{ "coe":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a small hut or shack over a mine shaft":[], ": to infest with coe":[], "cab-over-engine":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Dutch kooi , literally, cage, from Middle Dutch c\u014die, coie , from Latin cavea cage, den, cave, from cavus hollow":"Noun", "Middle English cothe , from Old English cothu":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\"", "\u02c8k\u014d", "\u02c8k\u022f" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101356", "type":[ "abbreviation", "noun", "transitive verb" ] }, "coeff":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "coefficient":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115718", "type":[ "abbreviation" ] }, "coefficient":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic (as of a substance, device, or process)":[ "coefficient of expansion of a metal" ], ": measure":[] }, "examples":[ "5 is the coefficient of y in the term 5 y .", "the metal's coefficient of expansion", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The track falls under a new rule that sets a separate coefficient to tracks whose stream counts on a particular platform deviate significantly from the average balance of the overall market due to measures promoted by said streaming service. \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 31 May 2022", "As Mercedes continues to fine-tune the production model, engineers are not yet ready to offer a curb weight, coefficient of drag, or range figure. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 19 Apr. 2022", "These efforts lower the coefficient of drag from the 0.31 clocked by the GLB 250 4Matic to 0.28. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 15 Apr. 2022", "The Air has several interesting aerodynamic elements\u2014from a slight curvature to the underside of its battery pack to the passages through the hood\u2014that aid both its impressively low 0.21 coefficient of drag as well as high-speed stability. \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 24 Mar. 2022", "Developing a respectable 148 hp, the 2000 GT has a top speed of 137 mph, thanks in part to only a 0.28 coefficient of drag. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 7 Feb. 2022", "In fact, the Air Dream Edition shares the title of the world\u2019s most slippery production car, equal to the Mercedes-Benz EQS with a mere .20 coefficient of drag. \u2014 Nicolas Stecher, Robb Report , 19 Feb. 2022", "The effect was very small, with a coefficient of 0.03 indication that VO2 max was 16 times better at predicting performance. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 5 Feb. 2022", "The biggest predictor, not surprisingly, was VO2 max, which had a coefficient of 0.48. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 5 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1715, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin coefficient-, coefficiens , from Latin co- + efficient-, efficiens efficient":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cck\u014d-\u0259-\u02c8fish-\u0259nt", "\u02cck\u014d-\u0259-\u02c8fi-sh\u0259nt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110925", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "coenozygote":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the product of fusion of two coenogametes":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "coen- + zygote":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130512", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "coenzyme":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a thermostable nonprotein compound that forms the active portion of an enzyme system after combination with an apoenzyme":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Similarly, low levels of coenzyme Q10 in the blood seems to make dementia more likely, but actually giving people CoQ10 did not lead to benefit. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 31 Mar. 2022", "Pr\u00e9cieux face oil, which includes prickly pear, marula and baobab, as well as bakuchiol, white lupin and coenzyme Q10 for firming and soothing. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2021", "For a super hydrating serum that doubles as a light moisturizer, Holifrog\u2019s Galilee Antioxidant Dewy Drop contains aloe vera juice and a trio of emollient oils as well as antioxidant ingredients such as coenzyme Q10, squalane and green tea extract. \u2014 Kerstin Czarra, New York Times , 8 Oct. 2020", "One such protein was methyl- coenzyme M reductase, which is involved in transforming carbon dioxide into methane. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 June 2015", "Basis by Elysium Health, for example, is a supplement that's shown to increase NAD+ levels, a critical coenzyme in every cell in our bodies. \u2014 Markham Heid, Good Housekeeping , 6 Aug. 2018", "Another way to combat aging is to flood the body with the the coenzyme NAD+, which helps to keep cell function running smoothly. \u2014 Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics , 4 Nov. 2017", "Just some of the things NAD+ helps with: DNA HEALTH Our bodies have built-in processes for fixing DNA errors, and these systems need the do-it-all coenzyme in order to work. \u2014 Good Housekeeping , 12 June 2018", "Bentley still takes five supplements a day: a multivitamin to prevent dry eyes, magnesium to prevent cramps while exercising, red yeast rice to prevent diabetes, coenzyme Q10 for overall health and vitamin D based on her doctor's recommendation. \u2014 Liz Szabo, CNN , 13 Apr. 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "1947, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02c8en-\u02ccz\u012bm", "(\u02c8)k\u014d-\u02c8en-\u02ccz\u012bm" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122512", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "coenzyme R":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": biotin":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130751", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "coequal":{ "antonyms":[ "different", "disparate", "dissimilar", "distant", "distinct", "distinctive", "distinguishable", "diverse", "nonidentical", "other", "unalike", "unlike" ], "definitions":{ ": equal with one another":[ "coequal branches of government" ] }, "examples":[ "in my mind illegally downloading a music file is coequal to stealing a CD from a store", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Other provisions would intrude into states\u2019 efforts to ensure the integrity of elections\u2014such a fundamental aspect of sovereignty that erasing it extinguishes states\u2019 status as coequal sovereigns. \u2014 David B. Rivkin Jr. And Jason Snead, WSJ , 3 June 2021", "The Supreme Court sits atop one of three coequal branches of the federal government. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 27 Jan. 2022", "What Taeuber-Arp saw was that abstract forms could serve as coequal elements in a single creative system. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Nov. 2021", "Together, the two episodes on either side of the Capitol call into question two basic principles of the American system -- the capacity of a separate coequal branch of government to constrain the presidency and the right to suffrage. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 21 Oct. 2021", "The revelations set off outrage among Democrats in Congress, who accused the Trump administration of targeting its political opponents and violating the separation of powers that governs relations between coequal branches of government. \u2014 Byron Tau, WSJ , 11 June 2021", "Hawpe also led the scorched-earth legislative coverage that turned the General Assembly, once a political doormat, into an independent, coequal branch of government. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 19 July 2021", "All but one of the 67 House Democrats have joined a lawsuit, filed late last month, challenging Abbott\u2019s authority to wipe out funding for a coequal , separate branch of state government. \u2014 Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News , 6 July 2021", "This is a long-standing problem of a coequal branch of government being ignored. \u2014 Heather Brandon-smith And Diana Ohlbaum, CNN , 22 June 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02c8\u0113-kw\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "duplicate", "equal", "even", "identical", "indistinguishable", "same" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112651", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "coequality":{ "antonyms":[ "different", "disparate", "dissimilar", "distant", "distinct", "distinctive", "distinguishable", "diverse", "nonidentical", "other", "unalike", "unlike" ], "definitions":{ ": equal with one another":[ "coequal branches of government" ] }, "examples":[ "in my mind illegally downloading a music file is coequal to stealing a CD from a store", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Other provisions would intrude into states\u2019 efforts to ensure the integrity of elections\u2014such a fundamental aspect of sovereignty that erasing it extinguishes states\u2019 status as coequal sovereigns. \u2014 David B. Rivkin Jr. And Jason Snead, WSJ , 3 June 2021", "The Supreme Court sits atop one of three coequal branches of the federal government. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 27 Jan. 2022", "What Taeuber-Arp saw was that abstract forms could serve as coequal elements in a single creative system. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Nov. 2021", "Together, the two episodes on either side of the Capitol call into question two basic principles of the American system -- the capacity of a separate coequal branch of government to constrain the presidency and the right to suffrage. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 21 Oct. 2021", "The revelations set off outrage among Democrats in Congress, who accused the Trump administration of targeting its political opponents and violating the separation of powers that governs relations between coequal branches of government. \u2014 Byron Tau, WSJ , 11 June 2021", "Hawpe also led the scorched-earth legislative coverage that turned the General Assembly, once a political doormat, into an independent, coequal branch of government. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 19 July 2021", "All but one of the 67 House Democrats have joined a lawsuit, filed late last month, challenging Abbott\u2019s authority to wipe out funding for a coequal , separate branch of state government. \u2014 Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News , 6 July 2021", "This is a long-standing problem of a coequal branch of government being ignored. \u2014 Heather Brandon-smith And Diana Ohlbaum, CNN , 22 June 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02c8\u0113-kw\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "duplicate", "equal", "even", "identical", "indistinguishable", "same" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104546", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "coerce":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to achieve by force or threat":[ "coerce compliance", "coerce obedience" ], ": to compel to an act or choice":[ "was coerced into agreeing", "abusers who coerce their victims into silence" ], ": to restrain or dominate by force":[ "religion in the past has tried to coerce the irreligious", "\u2014 W. R. Inge" ] }, "examples":[ "A confession was coerced from the suspect by police.", "was coerced into signing the document", "Recent Examples on the Web", "But for immigrant workers, that reprisal can be even more perilous, with employers potentially using the threat of deportation to coerce silence. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022", "The Committee has a firm legal obligation to negotiate this matter directly with Trump and his attorneys before attempting to coerce and bully me into cooperating with its highly partisan effort. \u2014 Ryan Nobles, Paula Reid And Annie Grayer, CNN , 2 Mar. 2022", "Most recently, Utah became one of two states to prohibit cops from lying to children to coerce a confession. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022", "Threads and money to coerce kids into sending him nude photographs. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 20 Apr. 2022", "Some commentators believe Putin wants to take the south and east of the country as a way to coerce Ukraine into perhaps making concessions in peace talks, or to gain control of its arms industry and prevent its access to the Black and Azov Seas. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022", "Toward the end of the first half, Jalen Wilson, a Jayhawk forward, missed two layups, but got his own rebound each time and was able to coerce the ball through the hoop. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022", "That requires either laying siege to cities to coerce a population to surrender, which can take months or even years, or using overwhelming force\u2014including air power and heavy artillery\u2014to achieve a similar result faster. \u2014 Lionel Beehner And John Spencer, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022", "But such efforts can also be used to influence and coerce others into embracing the regime\u2019s policies \u2014 or at least pretend to, said Hale, who specializes in Russian and Ukrainian politics. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English coarcen, coercen , borrowed from Anglo-French *cohercer , borrowed (with conjugation change) from Latin coerc\u0113re \"to confine, shut up, restrict, restrain,\" from co- co- + arc\u0113re \"to hold in, prevent from approaching, keep away\" \u2014 more at ark":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u014d-\u02c8\u0259rs" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for coerce force , compel , coerce , constrain , oblige mean to make someone or something yield. force is the general term and implies the overcoming of resistance by the exertion of strength, power, or duress. forced to flee for their lives compel typically suggests overcoming of resistance or unwillingness by an irresistible force. compelled to admit my mistake coerce suggests overcoming resistance or unwillingness by actual or threatened violence or pressure. coerced into signing over the rights constrain suggests the effect of a force or circumstance that limits freedom of action or choice. constrained by conscience oblige implies the constraint of necessity, law, or duty. felt obliged to go", "synonyms":[ "blackjack", "compel", "constrain", "dragoon", "drive", "force", "impel", "impress", "make", "muscle", "obligate", "oblige", "press", "pressure", "sandbag" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163034", "type":[ "adjective", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "coerced":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to achieve by force or threat":[ "coerce compliance", "coerce obedience" ], ": to compel to an act or choice":[ "was coerced into agreeing", "abusers who coerce their victims into silence" ], ": to restrain or dominate by force":[ "religion in the past has tried to coerce the irreligious", "\u2014 W. R. Inge" ] }, "examples":[ "A confession was coerced from the suspect by police.", "was coerced into signing the document", "Recent Examples on the Web", "But for immigrant workers, that reprisal can be even more perilous, with employers potentially using the threat of deportation to coerce silence. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022", "The Committee has a firm legal obligation to negotiate this matter directly with Trump and his attorneys before attempting to coerce and bully me into cooperating with its highly partisan effort. \u2014 Ryan Nobles, Paula Reid And Annie Grayer, CNN , 2 Mar. 2022", "Most recently, Utah became one of two states to prohibit cops from lying to children to coerce a confession. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022", "Threads and money to coerce kids into sending him nude photographs. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 20 Apr. 2022", "Some commentators believe Putin wants to take the south and east of the country as a way to coerce Ukraine into perhaps making concessions in peace talks, or to gain control of its arms industry and prevent its access to the Black and Azov Seas. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022", "Toward the end of the first half, Jalen Wilson, a Jayhawk forward, missed two layups, but got his own rebound each time and was able to coerce the ball through the hoop. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022", "That requires either laying siege to cities to coerce a population to surrender, which can take months or even years, or using overwhelming force\u2014including air power and heavy artillery\u2014to achieve a similar result faster. \u2014 Lionel Beehner And John Spencer, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022", "But such efforts can also be used to influence and coerce others into embracing the regime\u2019s policies \u2014 or at least pretend to, said Hale, who specializes in Russian and Ukrainian politics. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English coarcen, coercen , borrowed from Anglo-French *cohercer , borrowed (with conjugation change) from Latin coerc\u0113re \"to confine, shut up, restrict, restrain,\" from co- co- + arc\u0113re \"to hold in, prevent from approaching, keep away\" \u2014 more at ark":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u014d-\u02c8\u0259rs" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for coerce force , compel , coerce , constrain , oblige mean to make someone or something yield. force is the general term and implies the overcoming of resistance by the exertion of strength, power, or duress. forced to flee for their lives compel typically suggests overcoming of resistance or unwillingness by an irresistible force. compelled to admit my mistake coerce suggests overcoming resistance or unwillingness by actual or threatened violence or pressure. coerced into signing over the rights constrain suggests the effect of a force or circumstance that limits freedom of action or choice. constrained by conscience oblige implies the constraint of necessity, law, or duty. felt obliged to go", "synonyms":[ "blackjack", "compel", "constrain", "dragoon", "drive", "force", "impel", "impress", "make", "muscle", "obligate", "oblige", "press", "pressure", "sandbag" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055555", "type":[ "adjective", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "coercion":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the act, process, or power of coercing":[ "They used coercion to obtain the confession." ] }, "examples":[ "a promise obtained by coercion is never binding", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Abroad, its lax policies toward Russia\u2019s Nord Stream 2 left Europe even more vulnerable to Mr. Putin\u2019s natural-gas coercion . \u2014 Claudia Tenney, WSJ , 11 May 2022", "Gul sees this kind of coercion and the double standards around women\u2019s sexuality as a struggle faced by women around the world. \u2014 Seemab Gul, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022", "The Geneva Conventions are explicit in that no form of coercion can be used to extract a confession of guilt - and there is no evidence to suggest that Shishimarin was forced into confessing. \u2014 Robert Goldman, The Conversation , 23 May 2022", "Portland police arrived and arrested a 20-year-old man, Bill Glenn Fomonyuy, at 8:39 a.m. Monday on allegations of coercion , luring a minor and public indecency. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Apr. 2022", "Amid images of fleeing children shot dead, cultural boycott is less an act of coercion than of conscience. \u2014 Suzanne Nossel, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022", "And unlike China, whose government enforced a draconian one-child policy, India has achieved this largely without coercion . \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021", "Indeed, as Beijing and other big cities in China struggle to uphold Chinese leader Xi Jinping\u2019s zero-COVID-19 policy, authorities are using a combination of persuasion, coercion , and appeals for self-sacrifice to bring about public compliance. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 May 2022", "She was accused of using personal relationships, coercion , and retaliation as tools in her judgeship. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 28 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English cohercion , borrowed from Anglo-French cohercioun , borrowed from Late Latin coercti\u014dn-, coercti\u014d , by-form of Latin coerciti\u014dn-, coerciti\u014d , from coerci- , variant stem of coerc\u0113re \"to coerce \" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d , suffix of verbal action":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u014d-\u02c8\u0259r-zh\u0259n, -sh\u0259n", "-sh\u0259n", "k\u014d-\u02c8\u0259r-zh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "arm-twisting", "compulsion", "constraint", "duress", "force", "pressure" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110747", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "coercive force":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the opposing magnetic intensity that must be applied to a magnetized material to remove the residual magnetism":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "But their promise of community masks a whole other layer of control \u2014 an organizing, siphoning, coercive force with its own private purposes. \u2014 Carina Chocano, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2018", "More broadly, libertarians fail to grapple with the reality that, for most individuals in an advanced society, the most coercive force in day-to-day life isn\u2019t the state, but the boss. \u2014 Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer , 8 Feb. 2018", "But by turning the state\u2019s secret and coercive forces actively outward, the Bolsheviks invented something new under the sun for Russia. \u2014 Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian , 29 Sep. 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "1827, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121937", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "coetaneous":{ "antonyms":[ "asynchronous", "noncontemporary", "nonsimultaneous", "nonsynchronous" ], "definitions":{ ": coeval":[] }, "examples":[ "the Spanish founding of San Francisco and the British colonies' declaration of independence from the mother country were coetaneous events that occurred on opposite ends of the continent" ], "first_known_use":{ "1608, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin coaetaneus , from co- + aetas age \u2014 more at age":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cck\u014d-\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "coeval", "coexistent", "coexisting", "coextensive", "coincident", "coincidental", "concurrent", "contemporaneous", "contemporary", "coterminous", "simultaneous", "synchronic", "synchronous" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074732", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "coeval":{ "antonyms":[ "asynchronous", "noncontemporary", "nonsimultaneous", "nonsynchronous" ], "definitions":{ ": of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration":[] }, "examples":[ "two stars thought to be coeval because they have nearly the same mass and brightness", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Her letters to Bradley demonstrate that the idea was coeval with her wish to be a poet and her discovery of romantic feeling for girls, and that it was fully formed as early as her adolescence. \u2014 Langdon Hammer, The New York Review of Books , 25 Feb. 2020", "Tribalism and clannishness are coeval with human social life. \u2014 Stephen Holmes, The New York Review of Books , 17 Jan. 2019" ], "first_known_use":{ "1645, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin coaevus , from co- + aevum age, lifetime \u2014 more at aye":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u014d-\u02c8\u0113-v\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for coeval contemporary , contemporaneous , coeval , synchronous , simultaneous , coincident mean existing or occurring at the same time. contemporary is likely to apply to people and what relates to them. Abraham Lincoln was contemporary with Charles Darwin contemporaneous is more often applied to events than to people. contemporaneous accounts of the kidnapping coeval refers usually to periods, ages, eras, eons. two stars thought to be coeval synchronous implies exact correspondence in time and especially in periodic intervals. synchronous timepieces simultaneous implies correspondence in a moment of time. the two shots were simultaneous coincident is applied to events and may be used in order to avoid implication of causal relationship. the end of World War II was coincident with a great vintage year", "synonyms":[ "coetaneous", "coexistent", "coexisting", "coextensive", "coincident", "coincidental", "concurrent", "contemporaneous", "contemporary", "coterminous", "simultaneous", "synchronic", "synchronous" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192421", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "coexist":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to exist together or at the same time":[], ": to live in peace with each other especially as a matter of policy":[] }, "examples":[ "The species coexist in the same environment.", "Can the two countries peacefully coexist ", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In March, the Biden administration unveiled a plan to help Americans coexist with the coronavirus as safely as possible. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022", "Broden sought to create a place where vegans and meat-eaters could coexist , and where customers could learn about healthy foods. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022", "In one of Arizona's most famous small towns, where cowboys and hippies coexist , official pride celebrations have returned to Bisbee after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions. \u2014 Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022", "The technology invokes the sensation that worshippers coexist in a non-physical, parallel reality with the Buddhist deity. \u2014 Byhyerim Lee, ABC News , 15 June 2022", "Whether the two can coexist without one impacting the effectiveness of the other is one of the many billion-dollar metaverse questions waiting for an answer. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 June 2022", "Toward the end, Salka and Arnaldur get into an argument that explores whether the political and the personal can coexist . \u2014 Jane Smiley, Washington Post , 6 June 2022", "In a world that didn't necessarily need another Smash Bros. clone, the devs at Player First Games have seemingly cracked the code\u2014and made something that could neatly coexist with Nintendo's massive hit, if not surpass it. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 19 May 2022", "And yet their true stories of the war differed immensely, which, to me, only illustrates how many different historical (and even physical) realities can coexist at once. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cck\u014d-ig-\u02c8zist" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "accompany", "attend", "co-occur", "coincide", "concur", "synchronize" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215416", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "coexistence":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to exist together or at the same time":[], ": to live in peace with each other especially as a matter of policy":[] }, "examples":[ "The species coexist in the same environment.", "Can the two countries peacefully coexist ", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In March, the Biden administration unveiled a plan to help Americans coexist with the coronavirus as safely as possible. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022", "Broden sought to create a place where vegans and meat-eaters could coexist , and where customers could learn about healthy foods. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022", "In one of Arizona's most famous small towns, where cowboys and hippies coexist , official pride celebrations have returned to Bisbee after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions. \u2014 Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022", "The technology invokes the sensation that worshippers coexist in a non-physical, parallel reality with the Buddhist deity. \u2014 Byhyerim Lee, ABC News , 15 June 2022", "Whether the two can coexist without one impacting the effectiveness of the other is one of the many billion-dollar metaverse questions waiting for an answer. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 June 2022", "Toward the end, Salka and Arnaldur get into an argument that explores whether the political and the personal can coexist . \u2014 Jane Smiley, Washington Post , 6 June 2022", "In a world that didn't necessarily need another Smash Bros. clone, the devs at Player First Games have seemingly cracked the code\u2014and made something that could neatly coexist with Nintendo's massive hit, if not surpass it. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 19 May 2022", "And yet their true stories of the war differed immensely, which, to me, only illustrates how many different historical (and even physical) realities can coexist at once. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cck\u014d-ig-\u02c8zist" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "accompany", "attend", "co-occur", "coincide", "concur", "synchronize" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030745", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "coexistent":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to exist together or at the same time":[], ": to live in peace with each other especially as a matter of policy":[] }, "examples":[ "The species coexist in the same environment.", "Can the two countries peacefully coexist ", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In March, the Biden administration unveiled a plan to help Americans coexist with the coronavirus as safely as possible. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022", "Broden sought to create a place where vegans and meat-eaters could coexist , and where customers could learn about healthy foods. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022", "In one of Arizona's most famous small towns, where cowboys and hippies coexist , official pride celebrations have returned to Bisbee after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions. \u2014 Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022", "The technology invokes the sensation that worshippers coexist in a non-physical, parallel reality with the Buddhist deity. \u2014 Byhyerim Lee, ABC News , 15 June 2022", "Whether the two can coexist without one impacting the effectiveness of the other is one of the many billion-dollar metaverse questions waiting for an answer. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 June 2022", "Toward the end, Salka and Arnaldur get into an argument that explores whether the political and the personal can coexist . \u2014 Jane Smiley, Washington Post , 6 June 2022", "In a world that didn't necessarily need another Smash Bros. clone, the devs at Player First Games have seemingly cracked the code\u2014and made something that could neatly coexist with Nintendo's massive hit, if not surpass it. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 19 May 2022", "And yet their true stories of the war differed immensely, which, to me, only illustrates how many different historical (and even physical) realities can coexist at once. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cck\u014d-ig-\u02c8zist" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "accompany", "attend", "co-occur", "coincide", "concur", "synchronize" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200507", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "coexisting":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to exist together or at the same time":[], ": to live in peace with each other especially as a matter of policy":[] }, "examples":[ "The species coexist in the same environment.", "Can the two countries peacefully coexist ", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In March, the Biden administration unveiled a plan to help Americans coexist with the coronavirus as safely as possible. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022", "Broden sought to create a place where vegans and meat-eaters could coexist , and where customers could learn about healthy foods. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022", "In one of Arizona's most famous small towns, where cowboys and hippies coexist , official pride celebrations have returned to Bisbee after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions. \u2014 Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic , 18 June 2022", "The technology invokes the sensation that worshippers coexist in a non-physical, parallel reality with the Buddhist deity. \u2014 Byhyerim Lee, ABC News , 15 June 2022", "Whether the two can coexist without one impacting the effectiveness of the other is one of the many billion-dollar metaverse questions waiting for an answer. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 June 2022", "Toward the end, Salka and Arnaldur get into an argument that explores whether the political and the personal can coexist . \u2014 Jane Smiley, Washington Post , 6 June 2022", "In a world that didn't necessarily need another Smash Bros. clone, the devs at Player First Games have seemingly cracked the code\u2014and made something that could neatly coexist with Nintendo's massive hit, if not surpass it. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 19 May 2022", "And yet their true stories of the war differed immensely, which, to me, only illustrates how many different historical (and even physical) realities can coexist at once. \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cck\u014d-ig-\u02c8zist" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "accompany", "attend", "co-occur", "coincide", "concur", "synchronize" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-120836", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "coextensive":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": having the same spatial or temporal scope or boundaries":[] }, "examples":[ "South Dakota's Todd County is coextensive with the Rosebud Sioux Reservation.", "the golden age of Dutch culture was roughly coextensive with the Netherlands' reign as a world power", "Recent Examples on the Web", "How can its digital platforms become coextensive with its in-person programming, without losing the uniqueness of each", "The comparison with Lauren Bacall suggests a connection between kinds of beauty, or suggests, rather, that there\u2019s always and only one beauty, which is coextensive with the life of God. \u2014 Christian Wiman, Harper's magazine , 20 Jan. 2020", "In a few decades the internet has swallowed the record, and become coextensive with it. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, WIRED , 20 Aug. 2019", "These bonds always threaten to become chains for Baldwin, and lineage seems coextensive with numbing repetition. \u2014 Ismail Muhammad, Slate Magazine , 15 Feb. 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "1679, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cck\u014d-ik-\u02c8sten(t)-siv" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "coincident", "coinciding", "conterminous", "coterminous" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044852", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "coefficient of viscosity":{ "type":[ "noun", "noun phrase" ], "definitions":{ ": viscosity sense 2b":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1866, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143130" }, "coercivity":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the property of a material determined by the value of the coercive force when the material has been magnetized to saturation":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cck\u014d-\u02cc\u0259r-\u02c8si-v\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "These manufacturing techniques allow Toyota to lose 20 to 50 percent of the neodymium necessary to make a NdFeB magnet without losing performance or coercivity . \u2014 Megan Geuss, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2018", "Performance of the new magnet (in terms of coercivity ) is slightly better at the top of its operating-temperature spread\u2014above about 270 degrees Fahrenheit\u2014which is right where and when peak performance in an electric vehicle would be needed. \u2014 Bengt Halvorson, Car and Driver , 27 Feb. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "coercive + -ity":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1898, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143953" }, "coeducation":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the education of both male and female students at the same institution":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02cce-j\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Over time, those schools and others introduced coeducation and recruited Black students and other underrepresented minorities, as well as international students. \u2014 Angel B. P\u00e9rez, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022", "Princeton began coeducation starting in the fall of 1969, according to Princeton Alumni Weekly. \u2014 Jessica Hill, USA TODAY , 28 Oct. 2020", "Only four girls had been elected student body president since the advent of coeducation in 1973. \u2014 Richard Mcgill Murphy, Town & Country , 7 July 2015", "In both places, coeducation is the norm\u2014and the gender gap in math and science scores is small to nonexistent. \u2014 Amanda Ripley, The Atlantic , 21 Sep. 2017", "Attorney Richard J. Buturla said DKE tried to comply with Wesleyan's request despite its opposition to the coeducation mandate. \u2014 Shawn R. Beals, Courant Community , 15 June 2017", "Ever the innovator, Kemeny served as president of Dartmouth, 1970-81, introducing coeducation to the school in 1972 after more than two centuries of all-male enrollment. \u2014 Randy Alfred, WIRED , 1 May 2008", "Wesleyan believes very strongly in the principle of coeducation . \u2014 Shawn R. Beals, Courant Community , 15 June 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1850, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163652" }, "coenzyme A":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a coenzyme C 21 H 36 N 7 O 16 P 3 S that occurs in all living cells and is essential to the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and some amino acids \u2014 compare acetyl coenzyme a":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Comet is focusing on problems with coenzyme A , a chemical that plays an essential role in cellular processes, including the metabolism of fatty acids, amino acids and sugars. \u2014 Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1947, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173423" }, "coelom":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adjective or noun", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the usually epithelium-lined space between the body wall and the digestive tract of metazoans above the lower worms":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8s\u0113-l\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The virus must then not only survive the digestive process, but replicate within the mosquito and pass through the gut wall to the coelom (main body cavity) of the mosquito. \u2014 Claire Gillespie, Health.com , 21 May 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "German, from Greek koil\u014dma cavity, from koilos":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1875, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174455" }, "coefficient of contingency":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ ": a measure of association between statistical variables which have quantitative categories of unequal magnitude or at least one of which can be classified only qualitatively":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181403" }, "coenzyme Q":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": ubiquinone":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1958, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191445" }, "coefficient of correlation":{ "type":[ "noun phrase" ], "definitions":{ ": correlation coefficient":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1892, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191549" }, "coefficient of contraction":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ ": the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the first vena contracta to the area of the discharge aperture":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191917" }, "coercive":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": serving or intended to coerce":[ "coercive power", "coercive measures" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u014d-\u02c8\u0259r-siv" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "In 2015, the new offense of coercive control was implemented. \u2014 Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022", "The recitation is recommended and not, as of yet, coercive . \u2014 WSJ , 17 June 2022", "Abusers use power to inflict emotional trauma and exert coercive control over their victims, and guns only exacerbate that power, even when abusers do not ultimately pull the trigger. \u2014 Doreen Dodgen-magee, ELLE , 4 June 2022", "The goal of coercive control is to strip a victim of autonomy. \u2014 Kellie Lynch, Chron , 23 May 2022", "His actions were brazen, manipulative, controlling and coercive . \u2014 Bill Donahue, Billboard , 8 June 2022", "Within abusive or coercive relationships, where one person erodes the other\u2019s self-worth in order to feel worthy themselves, labels are often weaponised to discredit a person who has expressed their needs; who has finally spoken up. \u2014 Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com , 1 June 2022", "That coercive approach might prove unpopular across much of the world\u2014as shown in survey results published Monday, only liberal democracies tend to support cutting economic ties with Russia. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 30 May 2022", "But the practice also has a coercive past, according to Cecilia Tomori, an associate professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, who studies infant feeding. \u2014 Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "coerce +_ -ive":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1600, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195715" }, "coefficient of velocity":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ ": the ratio of the actual velocity to the theoretical velocity of a fluid jet":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202606" }, "coefficient of discharge":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ ": the ratio of the actual discharge to the ideal discharge, assuming unit coefficients of contraction and velocity, equal to the product of these coefficients":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211231" }, "coexecutor":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an executor who shares the duties of carrying out the provisions of a will with another : a joint executor":[ "She and her brother were named coexecutors of the estate." ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cck\u014d-ig-\u02c8ze-k(y)\u0259-t\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The coexecutors , Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, did not return requests for comment. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2020", "The estate\u2019s coexecutors , Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn, could not be reached for comment. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Jan. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225327" }, "coenzyme I":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": nad":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225922" }, "coefficient of compressibility":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ ": the decrease in volume per unit volume (as of a gas) produced by a unit change in pressure":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234730" }, "coefficient of variation":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ ": the ratio of the measure of variability, usually the standard deviation, to an average, usually the arithmetical mean, about which the variation occurs":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235616" }, "coefficient of drag":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": drag coefficient":[ "\u2014 abbreviation Cd" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1948, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235853" }, "coefficient of elasticity":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ ": modulus of elasticity":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004849" }, "Coelolepida":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an order of very small scaly Silurian and Lower Devonian ostracoderms":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Coelolepid-, Coelolepis , genus of ostracoderms (from coel- + -lepis ) + -ida":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010556" }, "coeducate":{ "type":[ "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to subject to coeducation":[], ": to train (the different senses) to coordinated reaction":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)k\u014d+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "back-formation from coeducation":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035333" }, "coedit":{ "type":[ "noun,", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to share the duties of editing (something) with one or more others : to edit (something) jointly":[ "coedit a journal", "\u2026 a prominent theater critic who published 34 books on the theater and co-edited (with H.L. Mencken) two influential magazines", "\u2014 Linda Glaser" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cck\u014d-\u02c8e-d\u0259t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "In this latest exhibition of photographs, also published in a collectible book by teNeues, James honors the female form with a selection of black-and-white portraits, all of which are chosen and coedited by the subjects themselves. \u2014 Zachary Weiss, Vogue , 7 Sep. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1876, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080401" }, "coevolution":{ "type":[ "adjective", "intransitive verb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": evolution involving successive changes in two or more ecologically interdependent species (as of a plant and its pollinators) that affect their interactions":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "also -\u02cc\u0113-v\u0259-", "\u02cck\u014d-\u02cce-v\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The relationship between agaves and long-nosed bats\u2014the plant\u2019s main pollinator\u2014is the product of thousands of years of coevolution . \u2014 Janet Marinelli, Wired , 19 Feb. 2022", "Other adaptions found in sled dog genes seem to show coevolution with species that are not similar yet share the same problems. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 June 2020", "This relationship kicked off millions of years of coevolution . \u2014 Jess Romeo, Popular Science , 15 Nov. 2019", "Necessary Scientists often turn to bacteria and the bacteriophage viruses that prey on them to learn about coevolution . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 6 Jan. 2020", "That two so very distinct personalities have managed to forge an effective partnership is a testament to their years of professional coevolution . \u2014 Ian Volner, WSJ , 4 Nov. 2018", "This memetic competition and coevolution is one reason the media landscape is so dizzying. \u2014 Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic , 31 Oct. 2017", "The diversification of flowering plants also has everything to do with their coevolution with insects. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 12 July 2017", "For example, in 2004, evolutionary biologist David Wilkinson used Green Mountain to illustrate that snail-speed coevolution is not always necessary for complex ecosystems to build themselves. \u2014 National Geographic , 8 May 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1964, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081148" }, "coefficient of expansion":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ ": the ratio of the increase of length, area, or volume of a body per degree rise in temperature to its length, area, or volume, respectively, at some specified temperature, commonly 0\u00b0 C, the pressure being kept constant":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085558" }, "coed":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a female student in a coeducational institution":[], ": of or relating to a coed":[], ": of or relating to coeducation":[ "a coed college" ], ": open to or used by both men and women":[ "a coed softball team" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u014d-(\u02cc)ed" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Adjective", "The college became coed this year.", "The softball team is coed .", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Track and field New Lenox: Providence Catholic High School, 1800 W. Lincoln Hwy., will host a coed track and field camp, open to kids in grades four to nine, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. July 9 to 12. \u2014 Staff Report, Daily Southtown , 3 July 2018", "Six star Brianne Davis and husband Mark Gantt, who are expecting their first child together, were the guests of honor Saturday at a coed baby shower at a family friend\u2019s home in Los Angeles. \u2014 Anya Leon, PEOPLE.com , 8 Mar. 2018", "Today's workplaces are more coed than ever, so why prepare for them at an all-girls school", "Princeton started admitting women as undergraduates in 1969, going coed 23 years after its bicentennial. \u2014 Nick Anderson, Washington Post , 23 Oct. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "short for coeducational student":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1878, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150017" }, "coercing":{ "type":[ "adjective", "transitive verb", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to compel to an act or choice":[ "was coerced into agreeing", "abusers who coerce their victims into silence" ], ": to achieve by force or threat":[ "coerce compliance", "coerce obedience" ], ": to restrain or dominate by force":[ "religion in the past has tried to coerce the irreligious", "\u2014 W. R. Inge" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u014d-\u02c8\u0259rs" ], "synonyms":[ "blackjack", "compel", "constrain", "dragoon", "drive", "force", "impel", "impress", "make", "muscle", "obligate", "oblige", "press", "pressure", "sandbag" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for coerce force , compel , coerce , constrain , oblige mean to make someone or something yield. force is the general term and implies the overcoming of resistance by the exertion of strength, power, or duress. forced to flee for their lives compel typically suggests overcoming of resistance or unwillingness by an irresistible force. compelled to admit my mistake coerce suggests overcoming resistance or unwillingness by actual or threatened violence or pressure. coerced into signing over the rights constrain suggests the effect of a force or circumstance that limits freedom of action or choice. constrained by conscience oblige implies the constraint of necessity, law, or duty. felt obliged to go", "examples":[ "A confession was coerced from the suspect by police.", "was coerced into signing the document", "Recent Examples on the Web", "But for immigrant workers, that reprisal can be even more perilous, with employers potentially using the threat of deportation to coerce silence. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022", "The Committee has a firm legal obligation to negotiate this matter directly with Trump and his attorneys before attempting to coerce and bully me into cooperating with its highly partisan effort. \u2014 Ryan Nobles, Paula Reid And Annie Grayer, CNN , 2 Mar. 2022", "Most recently, Utah became one of two states to prohibit cops from lying to children to coerce a confession. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022", "Threads and money to coerce kids into sending him nude photographs. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 20 Apr. 2022", "Some commentators believe Putin wants to take the south and east of the country as a way to coerce Ukraine into perhaps making concessions in peace talks, or to gain control of its arms industry and prevent its access to the Black and Azov Seas. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022", "Toward the end of the first half, Jalen Wilson, a Jayhawk forward, missed two layups, but got his own rebound each time and was able to coerce the ball through the hoop. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022", "That requires either laying siege to cities to coerce a population to surrender, which can take months or even years, or using overwhelming force\u2014including air power and heavy artillery\u2014to achieve a similar result faster. \u2014 Lionel Beehner And John Spencer, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022", "But such efforts can also be used to influence and coerce others into embracing the regime\u2019s policies \u2014 or at least pretend to, said Hale, who specializes in Russian and Ukrainian politics. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English coarcen, coercen , borrowed from Anglo-French *cohercer , borrowed (with conjugation change) from Latin coerc\u0113re \"to confine, shut up, restrict, restrain,\" from co- co- + arc\u0113re \"to hold in, prevent from approaching, keep away\" \u2014 more at ark":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150935" }, "Coelata":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a group comprising all Turbellaria with an intestine":[ "\u2014 distinguished from Acoela" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "s\u0259\u0307\u02c8l\u0101t\u0259", "s\u0113-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from coel- + -ata":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163912" }, "coefficient of restitution":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ ": the ratio of the relative velocity of two elastic bodies after rebounding to velocity before impact":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195150" }, "coelenterate":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": cnidarian":[ "Like corals and jellyfish, sea anemones are coelenterates , a name that sacrifices poetry for scientific precision; it means that they have a hollow gut.", "\u2014 Richard Conniff" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "-r\u0259t", "si-\u02c8lent-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t, -r\u0259t", "si-\u02c8len-t\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "ultimately from Greek koilos + enteron intestine \u2014 more at inter-":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1873, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205745" }, "coeducational":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the education of both male and female students at the same institution":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)k\u014d-\u02cce-j\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Over time, those schools and others introduced coeducation and recruited Black students and other underrepresented minorities, as well as international students. \u2014 Angel B. P\u00e9rez, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022", "Princeton began coeducation starting in the fall of 1969, according to Princeton Alumni Weekly. \u2014 Jessica Hill, USA TODAY , 28 Oct. 2020", "Only four girls had been elected student body president since the advent of coeducation in 1973. \u2014 Richard Mcgill Murphy, Town & Country , 7 July 2015", "In both places, coeducation is the norm\u2014and the gender gap in math and science scores is small to nonexistent. \u2014 Amanda Ripley, The Atlantic , 21 Sep. 2017", "Attorney Richard J. Buturla said DKE tried to comply with Wesleyan's request despite its opposition to the coeducation mandate. \u2014 Shawn R. Beals, Courant Community , 15 June 2017", "Ever the innovator, Kemeny served as president of Dartmouth, 1970-81, introducing coeducation to the school in 1972 after more than two centuries of all-male enrollment. \u2014 Randy Alfred, WIRED , 1 May 2008", "Wesleyan believes very strongly in the principle of coeducation . \u2014 Shawn R. Beals, Courant Community , 15 June 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1850, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211552" }, "coenocyte":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a multinucleate mass of protoplasm resulting from repeated nuclear division unaccompanied by cell fission":[], ": an organism consisting of such a structure":[], ": syncytium sense 1":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8s\u0113-n\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025017" } }