{
  "zenith":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bottom",
      "nadir",
      "rock bottom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": culminating point : acme":[
        "at the zenith of his powers",
        "\u2014 John Buchan"
      ],
      ": the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body":[],
      ": the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer \u2014 see azimuth illustration":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "at the zenith of her career as a dancer",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The loyalty between Calvi and Stokes reached perhaps its zenith this past Sunday against Arkansas State. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 13 May 2022",
      "International trade as a percentage of world gross domestic product peaked in 2008 and shows no signs of recovering its zenith , according to the World Bank. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "There\u2019s a sense that the sneaker space has reached some kind of zenith where everything is a collab and companies build hype around launches practically daily. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Not even President Lyndon Johnson, during liberalism\u2019s Great Society zenith , could find the votes to repeal Taft-Hartley. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "The Last Waltz, Martin Scorcese's 1978 documentary, captures the group at its zenith , according to the Arkansas Encyclopedia. \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
      "With America's appetite for Korean culture at a zenith and the golf apparel market growing rapidly, JDX sees a growth opportunity for its fairway fashions. \u2014 Justin Birnbaum, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Executive producer Shaffer, who\u2019s worked on every season of the series with David, says that mosaic style of storytelling gets pushed to its zenith in Season 11. \u2014 Scott Huver, Variety , 23 Oct. 2021",
      "Both reached their zenith around the turn of the century, but in recent years their box office powers waned. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English cenyth, senyth , from Middle French cenit , from Medieval Latin, from Old Spanish zenit , modification of Arabic samt ( al-ra's ) way (over one's head)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-nith",
      "\u02c8z\u0113-n\u0259th",
      "Canadian also and British usually \u02c8ze-n\u0259th"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "acme",
      "apex",
      "apogee",
      "capstone",
      "climax",
      "crescendo",
      "crest",
      "crown",
      "culmination",
      "head",
      "height",
      "high noon",
      "high-water mark",
      "meridian",
      "ne plus ultra",
      "noon",
      "noontime",
      "peak",
      "pinnacle",
      "sum",
      "summit",
      "tip-top",
      "top"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085104",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "zener diode":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a silicon semiconductor device used especially as a voltage regulator":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8z\u0113-n\u0259r-",
      "\u02c8ze-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Clarence M. Zener \u20201993 American physicist":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1952, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181531"
  },
  "Zener cards":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a set of 25 cards that consists of 5 cards of each of 5 kinds bearing a circle, a rectangle, a cross, wavy lines, or a star and that is used in research in extrasensory perception":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8z\u0113n\u0259(r)-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "after Karl E. Zener \u20201964 American psychologist":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050300"
  },
  "Zenger":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "John Peter 1697\u20131746 American (German-born) journalist and printer":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0259r",
      "\u02c8ze\u014b-g\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-050847"
  }
}