019s schools fare in emergency situations. \u2014 Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
      "Just a third of Americans are boosted, and uptake on future doses might not fare much better. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
      "Kelly predicts financial markets could fare reasonably well if economic growth slows, especially given supply chain pressures of late. \u2014 Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022",
      "Fortunately for bettors, there is a bit of history to provide a glimpse at which horses might fare well in such a situation. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 5 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Food prices are now 57.4% higher than last year, and transport prices\u2014which include diesel, petrol, and bus fare costs\u2014are up 91.5%. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "The first look deal also comes after Imagine expanded into documentaries, kids and family fare and live entertainment. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
      "Barda, a Core City newcomer serving up Argentinian fare , was a nominee for Best New Restaurant, and Omar Anani of Saffron De Twah was up for Best Chef: Great Lakes. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
      "Fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers ride the antique train at the Fox River Trolley Museum, 365 S. La Fox St., South Elgin, for free with the payment of a child\u2019s fare from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "There's also a beachfront restaurant called Manz\u00fa, which serves delicious casual fare and craft cocktails. \u2014 Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure , 13 June 2022",
      "Saje Kitchen, led by owner owner Jessica Wilkin, serves new American fare with a Southern twist. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
      "Our picks for the best Halloween movies to stream on Hulu include iconic horror fare like Steven King\u2019s Children of the Corn and the 2018 sequel to Halloween, as well as new murder mysteries like the visually stunning 2022 Death on the Nile. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
      "The carrier is offering a promotional $99 one-way fare on the new Las Vegas route. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232257"
  },
  "fantasiest\u00fcck":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fantasia sense 1b , character piece":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccf\u00e4nt\u00e4\u02c8z\u0113\u02ccsht\u1d6bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German fantasiest\u00fcck, phantasiest\u00fcck , from phantasie fantasia (from Italian fantasia ) + st\u00fcck piece, from Old High German stucki":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015927"
  },
  "far":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": at or to a considerable distance in space":[
        "wandered far from home"
      ],
      ": to a great extent : much":[
        "far better methods"
      ],
      ": by a broad interval : widely":[
        "the far distant future"
      ],
      ": to or at a definite distance, point, or degree":[
        "as far as I know"
      ],
      ": to an advanced point or extent":[
        "a bright student will go far",
        "worked far into the night"
      ],
      ": at a considerable distance in time":[
        "not far from the year 1870"
      ],
      ": far and away":[
        "is by far the best runner"
      ],
      ": it would be inappropriate or impossible for":[
        "far be it from me to complain"
      ],
      ": of a distinctly different and especially opposite quality than":[
        "the trip was far from a failure"
      ],
      ": to what extent, degree, or distance":[
        "didn't know how far to trust them"
      ],
      ": to a certain extent, degree, or distance":[
        "when the water rose so far , we fled"
      ],
      ": up to the present":[
        "has written one novel so far"
      ],
      ": so far":[
        "thus far the results are negative"
      ],
      ": remote in space":[],
      ": distinctly different in quality or relationship":[],
      ": remote in time":[],
      ": long":[
        "a far journey"
      ],
      ": of notable extent : comprehensive":[
        "a man of far vision"
      ],
      ": the more distant of two":[
        "the far end"
      ],
      ": extreme":[
        "the far left",
        "a far right political organization"
      ],
      "federal air regulation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "achingly",
      "almighty",
      "archly",
      "awful",
      "awfully",
      "badly",
      "beastly",
      "blisteringly",
      "bone",
      "colossally",
      "corking",
      "cracking",
      "damn",
      "damned",
      "dang",
      "deadly",
      "desperately",
      "eminently",
      "enormously",
      "especially",
      "ever",
      "exceedingly",
      "exceeding",
      "extra",
      "extremely",
      "fabulously",
      "fantastically",
      "fiercely",
      "filthy",
      "frightfully",
      "full",
      "greatly",
      "heavily",
      "highly",
      "hugely",
      "immensely",
      "incredibly",
      "intensely",
      "jolly",
      "majorly",
      "mightily",
      "mighty",
      "monstrous",
      "mortally",
      "most",
      "much",
      "particularly",
      "passing",
      "rattling",
      "real",
      "really",
      "right",
      "roaring",
      "roaringly",
      "seriously",
      "severely",
      "so",
      "sore",
      "sorely",
      "spanking",
      "specially",
      "stinking",
      "such",
      "super",
      "supremely",
      "surpassingly",
      "terribly",
      "that",
      "thumping",
      "too",
      "unco",
      "uncommonly",
      "vastly",
      "very",
      "vitally",
      "way",
      "whacking",
      "wicked",
      "wildly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "extended",
      "great",
      "lengthy",
      "long",
      "long-drawn-out",
      "long-drawn",
      "long-lived",
      "long-term",
      "marathon"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adverb",
      "The dog wandered far from home.",
      "These new discoveries will allow us to see far into the past.",
      "She lives far out in the country.",
      "The house is set far back from the road.",
      "The deadline is not far off.",
      "regions far to the north",
      "a town not far from Chicago",
      "He still lives not far from where he was born.",
      "The car is far too expensive.",
      "His policies are far different from those of his predecessor.",
      "Adjective",
      "the far corners of the world",
      "the far reaches of outer space",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Of 19 states that allow their governor to be recalled, California is by far the most permissive, with an exceedingly low signature requirement. \u2014 Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
      "Securitas has agreed to pay $517.5 million, by far the dominant plaintiff payout in the victims\u2019 compensation fund and, according to Rosen\u2019s firm, the largest pre-suit settlement in American history. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
      "That timeless style \u2014 the Birkenstock Arizona sandal \u2014 is by far the brand's most popular pick, but there's a different version that deserves just as much buzz. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
      "Inflation was by far the top concern of those surveyed. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
      "And with the spotlight finally burning, MUNA landed their first knee-buckling knockout, by far the most confident work of their young career. \u2014 Bobby Olivier, SPIN , 21 June 2022",
      "By far the biggest beneficiaries of the LIFO method are oil companies. \u2014 Martin Sullivan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "By far , the snacking business will be the largest new company. \u2014 Jordan Valinsky, CNN , 21 June 2022",
      "Of all the foreign actors seen to have an influence on the continent, youth see China as having by far the biggest impact at 54%, followed by the US at 41%. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 20 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Finish 1 shuttle run, first running to the middle cone and back, then the far cone and back. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 24 June 2022",
      "Fire crews are battling a fire in rural, rugged terrain about two miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in far East County, Cal Fire reported Friday. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s like a view through the wrong end of a telescope, a far point with a journey implied. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "Progressively smaller planes transport him to the far north. \u2014 Francine Prose, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
      "In Colombia, the far left came to power this week with the election of a former M-19 guerrilla. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
      "The testimony that was to come was not about electors and scanners and far -fetched lawsuits. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "Texas A&M AgriLife Extension said the sighting is an indication that the bears are expanding to occupy their former historic range, including the western Hill Country, the Texas Panhandle and the far northeast portions of the state. \u2014 Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News , 21 June 2022",
      "This 23-minute heartwarming story is set to encourage everyone to never stop believing in their dreams, even if that dream is as far aways as Mars. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fer , from Old English feorr ; akin to Old High German ferro far, Old English faran to go \u2014 more at fare":"Adverb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215138"
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
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      ": to fail to be noticed, assisted, or included with others":[
        "Parents are concerned that children who have trouble in school will fall through the cracks in the school system.",
        "The program is meant to help workers who may have slipped through the cracks because of their age."
      ]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180846"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
      ": having the center solid but softer in consistency than the peripheral layers"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4rk\u02cct\u0101t"
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    "history_and_etymology":"Latin farct us (past participle of farcire to stuff) + English -ate ",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-010432"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": fairyland":[],
      ": fairy sense 1":[]
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      "\u02c8fer-\u0113",
      "\u02c8f\u0101-(\u0259-)r\u0113"
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      "brownie",
      "dwarf",
      "elf",
      "fairy",
      "fay",
      "gnome",
      "goblin",
      "gremlin",
      "hobgoblin",
      "kobold",
      "leprechaun",
      "pixie",
      "pixy",
      "puck",
      "sprite",
      "troll"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "in ancient folklore faeries were often portrayed as powerful beings who could wreak havoc on the lives of humans",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The faerie bit deep into the rich, smoky chocolate-and-bacon-covered strawberry at a stand just past the smithies, the privies and the stage where maidens fair and noble gentlemen link arms and dance English ceilidhs in celebration of spring. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "But during their quest, her reluctant allyship with him turns into love, and she's forced to ultimately fight for that love when an ancient curse threatens to destroy the faerie and human realms. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "So Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez circled each other in a maze of LED lights; Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff reveled in their joint faerie cottagecore fantasies. \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 15 Mar. 2021",
      "Costume contest for the best faerie or mermaid with a $100 cash prize. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 6 June 2018",
      "Instead, there's Lofty, an adorable faerie that imbues Evan with wizard-like powers. \u2014 Mark Walton, Ars Technica , 19 June 2017"
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      "Middle English fairie \u2014 more at fairy":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051836"
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    "type":[
      "idiom"
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      ": at a low or unimportant position in a list or series":[
        "Supporting public education seems to be far down on the government's agenda.",
        "Cleaning house ranks pretty far down on my list."
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221034"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-s\u0113"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English farsin, farsi , from Anglo-French farcin , from Late Latin farcimen , from Latin, sausage, from farcire":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030423"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
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      ": seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery"
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      "\u02c8f\u022f-ni\u014b",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4-"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-030820"
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      "Definition of fantasise British spelling of fantasize"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-051737"
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      "noun"
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      ": the native land or country of one's father or ancestors":[],
      ": one's native land or country":[]
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      "\u02c8f\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259r-\u02ccland"
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      "country",
      "home",
      "homeland",
      "mother country",
      "motherland",
      "sod"
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    "examples":[
      "though they had lived in their adopted country for many years, the immigrant families never broke their ties with the fatherland entirely",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Allies turned the highways against the Germans late in the war, quickly flooding the fatherland with men and equipment. \u2014 Fox News , 18 June 2022",
      "There are many that have to pay a debt to the fatherland . \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 16 Mar. 2020",
      "There is a strong element of it in the Nazi emphasis on \u2018\u2018blood and soil,\u2019\u2019 and the fatherland , and the need for a living space purified of alien and undesirable elements. \u2014 Joel Achenbach, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Aug. 2019",
      "At one point there\u2019s an extravagant expiration montage, as one fictional, suffering Reich martyr after another dies on camera, for the fatherland . \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 10 May 2018",
      "The bond between America\u2019s most substantial ethnic minority and the national sport of their fatherland is as tight as El Tri\u2019s backline. \u2014 Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News , 30 Jan. 2018",
      "Cincinnati was virtually bilingual, with news from the fatherland at one time printed in the native tongue sold to nearly half of the city. \u2014 Jeff Suess, Cincinnati.com , 27 Sep. 2017",
      "Ever since the Holocaust, generations of Germans have come to uncomfortable terms with their fatherland \u2019s history. \u2014 Henry Porter, vanityfair.com , 25 Sep. 2017",
      "At the altar of the fatherland , Bishop Talleyrand led a mass. \u2014 Merrill Fabry, Time , 13 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184129"
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      "noun"
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      ": something resembling a fault : split , rift":[
        "a major conceptual fault line in foreign policy",
        "\u2014 Morton Kondracke"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Its geology is rarely more naked than along the fault line , which stretches from the Reykjanes Peninsula outside of the country\u2019s capital, Reykjavik, in the southwest to the northeast near the Myvatn baths, nearly halfway around the island. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
      "Ukraine has emerged as a global fault line over democracy. \u2014 Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Midway through his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Joe Biden pleaded with the country to finally, after nearly 1 million deaths, stop viewing the coronavirus as a political fault line . \u2014 Chris Megerian, ajc , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "The fault line responsible for the quakes is the Blanco Fracture Zone. \u2014 Pedram Javaheri, CNN , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "The other geopolitical fault line is a pandemic that has widened the divisions between rich and poor nations. \u2014 Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Another emerging fault line is the Beltline, a redevelopment project that includes a 22-mile loop of transit, multiuse trails and parks that will eventually connect 45 neighborhoods that ring downtown. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "One fault line is a willingness to share the spoils with allies. \u2014 Anthea Roberts, Fortune , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "Like dozens of other American veterans from the murky wars of Iraq and Afghanistan, Graham, 38, saw in Ukraine a different, more straightforward conflict, with a clear fault line of good and evil. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1869, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235110"
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  "father-lasher":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": either of two small darkly mottled sculpins ( Cottus bubalis and C. scorpius ) found chiefly along the coasts of northwestern Europe and the British Isles":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "so called from the fact that the male guards the eggs and that it defends itself by lashing out with its tail and spines":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004304"
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  "fauchard":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a long-handled medieval weapon with a long convex edge"
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      "(\u02c8)f\u014d\u00a6sh\u00e4r"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"French, from Old French fausart, fauchart , from faus, faux sickle, scythe (from Latin falx ) + -ard, -art -ard",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-094534"
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  "faintheart":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": cowardly , timid , irresolute",
      ": a timorous or irresolute person : coward"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\""
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-103645"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an imaginary or ideal place or situation":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fan-t\u0259-s\u0113-\u02ccland",
      "-z\u0113-"
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      "Camelot",
      "Cockaigne",
      "Eden",
      "Elysium",
      "empyrean",
      "heaven",
      "lotusland",
      "never-never land",
      "New Jerusalem",
      "nirvana",
      "paradise",
      "promised land",
      "Shangri-la",
      "utopia",
      "Zion",
      "Sion"
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      "anti-utopia",
      "dystopia",
      "hell"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a lavish resort casino that transports its patrons to fantasyland \u2014at least for a few hours",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "My favorite thing about even the most uneven Sonic games has been the memorable, weird environments, whether Sonic is in a surreal fantasyland or being chased down San Francisco-like hills. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
      "Museum is transformed into a burlesque fantasyland created by top artists and performer from the region, featuring Zoltar the Fortune Teller, stilt walkers, fire eaters, and aerialists. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 13 June 2022",
      "The carvings depict gnomes, dragons and other creatures, turning the park into a fantasyland . \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "On this Monday in February, they have been plucked from their grungy fantasyland and dropped into a rented film studio in South Brooklyn. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "For Rachel Negrete Thorson, living in a colorful fantasyland isn't childhood make-believe. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Maybe a few episodes of friends hurting friends\u2019 feelings over football stats will tackle them out of their fantasyland and back into reality. \u2014 Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "At present, the people spending our money are stuck in a fantasyland in which there are no costs, only benefits. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "With three locations around the city, The Moxy Hotel\u2019s The Pink Winter Lodge in Times Square, The East Village and Chelsea are straight out of a Mariah Carey meets pop-punk fantasyland . \u2014 Michelle Gross, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "fantasy entry 1 + land entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1967, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223737"
  },
  "fault-line scarp":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cliff or escarpment resulting from the erosion of soft rock that has been brought against hard rock by faulting":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184756"
  },
  "facultative referendum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": optional referendum":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024009"
  },
  "favorite son":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": one favored by the delegates of his state as presidential candidate at a national political convention":[],
      ": a famous person who is popular with hometown people":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "an athlete who is one of New York's favorite sons",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Last night at Coldplay\u2018s Music of the Spheres show at MetLife Stadium, Chris Martin and company brought up New Jersey\u2019s favorite son , Bruce Springsteen, to cover a pair of his songs. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 6 June 2022",
      "With elections looming in April, President Aleksandar Vucic, the country\u2019s authoritarian leader, has tried to walk a fine line, both encouraging vaccinations while steadfastly defending the nation\u2019s favorite son . \u2014 Marc Santora, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "Alabama\u2019s favorite son , Lionel Richie, is back in his hometown for the first time in decades marking history at The World Games Closing Ceremony presented by @CocaCola_UNITED! \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
      "Michigan edge/ favorite son Aidan Hutchinson, popular choice for first pick, went to Detroit to hopefully tourniquet a hemorrhaging defense. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The entire state of West Virginia is upset at the show\u2019s portrayal of West, the state\u2019s favorite son who is known as Zeke from Cabin Creek, the stream near his birthplace. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "But there is no such thing as a favorite son or daughter in California politics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "But the Queen has maintained her support for Andrew, who is widely regarded as her favorite son . \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Lucas was the favorite son of the series, said Shanda. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 22 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224713"
  },
  "fauces terrae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": headlands or promontories enclosing an arm of the sea that under international law is territorial water and not part of the high seas":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6fau\u0307\u02cck\u0101\u02c8ste\u02ccr\u012b",
      "\u00a6f\u022f\u02ccs\u0113z\u02c8te\u02ccr\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, gulf":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201611"
  },
  "facultative":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
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      ": of or relating to the grant of permission, authority, or privilege":[
        "facultative legislation"
      ],
      ": optional":[],
      ": of or relating to a mental faculty":[],
      ": taking place under some conditions but not under others":[
        "facultative diapause"
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      ": exhibiting an indicated lifestyle under some environmental conditions but not under others":[
        "facultative anaerobes"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-k\u0259l-\u02cct\u0101-tiv",
      "British -t\u0259-tiv",
      "\u02c8fak-\u0259l-\u02cct\u0101t-iv"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Because cleaner fish have other food sources besides the parasites, such as crustaceans, this relationship is also facultative mutualism. \u2014 Liz Langley, National Geographic , 25 Sep. 2020",
      "Ball pythons are native to central and western Africa and can reproduce asexually, which is known as facultative parthenogenesis, the zoo said. \u2014 David Williams, CNN , 11 Sep. 2020",
      "The dragon\u2019s birth, which came during a study of fertility, was said to result from a special type of parthenogenesis, called facultative parthenogenesis. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 6 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French & New Latin; French facultatif, borrowed from New Latin facult\u0101t\u012bvus, from Medieval Latin facult\u0101t-, facult\u0101s \"ability, power, authority, privilege, right\" (Latin, \"ability, power\") + Latin -\u012bvus -ive \u2014 more at faculty":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231821"
  },
  "factuality":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to facts":[
        "a factual error",
        "the factual aspects of the case"
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      ": restricted to or based on fact":[
        "a factual statement",
        "She tried to separate what is factual from what is not."
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fak-ch\u0259-w\u0259l",
      "-ch\u0259l",
      "-ch\u00fc-\u0259l",
      "\u02c8faksh-w\u0259l"
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    "synonyms":[
      "documentary",
      "hard",
      "historical",
      "literal",
      "matter-of-fact",
      "nonfictional",
      "objective",
      "true"
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    "antonyms":[
      "fictional",
      "fictionalized",
      "fictitious",
      "nondocumentary",
      "nonfactual",
      "nonhistorical",
      "unhistorical"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "That statement is not factual .",
      "a report filled with factual errors",
      "the factual aspects of the case",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The people who use these platforms have a right to honest, factual information in making enormous life decisions such as whether or not to continue a pregnancy. \u2014 Jenna Sherman, Scientific American , 24 June 2022",
      "My own reading turned up poor annotation and sloppy factual errors, including mischaracterizations of the circumstances around the writing and editing of Anne\u2019s diary. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
      "The fabrication included so many other factual errors that no serious historian has ever considered Frank's record reliable. \u2014 Anthony D. Kauders, CNN , 5 May 2022",
      "Mainstream media outlets and fact-checking sites inevitably eviscerated Mr. Carlson\u2019s work for its factual errors and dubious assertions, but that was beside the point. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The increased scrutiny that has focused on factual errors, inadequate historical context and racist or otherwise inappropriate references, prompting the state to remove two markers, revise two and order new text for two others so far. \u2014 CBS News , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Even without the assistance of Led Zeppelin or its inner circle, Spitz manages to tell a compelling story (despite a few factual errors in my edition). \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Dalrymple said he's found numerous factual errors in the decisions made by the Department of Workforce Development, particularly in letters sent to people asking for benefits back. \u2014 Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "For his part, Abbott contends his criticisms are factual and based on information available in the public record. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "fact + -ual (in actual )":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014111"
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  "fantasize":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to indulge in reverie : to create or develop imaginative and often fantastic views or ideas":[
        "doing things I'd fantasized about in my sheltered childhood",
        "\u2014 Diane Arbus"
      ],
      ": to portray in the mind : fancy":[
        "likes to fantasize herself as very wealthy"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fan-t\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "conceit",
      "conceive",
      "conjure (up)",
      "dream",
      "envisage",
      "envision",
      "fancy",
      "fantasy",
      "feature",
      "ideate",
      "image",
      "imagine",
      "picture",
      "see",
      "vision",
      "visualize"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "She fantasized that she had won a million dollars.",
      "all those lottery players fantasizing themselves as living in extravagant luxury",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One digital artist in Dubai, however, has used art and technology to let residents fantasize about a UAE with more green than the orange of sand dunes that residents are used to seeing. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Morant missed two dozen games with knee injuries but returned for the final game of the regular season, allowing for the frequent takeoffs that even those who spend much of their time in the air can only fantasize about. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The manic obsession with which various Russian officials fantasize about non-existent biological or chemical weapons or hazards in Ukraine is deeply troubling and may actually point at Russia preparing another horrific false flag operation. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Matafeo might fantasize about writing alarmingly honest notes to friends and ex-lovers in the U.K. before returning to New Zealand; Jessie composes the letters, licks the stamps, and posts them, sobbing all the while. \u2014 The New Yorker , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Most sports fans only fantasize about sitting in the front row or visiting the locker room after a game. \u2014 Spin Contributor, SPIN , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Most people fantasize about an endless summer, but for Porteous, permafrost is preferred. \u2014 Nick Remsen, Vogue , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "All of this led one high-profile conservative columnist to publicly fantasize about Manchin joining the Republican Party, depriving Democrats of their control of the Senate and all but putting an end to President Joe Biden's legislative agenda. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 9 June 2021",
      "In races that are won and lost by a fraction of a second, athletes who fantasize about the perfect ratio between power and leanness usually find that the latter is easier to quantify and control. \u2014 Nora Caplan-bricker, Outside Online , 23 June 2017"
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      "fantasy entry 1 + -ize":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1926, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193022"
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      ": to begin doing something (such as working or eating) especially vigorously"
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      "after some refreshments, she fell to working with renewed vigor"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1577, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150926"
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      "noun"
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      ": an outmoded school of psychology that attempted to account for human behavior by positing various mental powers or agencies on an a priori basis \u2014 compare faculty sense 4c":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031404"
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      "noun"
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      ": derived from or chemically related to fat":[]
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      "\u02c8fa-t\u0113"
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      "lean"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "Adjective",
      "I try to avoid fatty foods.",
      "fatty ground beef that was the cheapest available",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Lymphedema is swelling caused by lymph fluid building up in the fatty tissue under the skin, often in response to cancer treatment. \u2014 Serena Puang, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
      "In other words, these weight cutoffs are the best indicators of vaccine efficacy at different needle lengths, regardless of how much fatty tissue a person has around their deltoid muscles. \u2014 Sarah Stark, SELF , 6 June 2022",
      "Livers are often discarded for simply being too fatty , but with more time, surgeons could surgically reduce fat content. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "So where do the fatty deposits in our liver come from in the first place? \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
      "Named boeuf Bourguignon after the famed red wine from the Burgundy region of France, this dish combines a nice, fatty cut of beef with a dry pinot noir and plenty of fresh vegetables to create a hearty and indulgent stew. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "Sea Buckthorn Berry, infused with fatty -acid omega 7, clarifies and cleanses the hair, removing impurities and adding shine. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "The rich, fatty salmon is tempered by the comfortingly bland white rice, the latter absorbing what the former renders in excess. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Warm the buns as instructed in the oven and the pork and mayonnaise melt as one into a glorious, crumbly, porky, fatty mess on top of the buns. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In recent years, coconut oil had been given a pass because of its unique fatty profile. \u2014 Ashley Weatherford, The Cut , 19 June 2017"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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      "noun"
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      ": the most common sentence type in a language (as in English the actor-action type, as he won )":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174207"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The real treat is a trek through bald meadows on Fidalgo Island\u2019s Sugarloaf Mountain, where hiking trails give views of spring gold, blue-eyed Marys, fawn lilies , Western buttercup, and red Indian paintbrush. \u2014 Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215502"
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      "Latin quotation from Virgil"
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      ": the descent to Avernus [the underworld] is easy : the road to evil is smooth":[]
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      "\u02c8f\u00e4-ki-\u02cclis-d\u0101-\u02ccsk\u0101n-\u02ccsu\u0307s-\u00e4-\u02c8wer-n\u014d"
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      ": something possessing grotesque, bizarre, or unreal qualities":[]
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      "-z\u0113-\u0259",
      "\u02ccfan-t\u0259-\u02c8z\u0113-\u0259"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The shooting rips the viewer out of this fantasia into the real world, or at least an approximation of it, and sets the tone for what this show will be. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Tilda Swinton is a lonely scholar traveling to Istanbul, and Idris Elba is the intriguingly coiffed genie who promises to grant her three wishes in a fantasia written and directed by Mr. Mad Max himself, George Miller. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 17 May 2022",
      "The fa\u00e7ade is made of silky black granite trimmed with gold leaf; the entry is a gorgeous Art Deco fantasia , with enormous framed mirrors and elaborately detailed elevator doors. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Milwaukee Opera Theatre opened its production of Dave Malloy's fantasia (pun intended) Friday evening at the Woman's Club of Wisconsin. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Further aggression toward the Baltics, in particular, but also in other parts of Europe and Central Asia remain the concerns of those not lost to far-right fantasia . \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "One top of being one of the all-time great 1970s New York movies, Bob Fosse\u2019s semi-autobiographical musical fantasia is a rare film that\u2019s about New York filmmaking in the \u201970s. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "With the fifth entry in the franchise, however, the series went Bond \u2014 becoming an international fantasia of increasingly fantastical set pieces, each one more ludicrous than the last. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 2 July 2021",
      "Or write your own story in a fringy fantasia from Christopher Kane? \u2014 Lynn Yaeger, Vogue , 16 Dec. 2021"
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      "probably borrowed from Italian, \"imagination as a faculty, rare phenomenon, exotic object, refined ornament, improvised musical variation,\" borrowed from Late Latin phantasia \"imagination as a faculty, mental image of something perceived physically\" \u2014 more at fantasy entry 1":""
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      ": any of several largely brilliant blue Indian or East Indian passerine birds related to the leafbirds and constituting the genus Irena"
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      "Middle English ferten, farten ; akin to Old High German ferzan to break wind, Old Norse freta , Greek perdesthai , Sanskrit pardate he breaks wind":"Verb"
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223456"
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      "gift",
      "giveaway",
      "handsel",
      "lagniappe",
      "largesse",
      "largess",
      "present",
      "presentation"
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      "fair entry 4":"Noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1914, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190435"
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      ": practically nonexistent":[
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      ": productive , fertile":[
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      ": stupid , foolish":[
        "\" \u2026 if he had had any sense in his fat head, he would have done it long ago, dash him!\"",
        "\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse"
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      ": to make fat : fatten":[],
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      ": the best or richest part":[],
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      "chubby",
      "corpulent",
      "fleshy",
      "full",
      "gross",
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      "plump",
      "podgy",
      "portly",
      "pudgy",
      "replete",
      "roly-poly",
      "rotund",
      "round",
      "tubby"
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      "corps d'elite",
      "cream",
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      "elect",
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      "pick",
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      "priesthood",
      "prime",
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      "upper crust"
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      "Adjective",
      "The dog is getting fat because you feed him too much.",
      "I can't believe I've let myself get so fat .",
      "a fat book of poems",
      "a truck with fat tires",
      "Noun",
      "people with excess body fat",
      "a diet and exercise program to help you gain muscle and lose fat",
      "Nuts contain a lot of fat .",
      "Trim the fat from the meat before you cook it.",
      "a diet low in fats",
      "fats like butter and olive oil",
      "trim the fat off the budget",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Subjecting fat cells to extreme heat or cold is not the only way to smooth the silhouette. \u2014 April Long, Town & Country , 24 June 2022",
      "For women whose goal is to burn fat , this study did demonstrate a clear benefit to a morning workout. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "The party makes a fat Democratic target in left-leaning California. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
      "Consider adding high-fiber grains and vegetables, more protein, and a little fat \u2014like olive oil or nuts\u2014to your dinner to keep your stomach sated during the night. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
      "As standard, 22-inch machined alloy wheels will be equipped, along with fat off-road tires for plenty of grip. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
      "For instance, while a traditional push-pull workout is great for building muscle, it's not especially optimized towards fat loss. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 20 June 2022",
      "This bike offers nice fat tires, a great design, and a ton of helpful features. \u2014 Maren Estrada, BGR , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "There will be a 25K, 40K, and 50K race in each freestyle and classic cross-country skiing and in fat biking. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Limited research published in the journal Nutrients in 2019 found that subjects who were considered overweight or clinically obese and ate watermelon instead of low- fat cookies experienced greater satiety, as an example. \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
      "At this Wicklow coastal farm, salty breezes from the Irish Sea wash over the pasture, giving a rich flavor to the full- fat milk and double cream used to make this cheese. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The pizza probably has a whole grain crust, lower- fat cheese and vegetables on it. \u2014 Marlene B. Schwartz, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
      "Besides being a large cut, pork shoulder is more forgiving than lower- fat cuts like pork chops, which can become dry quickly. \u2014 Jennifer Mcclellan, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
      "The price of whole milk rose more than 12%, while low- fat milk jumped 16%. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 18 May 2022",
      "Filling: 4 gelatine sheets, 500g fat-free quark, 400g Philadelphia Lightest cream cheese (or other low- fat cream cheese), 100g zero-calorie granulated white sugar replacer, 45g Lotus Biscoff smooth spread, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 100ml soy milk. \u2014 Elijah Rawls, Men's Health , 10 May 2022",
      "But when it is diagnosed early, parents know to wake and feed the child regularly and continue a low- fat diet throughout life. \u2014 jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Research has also shown that high- fat diets delay the healing of skin by promoting skin oxidative stress, which is associated with aging and skin disease and has a direct correlation to inflammaging. \u2014 Naosha Gregg, Glamour , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English f\u01e3tt , past participle of f\u01e3tan to cram; akin to Old High German feizit fat":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020217"
  },
  "factualism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": adherence or dedication to facts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fak-ch\u0259-w\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m",
      "-ch\u0259-\u02ccli-",
      "-ch\u00fc-\u0259-\u02ccli-",
      "\u02c8faksh-w\u0259-"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "factual + -ism"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1936, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-192955"
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  "facile princeps":{
    "type":[
      "Latin phrase"
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    "definitions":{
      ": easily first : acknowledged leader":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccf\u00e4-ki-le-\u02c8pri\u014b-\u02cckeps"
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231109"
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  "fair shake":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a fair chance or fair treatment":[]
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      "justice",
      "right"
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      "injustice",
      "raw deal",
      "wrong"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "it's going to be tough to get a fair shake the way this country's legal system is set up",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Now the only backstop is the courts where aggrieved innovators attempt to get a fair shake . \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "So Podesta has been quietly nurturing the climate movement\u2019s next generation of leaders to make sure the planet gets a fair shake before the narrow window for action closes, maybe for good. \u2014 Kara Voght, The New Republic , 31 May 2022",
      "Atlanta, when judged by almost every investment metric, gets a fair shake . \u2014 Veena Jetti, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "But maybe the show, based on a story people had so many feelings about, wasn\u2019t given a fair shake . \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "How Henderson wanted assurances that his sons could have a fair shake from the police. \u2014 Margaret Coker, Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "In the bleachers, Gladstone parents were already on edge with a lack of holding and facemask calls throughout the game and felt their team wasn\u2019t getting a fair shake from the officials, said Heather White, Ricky\u2019s mother, who identifies as white. \u2014 Ryan Clarke | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Can those border agents get a fair shake from their superiors now? \u2014 Scott Jennings, CNN , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "These champion advocates are shaping the future of student loans and tirelessly working to ensure that student loan borrowers get a fair shake . \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 18 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1830, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211511"
  },
  "faultage":{
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      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": geologic faulting : geologic faults":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051202"
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  "favour":{
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      "Definition of favour chiefly British spelling of favor"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222914"
  },
  "fault block":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a body of rock bounded by faults":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014145"
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  "fancy up":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to add superficial adornment to":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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      "adorn",
      "array",
      "beautify",
      "bedeck",
      "bedizen",
      "blazon",
      "caparison",
      "deck",
      "decorate",
      "do",
      "do up",
      "doll up",
      "drape",
      "dress",
      "embellish",
      "emblaze",
      "emboss",
      "enrich",
      "fancify",
      "festoon",
      "garnish",
      "glitz (up)",
      "grace",
      "gussy up",
      "ornament",
      "pretty (up)",
      "trim"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "deface",
      "disfigure",
      "mar",
      "scar",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "had fancied up his van so much that it was virtually a palace on wheels"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1934, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021833"
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  "fains":{
    "type":[
      "interjection"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fen entry 3":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101nz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of fen entry 3":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045025"
  },
  "facts":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something that has actual existence",
      ": an actual occurrence",
      ": a piece of information presented as having objective reality",
      ": the quality of being actual : actuality",
      ": a thing done: such as",
      ": crime",
      ": action",
      ": feat",
      ": performance , doing",
      ": in truth",
      ": something that really exists or has occurred",
      ": a true piece of information",
      ": in truth : actually",
      ": something that has actual existence : a matter of objective reality",
      ": any of the circumstances of a case that exist or are alleged to exist in reality : a thing whose actual occurrence or existence is to be determined by the evidence presented at trial \u2014 see also finding of fact at finding , judicial notice , question of fact at question , trier of fact \u2014 compare law , opinion",
      ": a fact particularly related to the parties to an especially administrative proceeding \u2014 compare legislative fact in this entry",
      ": a fact that has no direct relation to or immediate bearing on the case or matter in question \u2014 compare material fact in this entry",
      ": a fact that relates to the determination of a constitutional issue (as violation of a constitutional right)",
      ": a fact that is part of the situation from which a case arises and that is established by testimony or other evidence",
      ": a fact of general social, economic, or scientific relevance that does not change from case to case \u2014 compare adjudicative fact in this entry",
      ": a fact that affects decision making: as",
      ": a fact upon which the outcome of all or part of a lawsuit depends",
      ": a fact that would influence a reasonable person under the circumstances in making an investment decision (as in purchasing a security or voting for a corporate officer or action)",
      ": evidentiary fact in this entry",
      ": evidentiary fact in this entry",
      ": a conclusion of law or especially mixed fact and law that is necessary to the determination of issues in a case and that is established by evidentiary facts \u2014 compare evidentiary fact in this entry",
      ": as a factual matter : established by fact rather than as a matter of law"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fakt",
      "\u02c8fakt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "actuality",
      "factuality",
      "materiality",
      "reality"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "irreality",
      "unreality"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Rapid electronic communication is now a fact .",
      "The book is filled with interesting facts and figures.",
      "He did it, and that's a fact .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In fact , Skin Medicinals is estimated to have already saved the healthcare industry over $100 million. \u2014 Jane Hanson, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
      "In fact , in 2006, the city of Fairbanks canceled all outdoor activities due to the over-abundance of yellow jackets, and two people died from their stings. \u2014 Bethany Brookshire, Good Housekeeping , 18 June 2022",
      "So when TheraBody announced that their newest tool was in fact an all-in-one facial device, I was intrigued. \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 18 June 2022",
      "In fact , the smartphone comparison is not quite right. \u2014 Tim Folger, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
      "In fact , the Pfizer shot appears to cause less fever and fatigue than the Moderna one, although direct comparisons are not available. \u2014 Matthew Herper And Helen Branswell, STAT , 18 June 2022",
      "In fact , doing abs work too frequently\u2014especially every day\u2014is actually counterproductive to most exercise goals. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 18 June 2022",
      "In fact , the bassist did that a lot throughout the set with Hagar often preoccupied signing autographs or pouring booze. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
      "In fact , all 24 counties with under 30% of population having received at least one dose voted for Trump compared to Biden, in some cases by as much as 90%. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 17 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from Latin factum \"deed, action, real event,\" noun derivative from neuter of factus, past participle of facere \"to make, bring about, perform, do,\" going back to a suffixed form *d h h 1 -k-i\u032fe- (with perfect f\u0113c\u012b from *d h eh 1 -k- ) of Indo-European *d h h 1 -, d h eh 1 - \"put, place, make, do\" \u2014 more at do entry 1",
      "Note: The extension *-k- has been compared with the Greek extended aorist \u00e9th\u0113ka \"I placed\" (corresponding to present t\u00edth\u0113mi \"I set, put, placed\"), apparently parallel to Latin jaci\u014d, jacere \"to throw\" and Greek h\u00eaka \"I threw\" (see jet entry 3 ); though the identity of the two formatives has been disputed."
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-000214"
  },
  "fair whack":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": reasonable or fair share":[
        "You need to pay your fair whack of the bill."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164800"
  },
  "fair play":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": equitable or impartial treatment : justice":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Critics have raised all the predictable issues regarding fair play , biology and gender identity. \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
      "That is all fair play as long as teams do not use any electronic devices, such as cameras or computers, to facilitate the process. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Also, the incentives for greater diversity go beyond a mere sense of fair play , as a recent McKinsey study shows that more diverse organizations outperform their peers by 25% to 36% year over year. \u2014 Tom Mckeown, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "There are rules, not just etiquette standards, for sportsmanship and fair play . \u2014 Lori Nickel, USA TODAY , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Without this, steps to improve soccer's governance, close funding gaps, entrench fair play , and underscore best practice will always encounter the same hurdle. \u2014 Will Nicoll, Forbes , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "Is there any part of him that sees it as fair play since Kaheroton did seemingly have some feelings for her first? \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "But there is no rule of war that requires Russia to simply treat this behavior as fair play . \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "There is a win at all costs attitude that goes against the principles of sportsmanship and fair play . \u2014 Sarah Hughes, Rolling Stone , 19 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1500, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212400"
  },
  "fax":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": facsimile sense 2":[],
      ": a device used to send or receive facsimile communications":[],
      ": a facsimile communication":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8faks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "She sent me a copy of her report by fax .",
      "She sent me a fax of her report.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When developers were busy building Web 2.0 file sharing, the fax machine was still a daily fact of life. \u2014 Brian Platz, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Speaking with Seth Meyers, Miley Cyrus described the hilarious process of communicating with Parton, her godmother, who still uses a fax machine in the year of our Lord 2022. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 17 May 2022",
      "One of the things that Spock had, which was apparently really unusual, was a fax machine called a Thermofax. \u2014 The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic , 4 May 2022",
      "And as the talent war wages on, an office dress code, like so many draconian workplace rules and expectations, could go the way of the fax machine. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "In another, secretaries Kathie (McCulloch) and Cathy (Thompson) sadly send Earth\u2019s last fax . \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "Two decades ago, for example, medication management relied heavily on paper and fax machines. \u2014 Sean Doolan, STAT , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Using fax machines, phone calls, and emails, the traditional way of credentialing can take months for Credentialing Verification Organizations or in-house teams to pull together all the necessary information. \u2014 Esther Choy, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
      "The deadline to request a ballot from the elections commission by mail, email, online or by fax in order to vote absentee is March 31. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by shortening & alteration":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163324"
  },
  "fat acid":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fatty acid sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001646"
  },
  "fat mouse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several silky furred tropical and southern African short-tailed mice (genus Steatomys ) regarded as a great delicacy by the natives":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "so called from its accumulation of oily fat before hibernation":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184010"
  },
  "faugh":{
    "type":[
      "interjection"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of faugh \u2014 used to express contempt, disgust, or abhorrence"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "a strong",
      "often read as"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fie",
      "phew",
      "phooey",
      "rats",
      "ugh",
      "yech",
      "yecch",
      "yuck",
      "yuk"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "faugh ! I will not tolerate such ill-mannered behavior in my house!"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1542, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-030519"
  },
  "facta":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of facta plural of factum"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-045156"
  },
  "fairily":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in the manner of a fairy : lightly and delicately"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa(a)r\u0259\u0307l\u0113",
      "\u02c8fer-",
      "\u02c8f\u0101r-",
      "-li"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-054527"
  },
  "fat paint":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fatty paint":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062044"
  },
  "far-come":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": come from a distance":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175221"
  },
  "fakery":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit , sham":[
        "He was wearing a fake mustache.",
        "She held up the bowl to the window light and smiled her fakest smile yet \u2026",
        "\u2014 Lee Durkee",
        "From the well-known to the unknown, fake news , misinformation and hate rhetoric are causing harm to many individuals.",
        "\u2014 Dolar Popat"
      ],
      ": one that is not what it purports to be: such as":[],
      ": a worthless imitation passed off as genuine":[
        "The signature was a fake ."
      ],
      ": impostor , charlatan":[
        "He told everyone that he was a lawyer, but he was just a fake ."
      ],
      ": a simulated movement in a sports contest (such as a pretended kick, pass, or jump or a quick movement in one direction before going in another) designed to deceive an opponent":[],
      ": a device or apparatus used by a magician to achieve the illusion of magic in a trick":[],
      ": to alter, manipulate, or treat so as to give a spuriously (see spurious sense 2 ) genuine appearance to : doctor":[
        "faked the lab results"
      ],
      ": counterfeit , simulate , concoct":[
        "faked a heart attack"
      ],
      ": to deceive (an opponent) in a sports contest by means of a fake (see fake entry 2 sense c )":[],
      ": improvise , ad-lib":[
        "whistle a few bars \u2026 and I'll fake the rest",
        "\u2014 Robert Sylvester"
      ],
      ": to engage in faking something : pretend":[
        "\u2014 sometimes used with it if you don't have the answers, fake it"
      ],
      ": to give a fake to an opponent":[
        "The runner faked left and then cut to the right."
      ],
      ": one loop of a coil (as of ship's rope or a fire hose) coiled free for running":[],
      ": to coil in fakes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artificial",
      "bogus",
      "dummy",
      "ersatz",
      "factitious",
      "false",
      "faux",
      "imitation",
      "imitative",
      "man-made",
      "mimic",
      "mock",
      "pretend",
      "sham",
      "simulated",
      "substitute",
      "synthetic"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "counterfeit",
      "forgery",
      "hoax",
      "humbug",
      "phony",
      "phoney",
      "sham"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fake Noun (1) imposture , fraud , sham , fake , humbug , counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine. their claim of environmental concern is an imposture fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth. the diary was exposed as a fraud sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action. condemned the election as a sham fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty. these jewels are fakes ; the real ones are in the vault humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent. creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable. 20-dollar bills that were counterfeits",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "That blood is clearly fake .",
      "He was wearing a fake mustache."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "derivative of fake entry 2":"Adjective",
      "derivative of fake entry 3":"Noun",
      "originally underworld argot, of uncertain origin":"Verb",
      "probably derivative of fake entry 5":"Noun",
      "Middle English faken, of obscure origin":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1879, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1829, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1819, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1627, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070504"
  },
  "favous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": favose":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101v\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin fav us honeycomb + English -ous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191932"
  },
  "fardle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bundle":[],
      ": burden entry 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4rd\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161609"
  },
  "farcist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a maker of farces"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4rs\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-103247"
  },
  "fast worker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who is fast and usually smooth and shifty in his manner of gaining his personal ends (as profit, advantage, or sexual conquest)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162310"
  },
  "fairy bouquet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": toadflax sense 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050707"
  },
  "fathomable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water":[
        "\u2014 sometimes used in the singular when qualified by a number five fathom deep"
      ],
      ": comprehension":[
        "the themes display a newer fathom than the technical modernism of the composer's earlier works",
        "\u2014 Newsweek"
      ],
      ": probe":[],
      ": to take soundings":[],
      ": to measure by a sounding line":[],
      ": to penetrate and come to understand":[
        "couldn't fathom the problem"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa-t\u035fh\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "plumb",
      "sound"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The water here is five fathoms deep.",
      "Verb",
      "the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Musk\u2019s tumble only underscores the hard-to- fathom velocity of his ascent. \u2014 Devon Pendleton, Fortune , 6 Mar. 2021",
      "But in today\u2019s world of restrictions on size, quantity and season, releasing reef fish has become part of our new reality\u2014as are the challenges of ensuring postrelease survival for an animal pulled up from 20 fathoms . \u2014 Popular Science , 11 Feb. 2020",
      "That impulse, growing out of one pivotal song, eventually pointed the way to the fathoms of Ocean, the group\u2019s new album, their seventh, which debuts Friday. \u2014 Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com , 15 Nov. 2019",
      "The lines were marked at two, three, five, seven, 10, 13, 15, 17 and 20 fathoms . \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Oct. 2019",
      "The submarine is recorded in 1,805 fathoms of water, or 8,310 feet, and makes a test dive. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 7 Jan. 2019",
      "Leadbetter Point to Cape Falcon - Nearshore (inside 40 fathoms ) opens May 7; Mondays to Wednesdays until 500 pounds are caught or Sept. 30. \u2014 Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com , 20 Apr. 2018",
      "Get ready to be terrified by the mysterious fathoms below! \u2014 Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan , 27 Jan. 2018",
      "More than 200 years later, our low tide was at the same time Cook's high had been, and 4 fathoms \u2014 24 feet \u2014 was an understatement. \u2014 Erin Mckittrick, Alaska Dispatch News , 15 Sep. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But the emotion was palpable from both sides: Goff would give anything to beat the Rams, and McVay and the Rams\u2019 front office could not fathom the embarrassment of losing to Goff. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
      "As with most leaders who are comfortably embedded in their roles at the top of their fields and become disconnected from the rank-and-file, many leaders enact a way of living that most of us cannot even fathom . \u2014 Anthony Silard, Fortune , 10 May 2022",
      "Democrats are still in shock about that, and can\u2019t fathom why so many Latinos are pro-recall. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "Orban spoke to the broader political issue, in that left-wing politicians like Biden cannot fathom a nationalistic or conservative alternative ideology. \u2014 Fox News , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "But Orthodox Jews have a level of community and ritual practices so endlessly meaningful that people in the secular world simply cannot fathom it. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 14 July 2021",
      "The Biden administration often touts this progress as hard to fathom when the pandemic began. \u2014 Rachel Siegel, Anchorage Daily News , 4 May 2022",
      "The way that society pressures young couples to get married but can\u2019t fathom two best friends making that same commitment never fails to baffle me. \u2014 April Lee, refinery29.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "One young executive worked at a movie channel that had 800 million viewers, a scale beyond what any of his Hollywood instructors could fathom . \u2014 Erich Schwartzel, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English fadme , from Old English f\u00e6thm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin pat\u0113re to be open, pandere to spread out, Greek petannynai":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1607, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003331"
  },
  "fall through":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to fail or stop in a sudden or final way":[
        "Contract negotiations have fallen through .",
        "Our vacation plans have fallen through ."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034058"
  },
  "faex compressa":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": compressed yeast":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6feksk\u0259m\u02c8pres\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191818"
  },
  "faw":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of faw dialectal variant of fall"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022f",
      "\u02c8f\u0227"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-114557"
  },
  "fais-dodo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a country-dance or dancing party held usually on a Saturday night in southern Louisiana":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6f\u0101\u02ccd\u014d\u02c8d\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Louisiana French, from French (baby-talk) fais dodo! go to sleep!; probably from the fact that small children who attend the dances are expected to go to sleep during the festivities":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023722"
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      "noun"
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      ": a dark gray that is darker than Oxford gray, Dover gray, or pelican":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-160018"
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      "noun"
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      ": willingness , eagerness"
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      "\u02c8f\u0101nn\u0259\u0307s"
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      "Middle English faynnesse , from fayn fain + -nesse -ness"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-175824"
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      "transitive verb"
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      ": to sow (seed or land) in autumn"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-191029"
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      "noun"
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      ": the quality or state of being farsighted : the ability to anticipate and plan for the future",
      ": a condition in which visual images come to a focus behind the retina of the eye and vision is better for distant than for near objects : hyperopia",
      ": the quality or state of being farsighted",
      ": hyperopia"
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      "thanks to our farsightedness , we had sufficient emergency supplies when the storm knocked out our power",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another man with the condition required multiple eyeglass prescriptions, shifting even between nearsightedness and farsightedness in the span of a day. \u2014 Joe Didonato, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Colonel de Gaulle\u2019s farsightedness was greeted by the French military and successive governments with at the best indifference and at the worst hostility. \u2014 John R. Macarthur, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "Functional vision goes way beyond simple problems such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, instead relating to the way the eyes function together and send visual information to the brain for processing. \u2014 Melanie Savage, courant.com , 16 Aug. 2020",
      "The system will address everything from astigmatism, to farsightedness , and nearsightedness, according to Patently Apple, which first spotted the patents. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 12 July 2020",
      "These are simply garden-variety nearsightedness and farsightedness as well as astigmatism (distorted vision at all distances) and presbyopia, which is the loss of up-close focusing ability (hello, reading glasses!). \u2014 Meryl Davids Landau, Good Housekeeping , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "Contact lenses can be worn to correct a variety of vision conditions, such as myopia, or nearsightedness; hyperopia, or farsightedness ; and astigmatism. \u2014 Tiffany Yannetta, Seventeen , 26 Oct. 2018",
      "Vann\u2019s stewardship as editor and publisher was characterized by crusading intensity tempered with a shrewd farsightedness about the newspaper\u2019s long-term prospects. \u2014 Gene Seymour, USA TODAY , 31 Jan. 2018",
      "Altitude was eminence, farsightedness , elevation\u2014power. \u2014 The Economist , 19 Dec. 2017"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1799, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-204947"
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      "noun"
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      ": any of the bright regions of the sun's photosphere seen most easily near the sun's edge":[]
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      "\u02c8fa-ky\u0259-l\u0259"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Four of the seven newly named features lie in the Caloris basin, shown above, where faculae take names from African languages of the Somalian, Igbo (of southeastern Nigeria), Arabic, and Afrikaans. \u2014 Nola Taylor Redd, Science | AAAS , 9 Apr. 2018"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of fac-, fax torch":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1706, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010329"
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      "noun"
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      ": a maker, leader, specialist in, or follower of fashions":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225748"
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      "noun"
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      ": faineancy":[]
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    "examples":[],
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      "French, from fain\u00e9ant":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055152"
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      "Definition of faught Scottish variant of fight"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-060159"
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      "intransitive verb"
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      ": to make a fuss over nothing"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-074317"
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      "noun"
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      ": traveler"
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English -farere (in weyfarere wayfarer), from faren to go + -er, -ere -er"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-080512"
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      "noun"
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      ": the meadow mushroom or any of several similar fungi":[],
      ": a European marsh pennywort ( Hydrocotyle vulgaris )":[],
      ": the flat peltate leaf of the European marsh pennywort":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183225"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": coping entry 1":[]
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      "\u02c8fak\u02cct\u0101b\u0259l"
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      "alteration of earlier fractable, fract table , from Latin fractus (past participle of frangere to break) + English table":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1849, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022537"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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      ": public estimation : reputation":[],
      ": popular acclaim : renown":[],
      ": rumor":[],
      ": report , repute":[],
      ": to make famous":[]
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      "\u02c8f\u0101m"
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      "celebrity",
      "notoriety",
      "renown"
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      "anonymity",
      "oblivion",
      "obscureness",
      "obscurity"
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He died at the height of his fame .",
      "The book tells the story of her sudden rise to fame .",
      "He gained fame as an actor.",
      "She went to Hollywood seeking fame and fortune.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "TikTok series, which played a major role in catapulting her to fame . \u2014 Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2022",
      "In an interview with Rolling Stone last July, Aespa spoke about their swift rise to fame and the myriad of influences that inspire their music \u2014 which includes everything from older Korean songs to jazz and Stevie Wonder to Blink-182 and Beyonc\u00e9. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
      "In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the multi-hyphenate talks about her rise to fame during the pandemic, pleasing people (but not being a people-pleaser) in comedy and telling a story, but this time with just her voice. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
      "Internet fame may be a drag, but as Marcel the Shell himself knows, celebrity certainly has its uses. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
      "This group of Asian American kids (Wendy, Alex, Emma, Jannie and Andrew) rose to fame pretending and playing in whimsical skits with various family members, distributed in six different languages. \u2014 Todd Longwell, Variety , 23 June 2022",
      "The Step Up actress, 28, who rose to fame after starring in Cheaper by the Dozen in 2003, spoke about the difficulties of being a child star in a recent interview with Access Hollywood. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
      "The documentary was filmed over three years beginning in 2019 and charts the model\u2019s rapid rise to fame . \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
      "But fame , of course, was always only a sliver of the story. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Fox, who rose to fame playing Alex P. Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties, became known for his role as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film franchise. \u2014 Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
      "Bell, Walsh and Lang are three of the songwriters and producers in the stable of talent at Electric Feel Entertainment, a song factory that\u2019s rocketed to fame in recent years by crafting a string of hits for some of the biggest singers in the world. \u2014 Kevin Dowd, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Born in Houston, the 41-year-old singer rose to fame in the 1990s as one of the founding members of the iconic R&B group Destiny\u2019s Child. \u2014 Okla Jones, Essence , 14 June 2022",
      "Combs is just the second recipient of the lifetime achievement award who rose to fame as a rapper. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 13 June 2022",
      "Before rising to fame in the late 1990s, Shakira was born in the Colombian city of Barranquilla to her father, William, and her mother, Nidia del Carmen Mebarak. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
      "The 32-year-old musician rose to fame in 2020 for his cover songs on TikTok amid lockdown in the U.K. \u2014 Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Michael Cera rose to fame playing slouching introverts. \u2014 Mariah Tauger, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Sarah Cooper, the comedian who rose to fame with her satirical TikTok lip-sync videos of Donald Trump, was \u2014 unexpectedly \u2014 inspired by Dale Carnegie for her next project. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fama report, fame; akin to Latin fari to speak \u2014 more at ban entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012436"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a mineral (Na 2 ,Ca)Al 2 Si 4 O 12 .6H 2 O consisting of a colorless or white hydrous aluminosilicate of sodium and calcium (hardness 5, specific gravity 1.92)":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u014dzh\u0259\u02ccs\u012bt",
      "-\u02ccz\u012bt"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Barth\u00e9lemy Faujas de Saint-Fond \u20201819 French geologist + French -ite":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165803"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or befitting a father",
      ": resembling a father (as in affection or care)",
      ": of or like a father"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259r-l\u0113",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259r-l\u0113"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He took a fatherly interest in the careers of younger writers.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "YouTube series and Bo Petterson's DadAdviceFromBo on TikTok, who provide fatherly advice, how-to instructions, moral support and dad jokes. \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 19 June 2022",
      "His stepfather, Troy Rambo, who Tyrone Sanders credits, along with his grandfather, as being one of his fatherly roles, came into his life three years after his mother and biological father divorced. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 19 June 2022",
      "Every year since then my fatherly pride has grown substantially watching my beautiful daughters grow. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 18 June 2022",
      "At the feather-light conclusion of the second movement, the uninvited melody of a ringtone cried out, and the whole hall cringed as Goodyear cast a look of fatherly disappointment over the rows. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "Luckily, the unexpected downtime has offered Watson a chance to catch up on some fatherly duties, such as building a playpen for his daughter's bunny. \u2014 Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
      "McGraw faced those fatherly feelings even early on in prep. \u2014 Daron James, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
      "The Mooch put a fatherly hand on Mr. Bankman-Fried\u2019s shoulder. \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2022",
      "Male chimps at West African sites have also been seen adopting the dependent young of a deceased or missing parent, a shouldering of fatherly duty at odds with newborn killings witnessed elsewhere. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-161426"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities":[],
      ": a general servant":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "fak-\u02c8t\u014d-t\u0259m"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He was the office factotum .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pulling the curtain through the years is Atung (Glenn Obrero), a figure who exists somewhere between spectacle and narrator, authorial representative and stagehand, factotum and moral conscience. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "In early 1929, only a few months after the young Doheny family moved in, Ned and his friend and factotum , Hugh Plunkett, were both shot and killed in a guest bedroom. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "To woo Rosina, Almaviva hires Figaro, the town\u2019s factotum (a jack-of-all-trades) who is the doctor\u2019s barber and wig stylist. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2021",
      "In a nutshell, this figure of speech fits Detroit Tigers reliever Buck Farmer, the factotum of the bullpen. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 20 Feb. 2021",
      "The longtime Clinton factotum Lanny Davis devoted a book to the argument. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 13 Nov. 2020",
      "Kennedy was named for Eddie Moore, a longtime family factotum (and sometime procurer for Joe). \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 23 Oct. 2020",
      "In camp, Bundini was a factotum who did everything for his charge. \u2014 Gordon Marino, WSJ , 3 Sep. 2020",
      "On Friday Beijing\u2019s local factotum used the pandemic as an excuse to postpone elections for a year, and dissenters are being arrested or fired. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the Latin phrase fac t\u014dtum \"do all!\", from fac (singular imperative of facere \"to make, do\" + t\u014dtum \"the whole, entirety,\" from neuter of t\u014dtus \"all, the whole of\") \u2014 more at fact , total entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192731"
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  "fairy godmother":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a generous friend or benefactor"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "angel",
      "benefactor",
      "donator",
      "donor",
      "Maecenas",
      "patron",
      "sugar daddy"
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    "examples":[
      "when it came time for the girl to go to college, Aunt Edna once again proved to be a reliable fairy godmother",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "If Megan Fox is the Cinderella of the Tribeca Film Festival, her makeup artist Jenna Kristina is like her fairy godmother . \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 18 June 2022",
      "Big-voiced Anise Ritchie is regal as Marie, the town crackpot who transforms into Ella\u2019s fairy godmother . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "If Cannes had a fairy godmother , her name would be Caroline Scheufele. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 1 June 2022",
      "Porter, who played Cinderella's fairy godmother in the Camila Cabello Cinderella, looks splendidly magical here. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Met Gala fairy godmother role, able to effect a lack of vanity in a ridiculous dress; the act of wearing something exuberant is transformed into a kind of sacrifice to the gods of fashion. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 May 2022",
      "Her style evolution has elevated from simple bodycon dresses to just the right amount of fashionably risky with guidance from street-style fairy godmother Maeve Reilly (call us, Maeve!) and MGK himself. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Alice gets her own plotline, a sweet little arc of professional ambition running up against romantic prospects, with Julia serving as a bit of a fairy godmother . \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "One is the fairy godmother of proper East Coast prep, the other is the Sphinx-like goddess of West Coast cool. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 12 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1839, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-204750"
  },
  "fairy-fringe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": purple-fringed orchid sense a":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034422"
  },
  "fat pine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": kindling wood":[],
      ": any of several trees (as the longleaf pine) abounding in pitchy heartwood":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172105"
  },
  "facsimilize":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": facsimile":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0259\u02ccl\u012bz"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025753"
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  "fashionista":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a designer, promoter, or follower of the latest fashions":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccfa-sh\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-st\u0259"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Always a fashionista , her storefront grew over time prompting her to launch in-person pop-up shops through Depop\u2019s IRL program. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 20 May 2022",
      "Even amongst all these fashionista 's, Gigi made sure to stand out herself, wearing a sheer white lace ensemble with a striking jacket that drifted all the way to the floor and sheer flared slacks that showed her white panties underneath. \u2014 ELLE , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "The mini fashionista sweetly posed while wearing a matching Gucci dress and coat. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Bae, billionaire fashionista is disowned by her ultra-rich family, owing to a salacious scandal and for the first time in her life, has to fend for herself. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "During her tenure, Sarah Polk was quite the fashionista . \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Along with makeup, Rani has also proven to be quite the fashionista . \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "After becoming youngest recipient ever of the CFDA's Fashion Icon award, Z's Spiderman co-star Tom Holland took to Instagram to congratulate the fashionista . \u2014 Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Cardi B's daughter is a fashionista just like her mom. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "fashion entry 1 + -ista (as in sandinista )":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1993, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180917"
  },
  "fairies'-butter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a blue-green alga ( Nostoc commune ) forming gelatinous sheets or pellets"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181001"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": lacking character or individuality : nondescript":[
        "the faceless masses"
      ],
      ": not identified : anonymous":[
        "a faceless accuser"
      ],
      ": lacking a face":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101s-l\u0259s"
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      "beige",
      "characterless",
      "featureless",
      "indistinctive",
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      "a decision made by faceless bureaucrats",
      "it was precisely because he was a faceless individual that the serial killer was able to go on for so long without detection",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At the time, Mr. Gilliam worked largely in a representational vein, depicting faceless , shadowy human figures on traditional stretched canvases. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "Hanging on the walls here at the Norman Rockwell Museum is the artist\u2019s famous 1964 depiction of a 6-year-old Black school girl being escorted to class by four faceless federal marshals. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "This isn\u2019t some nameless, faceless tractor trailer. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
      "With Islam forbidding the direct portrayal of religious figures, Fatima is seen as a faceless character, shrouded by a black veil. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "Conventional discourse treats the government as a faceless entity, whose decisions are abstracted away from the people who make them. \u2014 Angelica Goetzen, Scientific American , 3 June 2022",
      "Wlaschiha played Jaqen H'ghar, one of the faceless assassins, in Game of Thrones. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 31 May 2022",
      "Vague, terse descriptions rendered the artifacts as faceless as the mannequins on display. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "With her childlike, faceless sketches, Delvey shows far less promise as an artist than as a canny cultural critic, with her work often alluding to the media circus around herself and her trial. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "face entry 1 + -less":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030452"
  },
  "fault breccia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rock composed of angular fragments that have resulted from movement along a fault : crush breccia":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183245"
  },
  "faqir":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Muslim mendicant : dervish":[],
      ": an itinerant Hindu ascetic or wonder-worker":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064734"
  },
  "fake book":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a book that contains the melody lines of popular copyrighted songs without accompanying harmonies and that is published without the permission of the copyright owners"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "fake entry 3 (to improvise) + book"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-191801"
  },
  "facty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": filled with facts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fakt\u0113",
      "-ti"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1871, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202945"
  },
  "fashionless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": without a definite shape : shapeless":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-sh\u0259nl\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213409"
  },
  "fantasist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who creates fantasias or fantasies"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fan-t\u0259-sist",
      "-zist"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For Vogue, then led by the fantasist editor Diana Vreeland, Manzoni transformed models into otherworldly creatures, adorned by zebra stripes or glittering with rhinestones. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "In that bruising character study pitting self-delusion against political idealism, Hurt and Ra\u00fal Juli\u00e1 played reluctant cellmates in a Brazilian prison, the former a gay fantasist , the latter a hardline leftist revolutionary. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "The movie turns the poet\u2014a wild fantasist and a beguiler\u2014into a stick figure of goodness. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "The vampire series, of course, would go on to become something less personal and more fantasist , as well as more intellectually vigorous, which is what occasioned my visit to New Orleans. \u2014 Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone , 13 Dec. 2021",
      "Millions voted for the autocrat-envious man in the carnival mirror, the fantasist and his enablers who through indifference and venality sent so many of them to hospital emergency rooms. \u2014 Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books , 25 Mar. 2021",
      "Millions voted for the autocrat-envious man in the carnival mirror, the fantasist and his enablers who through indifference and venality sent so many of them to hospital emergency rooms. \u2014 Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books , 25 Mar. 2021",
      "Citigroup said an enigmatic money manager who accused the bank of owing him $11.6 billion is a fantasist and a fraud. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Oct. 2021",
      "Millions voted for the autocrat-envious man in the carnival mirror, the fantasist and his enablers who through indifference and venality sent so many of them to hospital emergency rooms. \u2014 Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books , 25 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "fantasy entry 1 + -ist entry 1"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1896, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205314"
  },
  "fall together":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to become identical : become leveled"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205454"
  },
  "fauces":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx between the soft palate and the base of the tongue":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022f-\u02ccs\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, plural, throat, fauces":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033826"
  },
  "fantigue":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a state of excitement or great tension":[
        "his nerves were in a proper fantigue",
        "\u2014 John Galsworthy"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps blend of fantastic and fatigue":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235241"
  },
  "fairntickle":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of fairntickle variant of ferntickle"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fern\u02cctik\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075708"
  },
  "fajita":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a marinated strip usually of beef or chicken grilled or broiled and served usually with a flour tortilla and various savory fillings"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259-\u02c8h\u0113-t\u0259",
      "f\u00e4-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hot takes are boring, so forgive me for serving up this sizzling fajita plate of an edict, but the Beatles are overrated. \u2014 Chris Richards, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Hot takes are boring, so forgive me for serving up this sizzling fajita plate of an edict, but the Beatles are overrated. \u2014 Chris Richards, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Hot takes are boring, so forgive me for serving up this sizzling fajita plate of an edict, but the Beatles are overrated. \u2014 Chris Richards, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Hot takes are boring, so forgive me for serving up this sizzling fajita plate of an edict, but the Beatles are overrated. \u2014 Chris Richards, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Hot takes are boring, so forgive me for serving up this sizzling fajita plate of an edict, but the Beatles are overrated. \u2014 Chris Richards, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Hot takes are boring, so forgive me for serving up this sizzling fajita plate of an edict, but the Beatles are overrated. \u2014 Chris Richards, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Hot takes are boring, so forgive me for serving up this sizzling fajita plate of an edict, but the Beatles are overrated. \u2014 Chris Richards, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Hot takes are boring, so forgive me for serving up this sizzling fajita plate of an edict, but the Beatles are overrated. \u2014 Chris Richards, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish faja sash, belt, probably from Catalan faixa , from Latin fascia band \u2014 more at fascia"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1971, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-081613"
  },
  "face joint":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a joint in the face of a wall usually more carefully struck or pointed than one less visible":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233430"
  },
  "fall to pieces":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to break into parts",
      ": to become ruined or destroyed",
      ": to become unable to control one's emotions"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-134511"
  },
  "fax modem":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a computer peripheral capable of sending data to or receiving data from a fax machine or another computer especially over phone lines":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1986, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192550"
  },
  "faqih":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Muslim theologian versed in the religious law of Islam":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u00e4\u02c8k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Arabic faq\u012bh (plural fuqah\u0101' )":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061326"
  },
  "fathogram":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a record made by means of a sonic depth finder":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fat\u035fh\u0259\u02ccgram"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "fatho- (as in fathometer ) + -gram":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030205"
  },
  "fault gouge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": finely comminuted uncemented rock characteristic of fault zones":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190527"
  },
  "fattrels":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": ends of ribbons":[
        "the fattrels on a lady's bonnet"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fa\u2027tr\u0259lz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005330"
  },
  "fall-trap":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a trap with a door or a weight that falls upon the victim":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180540"
  },
  "fairy candle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": black cohosh sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185611"
  },
  "face-lift":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": plastic surgery on the face and neck to remove defects and imperfections (such as wrinkles or sagging skin) typical of aging":[],
      ": an alteration, restoration, or restyling (as of a building) intended especially to modernize":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101s-\u02cclift"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221326"
  },
  "faceless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": lacking character or individuality : nondescript":[
        "the faceless masses"
      ],
      ": not identified : anonymous":[
        "a faceless accuser"
      ],
      ": lacking a face":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101s-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beige",
      "characterless",
      "featureless",
      "indistinctive",
      "neutral",
      "noncommittal",
      "nondescript",
      "vanilla"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a decision made by faceless bureaucrats",
      "it was precisely because he was a faceless individual that the serial killer was able to go on for so long without detection",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At the time, Mr. Gilliam worked largely in a representational vein, depicting faceless , shadowy human figures on traditional stretched canvases. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "Hanging on the walls here at the Norman Rockwell Museum is the artist\u2019s famous 1964 depiction of a 6-year-old Black school girl being escorted to class by four faceless federal marshals. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "This isn\u2019t some nameless, faceless tractor trailer. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
      "With Islam forbidding the direct portrayal of religious figures, Fatima is seen as a faceless character, shrouded by a black veil. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "Conventional discourse treats the government as a faceless entity, whose decisions are abstracted away from the people who make them. \u2014 Angelica Goetzen, Scientific American , 3 June 2022",
      "Wlaschiha played Jaqen H'ghar, one of the faceless assassins, in Game of Thrones. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 31 May 2022",
      "Vague, terse descriptions rendered the artifacts as faceless as the mannequins on display. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "With her childlike, faceless sketches, Delvey shows far less promise as an artist than as a canny cultural critic, with her work often alluding to the media circus around herself and her trial. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "face entry 1 + -less":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233459"
  },
  "faked":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": made, done, or altered with intent to deceive: such as",
      ": forged sense 2",
      ": simulated in order to deceive an opponent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101kd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1890, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-215116"
  },
  "facta, non verba":{
    "type":[
      "Latin phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": acts, not words : actions speak louder than words"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4k-t\u00e4 n\u014dn-\u02c8ver-b\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-221106"
  },
  "fain\u00e9ant deity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a deity not acting in human affairs":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214302"
  },
  "faud":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of faud dialectal British variant of fold"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fd",
      "\u02c8f\u0227d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-231108"
  },
  "fair share":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a reasonable amount":[
        "He gets his fair share of attention, too."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192326"
  },
  "fain\u00e9ant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an irresponsible idler":[],
      ": idle and ineffectual : indolent":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0101-n\u0101-\u02c8\u00e4\u207f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French, going back to Middle French fai-neant, from fait \"does, makes\" (third person singular of faire \"to make, do\") + neant \"nothing, nil\" (probably going back to Vulgar Latin *ne \u2026 gentem \"no people, no one\"), alteration by folk etymology of faignant, feignant, present participle of feindre \"to dissemble, pretend to be, evade, shirk\" \u2014 more at feign":"Noun",
      "borrowed from French \u2014 more at fain\u00e9ant entry 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1619, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1854, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230535"
  },
  "facsimilist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a maker of facsimiles (as in the preparation of lithographs)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-015751"
  },
  "facture":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the manner in which something (such as a painting) is made"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fak-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, \"manner of making, shape,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin fact\u016bra \"working (of metal), make, fashion,\" from factus (past participle of facere \"to make, do\") + -\u016bra -ure \u2014 more at fact"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-022305"
  },
  "faucal plosive":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stop consonant released through the nasal cavity by sudden lowering of the velum (as the \\t\\ in \\\u02c8k\u00e4t\u1d4an\\ cotton )"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-024349"
  },
  "factory system":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the system of manufacturing that began in the 18th century with the development of the power loom and the steam engine and is based on concentration of industry into large establishments"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1803, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-030747"
  },
  "fancy that":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of fancy that \u2014 used to comment on something that is hard to imagine \"The baby she brought home was the wrong one.\" \" Fancy that !\""
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-041242"
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      "noun"
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      ": money held to be given by fairies but turned into rubbish when put to use",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-045917"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a Chinese gambling game in which the banker divides a pile of objects (such as beans) into fours and players bet on what number will be left at the end of the count",
      ": a card game in which players must build in sequence upon sevens and attempt to be the first one out of cards"
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Chinese (Guangdong) f\u0101ant\u0101an"
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      "1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-052507"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a grade/mark that shows that someone did not pass a test or course of study"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072550"
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      ": if something (already specified) does not happen or succeed"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074023"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": red-backed sandpiper"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-075532"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a ship equipped to process a whale or fish catch at sea"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1851, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081802"
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    "type":[
      "verb"
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      ": to modify by faucal articulation"
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      "-\u0259\u02ccl\u012bz"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-085856"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": colored glassware of delicate design with an iridescent surface"
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      "f\u0259v\u02c8r\u0113(\u0259)l"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090221"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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      ": faucial",
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      ": a faucal sound"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u022fk\u0259l",
      "\""
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "Latin fauces + English -al"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090357"
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    "type":[
      "plural noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a puppet show using puppets operated by strings or mechanical devices",
      ": such puppets"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccf\u00e4n-t\u0259-\u02c8ch\u0113-n\u0113",
      "\u02ccfan-"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Italian, plural of fantoccino , diminutive of fantoccio doll, augmentative of fante child, from Latin infant-, infans infant"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1771, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090530"
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      "noun"
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      ": a swollen subcutaneous lymph gland characteristic of cutaneous glanders"
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091840"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
      ": farsighted sense 1"
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      "\u02c8f\u00e4r-\u02ccs\u0113-i\u014b"
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      "farsighted",
      "forehanded",
      "foreseeing",
      "foresighted",
      "forethoughtful",
      "forward",
      "forward-looking",
      "prescient",
      "proactive",
      "provident",
      "visionary"
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    "antonyms":[
      "half-baked",
      "half-cocked",
      "improvident",
      "myopic",
      "shortsighted"
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      "a farseeing corn farmer who realized that the future was in ethanol"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1598, in the meaning defined above"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-093503"
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  "famatinite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a mineral Cu 3 SbS 4 consisting of a reddish gray copper antimony sulfide (specific gravity 4.57)"
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      "\u02ccfam\u0259\u02c8t\u0113\u02ccn\u012bt",
      "\u02ccf\u00e4m-"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "German famatinit , from Sierra de Famatina , mountain range in northwest Argentina + German -it -ite"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101030"
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  "fact verdict":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": special verdict"
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102542"
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  "face-harden":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
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    "definitions":[
      ": to harden the face or surface of"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113812"
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  "fatty acid":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of numerous saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acids C n H 2 n +1 COOH (such as acetic acid) including many that occur naturally usually in the form of esters in fats, waxes, and essential oils",
      ": any of the saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acids (such as palmitic acid) usually with an even number of carbon atoms that occur naturally in the form of glycerides in fats and fatty oils",
      ": any of numerous saturated aliphatic acids C n H 2 n +1 COOH (as lauric acid) containing a single carboxyl group and including many that occur naturally usually in the form of esters in fats, waxes, and essential oils",
      ": any of the saturated or unsaturated organic acids (as palmitic acid) that have a single carboxyl group and usually an even number of carbon atoms and that occur naturally in the form of glycerides in fats and fatty oils"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Cupuacu butter is a fatty acid that dives deep into the skin to nourish and moisturize. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Corn contributes vitamins and minerals and is a rich source of linoleic acid, an essential fatty acid that dogs must get in their diets, according to the Cummings Veterinary Medical Center at Tufts University. \u2014 Mike Snider, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
      "Shea butter has a high fatty acid content that is easy for the skin to absorb, providing effective hydration without leaving your face with an oily sheen. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s why we\u2019re thrilled to use actual hemp plants with a low percentage of full spectrum CBD and a more balanced ratio of other components, as well as a fatty acid backbone heavier than pure hemp extracts. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The authors found that a daily dose of one gram of omega-3 fatty acid was associated with a significant improvement in depressive symptoms. \u2014 Christine Byrne, Outside Online , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "Grape-seed oil is high in moisturizing vitamin E and linoleic acid, also known as omega-6 fatty acid , which acts as an anti-inflammatory agent that calms blemishes and retains moisture. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, SELF , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Specifically, the microbes make a short-chain fatty acid called butyrate that facilitates this particular conversation. \u2014 Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Rosehip and grapeseed are also rich in linoleic acid, an essential omega-6 fatty acid that acts as a building block for ceramides, an important moisturizing element that fortifies our skin's barrier. \u2014 Megan Mcintyre, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-120753"
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  "fantod":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a state of irritability and tension",
      ": fidgets",
      ": an emotional outburst : fit"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fan-\u02cct\u00e4d"
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "perhaps alteration of English dialect fantique, fanteeg , perhaps blend of fantastic and fatigue"
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    "first_known_use":[
      "1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-121322"
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  "fat liquor":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
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      ": a liquor made of an emulsion of soap and fat (as castor oil or degras) or of sulfonated oil and used in tanning leather":[],
      ": to fill the fiber of (a leather) with oil or fat : treat (leather) with fat liquor":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "fat entry 4 + liquor":"Noun",
      "fat liquor":"Transitive verb"
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105543"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a somewhat shiny closely woven silk, rayon, or cotton fabric characterized by slight ribs in the weft":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u012b(-\u0259)l"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The inspiration resulted in Rogers designing a black-and-white fitted top and ballgown skirt with a train, made of silk faille , moire, and taffeta with Swarovski-crystal buttons. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 2 May 2022",
      "The Being the Ricardos nominee exuded old-Hollywood glamour in a Giorgio Armani Priv\u00e9 custom strapless column gown of light blue silk faille with a voluminous peplum that tied in an exaggerated bow and a train embellished with gold crystals. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "Crafted in the punchiest yellow silk faille possible and detailed with ruffles across its skirt and bodice, the dress was regal and unapologetically upbeat. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2021",
      "The ensemble comprised of a navy, cashmere fitted jacket and skirt in washed red silk faille with a gilded dove of peace brooch. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 Jan. 2021",
      "Not taste in the old highfalutin\u2019 definition of the word, as a kind of elite aesthetic judgment woven in brocade and silk faille and passed down from on high, but rather taste in community, attitude, achievement. \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 3 Mar. 2020",
      "The strapless, pale green faille jumpsuit was accessorized with a series of silver jewelry by Lynn Ban, and handpainted, temporary butterfly tattoos by Anna Bernabe across his chest, arms and back. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 13 Jan. 2020",
      "The silk faille of the gown, designer Fernando Garcia explains, comes from the Taroni mill, which won the sustainable producer award at the Green Carpet Fashion Awards in 2017. \u2014 Stellene Volandes, Town & Country , 3 Aug. 2019",
      "Think cascading flowers, full skirts and bodices of pleated tulle ruffles that feel light as air, and a softer take on gowns that in the past may have been done in a heftier silk faille . \u2014 Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Old French":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1869, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105607"
  },
  "facellite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": kaliophilite":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u0259\u02c8se\u02ccl\u012bt"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian, from Greek phakelos bundle, faggot + Italian -lite":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111601"
  },
  "fault cliff":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cliff formed by faulting":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111608"
  },
  "faenus nauticum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": interest paid on maritime loans to be repaid only when a ship and its cargo safely reach port":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8n\u022ft\u0259\u0307k\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, literally, maritime interest":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112244"
  },
  "fairy circle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fairy ring":[],
      ": a shrubby form of the common juniper that often grows in ring-shaped masses":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112259"
  },
  "father-in-law":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the father of one's spouse":[],
      ": stepfather":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259-r\u0259n-\u02ccl\u022f",
      "-t\u035fh\u0259rn-\u02ccl\u022f",
      "\u02c8f\u00e4-t\u035fh\u0259r-\u0259n-\u02ccl\u022f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112415"
  },
  "fatty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": greasy":[],
      ": derived from or chemically related to fat":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fat-\u0113",
      "\u02c8fa-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adipose"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "defatted",
      "lean"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "I try to avoid fatty foods.",
      "fatty ground beef that was the cheapest available",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Lymphedema is swelling caused by lymph fluid building up in the fatty tissue under the skin, often in response to cancer treatment. \u2014 Serena Puang, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
      "In other words, these weight cutoffs are the best indicators of vaccine efficacy at different needle lengths, regardless of how much fatty tissue a person has around their deltoid muscles. \u2014 Sarah Stark, SELF , 6 June 2022",
      "Livers are often discarded for simply being too fatty , but with more time, surgeons could surgically reduce fat content. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
      "So where do the fatty deposits in our liver come from in the first place? \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
      "Named boeuf Bourguignon after the famed red wine from the Burgundy region of France, this dish combines a nice, fatty cut of beef with a dry pinot noir and plenty of fresh vegetables to create a hearty and indulgent stew. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "Sea Buckthorn Berry, infused with fatty -acid omega 7, clarifies and cleanses the hair, removing impurities and adding shine. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "The rich, fatty salmon is tempered by the comfortingly bland white rice, the latter absorbing what the former renders in excess. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "Warm the buns as instructed in the oven and the pork and mayonnaise melt as one into a glorious, crumbly, porky, fatty mess on top of the buns. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In recent years, coconut oil had been given a pass because of its unique fatty profile. \u2014 Ashley Weatherford, The Cut , 19 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1797, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112738"
  },
  "farceur":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": joker , wag":[],
      ": a writer or actor of farce":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u00e4r-\u02c8s\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "card",
      "comedian",
      "comic",
      "droll",
      "funnyman",
      "gagger",
      "gagman",
      "gagster",
      "humorist",
      "jester",
      "joker",
      "jokester",
      "wag",
      "wit"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a knockabout comedy that was performed by a trio of accomplished farceurs",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This rude farceur is truer to the era \u2014 more psychically revealing \u2014 than do-gooder social-justice filmmakers. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 July 2021",
      "On the other hand, farceurs and satirists have always focused on power \u2014 without regard to deserving \u2014 and thus these genres have always functioned as safety valves and indicators of a free society. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 19 June 2019",
      "Both stars are enthusiastic farceurs , which almost but not quite gets you past the essential stupidity/criminality of the setup. \u2014 Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com , 3 May 2018",
      "Vulgar, old-fashioned, and paralytically funny, performed by a big cast of expert farceurs . \u2014 Philly.com , 17 Sep. 2017",
      "The work has been seen before (the cast was different but the reviews were mixed), and its author reportedly is revising extensively for Broadway with the help of his highly experienced farceur -director, Jerry Zaks. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 7 Sep. 2017",
      "Big, vulgar, a little old-fashioned, and paralytically funny, with expert farceurs galore. \u2014 Philly.com , 22 Oct. 2017",
      "Reviewing an early Georges Feydeau comedy, a droll critic predicted that this master farceur would go mad and end his days in an asylum. \u2014 Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Middle French, from farcer to joke, from Old French, from farce":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1781, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113411"
  },
  "father right":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": descent and inheritance in the male line":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113707"
  },
  "fair-weather":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": loyal only during a time of success":[
        "a fair-weather friend"
      ],
      ": suitable for or done during fair weather":[
        "a fair-weather sail"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fer-\u02ccwe-t\u035fh\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1653, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113932"
  },
  "face guard":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114404"
  },
  "fault-line valley":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a valley that follows a fault line":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114437"
  },
  "fatty liver":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Diagnosed with fatty liver disease in June 2019 a worried Bruehl began skipping breakfast \u2013 except for coffee \u2013 to cut down on calories and lost a little weight. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
      "Many patients have medical problems related to severe obesity, including diabetes, fatty liver disease, hypertension, polycystic ovary syndrome, sleep apnea and painful arthritic joints. \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "My blood pressure back to healthy levels, no more random bouts of falling over and no sign of fatty liver disease! \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "The analysis, which compared data from more than 800 participants two years before and after Maria, also found that more than twice as many participants reported eye disease, fatty liver disease and osteoporosis following the hurricane. \u2014 Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "Talking about diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease, can be addressed more effectively. \u2014 Alejandra Reyes-velarde Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "The study, which included 494,585 U.K. Biobank participants over 10.7 years, also found that coffee drinkers are 21% less likely to develop CLD and 20% less likely to develop CLD or fatty liver disease. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2021",
      "Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is most common in people who are overweight, have diabetes, high cholesterol or high triglycerides. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 22 June 2021",
      "Risk factors for liver disease include drinking alcohol, obesity, diabetes, smoking, hepatitis B and C infections, and having nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which is the buildup of extra fat in liver cells that is not caused by alcohol. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 21 June 2021"
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        "\u2014 Isabel Jones"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In a situation like that, your real eyes are focusing just fine \u2014 the issue is, your view of the world is naturally a little farsighted . \u2014 Chris Velazco, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
      "Sadly, one looks in vain for such farsighted and resolute leaders in Western capitals today. \u2014 WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "One way to limit pollution is to put a price on it, a point not lost on at least one farsighted industry executive. \u2014 Andrew Cockburn, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "These insights enable companies to make farsighted assessments, giving them a strong foundation in their markets. \u2014 Jon Miller, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "And her farsighted concept for popular entertainment \u2014 coupled with how the industry should produce that entertainment \u2014 is an ethos the rest of Hollywood is still catching up to today. \u2014 Kate Aurthur, Variety , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "Mazor, a farsighted tech genius in his career, stepped back in time when designing his Ashland residence. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Oct. 2021",
      "From our vantage, this may sound very farsighted and bold. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "From our vantage, this may sound very farsighted and bold. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021"
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      "1559, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 1895 map also revealed something curious: The rear precincts of one downtown faubourg had, for the first time, dipped slightly below sea level. \u2014 Richard Campanella, The Atlantic , 6 Feb. 2018",
      "This avenue marked the lower limit of the Marigny Plantation and of the original faubourg , despite that current perception places the neighborhood\u2019s lower border at Press Street. \u2014 Richard Campanella, NOLA.com , 23 Jan. 2018",
      "That same year, residents of Jefferson Parish's lowermost faubourgs incorporated themselves as Lafayette, which enabled them to govern their own affairs. \u2014 Richard Campanella, NOLA.com , 11 July 2017",
      "This same plantation-to- faubourg process would occur all around New Orleans for decades to come. \u2014 Richard Campanella, NOLA.com , 12 June 2017"
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      "Middle English fabour , from Middle French fauxbourg , alteration of forsbourg , from Old French forsborc , from fors outside + borc town \u2014 more at bourg":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The migration reminds her of the late Eighties and early Nineties \u2014 after the FCC fairness doctrine was repealed. \u2014 Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "The real disaster in the United States was the abandonment of the fairness doctrine in the Reagan era. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
      "The fairness doctrine went out the window and there are consequences. \u2014 Oliver Staley, Quartz , 27 Mar. 2021",
      "Limbaugh replaced him and was soon developing his ad-lib style \u2014 but one constrained by the Federal Communications Commission's fairness doctrine . \u2014 Star Tribune , 17 Feb. 2021",
      "In 1949, the Federal Communications Commission established the fairness doctrine , which interpreted operating in the public interest to require broadcasters to cover major public-policy debates and present multiple points of view. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Oct. 2020",
      "Under the fairness doctrine , a dozen or so minor party candidates would have been entitled to participate in the debates. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 24 Apr. 2020",
      "The 1987 repeal of the fairness doctrine means television and radio broadcasters are no longer required to air conflicting views on significant public issues; balance is mostly self-policed. \u2014 Isaac Stanley-becker, The Seattle Times , 8 Jan. 2019",
      "And after liberal radio hosts flopped on Air America -- remember them -- well, some democrats thought to revive the fairness doctrine to snuff out conservative talk radio. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Aug. 2018"
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      "Hindi fawjd\u0101r , from Persian, from Arabic fawj host, troop + Persian -d\u0101r holder":""
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