{
  "Owen":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Robert 1771\u20131858 Welsh social reformer":[],
      "Wilfred 1893\u20131918 British poet":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u014d-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182942",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Owen Falls":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "former waterfall in the Nile River north of Lake Victoria, Uganda":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u014d-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125448",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "owe":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": possess , own":[],
      ": to be attributable":[
        "an idea that owes to Greek philosophy"
      ],
      ": to be in debt":[
        "owes for his house"
      ],
      ": to be indebted for":[
        "owed his wealth to his father",
        "owes much to good luck"
      ],
      ": to be indebted to":[
        "owes the grocer for supplies"
      ],
      ": to be under obligation to pay or repay in return for something received : be indebted in the sum of":[
        "owes me $5"
      ],
      ": to be under obligation to render (something, such as duty or service)":[
        "I owe you a favor.",
        "A lawyer owes her client legal advice."
      ],
      ": to have a responsibility to do something to satisfy an obligation or duty":[
        "owes it to voters to explain his reasons",
        "I owed it to her to give her this opportunity",
        "\u2014 Colin MacIness"
      ],
      ": to have or bear (an emotion or attitude) to someone or something":[
        "owes the boss a grudge",
        "owes his friend an apology",
        "They owe allegiance to their country.",
        "Children owe their parents respect."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We owe no income tax.",
      "I owe the bank a lot of money.",
      "Additional payments are owed on the mortgage.",
      "I still owe on the car.",
      "I owe you a drink.",
      "I owe you my thanks.",
      "She still owes me for all the times I've helped her out.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The suit alleges that many people didn\u2019t actually owe the money and that others were eligible for waivers but the department didn\u2019t tell them so. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
      "More than a million home buyers are waiting for unfinished apartments, and the company may owe money to just as many construction workers and painters, landscapers and employees. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "Doing so would increase the chances that Beckham is claimed because his new team would owe much less money, likely only a veteran minimum salary. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "What does the government owe them \u2014 and the thousands of other living victims",
      "Not only are lower-income individuals more likely to have their returns audited and to owe additional taxes as a result of those audits, but collection of deficiencies from lower-income taxpayers also occurs at a significantly higher rate. \u2014 The Insider, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "But scores of those who came under scrutiny in 2018 continue to owe disproportionately high fines. \u2014 Lisa Rein, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
      "Millennials were also more likely than other age groups to owe more in credit card debt than what\u2019s in their savings. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "The Constitution -- which conservatives have always claimed to owe allegiance to -- is under attack. \u2014 Yaffa Fredrick, CNN , 8 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3b":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, to possess, own, owe, from Old English \u0101gan ; akin to Old High German eigun (1st & 3rd plural present indicative) possess, Sanskrit \u012b\u015be he possesses":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072016",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "owe (someone) one":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181604",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "owe a debt of gratitude/thanks to":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to have a good reason to be very grateful to (someone)":[
        "The whole town owes a debt of gratitude to the people who organized the parade."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192316",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "owe it to":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to have a duty to (someone to do something)":[
        "We owe it to the veterans to build a memorial."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225002",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "owe it to oneself":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to deserve (to do something enjoyable)":[
        "You owe it to yourself to have some fun."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041142",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "owed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": possess , own":[],
      ": to be attributable":[
        "an idea that owes to Greek philosophy"
      ],
      ": to be in debt":[
        "owes for his house"
      ],
      ": to be indebted for":[
        "owed his wealth to his father",
        "owes much to good luck"
      ],
      ": to be indebted to":[
        "owes the grocer for supplies"
      ],
      ": to be under obligation to pay or repay in return for something received : be indebted in the sum of":[
        "owes me $5"
      ],
      ": to be under obligation to render (something, such as duty or service)":[
        "I owe you a favor.",
        "A lawyer owes her client legal advice."
      ],
      ": to have a responsibility to do something to satisfy an obligation or duty":[
        "owes it to voters to explain his reasons",
        "I owed it to her to give her this opportunity",
        "\u2014 Colin MacIness"
      ],
      ": to have or bear (an emotion or attitude) to someone or something":[
        "owes the boss a grudge",
        "owes his friend an apology",
        "They owe allegiance to their country.",
        "Children owe their parents respect."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We owe no income tax.",
      "I owe the bank a lot of money.",
      "Additional payments are owed on the mortgage.",
      "I still owe on the car.",
      "I owe you a drink.",
      "I owe you my thanks.",
      "She still owes me for all the times I've helped her out.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The suit alleges that many people didn\u2019t actually owe the money and that others were eligible for waivers but the department didn\u2019t tell them so. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
      "More than a million home buyers are waiting for unfinished apartments, and the company may owe money to just as many construction workers and painters, landscapers and employees. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "Doing so would increase the chances that Beckham is claimed because his new team would owe much less money, likely only a veteran minimum salary. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "What does the government owe them \u2014 and the thousands of other living victims",
      "Not only are lower-income individuals more likely to have their returns audited and to owe additional taxes as a result of those audits, but collection of deficiencies from lower-income taxpayers also occurs at a significantly higher rate. \u2014 The Insider, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "But scores of those who came under scrutiny in 2018 continue to owe disproportionately high fines. \u2014 Lisa Rein, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
      "Millennials were also more likely than other age groups to owe more in credit card debt than what\u2019s in their savings. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "The Constitution -- which conservatives have always claimed to owe allegiance to -- is under attack. \u2014 Yaffa Fredrick, CNN , 8 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3b":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, to possess, own, owe, from Old English \u0101gan ; akin to Old High German eigun (1st & 3rd plural present indicative) possess, Sanskrit \u012b\u015be he possesses":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202742",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "owerance":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": mastery , control":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ower + -ance":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u014d(\u0259)r\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133456",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}