{
  "Cincinnatus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Lucius Quinctius born circa 519 b.c. Roman general and statesman":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsin(t)-s\u0259-\u02c8na-t\u0259s",
      "-\u02c8n\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131652",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Cinclus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of oscine birds (family Cinclidae) consisting of the dippers":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek kinklos , a kind of bird":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8si\u014bkl\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040808",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Cinco de Mayo":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Mexican and Mexican-American celebration held on May 5 in commemoration of the Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1931, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, fifth of May":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsi\u014b-k\u014d-d\u0259-\u02c8m\u012b-\u014d",
      "\u02ccs\u0113\u014b-k\u014d-t\u035fh\u0101-\u02c8m\u00e4-y\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051740",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Cinderella":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one resembling the fairy-tale Cinderella: such as":[],
      ": one suddenly lifted from obscurity to honor or significance":[],
      ": one suffering undeserved neglect":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a company that is the Cinderella of the computer industry",
      "The team is the Cinderella of the tournament."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1840, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "after Cinderella , fairy-tale heroine who is used as a drudge by her stepmother but ends up married to a prince":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsin-d\u0259-\u02c8re-l\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133553",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cinch":{
    "antonyms":[
      "assure",
      "ensure",
      "guarantee",
      "guaranty",
      "ice",
      "insure",
      "secure"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a certainty to happen":[
        "it's a cinch he'll break the record"
      ],
      ": a strap that holds a saddle on a horse":[],
      ": a thing done with ease":[
        "Getting reelected would be a cinch for him."
      ],
      ": a tight grip":[],
      ": to fasten (something, such as a belt or strap) tightly":[
        "He cinched his belt tight."
      ],
      ": to make certain : assure":[
        "the goal that cinched the victory"
      ],
      ": to put a cinch on":[
        "cinch a horse"
      ],
      ": to tighten the cinch":[
        "\u2014 often used with up cinched up before mounting his horse"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "This recipe is a cinch .",
      "This dish is a cinch to make.",
      "Verb",
      "The coat is cinched at the waist.",
      "The rider cinched the saddle.",
      "The candidate cinched the nomination by winning the major primary elections.",
      "The home run cinched the victory.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The keychain is a cinch for connecting to backpacks, belt loops or of course, keys. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022",
      "Our top performers air fried food to a crispy texture with a moist interior and were a cinch to use with large, easy-to-read controls that barely required the owner\u2019s manual. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 12 May 2022",
      "One of the lightest, most effective methods is cinch \u2013able elastic shock cords woven across the back panel. \u2014 Peter Koch, Outside Online , 10 May 2020",
      "Switching things up should be a cinch with travel dresses. \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
      "Don\u2019t make the mistake of thinking that all above-ground pools are a cinch to take care of in comparison to an in-ground pool. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 9 May 2022",
      "With the Yankees\u2019 domineering bullpen, the rest of the game was a cinch . \u2014 Matthew Roberson, Hartford Courant , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Taking a piece down a few sizes will be a cinch in the right hands and, depending on the cut of the dress and its historical value, Kaizer would cast an even wider net. \u2014 Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Plus, carrying the tote bag is a cinch thanks to the 9-inch drop shoulder handle and the adjustable crossbody strap. \u2014 Brittany Vanderbill, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Klay Thompson has been busy with more than helping the Warriors cinch the NBA championship. \u2014 Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
      "Her matching skirt was made of the same holographic, metallic material and featured a sporty wrap-skort tie detailing to cinch the mini at her waist. \u2014 Seventeen , 14 June 2022",
      "On Tuesday, Hamm will compete to place among the top two candidates in California, and Audrey Trujillo, who is running unopposed in New Mexico, will cinch her GOP nomination. \u2014 Alexandra Berzon, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
      "The relaxed-fit jacket features a drawcord to cinch your waist and add shape to the look. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "It's designed with a deep V-neck, a ribbon that can be used to cinch the dress at your waist, and it's finished off with a back zipper closure. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
      "Over time, the strap may naturally stretch, prompting you to cinch it tighter and tighter around your waist. \u2014 Rebecca Carhart, Travel + Leisure , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "His group, Bandit, created a product that can cinch the waist of shorts or pants to help people achieve the perfect fit. \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "This go-to gesture of peace and accord, used to cinch deals, bless the start of high-level meetings, and congratulate victors has been a mainstay of the Western World for well over 2,000 years. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1866, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish cincha , from Latin cingula girdle, girth, from cingere \u2014 more at cincture":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sinch"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "breeze",
      "cake",
      "cakewalk",
      "child's play",
      "cream puff",
      "duck soup",
      "kid stuff",
      "picnic",
      "pushover",
      "roses",
      "snap"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075516",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "cinct":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": engirdled":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English cincte , from Latin cinctus":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8si\u014b(k)t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221454",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "cincture":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an encircling area":[],
      ": the act of encircling":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "wrapped a cincture around the dress as a stylish accessory",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Other designers have followed suit, as well: For Spring 2018 Men\u2019s, Prada used the hyper-functional cincture for a double-belt styling moment. \u2014 Alexandra Gurvitch, Vogue , 21 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin cinctura girdle, from cinctus , past participle of cingere to gird; probably akin to Sanskrit k\u0101\u00f1c\u012b girdle":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8si\u014b(k)-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "belt",
      "ceinture",
      "cummerbund",
      "cumberbund",
      "girdle",
      "sash",
      "self-belt"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194517",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cinder":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fragment of ash":[],
      ": a fragment of lava from an erupting volcano":[],
      ": a hot coal without flame":[],
      ": a partly burned coal capable of further burning without flame":[],
      ": a partly burned combustible in which fire is extinct":[],
      ": ashes":[],
      ": the slag from a metal furnace : dross":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Cinders from the campfire floated through the air.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After being vaccinated, the migrants were instructed to sit outside cinder -block cells that can each hold dozens of adults. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 19 May 2022",
      "Outside a small two-story home, Russian soldiers had constructed a makeshift checkpoint from pallets, cinder blocks, and empty ammunition boxes. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
      "Now, Lincoln Street has a handful of homes, the low-slung cinder -block town hall, two churches and just one storefront, Bates Barbecue. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "On a recent afternoon, Soares and two other pastors drove through the narrow alleys of the sprawling Complexo do Alemao slum, winding past cinder -block homes riddled with bullet holes. \u2014 Ana Ionova, Los Angeles Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "More than 65,000 people are estimated to live in Los Laureles Canyon, an unpermitted neighborhood of pink, orange and teal homes, many of which are built out of garage doors and cinder blocks. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "The park was formed, in part, by nearby cinder cones that erupted from around 1.4 million years ago to as recently as 27,000 years ago, according to the park\u2019s website. \u2014 Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "There is one oak whose trunk has grown around cinder blocks. \u2014 Imani Perry, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Baghdadi\u2019s dramatic end occurred just 15 miles from the three-story cinder -block house in the farming community of Atma, Syria, that became Qurayshi\u2019s headquarters and final residence. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English sinder , from Old English; akin to Old High German sintar dross, slag, Serbian & Croatian sedra calcium carbonate":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sin-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113230",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cinder block":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hollow rectangular building block made of cement and coal cinders":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Along narrow lanes, one- and two-story houses lie half-hidden behind cinder block walls. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
      "Chain-link fences have been replaced with cinder block walls. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
      "In a quiet suburb of Bamako, Ami Walet Idrissa and Bintou Walet Abdou, both 22, chatted in Ami\u2019s house, its rough cinder block walls heating in the sun. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Onstage the rigging crew bangs pipes, drills into cinder block , and catches clanking chains descending from the rafters. \u2014 Chloe Malle, Vogue , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "According to Neal, the two had broken through cinder block , climbed into a pipe chase and knocked a hole through concrete on the back wall to exit the jail. \u2014 Lori Dunn, Arkansas Online , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "But their presence was not enough to deter the late-night raid on the house last week in Syria\u2019s northern Idlib province, a three-floor cinder block building surrounded by olive trees. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Ukrainian soldiers run alongside the civilians to help them and then return to take cover behind a cinder block wall. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "Greene hopes to draw a window into the world of the prison \u2013 into lives lived surrounded by cinder block walls \u2013 by highlighting the work being done to transcend those walls. \u2014 courant.com , 28 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1922, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094308",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cinder concrete":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": portland-cement concrete in which clean well-burned coal cinders are used as coarse aggregate":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025808",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cinder cone":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent \u2014 see volcano illustration":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The monument, which occupies 3,040 acres and is surrounded by Coconino National Forest, is centered around a cinder cone that is the youngest volcano of the largest volcanic field in the contiguous United States. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Lava Butte, a cinder cone formed by a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago that is now home to a ranger observation post and offers sweeping views of the forest and a first-hand reminder of the geologic history of the region. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The terrain is exceedingly flat, punctuated only by the intermittent dry arroyo, rocky hill or volcanic cinder cone . \u2014 Matt Stirn, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "My earliest memory of skiing deep powder, at age five or six, was on the cinder cone at Bachelor, which had no lift. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "At the base of the cinder cone was a crown of low evergreens. \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "When a cinder cone erupts, the ground shakes as magma rises. \u2014 CNN , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Hike to the top of a cinder cone , walk along a historic ranch road to see tree molds and lava flows from 1868, or bike through scenic pastures for some of the best panoramic views of the area. \u2014 Catherine Toth Fox, Outside Online , 9 Mar. 2020",
      "It\u2019s made from material found on the Pu\u2019u Nene cinder cone volcano in Hawaii. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1849, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172148",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cinder dick":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a railroad police officer or special agent":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071119",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cine":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": motion picture":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "How many millennial cine -memoirs does the world need",
      "Keep an eye out for the museum\u2019s special events, such as cine -concerts, where silent films are paired with live music. \u2014 Christina Liao, Vogue , 21 Aug. 2017",
      "This July marks the two-year anniversary of Filmfront, a cine club and artists\u2019 studio in Pilsen. \u2014 Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader , 30 June 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1920, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from French cin\u00e9 , short for cin\u00e9ma cinema":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8si-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125237",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cineast":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "WIRED: Selection and recommendations for the Sundance-savvy cineast . \u2014 Wired Staff, WIRED , 1 May 2004"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1926, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French cin\u00e9aste , from cin\u00e9 + -aste (as in enthousiaste enthusiast)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-n\u0113-\u0259st",
      "\u02c8si-n\u0113-\u02ccast"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225415",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cinedance":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dance composition or performance especially devised for motion-picture photography":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "cine- + dance":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194348",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cinefluorogram":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a motion picture produced by cinefluorography":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "cine- + fluorogram":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6sin\u0259\u0307+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165027",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cinema":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a motion-picture theater":[],
      ": motion picture":[
        "\u2014 usually used attributively"
      ],
      ": the art or technique of making motion pictures":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a student of French cinema",
      "We drove by the cinema to see what was playing.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Longtime Castro Theatre organ player David Hegarty got a scare earlier this year, when Another Planet Entertainment took over operations of the 100-year-old cinema and the future seemed unclear. \u2014 Total Sf Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 June 2022",
      "At the cinema , Pete's Pops will occupy a mid-century ticket booth walk-up stand at 334 E. Silver Spring Drive, the company announced Tuesday. \u2014 Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
      "Its vision of the cinema as a living incarnation of a crucial historical moment is, itself, historic. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 10 June 2022",
      "The cinema this year is slowly turning into Harry's (Second) House. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Film lovers feared that the cinema would become the latest victim of business pressures from the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "In the 12-person cinema , red Porsche leather armchairs are mirrored in the leather ceiling panels. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 20 May 2022",
      "The panorama also suggests an awareness of sequential photography and even the newly popular cinema . \u2014 William C. Agee, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Does the cinema have room for two art-house donkey movies in its repertoire"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "short for cinematograph":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8si-n\u0259-m\u0259",
      "British also -\u02ccm\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "big screen",
      "film",
      "filmdom",
      "filmland",
      "filmmaking",
      "movie",
      "moviemaking",
      "pictures",
      "screen",
      "silver screen"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224600",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cinemagoer":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": moviegoer":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Doctor Sleep Inexplicably shunned by cinemagoers , director Mike Flanagan\u2019s movie is both a handsome sequel to Kubrick\u2019s The Shining and very much own its own deliciously weird thing. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 23 Dec. 2019",
      "Richard Stanley\u2018s new horror film, the Nicolas Cage-starring Color Out of Space, is currently warping the minds of cinemagoers around the country. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 28 Jan. 2020",
      "Further evidence that the taste of cinemagoers is changing comes when Wan and Whannell recombine and score a hit with the ghost tale Insidious, released April 1. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 29 Jan. 2020",
      "That movie reunited the stars of the previous movie \u2014 Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, \u2014 while also introducing cinemagoers to Dwayne Johnson, who made his movie debut as The Scorpion King. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 24 July 2019",
      "The opening of the controversial movie was accompanied by false bomb threats to theaters and evacuations of cinemagoers . \u2014 Nick Holdsworth, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Oct. 2017",
      "A cinemagoer can't ask for much more than that, and over and over Demme delivered. \u2014 Corey Atad, Esquire , 26 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1913, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8si-n\u0259-m\u0259-\u02ccg\u014d-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235445",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cinematheque":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small movie house specializing in avant-garde films":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Fullerton Avenue cinematheque managed to weather an approximate 50 percent drop in revenue during the worst of the 2020 pandemic closures. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2020",
      "While at boarding school Tavernier eagerly gobbled up films at small cinematheques with names like the California, the Florida, the Far West. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 6 July 2017",
      "Why clutter your shelves with special editions of last year\u2019s blockbusters when a whole mobile cinematheque is a few clicks and swipes away"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1965, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French cin\u00e9math\u00e8que film library, from cin\u00e9ma + -th\u00e8que (as in biblioth\u00e8que library)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsi-n\u0259-m\u0259-\u02c8tek"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013607",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "cinematic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": filmed and presented as a motion picture":[
        "cinematic fantasies",
        "a cinematic adaptation of a novel"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, suggestive of, or suitable for motion pictures or the filming of motion pictures":[
        "cinematic principles and techniques",
        "cinematic special effects"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a director who has produced some great cinematic moments",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One of the silver linings of the pandemic shows was talking about the writing staff more as part of the show\u2019s cinematic universe. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 22 June 2022",
      "The Suicide Squad, which left the door wide open for more adventures in DC\u2019s cinematic universe for Robbie. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 14 June 2022",
      "The scene where Hanna and McCauley disclose their own stringent ideologies over a cup of coffee is the first sequence in cinematic history where the two iconic actors share the screen together. \u2014 Antonio Ferme, Variety , 18 June 2022",
      "The original story, structured more like a single cinematic act than an entire film, has been expanded to include more information about both the imprisoned man, Jeff, and his fellow inmates. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 18 June 2022",
      "Looking for visual thrills, Kosinski wastes the enormous cinematic potential of both of the story\u2019s important drugs: a love potion and Darkenfloxx\u2122. \u2014 Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Led by Patton Oswalt\u2019s superb voice work as Remy, the unlikeliest chef in France, Bird\u2019s gorgeous animation and moving sentiment serve up the perfect recipe of cinematic comfort food. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 17 June 2022",
      "Beaming, Luhrmann welcomed them all to the stage one by one before the 159-minute cinematic extravaganza began. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
      "To withstand this much scrutiny, an actor needs uncommon cinematic facial beauty, expressiveness and delicacy. \u2014 Rhonda Garelick, New York Times , 16 June 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "see cinema":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084837",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
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      "-\u012b\u02c8z-",
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      "-\u02ccmat-"
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      "noun"
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      ": to make a motion picture of (something, such as a novel) : adapt for motion pictures":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And a generation of modern viewers, their inner lives cinematized from childhood on, knows it. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 16 May 2017"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1914, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8si-n\u0259-m\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211916",
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      "verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a motion-picture camera, projector, theater, or show":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The hucksters who made a living projecting the cinematograph on a sheet in 1905, in Rivington Street, went west and became known as Mayer, Goldwyn, Laemmle, Warner, and Fox. \u2014 David Mamet, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Institut Lumi\u00e8re Film lovers won\u2019t want to miss out on Institut Lumi\u00e8re, a museum that pays homage to brothers Auguste and Louis Lumi\u00e8re, the inventors of the cinematograph . \u2014 Christina Liao, Vogue , 21 Aug. 2017"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "French cin\u00e9matographe , from Greek kin\u0113mat-, kin\u0113ma movement (from kinein to move) + French -o- + -graphe -graph \u2014 more at -kinesis":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsi-n\u0259-\u02c8ma-t\u0259-\u02ccgraf",
      "\u02ccsin-\u0259-\u02c8mat-\u0259-\u02ccgraf"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a specialist in cinematography":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The man is in his late 20s and works as a cinematographer . \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "The first camera assistant is the local\u2019s first Black president and only the third who is not a cinematographer . \u2014 Anousha Sakouistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
      "The tragic fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins prompted the film industry and public policymakers to reexamine safety procedures on productions involving firearms. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "That aside, there's beauty aplenty in how director and regular cinematographer Daria D'Antonio shoot their hometown. \u2014 Thomas Page, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Both legislators have been clear that their legislation was motivated by the Oct. 21 shooting on a New Mexico set that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead. \u2014 Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
      "The movie marks the directorial debut of Zhang, who is also a cinematographer . \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Actor and producer Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm that killed a cinematographer on a movie set outside Santa Fe, N.M., authorities said. \u2014 Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a movie set and killed the cinematographer , authorities said. \u2014 Walter Berry, chicagotribune.com , 22 Oct. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsi-n\u0259-m\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-gr\u0259-f\u0259r"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214317",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": the art or science of motion-picture photography":[]
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      "The film's cinematography is breathtaking.",
      "Who did the cinematography for this film",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the video itself picked up only one competitive trophy, for cinematography . \u2014 Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Lighthill is the discipline chair for cinematography at the American Film Institute Conservatory, and his credits include TV dramas Vietnam War Story, Earth 2, and Nash Bridges. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
      "In a spoiler conversation with THR, Barbaro also recounted the days on set when Cruise gave her cinematography and storytelling lessons. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022",
      "Our cinematography is very much alive, full of significant stories that take greater risks and explore exciting new perspectives. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Cruise, who famously enjoys doing his own stunts, supposedly trained his castmates in the requisite skills of aerial cinematography . \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
      "Two areas where much more work needs to be done are the fields of cinematography \u2014 just 7 percent of European TV cinematographers between 2015 and 2020 were women \u2014 and music composition, where only 5 percent of working professionals are female. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 May 2022",
      "It's also nominated for cinematography , costume design, and production design. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Nominated for: Picture, cinematography , costume design, production design. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 24 Mar. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccsi-n\u0259-m\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-gr\u0259-f\u0113",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120344",
    "type":[
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      "adverb",
      "noun"
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      "noun"
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      ": any of a genus ( Potentilla ) of herbs and shrubs of the rose family usually having 5-lobed leaves and 5-petaled flowers":[],
      ": a design enclosed by five joined foils":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8si\u014bk-\u02ccf\u022fi(-\u0259)l",
      "\u02c8sa\u014bk-"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are many different types of weeds that can spoil a lush, green lawn: crabgrass, dandelions, white clover, quack grass, wood sorrel, bindweed, broad-leaf plantain, cinquefoil and creeping charley to name a few. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 19 Apr. 2019",
      "DeBolt recently drove through Stanley and found an array of meadow flowers in bloom, including wyethia (aka mule\u2019s ears), elephant heads, penstemon, cinquefoil , buckwheat and scarlet gilia. \u2014 Anna Webb, idahostatesman , 10 July 2017"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English sink foil , from Anglo-French cincfoille , from Latin quinquefolium , from quinque five + folium leaf \u2014 more at blade":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174726"
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      "adjective"
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      ": made like a cinquefoil : made with a cinquefoil or cinquefoils":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175438"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a 16th century dance with steps regulated by the number five probably related to the galliard":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of earlier cinquepas , from Middle French cinq pas , from cinq five + pas dance step, pace":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231718"
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      "geographical name"
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    "definitions":{
      "group of seaports in southeastern England in Kent and Sussex":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234221"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a heavy broad-bladed medieval dagger":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-d\u0101\u0259",
      "\u02ccchi\u014bkw\u0259\u0307\u02c8d\u0113\u0259"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian, from cinque five (from Latin quinque ) + Italian dialect dea fingers; akin to Italian dita , plural of dito finger, from Latin digitus":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004526"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a red grape widely grown in southern France and often used in blends and for making dry ros\u00e9s":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8san-\u02ccs\u014d"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French, earlier Cinsaut, Cinq-Saou , borrowed from Occitan of Languedoc (H\u00e9rault, Gard) cinsau, sinsau , of obscure origin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1945, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040816"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a large fern ( Osmunda cinnamomea ) with cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds shorter than and separate from the green foliage fronds":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1818, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065013"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the 16th century especially in Italian art and literature":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "I am immersed in quattro- and cinquecento painting \u2014 more than ever! \u2014 Randy Kennedy, New York Times , 31 Jan. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian, literally, five hundred, from cinque five (from Latin quinque ) + cento hundred, from Latin centum \u2014 more at hundred":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1760, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083733"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an anatomical band or encircling ridge":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8si\u014b-gy\u0259-l\u0259m"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin, girdle, from cingere to gird \u2014 more at cincture":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1845, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091725"
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  "cinquecentist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1871, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005041"
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  "cinnabar":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": artificial red mercuric sulfide used especially as a pigment":[],
      ": a red mineral consisting of native mercuric sulfide HgS that is the only important ore of mercury":[],
      ": a deep vivid red":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8sin-\u0259-\u02ccb\u00e4r",
      "\u02c8si-n\u0259-\u02ccb\u00e4r"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "During the period studied, cinnabar was used to decorate megalithic chambers, figurines and the bodies of the dead. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Some scholars posit that people intentionally ingested cinnabar as a drug during religious ceremonies, but this hypothesis remains unproven. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "At the time of the discovery, researchers identified the red pigment as the mineral cinnabar , which was used for its bright red color across many cultures. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Medieval painters used a variety of pigments, some of which were quite toxic ( cinnabar , orpiment, and lead white in particular). \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Now a Unesco World Heritage Site, Almad\u00e9n\u2019s cinnabar trove was first exploited during the Neolithic period, around 7,000 years ago, reports Yasemin Saplakoglu for Live Science. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Shorn of ornament and minimally furnished, the fortresslike vacation home is all jutting red sandstone angles and expanses of glass, opening onto the cinnabar -hued landscape. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "Back then the Silverado Trail was a wagon route from the cinnabar mines to the docks of San Pablo Bay. \u2014 Jill Barth, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
      "But blush prevailed again during the Renaissance, with concoctions of cochineal, sandalwood, or cinnabar mixed with grease or wax. \u2014 Linda Wells, Town & Country , 16 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English cynabare , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French sinopre , from Latin cinnabaris , from Greek kinnabari , of non-Indo-European origin; akin to Arabic zinjafr cinnabar":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012956"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": change ringing on 11 bells that are treated as 5 pairs, the tenor bell added after each change":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "\u02c8si\u014bk"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English cink , from Middle French cinq , from Latin quinque":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022059"
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