{
  "ode":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a lyric poem usually marked by exaltation of feeling and style, varying length of line, and complexity of stanza forms":[
        "Keats's ode \"To a Nightingale\""
      ],
      ": something that shows respect for or celebrates the worth or influence of another : homage":[
        "The museum would be an ode to visual storytelling, drawn from the director's collection of film ephemera and fine art.",
        "\u2014 Chanan Tigay",
        "The recipe is an ode to my homeland, Vietnam, and I'd like to share it with my new friends in America.",
        "\u2014 Gourmet"
      ],
      ": way : path":[
        "electr ode"
      ],
      ": electrode":[
        "di ode"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u014dd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "This poem is titled, \u201cAn Ode to My Mother.\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The author discusses The High Sierra, his ode to the California mountain range that has inspired so much of his work. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 20 June 2022",
      "This duet with Stevie Wonder \u2013 a first for McCartney with another major artist \u2013 is much maligned because of its simplified ode to racial harmony. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "All in all, the four-day long celebration was a show of British pride, but truly an ode to an icon who is just so well-loved. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 6 June 2022",
      "The sweet courtship between Davis and her husband, actor Julius Tennon, also makes for a breath of fresh air, as does Davis\u2019s ode to her daughter, Genesis, whom the couple adopted in 2011. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The bake incorporated coconut white chocolate ganache and mango coulis as an ode to her Asian heritage, in which the flavors are widely celebrated. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Her modern takes on Grace Kelly-esque gowns have become a thing of fashion folklore (that periwinkle Valentino ode to Judy Garland!), and the BAFTAs 2022 were no exception. \u2014 Alice Newbold, Vogue , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "That\u2019s why Brandon Maxwell\u2019s emotional ode to his grandmother, now suffering from Alzheimer\u2019s, seemed like such an on-point metaphor. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "As a first-generation Palestinian and born-and-raised Californian, the menu is both an ode to her upbringing and heritage, as well as, a means of paying homage to the diversity that this area is known for. \u2014 Chelsea Davis, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin, from Greek \u014did\u0113 , literally, song, from aeidein, aidein to sing; akin to Greek aud\u0113 voice":"Noun",
      "Greek -odos , from hodos":"Noun combining form"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050945"
  }
}