{ "Abitur":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an examination that students in Germany are required to pass in order to be eligible to attend a university":[ "Women take a different route to underemployment. Their problem is not education: they make up a majority of those who pass the Abitur as well as of university students.", "\u2014 The Economist , 11 Mar. 2010" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1908, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from German, borrowed from Latin abit\u016brus \"about to depart, one who is going to depart,\" future participle of ab\u012bre \"to go off, depart, pass on\"":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u00e4-bi-\u02c8tu\u0307r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175115", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "abidance":{ "antonyms":[ "breach", "contravention", "infraction", "infringement", "nonobservance", "transgression", "trespass", "violation" ], "definitions":{ ": an act or state of abiding : continuance":[], ": compliance":[ "abidance by the rules" ] }, "examples":[ "the FDA requires strict abidance by food manufacturers of its definitions for certain terms used on product labels", "the reassuring abidance of their friendship through times both good and bad", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Given the developing nature of the industry, brands should continually evaluate their technology to ensure continued compliance, future abidance by regulations and that their tools fit with their brand\u2019s goals and mission. \u2014 Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone , 29 Oct. 2021", "For now, many are highlighting success in other countries, and the glimmers of hope emerging in places like Washington state, where new infections are still occurring, but not as rapidly as before, thanks to widespread abidance to distancing. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Mar. 2020", "Unlike Samsung, South Korea\u2019s largest chaebol, which has been mired in scandal, LG oozes reliability and law abidance . \u2014 The Economist , 2 Jan. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "abide + -ance":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u0259-\u02c8b\u012b-d\u1d4an(t)s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "adherence", "compliance", "conformance", "conformity", "keeping", "obedience", "observance", "observation" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033605", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "abide":{ "antonyms":[ "bail", "bail out", "bug out", "buzz (off)", "clear off", "clear out", "cut out", "depart", "exit", "get off", "go", "go off", "leave", "move", "pack (up ", "peel off", "pike (out ", "pull out", "push off", "push on", "quit", "shove (off)", "take off", "vamoose", "walk out" ], "definitions":{ ": to accept without objection":[ "will abide your decision" ], ": to accept without objection : to acquiesce in":[ "will abide by your decision" ], ": to bear patiently : tolerate":[ "cannot abide such bigots" ], ": to conform to":[ "abide by the rules" ], ": to continue in a place : sojourn":[ "will abide in the house of the Lord" ], ": to endure without yielding : withstand":[ "abide the onrush of the enemy" ], ": to remain stable or fixed in a state":[ "a love that abided with him all his days" ], ": to wait for : await":[ "I will abide the coming of my lord.", "\u2014 Alfred Tennyson" ] }, "examples":[ "Now his anger had poisoned all relationships, no one could be put in the two empty beds in the room, and not even his long-suffering sister could abide him in her house. \u2014 Peter Pouncey , Rules for Old Men Waiting , 2005", "A former party functionary, Yeltsin replaced Communist ideology with a supremely simplified vision of democracy, which boiled down to two tenets: He could not abide Communists, and he supported freedom of the press. \u2014 Masha Gessen , New Republic , 5 June 2000", "abide in the house of the Lord", "a love that abided till the end of their lives", "Recent Examples on the Web", "However, holders must abide by immigration and overstay rules. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 24 June 2022", "The European Union didn\u2019t abide , and decided to cut off 90% of Russian gas imports instead. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 17 June 2022", "When in doubt, abide by the mantra of doing nothing. \u2014 Rotem Gantz, Forbes , 9 June 2022", "Rhode Islanders didn\u2019t abide such a taking of their public property. \u2014 Sean Lyness, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022", "Its people rose up against the apartheid government in the 1950s and won a homeland, Transkei, that did not abide by the most oppressive strictures of White rule. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022", "Many of those people have expressed outrage that Mr. Johnson and his colleagues, who imposed those rules, did not abide by them. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022", "The three delegates say the maps don\u2019t abide by Maryland constitutional guidelines. \u2014 Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun , 22 Mar. 2022", "Ahead of the Rome talks, Sullivan said the U.S. wouldn't abide China or any other country helping Russia work around economy-jarring sanctions inflicted by the U.S. and other allies in response to the invasion. \u2014 Aamer Madhani, ajc , 19 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English abiden , going back to Old English ab\u012bdan , from a- , perfective prefix + b\u012bdan \"to bide, wait\"; a- (also \u0101-, \u01e3- under stress in nominal derivatives) akin to Old Frisian a- , perfective prefix, Old Saxon \u0101-, \u014d- (unstressed a- ) and probably to Old English or- \"outward, extreme, lacking (in nominal compounds),\" Old Frisian & Old Saxon ur-, or- , Old High German ar-, ir-, er- unstressed inchoative verb prefix, ur \"out of, away from,\" Old Norse \u016br-, \u00f6r- , \"out of, from,\" \u00f8r- , privative prefix, Gothic us- \"out of,\" us- , privative and perfective prefix; if from pre-Germanic *ud-s- akin to Old English \u016bt \"out\" \u2014 more at out entry 1 , bide":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u0259-\u02c8b\u012bd" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for abide bear , suffer , endure , abide , tolerate , stand mean to put up with something trying or painful. bear usually implies the power to sustain without flinching or breaking. forced to bear a tragic loss suffer often suggests acceptance or passivity rather than courage or patience in bearing. suffering many insults endure implies continuing firm or resolute through trials and difficulties. endured years of rejection abide suggests acceptance without resistance or protest. cannot abide their rudeness tolerate suggests overcoming or successfully controlling an impulse to resist, avoid, or resent something injurious or distasteful. refused to tolerate such treatment stand emphasizes even more strongly the ability to bear without discomposure or flinching. unable to stand teasing continue , last , endure , abide , persist mean to exist over a period of time or indefinitely. continue applies to a process going on without ending. the search for peace will continue last , especially when unqualified, may stress existing beyond what is normal or expected. buy shoes that will last endure adds an implication of resisting destructive forces or agencies. in spite of everything, her faith endured abide implies stable and constant existing especially as opposed to mutability. a love that abides through 40 years of marriage persist suggests outlasting the normal or appointed time and often connotes obstinacy or doggedness. the sense of guilt persisted", "synonyms":[ "dwell", "hang around", "remain", "stay", "stick around", "tarry" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122105", "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "abiding":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": continuing for a long time : enduring":[ "an abiding interest in nature" ] }, "examples":[ "I have an abiding interest in animal welfare\u2014it's not just a phase I'm going through.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "There's family tragedy, struggle with drugs and deep poverty, but there's also children with a plucky spirit, adults who grapple for purchase against all odds and an abiding love that will stay with you for a long time. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022", "The memoir imparts an abiding sense of the gravity of these acts\u2014of raising, tending, and killing animals; of planting, nurturing, and harvesting vegetables\u2014that lends an almost sacred quality to Gaydos\u2019s prose. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022", "More than a century after American forces landed, the United States remains an abiding feature of Haitian politics. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022", "Carson wanted not just to entertain but also to impart an abiding sense of interconnectedness. \u2014 Anelise Chen, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022", "Who among us doesn\u2019t harbor an abiding love for Nicolas Cage", "That is a potent charge in a country with an abiding fear of Russia. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Oct. 2021", "James Vick ran a hugely successful seed business in Rochester, New York, in the mid-nineteenth century driven by an abiding love of flowers, and the desire to spread that love. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 July 2021", "Yet my efforts were untethered to anything deep or abiding . \u2014 Kyle Meyaard-schaap, CNN , 30 Apr. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English abydynge , from present participle of abiden \"to abide \"":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u0259-\u02c8b\u012b-di\u014b" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "ageless", "continuing", "dateless", "enduring", "eternal", "everlasting", "immortal", "imperishable", "lasting", "ongoing", "perennial", "perpetual", "timeless", "undying" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203731", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "ability":{ "antonyms":[ "disability", "inability", "incapability", "incapableness", "incapacity", "incompetence", "incompetency", "ineptitude", "ineptness" ], "definitions":{ ": capacity, fitness, or tendency to act or be acted on in a (specified) way":[ "agglutin ability" ], ": competence in doing something : skill":[ "artistic abilities" ], ": natural aptitude or acquired proficiency":[ "students with different abilities" ] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "a young woman with many remarkable musical abilities", "a young woman of great musical ability", "She has shown some ability with foreign languages.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Antibody levels are one measure of immune response, and often used as a rough indication of a variant's ability cause reinfection or breakthrough infection. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 27 June 2022", "Curtis\u2019s view of the Foley stage is blocked by a vast computer monitor, an intentional obstruction: seeing how a sound is created would spoil his ability to evaluate its accuracy and effectiveness. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022", "Each new pursuit has brought new satisfaction and a new ability to make an impact. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 26 June 2022", "Bryan has a Garth Brooks-type ability to turn a simple relatable rhyme and singable melody into gold, down to earth and poetic. \u2014 Journal Sentinel , 26 June 2022", "Every hero has a new passive ability in Overwatch 2 based on their role. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 24 June 2022", "Three floors below at the hospital, 15-year-old Anastasia Pryhoda describes a vastly different experience, and a precocious ability to cope. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 June 2022", "Without them, Ukrainian forces have a limited ability to retreat to Lysychansk, which sits on higher ground. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022", "Such a step, the administration said, would reduce the addictiveness of certain tobacco products and give addicted users a greater ability to quit, as well as help prevent young people from becoming regular smokers. \u2014 Laurie Mcginley, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English -ablete, -abilite, -iblete, -ibilite , borrowed from Anglo-French -ablet\u00e9, -abilit\u00e9, -iblet\u00e9, -ibilit\u00e9 , borrowed from Latin -abilit\u0101s, -ibilit\u0101s , from -abilis, -ibilis -able + -t\u0101s -ty":"Noun suffix", "Middle English ablete, abilite, habilite \"suitability, proficiency, ability,\" borrowed from Anglo-French abilit\u00e9 , borrowed from Latin habilit\u0101t-, habilit\u0101s \"aptitude,\" from habilis \"easy to handle, adaptable, fit\" + -t\u0101t-, -t\u0101s -ty \u2014 more at able":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "capability", "capableness", "capacity", "competence", "competency", "faculty" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093158", "type":[ "noun", "noun suffix" ] }, "abiuret":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": not giving the biuret reaction":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1908, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "a- entry 2 + biuret":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)\u0101\u00a6b\u012by\u0259\u02ccret" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101112", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "abir":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a perfumed red powder used at the Holi festival":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u0259\u02c8bi(\u0259)r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from Hindi ab\u012br (Urdu \u02bdab\u012br ) \"mixture of perfumes compounded with saffron,\" borrowed from Persian \u02bdab\u012br \"perfume mixture,\" borrowed from Arabic, \"fragrance, perfume\"":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1799, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163308" }, "Abip\u00f3n":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an American Indian people resident in the Argentine Chaco in the eighteenth century":[], ": a member of such people":[], ": the Guaicuruan language of the Abipones":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ab\u0259\u02ccp\u00e4n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Spanish abip\u00f3n and New Latin Abipones (plural), borrowed from Abip\u00f3n (18th-century orthography) aoipon , a self-designation":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1717, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185120" }, "Abitibi":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "lake in Canada on Ontario\u2013Quebec border area 356 square miles (926 square kilometers)":[], "river 230 miles (368 kilometers) long in eastern Ontario, Canada, flowing north into the Moose River":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cca-b\u0259-\u02c8ti-b\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234254" }, "abiotic":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": not biotic : abiological":[ "the abiotic environment" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u0101-(\u02cc)bi-\u02c8\u00e4t-ik", "\u02cc\u0101-(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8\u00e4-tik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "But subsequent studies showed the putative microfossils could have easily been produced by several other entirely abiotic routes. \u2014 Natalie Elliot, Scientific American , 23 Nov. 2021", "Another was a sample from the Murchison meteorite, a bolide rich in organic (but abiotic ) carbon compounds that fell to Earth in 1969. \u2014 Natalie Elliot, Scientific American , 23 Nov. 2021", "Furthermore, the curved and bent filaments seem to rule out any abiotic look-alikes. \u2014 Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American , 24 Sep. 2021", "Importantly, however, these elemental proportions change in accordance with cell size, allowing for an additional check on any curiously consistent but possibly abiotic chemical ratios on another world. \u2014 Natalie Elliot, Scientific American , 16 July 2021", "The trouble is that many simple biosignatures can be produced both by living things and through abiotic geochemical processes. \u2014 Natalie Elliot, Scientific American , 16 July 2021", "Right here on our own planet, structures suggested to be of organismal origins are often later shown to have abiotic provenance. \u2014 Robin George Andrews, Scientific American , 6 Aug. 2021", "Some of these abiotic pathways would not only produce an excess of oxygen, but would also render a planet totally lifeless. \u2014 Lee Billings, Scientific American , 22 Feb. 2017", "Wheat, rice, corn, barley, rye and oats are some of the grasses that can be self-pollinated but also utilize biotic and abiotic (wind) pollinators. \u2014 Jodi Bay, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Mar. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "a- entry 2 + biotic":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1870, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023728" }, "abigail":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a lady's personal maid":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8a-b\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Abigail , servant in The Scornful Lady , a play by Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1616, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065708" }, "abioseston":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the nonliving constituents of seston : tripton":[ "Since many organisms discriminate between particles only on the basis of size, they may also ingest considerable quantities of suspended inorganic particles, or abioseston .", "\u2014 J. H. R. Gee, in Fundamentals of Aquatic Ecology , 1991" ], "\u2014 compare bioseston":[ "Since many organisms discriminate between particles only on the basis of size, they may also ingest considerable quantities of suspended inorganic particles, or abioseston .", "\u2014 J. H. R. Gee, in Fundamentals of Aquatic Ecology , 1991" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6\u0101-\u02ccb\u012b-\u014d-\u00a6se-\u02ccst\u00e4n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from German Abioseston , from a- a- entry 2 + bio- bio- + Seston seston":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1963, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121822" }, "abietic acid":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a colorless crystalline tricyclic acid C 19 H 29 COOH with two double bonds that constitutes the major component of rosin, that is formed from certain other resin acids by heat and acid treatment, and that is used chiefly in making esters for plasticizers":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6ab\u0113\u00a6etik-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from French ( acide ) abi\u00e9tique , from abiet- (borrowed from Latin abiet- , abi\u0113s \"silver fir\") + -ique -ic entry 1":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1826, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134708" }, "abiological":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u0101-\u02ccb\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-ji-k\u0259l", "\u02cc\u0101-\u02ccb\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4j-i-k\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "a- entry 2 + biological":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1868, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192024" } }